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May 12th, 2009.
Apple releases Mac OS X 10.4.7, Security Updates 2009-002 for Mac OS X Tiger , Safari 3.2.3 and New Safari 4 Public Beta.
Safari 3.2.3 and Safari 4 Public Beta are available for Mac OS X (Leopard and Tiger) and Windows (Vista and XP).
The updates are avaialble through Apple Software Updates and Apple Support Downloads page.
Apparently the people at Sling Media doesn’t want to sell much of the highly anticipated SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone. Confidently and uniformly priced at $29.99, SlingPlayer Mobile is available for BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile in addition to the iPhone.
With such price point, Sling Media will have a tougher time to sell the app. SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone supports streaming only on Wi-Fi, while it supports streaming on 3G connections on other platforms.
More info on SlingPlayer Mobile http://slingmedia.com/go/spm
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone http://slingmedia.com/go/iphone
SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone is available at iTunes Store.
May 6th, 2009. Wednesday evening, Apple released iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5 (Build: 7A312g) along with the SDK and new build of iTunes 8.2. This marks the first time Apple breaks the release cycles between iPhone OS 3.0 Beta revisions. Up to Beta 4, the release was in two-week-interval.
In the meantime, Mac OS X 10.5.7 is rumored to see release as early as Friday May 8th, 2009. As we had found out before, note-syncing in iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4 required Mac OS X 10.5.7.
iTunes 8.2 Pre-release (b10) is available for Mac OS X (Tiger and Leopard) and Windows XP/Vista (32-bit and 64-bit).
Yet another gem from Gizmodo, where common sense is not required. It is Adam Frucci who must be desperate for page-views on his contributions. Spare yourself from reading the abomination that is his so-called article. A not-so-well-thought-out excerpt:
“Every single Mac app costs money. Where’s the freeware on Macs? On the PC, I used Texter to create macros for things I type a lot, which is free. On the Mac, there’s TextExpander, and it’s $30. There are loads of free FTP clients for the PC. On Mac, you use Transmit, and it’s $30. Tweetie is a nice enough Twitter client, but it sure isn’t $15 worth of nice. TextMate is a great, robust text editor, but no text editor is worth $54.”
Seriously? Every single Mac app costs money?
I guess Adam Frucci is the authority of computing world. He knows for sure that every single Mac app costs money. There are no freeware.
Evaluating the statement about the absence of freeware on Mac OS platform, we hereby award Adam Frucci as Moron of The Week.
Way to go for perpetuating the idiotic Mac vs. Windows argument, Mr. Adam Frucci. Please stop using computer now.
If you want to read his idiotic “article” just search for “Adam Frucci Mac Freeware” using your favorite search engine (Google).
Some notes regarding iPhone OS 3.0 and iTunes 8.2:
This begs the question: Is Mac OS X 10.5.7 about to be released?
More will be added as they surfaced.
Apple is seeding iTunes 8.2 to iPhone Developers as it is required for iPhone OS 3.0 SDK and iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4.
iTunes 8.2 Pre-release is available for Mac OS X, Windows 32-bit and 64-bit.
iTunes 8.2 Pre-release is available to certified iPhone Developers.
It is official, Skype for iPhone has been released. The app appeared in iTunes App Store Monday evening, hours earlier than expected. In the press release dated March 31st, 2009 details of Skype for iPhone are explained.
The application delivers core Skype capabilities including:
- Free Skype-to-Skype calls from any Wi-Fi zone to other Skype users worldwide
- Call landline or mobile phones at Skype’s great low rates from any Wi-Fi zone
- Send/receive instant messages to/from individuals or groups via 3G, Wi-Fi, GPRS or EDGE (whichever is available)
- Receive calls to a personal online number on Skype
- See when Skype contacts are online/available to IM or talk
