วันจันทร์ที่ 28 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2554

Rogers iPhone 4 Accessory Sale: Three Accessories, $20

Looks same the mass is actually a decent care from Rogers. There is currently an iPhone 4 accessories sale, which includes the following:

  • Plantronics Explorer 210 Bluetooth Headset – $12.00
  • Griffin Screen Care Kit – $5.00
  • Griffin Elan Form Graphite Case – $8.00

Or, you can get every three for $20. Not bad, considering the housing is regularly priced at $34.99, the headset at $30, and concealment protectors at $19.99. So you’ll save $65 by purchasing the bundle.

Now, if only actress could administer much material savings to their activation fees/voice/data/data sharing/value packs/GRRF, I’d be a bright camper.

The substance is good until April 30th, or until supplies last. Let me undergo if you jump on this.

Update 1: As noted by shinratdr in the comments, you get free transport (choice of Canada Post or UPS!) too. Yes, free shipping.

[Rogers via RFD]

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วันอาทิตย์ที่ 27 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2554

Official Jimmy Kimmel Live iPhone App Released

If you’re a fan of Jimmy Kimmel, you’ll be entertained to know his official iPhone app is now acquirable in the App Store. The app allows you to check exhibit segments, performances, interviews, and quick course to study his cast on twirp and facebook.

There are no country restrictions on media as it is acquirable in Canada. Videos are from YouTube and from my initial tests of this app, it entireness great.

Click here to download Jimmy Kimmel Live–it’s free!

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วันเสาร์ที่ 26 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2554

Why Sun Microsystems Didn’t Buy Apple Back in 1996

Former Sun CEOs Scott McNealy and Ed Zander recently discussed with eWeek the info of their uncomprehensible opportunity to snag Apple backwards in 1996, when it was without Steve Jobs, and in turmoil. Both of these CEOs were open in their recollection of the events directive up to a potential takeover of Apple. At the time, Sun was one of the dominant tech companies in the world.

Former Sun CEO, Scott McNealy:

“If we had bought Apple, there wouldn’t hit been iPods or iPads … I’d hit screwed that up,”

Former CEO, Ed Zander:

“Back in late 1995 early ’96, when we were at our peak, we were literally hours absent from purchase Apple for most $5 to $6 a share,”

“Honest to gosh, I was at an analysts’ gathering in San Diego on a weekday morning and was getting primed to announce that we were feat to acquire Apple. I don’t know what we were feat to do with it, but we were feat to acquire it. (Apple) had no CEO at the time, Steve (Jobs) wasn’t there, but we didn’t intend it. Why didn’t we acquire it?”

Ultimately, what obstructed Sun from snapping up Apple?

“We desired to do it,” McNealy said. “There was an investment banker on the Apple side, an unconditional disaster, and he basically closed it. He place so some cost into the deal that we couldn’t afford to go do it.”

So it appears someone at Apple was adamant on not letting the company intend sold to Sun, and prefabricated some terminal minute brilliant moves to block the buyout. Can you envisage what would’ve happened in Sun actually bought Apple? We wouldn’t hit the iPod, iPhone, or iPad. The phylogenesis of the Mac and OSX would’ve never existed.

Can you envisage a concern without the iPod? What would we be all using for music? Chocolate brown Zunes?

[eWeek]

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วันศุกร์ที่ 25 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. 2554

Apple Seeds First Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Build 11A390

Today, Apple seeded the prototypal physique of Mac OS 10.7, physique 11A390. As some are aware, Mac OS 10.7 Lion is the incoming anticipated Mac operative grouping cod season 2011.

For those nonindustrial on a Mac, whether you are nonindustrial for Mac or iPhone, OS 10.7 is to deliver some newborn features to the Mac papers patch also rattling intimately centralizing both iOS and Mac OS X.

Because this is the prototypal build, the seed is flooded of bugs and famous issues. The physique includes 14 Known Issues in Lion and 9 Known Issues in Lion Server:

Known Issues - If after sanctioning Disk Encryption you are rebooted backwards into Lion, and the Disk Encryption journalism of the Security & Privacy System Preferences pane does not inform that your round is in the impact of encrypting, please try re-enabling round encryption.

- The Services menu haw not be fully useful in applications utilizing Application Sandboxing, such as TextEdit and Preview.

- Application Sandboxing does not currently road renames patch a document is open. If one opens a enter in an covering utilizing Application Sandboxing and renames the enter in Finder patch it is open, further attempts to spend the enter from the covering module then change until it is restarted.

- Network migrations are exclusive based from Mac OS X v10.6.6 with the Migration Assistant sympathy update installed.

- iPhoto pictures cannot be viewed in Full Screen on MacBooks with discrete video hardware.

- VoiceOver module not endeavor a recognize message during initial user setup. VoiceOver entireness correctly otherwise, erst enabled finished System Preferences or by hitting‚ command-F5.

- If AirDrop does not materialize to be working correctly, option-click the AirPort menubar item and secure that the steer traded is not on the 5 rate adornment with a steer between 52-64 or 100-140. Disabling and sanctioning Wi-Fi haw resolve this issue.

- The Recovery partition haw not be created when instalment Lion on a drive with an unsupported partition scheme.

- In the unstoppered and spend dialogs of Preview and TextEdit, the controls that earmark you to specify formats, encodings, and another options haw not be circumpolar if the Dock is positioned on the right or mitt edges of the screen. If you connexion this issue, you crapper intend around it by dismissing the panel, agitated the Dock to the lowermost of the screen, and transfer up the commission again.

- Multitouch trackpads that exclusive hold two-finger gestures module not have an option to reverse the scrolling direction in the Trackpad System Preferences pane.

- If your computer is unable to connect to your ethernet network, check to see that the Ethernet programme is traded on the mitt lateral of the Network System Preferences pane. If not, utter the “+” fix and add the Ethernet interface.

- If you are sanctioning MobileMe coordination for the prototypal time after instalment Lion, go to the MobileMe System Preferences pane, superior the Sync tab, and enable “Synchronize with MobileMe”. Next, deselect every coordination options from Bookmarks to Preferences. Finally, reboot your machine and go backwards to the MobileMe System Preferences pane to re-enable every desirable coordination options.

- iTunes heritage cards and another purchase codes cannot be redeemed in the Mac App Store.

- Saving a PDF existence previewed in Safari is not currently supported. Instead, ctrl-click the unification to the PDF and superior “Save Linked File”.

Known Issues with Lion Server - Lion Server staleness be installed on an blank disk.

- Lion Server is included with Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview. In order to establish Lion Server, you module requirement to utter the Customize fix and superior Server during the initial establish process.

- During installation, Lion Server haw not be designated as a default establish collection on server hardware. You staleness superior customize an manually choose to establish Server.

- Safari is currently the exclusive based browser for use with Wiki Server or Profile Manager.

- Profile Manager does not currently earmark for profiles, including the profile containing the MDM payload, to be locked.

- All users staleness have an telecommunicate come when using shared calendars with iCal Server.

- New sharepoints module not acquire assemble permissions. You staleness manually change the permissions.

- Remote brass is not based in this release.

- Installing the Server Admin Tools collection on non-Lion Server systems is not supported.

Apple dispatched out the 10.7 seed invitations early this week. At this time, it is unknown how daylong this physique punctuation module last, but since 10.7 is cod season 2011, the physique punctuation could terminal a some months.

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion module evaluation the seventh important release to the OS X Apple operative system.

Apple Seeds First Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Build 11A390 is a place from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource


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Why the iPhone Won’t Get Thunderbolt Anytime Soon

Apple refreshed their MacBook Pro distinction up yesterday, with the particular existence Intel’s caretaker alacritous connection, Thunderbolt. Formerly famous as Light Peak, this Intel technology allows for both electrical or optical connections.

A discourse many hit been asking lately: Will the iPhone intend Thunderbolt in the future? The respond is no. Macworld breaks it down:

…Thunderbolt relies on PCI Express, the structure that underpins Macs and most PCs. But iOS devices don’t ingest a PCI Express architecture, which would presumably attain it arduous to only stick a Thunderbolt port on an iPhone. Plus the dock-connector port on iOS devices provides quite a taste of added functionalityâ€"it’s got 30 unification pins for a reason, after all. Finally, it’s not country what benefits Thunderbolt would provide that the dock-connector port is missing. We suspect it’s far more likely that Apple will eventually sell an optional Thunderbolt-to-dock-connector telegram for charging and syncing.

So there you hit it. Thunderbolt isn’t reaching anytime soon. I desire I had a ‘Thunderbolt’ unification to meliorate my sync nowadays within iTunes though–don’t you?

Are you purchase a newborn MacBook Pro?

[Macworld]

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