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Free Holiday Workshop thIs Weekend
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If you’re in San Francisco, stop by the Apple Retail Store on Saturday, December 6, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., to hear Jim Heid give a special presentation on “Creating Memorable Holiday Keepsakes.” The highly respected author will show you how to create “greeting cards, calendars, and even holiday newsletters with video.” It’s just one of many workshops and events you’ll enjoy at the Apple Retail Store.
(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:51:10 PST)
Quick Tip of the Week: Special Characters
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Trademark and copyright symbols, registration marks, arrows, currency, braille patterns, math symbols, and many more — they’re special characters you can add to documents in virtually any Mac application. Find out how you can access them — even mark frequently used characters as favorites — by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.
(Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:37:14 PST)
Mac OS X Pro Tip: All about Audio Chats
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Sure, you can text someone with iChat. But did you know that iChat also lets you conduct audio chats — with up to nine buddies at the same time. You can use the built-in microphone on your Mac or connect an external mic. It’s a great way to get a far-flung family together for the holiday. And it’s really easy. Find out how by reading our latest Creative Pro tip.
(Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:05:12 PST)
Celebrating Science on iTunes U
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As you’ll discover by watching “In the Blink of an Eye,” there are many things occurring in the natural world every day that take place too quickly for us to see. What takes place in a third of a second that you’re missing? Watch “In the Blink of an Eye” and the other Science Festival videos brought to us by the University of Cambridge on iTunes U.
(Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:57:37 PST)
Coming Attractions: Cadillac Records
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Written and directed by Darnell Martin, Cadillac Records tells the story of Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) who founded Chess Records. The Chicago-based label represented such blues and R&B legends as Etta James (Beyoncé Knowles), Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), and Chuck Berry (Mos Def). It opens in theaters December 5.
(Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:53:01 PST)
App Store Pick of the Week: BigOven
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Looking for a great Apple Pie recipe for Thanksgiving dessert? You’ll find one on your iPhone. In fact, thanks to BigOven, you can find more than 160,000 recipes on iPhone (including more than 200 recipes for Apple Pie). The free application lets you search the massive online recipe database, browse its food glossary, and mark recipes as favorites. Enjoy.
(Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:41:28 PST)
New MacBook Air bound for “a lot of holiday wish lists”
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Faster DDR3 RAM, “a faster 1,066-MHz front-side bus, and a notably faster Nvidia 9400M graphics processor,” lead Ken Mingis (computerworld.com) to exclaim that “I really like Apple Inc.’s newly revamped MacBook Air.” And, he adds, “ I really, really like the apparent speed boost offered by the larger solid-state drive (SSD),” which, he thinks, “really stands for Speedy Sweet Delight.”
(Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:43:09 PST)
Quick Tip of the Week: Controlling Volume Adjustments
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In addition to using the volume slider in the menu bar and the volume keys on your keyboard, you have a number of additional ways to adjust the volume of your Mac. To find out how, watch the latest Quick Tip of the Week.
(Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:44:24 PST)
Take a free holiday workshop at your local Apple Retail Store
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Did you know that you can create beautiful holiday gifts and cards using the photos in your iPhoto library? Make a 2009 calendar. Design your own holiday cards. Create keepsake photo books complete with customized dust jackets. Learn how by taking the free Holiday Workshop: Creating Memorable Gifts with your Photos. The workshops begin at Apple Retail Stores this weekend.
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:35 PST)
Now Available: iPhone 2.2 Software Update
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Install the free iPhone 2.2 Software Update on your iPhone or iPhone 3G, and you can go on a virtual walking tour with Google Street View. Find public transit schedules and check fares. Enjoy access to millions of free podcasts on the iTunes Store via Wi-Fi or your cell network. Or take advantage of a new search-friendly user interface in Safari. What else is new in the iPhone 2.2 Software Update?
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:44:30 PST)
Emory University presents readings from Alice Walker
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To celebrate the placement of the archive of her life’s work at Emory, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker visited the university in March 2008 to explain her decision and grace those gathered with selected readings from her prose and poetry. A consummate storyteller, Alice Walker has written more than 23 books, including The Color Purple, one of the works she reads from in these episodes on iTunes U.
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:28:13 PST)
Coming Attractions: Australia
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On November 26, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman bring Australia to theaters in the U.S. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!), Australia tells a sweeping story of war and romance set against the backdrop of the extraordinary Australian landscape.
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:23:27 PST)
Games “come of age on the iPhone 3G”
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“Watch out, Nintendo. This game is just getting started,” warns Dean Takahashi (venturebeat.com). “Thanks to the multi-touch display, great sound, good graphics, and the accelerometer-based tilt feature,” iPhone 3G offers serious competition as a prime gaming device. To wit: Apple has “had more than 200 million downloads from its App Store since the store debuted in July.”
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:52:01 PST)
New iPod touch earns “a rare perfect score”
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Sitting “in a class by itself,” the new iPod touch receives a perfect 5 stars from Cliff Edwards (businessweek.com). “Apple has managed to make the touch look better, work better, and deliver more features,” Edwards points out. “No longer simply a high-end iPod, it has become the foundation of what’s sure to be an increasingly important handheld computing platform for Apple.”
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:33:44 PST)
App Store Pick of the Week: Google Mobile
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Available only on iPhone, Google Mobile features Voice Search. Simply speak your query and let Google do what it does best. The free application also offers My Location searches (finding businesses based on your current location), performs contact and history searches, and includes a new Apps tab for rearranging Google Apps. Give it a try. It works, and it’s fun.
(Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:09:13 PST)
Striking it rich with iPhone
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When Trism hit the App Store, life changed for 29-year-old Steve Demeter, relates Brandon Griggs (cnn.com). In just two months, Trism netted the former ATM software designer a cool $250,000, encouraging him to found his own iPhone game development company, Trismology. “It’s done phenomenal business,” says Demeter of the game. And he already has five more titles in development.
(Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:22:27 PST)
Quick Tip of the Week: Help Pointers
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Need help with an application? In Mac OS X Leopard, you’ll find Help in the menu bar of every application. Help points the way to tutorials, user guides, keyboard shortcuts, and other valuable resources. Specific to the application you’re using, Help offers Numbers help when you’re running Numbers and Pages help when you’re using Pages. Learn more about Help in the latest Quick Tip of the Week.
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:02:11 PST)
iMac delivers MRI analysis in less than 10 minutes
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By comparing the hippocampus of a patient suffering from episodic memory to that of a healthy person of the same age, Professor James Brewer can determine whether the patient is suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. Trouble is, to manually assemble the 256 hippocampi MRI images, it can take an entire week. Or he can run NeuroQuant on his iMac and get a statistical report in about 8.5 minutes.
(Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:18:47 PST)
Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk): Musical Macs
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An ensemble of student computer scientists and musicians, the Stanford Laptop Orchestra uses 20 MacBook computers to compose and perform new music. “We tilt the notebook and use its built-in accelerometer to expressively control sound. We use the trackpad as a kind of violin bow,” explains Ge Wang, SLOrk’s founder. ”You can make some wild, diverse music with the MacBook.”
(Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:33:39 PST)
App Store Pick of the Week: Nine Inch Nails Revenge
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Tapulous has brought a new rhythm section to its highly popular Tap Tap Revenge. The first special edition of the music game — Nine Inch Nails Revenge ($4.99)— lets you tap and shake to the beats of 13 Nine Inch Nails tracks. Play solo or against a friend in head-to-head two-player mode.
(Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:35:06 PST)
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