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Title: In Case You Missed It: June 7 - June 13
Post by: HCK on June 13, 2010, 07:00:08 pm
In Case You Missed It: June 7 - June 13
   


The biggest problem with having Steve Jobs kick off the WWDC with the  iPhone 4 announcement is that all the developer news that also happened  gets buried in the press that follows. We would gladly trade three  "Steve Jobs Couldn't Get Wi-Fi To Work" articles for just one great new  app announcement or dongle sweetness article. Well, we haven't  forgotten that other news happens, so join the Mac|Life stafff, won't  you, for all the other stuff that happened this week that isn't just  about the iPhone.Features:- Free App Fridays: Writing -  There's not a thing in the world quite like good quality free software.  And if you're a writer, there are literally hundreds of choices. We've  narrowed that down to three gotta haves for your Apple products for when  you just have to get that idea out onto the screen.-  Facebook Games Showcase: Café World & Little Rock Pool - Of course,  you're not going to get any writing done if you gets sucked into the  gaming world on Facebook, but there are some pretty fun time killers  nonetheless.How-Tos:-  iPhone and iPad Tips of the Week - June 10, 2010 - This regular feature  can help you learn a thing or two that you might not have stumbled on  yourself. Want to check your iPhone data usage? Want to find an app  quickly? Keep reading.-  How-To Watch the World Cup on Your Mac, iPhone and iPad - See, now,  there are things that happen that don't involve Apple products, like the  World Cup. But since our readers are Apple junkies, there must be some  way to bring futbol and iProducts together. Well we've got the best of  the best all ready for you to shout GOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!Reviews:- Guitar Apps for the iPad - The Six-String  Thing - Maybe sports isn't really your thing. Or maybe just not soccer.  No, maybe you're more a rocking out kinda guy. If that's the case, app  developers are taking advantage of all that big screen goodness on the  iPad to hook you up with plenty of six-string love. -  Star Walk - While a lot of apps make use of the iPad's greater screen  size to cram more stuff in, an often overlooked wonderful addition is  how much more beauty you can see. Star Walk takes the familiar iPhone  app and brings the gorgeous night sky and interstellar space to the big  screen. And at $4.99? That's a steal, people. News:Of  course, of course, we're getting to it. Yes, the iPhone 4 was  announced, with pre-orders beginning next week and shipping out the week  after. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on the sexiness in our photo  gallery...and here's the rates on what kind of data you'll be chewing through thanks  to AT&T...plus, the list of where to buy your newest iPhone  is growing as Radio Shack joins the list....Wal-Mart's getting in on  this action too, though with Apple's tight price controls, it's not like  they can offer quite the deep cuts they'd like to...or if you're across  the pond (wondering why England could only TIE the US soccer team),  here's when you can get your iPhone there...and if this leak is to be  believed, Apple plans on shipping a whole bunch of the new handsets; how  many? How does 3 million a month sound?...just don't drop it when you  get your hands on the new iPhone, because iFixYouri claims the new model  is going to break, and a lot.Of  course, the feature packed iOS 4 will be coming along shortly too, and  for some people with beta versions of the software, iBooks is showing up  already...maybe instead of worrying so much about rolling out iBooks,  Cupertino can figure out their Wi-Fi issues, as these gurus are betting  the keynote gaffe was related to iOS 4's drivers...maybe someone can  look into the Gold Master release and see if there isn't something  glitchy going on in there; perhaps someone in the jailbreak  community.... since Apple doesn't seem to be able to keep the dev community  from popping the locks on the iOS action, as one enterprising hacker's  already jailbroken it.... of course, all that jailbreaking will need  updates once iOS goes live with a RC on June 21, though we're sure  they'll get around to it...and apparently Apple got around to nabbing  the iOS name from Cisco, much like how they got the iPhone name and the  iPad from Fujitsu.Meanwhile,  the iPad's been making some news, first because AT&T is often a bag  of fail and managed to leave a gaping hole in their network that Goatse  Security drove a truck right through...upon driving said truck, Goatse  loaded up on sensitive email addresses attached to the SIMs of these  iPads, but whose fault was it really? inquiring minds want to know...of  course we know who in government got their hands on the tablet, as many  of the emails grabbed were attached to Washington bigwigs...which means  of course that now the FBI is going to get themselves interested in  this...in more jolly iPad news, the on-again-off-again Hulu saga continues to get new wrinkles...and Hulu better get on the stick,  because mobilely speaking, netbooks are looking less and less likely to be around much longer...and we can't tell if this is the coolest iPad  action we've seen lately...or if these walking robot iPhones and iPads are. You tell us.
     

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