Safari browser in new firmware v2.2
Monday, October 6th, 2008 | 95 views
As it became known, in the new version of an insertion for iPhone/Touch, browser Safari will be a little changed and to come nearer on appearance to the “computer” analogue.
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iTunes Store is still Alive
Monday, October 6th, 2008 | 328 viewsAs well as it has been declared earlier, (Copyright Royalty Board) the USA has considered yesterday the requirement of National Association of Musical Publishers (NMPA) about increase of the size of deductions from sale of tracks in it-lajn shops.
it has been Decided to leave deductions at the same level, fortunately, now iTunes Store closing does not threaten.
Let’s remind, (Eddy Cue), vice-president Apple on direction development iTunes, even has declared in interview Fortune, that, in case of increase of the size of deductions, iTunes Store will be closed, the company will not work to itself at a loss.
Quite probably, what exactly this “threat” also has affected the committee decision. In turn, Apple has commented, that it is happy with decision CRB to leave deduction at former level.
Remote 1.1 | Remote control of iTunes and Apple TV
Friday, September 19th, 2008 | 300 viewsCompany Apple has let out Remote 1.1, it is the updated version of app for remote management iTunes and Apple TV with the help iPhone, iPod Touch.
In the new version of appendix Remote 1.1 possibility of creation Genius playlists is added, and also creation and editing playlists iTunes is direct from the appendix.
Remote 1.1 it is accessible to all users iPhone and iPod Touch with an insertion 2.0 or later, it is completely free and already accessible in AppStore.
10 new games for iPhone/iPod Touch from EA
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 | 144 viewsOne of the largest game publishers, company Electronic Arts, announced 10 games for iPhone and a player iPod touch. In the end of September in sale first game EA for touch devices Apple - Spore Origins will arrive.
Among the remained games are registered YAHTZEE Adventures, EA Mini Golf, Lemonade Tycoon, Mahjong, MONOPOLY: Here and Now The World Edition, SimCity, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09, Need for Speed: Undercover and The Sims 3.
It is obvious, that EA seriously considers iPhone and iPod touch as perspective game platforms, planning to transfer on devices the majority popular titles. We wait for similar decisions from others game developers.
Movies now showing in NZ and Australian iTunes stores
Saturday, August 30th, 2008 | 180 views
They may be first to see the sun, but they′ve been waiting quite a while for movie rentals and purchases from the iTunes store — now that patience has paid off, as movies have now arrived in a land down under.
Aussie and
Kiwi iTunes users can purchase and rent movies to their hearts’ content. New releases on DVD will premiere day-and-date on the iTunes store at the same time as they’re on sale in physical form in the two new countries of service.
iTunes movie purchases in Australia will kick off the price tier at A$9.99 for catalog titles, A$17.99 for recent releases and A$24.99 for new
releases; rentals will be A$3.99 for library title rentals and A$5.99 for new releases. iTunes movies in New Zealand start at NZ$9.99 for catalog title purchases, NZ$17.99 for recent releases and NZ$24.99 for new releases, rentals are NZ$4.99 for library titles / NZ$6.99 for new releases. As in the US store, getting the high-def version costs an additional dollar. Rentals can be held for 30 days before you start watching and then you have 48 hours to finish (a
whole day longer than US customers? Must be the International Date Line).
Thanks to everyone who sent this in
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Play FLAC in iTunes with less mess
Saturday, August 30th, 2008 | 178 viewsFiled under: Audio, Software, iTunes
Since switching to the Mac full-time last year, my only remaining complaint has been the abysmal (and finicky)
FLAC support in iTunes. FLAC, or Free Lossless Audio Codec, is an open source lossless compression format that offers a nice compromise betweeen storing the uncompressed music file — which is very large — and converting the file to a lossy format like Ṃ or AAC. Apple has its own lossless format,
Apple Lossless, and Apple Lossless is great — but I have lots and lots of live performances archived in FLAC and haven’t wanted to spend the time
converting all those files so that I can play everything in iTunes. About 6 months ago, I pretty much gave up and started just ripping CDs in Apple Lossless and using
Max to convert favorite albums or performances.
Reader Mitchell wrote in and told us about Fluke, which aims to be an easier way to play FLAC files in iTunes. I’ve used other XiphQT based solutions, but none have worked as well as Fluke. Install Fluke and then open up a FLAC file with it (or drag your FLAC files to the icon) and it automatically runs a script that tricks iTunes into adding a FLAC file to the library. For the most part, tagging and even album art will be converted — though I did have to add track numbers to some of the files I tested. It isn’t as seamless as an actual FLAC player, like Cog, but it is certainly more hassle-free than some of the other script-based solutions I’ve used in the past.
Fluke is free and available for download here.
Thanks Mitchell!
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Play FLAC in iTunes with less mess
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | 97 viewsFiled under:
Audio,
Software,
iTunes
Since switching to the Mac full-time last year, my only remaining complaint has been the abysmal (and finicky)
FLAC support in iTunes. FLAC, or Free Lossless Audio Codec, is an open source lossless compression format that offers a nice compromise betweeen storing the uncompressed music file — which is very big — and converting the file to a lossy format like Ṃ or AAC. Apple has its own lossless format,
Apple Lossless, and Apple Lossless is great — but I′ve lots and lots of live performances archived in FLAC and have not wanted to spend the time
converting all those files so that I′ve the ability to play eachthing in iTunes. About 6 months ago, I pretty much gave up and started just ripping CDs in Apple Lossless and using
Max to convert favorite albums or performances.
Reader Mitchell wrote in and told us about
Fluke, which aims to be an easier way to play FLAC files in iTunes. I’ve used other
XiphQT based solutions, but none have worked as well as Fluke. Install Fluke and then open up a FLAC file with it (or drag your FLAC files to the icon) and it automatically runs a script that tricks iTunes into adding a FLAC file to the library. For the most part, tagging and even album art will be converted — though I did have to add track numbers to some of the files I tested. It isn’t as seamless as an actual FLAC player, like
Cog, but it is certainly more hassle-free than some of the other script-based solutions I have used in the past.
Fluke is free and available for download
here.
Thanks Mitchell!
Play FLAC in iTunes with less mess
Monday, August 18th, 2008 | 89 viewsFiled under: Audio, Software, iTunes
Since switching to the Mac full-time last year, my only remaining complaint has been the abysmal (and finicky)
FLAC support in iTunes. FLAC, or Free Lossless Audio Codec, is an open source lossless compression format that offers a nice compromise betweeen storing the uncompressed music file — which is very massive — and converting the file to a lossy format like MP3 or AAC. Apple has its own lossless format,
Apple Lossless, and Apple Lossless is great — but I’ve lots and lots of live performances archived in FLAC and haven’t wanted to spend the time
converting all those files so that I can play everything in iTunes. About 6 months ago, I pretty much gave up and started just ripping CDs in Apple Lossless and using
Max to convert favorite albums or performances.
Reader Mitchell wrote in and told us about Fluke, which aims to be an easier way to play FLAC files in iTunes. I’ve used other XiphQT based solutions, but none have worked as well as Fluke. Install Fluke and then open up a FLAC file with it (or drag your FLAC files to the icon) and it automatically runs a script that tricks iTunes into adding a FLAC file to the library. For the most part, tagging and even album art will be converted — though I did have to add track numbers to some of the files I tested. It isn’t as seamless as an actual FLAC player, like Cog, but it is certainly more hassle-free than some of the other script-based solutions I’ve used in the past.
Fluke is free and available for download here.
Thanks Mitchell!
Turn your change into apps
Monday, August 18th, 2008 | 79 viewsFiled under: iTunes, Deals, iPhone, App Store
Ryan P sent us a nice tip about using Coinstar units to turn your spare change into iTunes apps. You′ve seen Coinstar at the grocery store before — you throw your spare change in there, and then it spits out a receipt you can take to the service counter for cash (minus a tiny off the top for the counting). But Ryan told us Coinstar now offers gift certificates instead of cash, if you want, minus the coin counting charge.
And one of those certificates can be used at the iTunes store, which means you can throw your coins in, and instead of paying Coinstar to count them, get the full value of your change in an iTunes card. And since apps on the App Store are so cheap, you can use your former quarters and dimes to pick up some terrific apps (may we recommend Sketches, or maybe Pennies — since you’re so coin-conscious anyway). And considering that the amount Coinstar takes out is almost 9%, putting the money in an iTunes card (if you’re going to buy the apps anyway) can be a nice chunk of change.
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Turn your change into apps
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | 73 viewsFiled under: iTunes, Deals, iPhone, App Store
Ryan P sent us a nice tip about using Coinstar units to turn your spare change into iTunes apps. You′ve seen Coinstar at the grocery store before — you throw your spare change in there, and then it spits out a receipt you can take to the service counter for cash (minus a little off the top for the counting). But Ryan told us Coinstar now offers gift certificates instead of cash, if you want, minus the coin counting charge.
And one of those certificates can be used at the iTunes store, which means you can throw your coins in, and instead of paying Coinstar to count them, get the full value of your change in an iTunes vehicled. And since apps on the App Store are so cheap, you can use your former quarters and dimes to pick up some terrific apps (may we recommend Sketches, or maybe Pennies — since you’re so coin-conscious anyway). And considering that the amount Coinstar takes out is almost 9%, putting the money in an iTunes card (if you’re going to buy the apps anyway) can be a nice chunk of change.
