Macworld starts tomorrow and we'll be on the floor looking at all of the new/upgraded products on display.  The event has decidedly less attention this year due to Apple's bypassing, but there is still no other gathering outside of Apple's own events with a bigger Apple audience. Although Apple won't officially be here, we've been invited to check out Apple's subsidiaries who have rented hotel space near Moscone to show their wares as well.   If you are coming to the event, you...

Recientemente Steve Jobs hizo fuertes declaraciones en torno al porque a Apple no le gusta la tecnología Flash de Adobe y en palabras del mismo Jobs los tilda de flojos y poco serios en su relación con los requerimientos de Apple en torno a esta situación.

Bueno pues parece que Adobe se ha dado cuenta ( seguro lo habían hecho antes, pero como son flojos y poco serios ) de esta situación y Kevin Lynch quien es el Jefe de la oficina de Tecnología Flash en Adobe anuncia en su blog que están trabajando a marchas forzadas para por fin y de la mano con Apple lanzar una versión definitiva para el sistema operativo Mac OS X que iguale en perfomance a su hermana de windows, la cual y en palabras del propio Lynch es mas estable y veloz.

Por cierto y al leer la entrada que publico menciona que el mismo usa una Macbook Pro y que esta metido en el desarrollo de aplicaciones para Apple desde 1984 y yo digo ¿ demasiado tiempo para no haber reescrito ya esta aplicación no ? ademas de la pregunta obligada y ¿ para iPhone/iPad cuando ?

Vía | cnet.

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El Deav Team lanza la versión 3.1.5 de PwnageTool para realizar el ya famoso Jailbreak para los usuarios de iPhone/iPod Touch con el firmware 3.1.3 que hace unos días libero Apple.

Se recomienda a los usuarios de iPhone 3G y 3GS que actualizaron a la versión 3.1.3 de Apple mantenerse aun al margen de esta actualización de Pwnagetool, siguen trabajando en una versión para estos equipos en particular y si lo hacen es como siempre bajo su propio riesgo.

Lee cuidadosamente las advertencias que el Dev Team menciona antes realizar cualquier proceso.

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Y sin piedad las bromas alrededor del nuevo gadget de Apple siguen rondando la red, en esta ocasión se invita a adquirir este simple accesorio para transformar tu iPhone en un iPad, me ha causado mucha gracia y es que hasta que este nuevo producto de la manzana no este en la calle no sabremos realmente el potencial que tiene, aunque existe la otra corriente que dice que en verdad revolucionara la manera en la cual interactuamos con nuestras maquinas.

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Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store

If the iPhone has a leading app genre, aside from gaming, I'd say the current surge of "check-in" apps is probably it. Sure, back when the App Store first opened up, Twitter apps were everywhere (and they're still being made daily, it seems), but in terms of a genre that can only exist on a location-aware device like the iPhone, "check-in" apps like Foursquare, Gowalla, and so on, are making their mark right now. Here's news on two such apps continuing to grow on the App Store skyline.

First up, Loopt [iTunes link] has announced a partnership with a company called Mobile Spinach to start trying to monetize this kind of app usage. Mobile Spinach delivers local ads, and Loopt says that it'll be using their location-based social networking service to bring specials and deals to users from wherever they check-in from. Note that while Apple doesn't necessarily want location-based advertising as the sole purpose of an app, it seems to be all right with location-based advertising as an extra feature like this. Loopt tells us at TUAW that it's a great deal for the company, as it is "an easier and cost-effective way to do online/mobile advertising," and that it means "Loopt users can get great free offers on everyday things they want in need just by walking around in the neighborhood." It'll be interesting to see just how useful this extra advertising can be.

After the link below, read about how MyTown finally got the success they'd been hoping for.

Elsewhere in check-in app news, PocketGamer has an interesting interview with Keith Lee of Booyah about their extremely popular MyTown check-in app. It's been fascinating to follow these guys -- they're former Blizzard devs, and their first app called Booyah Society, had some good ideas but failed to impress. So they went back to the drawing board, and MyTown [iTunes link] (which I've been playing with lately) has definitely made a few steps forward. As Lee points out, they looked at how they could better validate what people were doing, and they also upped the "gaming" side of it -- you can earn points and money and even buy the properties you check in from to create your own kind of social networking city. And then when other people check in from the properties that you "buy," you earn "rent."

Lee says they really pushed on iteration and what felt fun for the team -- he says that they had a few different expectations for Booyah Society, but that the relative failure of that app helped them learn a lot about which directions to go with on MyTown. Lee also talks about monetization -- the app currently has a partnership with Citysearch (so you can easily access news and information about the places you check-in from), but they're just running in-app ads, not necessarily anything tied to location yet. The app also has some in-app purchases -- Lee says that they wanted to design for both the occasionally "check-in" user as well as the social "spammer," so there are a few ways that the game balances those two types of players out so everyone levels at a fair rate.

Very interesting stuff. With their pedigree, it's not surprising that Booyah eventually hit gold with MyTown, but the way they did it is really fascinating. I think we're only scratching the surface of these check-in apps, whether you like them or not. As they get more competitive and more popular, we'll really start to see some major innovation happening.

TUAWLoopt teams with Mobile Spinach for check-in discounts, Booyah talks about MyTown originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Vols tenir un iPad en les teves mans? Llavors ara tens la teva oportunitat, el Bloc d’Apple en Català et regala aquesta experiència. Només has de… fer aquest retallable i a gaudir!

Per fer-te el teu Ipad (personalitzable) només necessites aquest dos arxius:

i dos din A4,  una mica de manya i cola. El resultat serà aquest:

Com us ha quedat el vostre?

Via: http://mashable.com

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Filed under: Apple Financial, Apple

Back during the earnings call a few weeks ago, it was mentioned that Apple has a jaw-dropping almost $40 billion just sitting around in cash. In the chat, we started talking about other companies that might have that much money in the hopper -- Google came up, but I don't think we were able to guess another one. But it turns out Apple isn't even the most flush company out there, and the name of the first might surprise you: According to this chart on Silicon Alley Insider, Microsoft is currently sitting on just slightly more money than even Apple, with Google and Intel coming close behind; although Apple briefly pulled ahead of MS at the end of 2008, the Redmond Revenue Racers had more cash through most of '09 than Apple did.

Well how 'bout that. Of course, the current curves are not so favorable to Microsoft (after the Win7 update push slows down a bit) so it may not be long before Apple's pile grows even bigger. We can probably look for some significant acquisitions from all of these companies very soon -- with the rest of the economy down and lots of interesting ideas looking to sell, odds are we'll see some of this money spent on worthy purchases.

[via Cult of Mac]

TUAWMicrosoft still beats Apple in cash and investments, for now originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PostBox apareció como la solución en forma de cliente nativo de Mac OS X para los que el estilo de correos en forma de conversación de Gmail resulta imprescindible (algo que Apple Mail no puede ofrecer) y no terminan de acostumbrarse a usar una interfaz web para gestionar su correo diario. Para los que lo usan, buenas noticias: la aplicación acaba de actualizarse a la versión 1.1.1.

Las mejoras no son pocas: ahora podemos usar Spotlight para buscar texto o incluso archivos adjuntos entre todos los mensajes, y podemos consultar la agenda del sistema, el diccionario, crear eventos de iCal e importar fotos a iPhoto desde el mismo programa. Además, imitando al programa de correo nativo de Apple, podemos crear nuevos mensajes arrastrando archivos al icono del Dock, creándose así mensajes con el archivos adjunto.

Postbox es una aplicación realizada a partir del motor Gecko con el que se apoyan navegadores como Firefox o Camino y reproductores como Songbird, y su licencia tiene un coste de 46,34 dólares (33,85 euros) con impuestos incluidos, aunque podemos descargarnos una versión de prueba de 30 días. Existe también un complemento de unos 25 dólares más sin impuestos para los que quieran actualizaciones gratuitas de por vida.

Vía | Macworld
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Desde hoy mismo podemos descargar la nueva versión (en estado beta) de RealPlayer el conocido reproductor multimedia que viene más actual que nunca con la posibilidad de descargar contenido multimedia de la red y convertirlo en el formato apropiado para cada uno de nuestros dispositivos móviles, gracias al conversor incluido en el paquete, el cual nos permitirá incluso enviarlo a nuestra biblioteca de iTunes.

Además, nos permite compartir los contenidos con otras personas a través de las redes sociales, como Facebook o Twitter. Me parece un lavado de cara importante y necesario, pues parece que los chicos de Real no se querían quedar atrás en la eterna lucha por manejar los vídeos y audios de nuestros ordenadores.

Vía: 9to5mac

Apple may introduce new model MacBook Pro models tomorrow, just in time for the opening of Macworld Expo, we’ve learned this evening. This is yet another leak coming at us out of France, and while we’re not utterly convinced at the source we do note revelation last weekend of an all-new MacBook Pro configuration making an appearance on GeekBench. French website Nowhere Else claims Apple will introduce the new models tomorrow, citing “an anonymous source who works at Apple”. The GeekBench...

Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, iPhone

iResQ, the iPhone/iPod repair site, has posted pics of what they claim is the front faceplate of the next-gen iPhone. Two things about this piece of hardware are particularly interesting. First, the part is approximately 1/4 of an inch taller than the iPhone 3GS, indicative of a slightly taller form factor for the next-gen iPhone. Second, there's a small, reflective strip directly above the hole for the phone speaker. iResQ believes this is likely to be the new location for the iPhone's proximity sensor rather than an indication of any new hardware; however, moving the proximity sensor to a new location and increasing the overall length of the device could still point to a front-facing camera or other new hardware on the next-gen iPhone.

It's worth mentioning the possibility that these "iPhone" parts aren't legitimate. iResQ hasn't revealed its source for the part, and purported iPhone bezels leaked in 2009 turned out to be parts for a completely different device. The backside of the supposed next-gen iPhone's face is missing quite a few parts present on the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, which either means the part iResQ received was incomplete, the next-gen iPhone has had its internal hardware shifted around, or the part is fake.

So case manufacturers, don't throw out your old blueprints just yet. Unfortunately, it's likely we won't find out whether these are legit or not until June/July of this year; despite rumors of an iPhone update in April, the most likely date for the next-gen iPhone's release is early summer.

[Via MacRumors]

TUAWPurported pics of next-gen iPhone front face surface originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amazon in the US and the UK is offering a fantastic deal on the Mac Box Set collection for Mac users - an impressive £40 off the usual cost to UK customers, and a pleasing $32 price cut for readers in the US. This is the most affordable way to upgrade your Mac OS to Snow Leopard if you also want the most up-to-date versions of iLife and iWork. - That means you're getting, Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard; iLife '09 featuring iPhoto'09, iMovie '09, GarageBand '09, iWeb '09 and iDVD; and iWork,...

Canon ha aprovechado el lanzamiento de su nueva cámara réflex con grabación de vídeo Full HD 1080p, la EOS 550D, para anunciar el desarrollo de un plugin que permitirá a los usuarios de la marca editar sus archivos más fácil y rápidamente con la aplicación de Apple Final Cut Pro.

El plugin se lanzará como beta gratuita el próximo mes de marzo bajo el nombre de EOS MOVIE Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro y según la compañía es capaz de convertir el material de vídeo de alta definición producido con las Canon EOS 5D Mark II, la EOS 7D o la EOS-1D Mark IV al codec ProRes 4:2:2 aproximadamente el doble de rápido que la conversión actual de Apple.

Adicionalmente, el plugin también activará la función “log and transfer” de Final Cut con estas cámaras permitiéndonos añadir códigos de tiempo, títulos y metadatos de un modo realmente rápido. Ya que el vídeo ha llegado finalmente a la fotografía réflex y lo ha hecho para quedarse, nada mejor que saber que podremos empezar a editar nuestras pequeñas superproducciones a toda máquina en la merecidamente popular aplicación de edición no lineal de Apple.

Vía | Canon Europe

Filed under: Hardware, iTunes, Apple, iPhone, SDK, Jailbreak/pwnage

Jailbreakers ahoy! Yesterday brought the release of the Dev Team's pwnage tool for jailbreaking and unlocking iPhones equipped with the new 3.1.3 firmware. As usual, though, there are a few catches: first, if you don't need to update to 3.1.3, the dev team says you shouldn't bother anyway -- it doesn't do much that the old versions of the firmware doesn't, so if you don't need to upgrade, just leave your jailbreak as is.

3G and 3GS users especially should be leery of this one, since if a mistake is made, there's a chance you could upgrade your firmware and then not be able to unlock it again. They also have all sorts of other warnings and exceptions on their blog post. As they say, don't download and run those files without seriously thinking about what you're doing with your iPhone.

If, after all of that thinking, you decide it is time to crack open your iPhone with the 3.1.3 firmware, the jailbreak will put together a custom 3.1.3 IPSW for you to restore back on to your iPhone -- here's a quick how-to to start with. Good luck, and be careful out there!

[via Engadget]

TUAWDev team releases PwnageTool 3.1.5 to jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 firmware originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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RealNetworks climbs back onto the agenda today, announcing the release of a beta of RealPlayer SP for the Mac, the latest version of the company’s multimedia playback solution. RealPlayer SP clearly wants to live at the side of the dominant iTunes ecosystem. While RealPlayer 11 let users download videos, including those from YouTube, to the computer; this version lets you convert those clips into a format that’s suitable for playback on the iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and many other smartphones and...

iResQ clame avoir en sa possession des pièces détaché de l'iPhone 4G. Voici plusieurs clichés qu'elle a publiés sur son site. Pour montrer la différence de taille, cette ...

Apple quiere evitar que los programadores aprovechen la información de la ubicación geográfica de sus usuarios para mostrar publicidad relacionada. Un mensaje que llegó a los programadores en forma de consejo afirma que las características de sus aplicaciones basadas en localización del usuario deben utilizarse para proveer información beneficiosa: no deberían, en ningún caso, basarse únicamente en mostrar publicidad. Si esto pasa, la aplicación será devuelta al equipo de revisión antes de volver a la App Store.

Personalmente, creo que no hay nada mejor que anuncios personalizados. Si alguna aplicación o página web tiene que utilizar anuncios, como mínimo que me muestre los anuncios que más me puedan interesar, que estén más cerca de mi o que coincidan con mis gustos y aficiones. ¿Querrá Apple el control de dichos anuncios tras la compra de la compañía Quattro Wireless el mes pasado?

Es verdad que no son necesarias aplicaciones basadas exclusivamente en publicidad según la ubicación, pero ¿Como controlará y decidirá Apple si las aplicaciones son realmente útiles o meramente publicitarias?

Vía: Gizmóvil | Foto: Gizmodo | Carta de Apple: iPhone Dev Center

RealNetworks propose au téléchargement une préversion de RealPlayer SP pour Mac [12ß - 27 Mo - US - Mac OS X 10.4.11]. L'archive comprend deux logiciels : le lecteur vidéo RealPlayer et RealPlayer Converter, une application permettant de jongler entre les différents formats vi...

Filed under: Hardware, Retail

Looks like they might. That's the opinion of a note out last night from Credit Suisse quoting meetings with Apple executives. The Wall Street Journal this morning quotes Senior Analyst Bill Shope as saying "While it remains to be seen how much traction the iPad gets initially, management noted that it will remain nimble (pricing could change if the company is not attracting as many customers as anticipated)."

This is a similar situation to the original iPhone launch in 2007, where the original price quickly dropped US $200 from the original $599 retail. Agitated early adopters got a $100 Apple store credit from Apple.

Apple will be watching sales of the device carefully in the early days, and the company appears to have enough margin built into the iPad to take some hits if it is slow moving.

On the other hand, if the iPad blows the doors off Apple stores in sales, don't expect any discounts soon.

TUAWCould iPad prices drop the way the iPhone did after launch? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Hardware, Retail

Looks like they might. That's the opinion of a note out last night from Credit Suisse quoting meetings with Apple executives. The Wall Street Journal this morning quotes Senior Analyst Bill Shope as saying "While it remains to be seen how much traction the iPad gets initially, management noted that it will remain nimble (pricing could change if the company is not attracting as many customers as anticipated)."

This is a similar situation to the original iPhone launch in 2007, where the original price quickly dropped US $200 from the original $599 retail. Agitated early adopters got a $100 Apple store credit from Apple.

Apple will be watching sales of the device carefully in the early days, and the company appears to have enough margin built into the iPad to take some hits if it is slow moving.

On the other hand, if the iPad blows the doors off Apple stores in sales, don't expect any discounts soon.

TUAWCould iPad prices drop the way the iPhone did after launch? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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