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- November 23rd, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Apple Shows Off New Sidebar Ad on YouTube
Apple has released yet another ad on YouTube that features another two-sidebar-pane creative layout. The ad shows CCTV screens of new switchers walking into various Apple Retail Stores, and naturally,…
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Apple Backs Up AT&T Against Verizon Ads
Apple has officially joined AT&T in the fight against Verizon’s AT&T-coverage-bashing ads, as we knew it would sooner or later. The two ads (shown below), feature Apple smartly saying &#…
- October 20th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Apple Unveils New Apple Remote!
http://store.apple.com/us_edu_463925/product/MC377?mco=MTMzNzQ4ODg Along with new iMacs, the Magic mouse, new MacBooks and new Mac mini, Apple has also released a new redesigned Apple Remote. Check it…
- October 11th, 2009
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Official TQB App Live on App Store
The official TQB App for iPhone and iPod touch is now ready for download on the Apple App Store! The app allows you to browse TQB posts using a beautiful mobile format on your iPhone or iPod touch; an…
- September 28th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Apple’s Uber-cool iPod touch Ad on IGN.com
Remember what Apple said about the iPod touch? It is the “funnest iPod ever”. Well they weren’t kidding when they said that. Check out this uber-cool iPod touch ad on IGN.com! (Thank…
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Apple Quietly Updates iWork.com Public Beta
Apple’s iWork.com service introduced at Macworld this year along with iWork ‘09 was down earlier today. The servers are now back up for service, and there seem to be a few new features to…
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Apple Unveils New iPod nano with video, iPod touch
Apple at its 9/9/09 iPod “Rock n’ Roll” event updated its entire iPod product line. After a long talk about the iPhone and iTunes, Phil and Steve transitioned over to what everyone w…
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Apple Releases iPhone 3.1 Software, iTunes 9
Apple at its 9/9/09 iPod “Rock n’ Roll” event updated its entire iPod product line. The first surprise was oft rumored: Steve Jobs appeared on stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the…
- September 27th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Apple Rumored to Unveil New iMacs, MacBooks
After the conversion of all of Apple’s consumer notebooks to the MacBook Pro unibody line, Apple’s white plastic MacBooks have been nothing but pathetic-looking, albeit being offered as Ap…
- September 9th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Apple quietly cuts prices of iPod line ahead of Event
Apple has quietly reduced the prices across its iPod line on the online Apple store ahead of the event on 9/9/09, but these edits seem to take place only in several areas of the site. The iPod touch 8…
- August 29th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Should TQB Continue Posting?
Dear readers, As you may or may not have noticed, TQB has not had a post in some time. This is because I have just begun my studies at Carnegie Mellon University and time is rapidly being taken off my…
- July 29th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Apple Releases iPhone iDisk Application
Apple’s long-rumored iDisk accessing iPhone application has been released to the App Store for Free. Download the application using this link. The application allows MobileMe members to easily…
- July 14th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Apple Seeds New Snow Leopard Build 10A411 to Developers
Apple has just released to its developers, yet another update to its developer preview of Snow Leopard, build 10A411. This update comes hot on the heels of the last one just several days ago. The upda…
- July 10th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Snow Leopard Build 10A402 Seeded to Developers; New List View UI
Apple yesterday began seeding yet another newer build of the next generation cat of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to Developers. This is the second update to the Developers’ Preview build distribut…
- July 9th, 2009
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10.5.8 is Almost Here: Hint in Safari 4.0.2
Being on the developer’s build of Snow Leopard, for some reason, I just have not been able to see the newly released Safari 4.0.2 in Software Update. I thus resorted to download the package dire…
- July 2nd, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
First impressions of the Dev. Build of Snow Leopard
Developers were seeded an update last week to the developers’ preview of Apple’s upcoming operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The update weighed in heavy with bug fixes and secur…
- June 27th, 2009
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Tip: Add Reload button to Safari 4 Bookmarks Bar
Many people love the redesigned and ‘cleaned-up’ UI of Apple’s Safari 4, which had its Beta tag removed during Phil Schiller’s WWDC Keynote. I, for one however, just hate two t…
- June 26th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Tip: Get rid of the “Add Bookmark” button on the Safari 4 toolbar
Here’s a nifty little tip for those who simply despise the new UI of the final build of Safari 4 (now 4.0.1) released several weeks ago at WWDC. We know that Apple has been playing around with t…
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What’s with HTC Hero’s keyboard?; Apple’s influence on the market
HTC just released its highly-anticipated Google Android-based Hero phone to the public early this week. It features a tweaked version of the Android operating system, with a user experience dubbed …
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New MacBook Pro teardown reveals flaw in Apple engineering
iFixit posted a full dissection review of the new MacBook Pros, both 13″ and 15″, as it always does with new Apple computers. The teardown revealed that Apple, an undisputed master of indu…
- June 23rd, 2009
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Apple Removes Space from “iPhone 3G S”
Apple has just done something very unconventional in its history, and quietly changed the legal name of the “iPhone 3G S” by removing that cumbersome space. The ‘new’ product i…
- June 22nd, 2009
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Apple Sells 1 Million iPhone 3G S Units over Weekend, and Welcome Back, Steve!
Well not really yet, but Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has been quoted for the very first time after months of complete silence. Apple today announced that it has sold over a million iPhone 3G S units…
- June 17th, 2009
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Tip: View YouTube video in full browser screen
This is slightly hard to describe, but I just randomly stumbled across a nifty little ‘hack’, for lack of a better word, involving the viewing of YouTube videos. Of course, YouTube nativel…
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Snow Leopard QuickTime X Adds Screen Recording
Something that Apple did not really reveal to the public yet is a cool little feature in QuickTime X in Snow Leopard: Screen Recording. Gina Trapani over at Lifehacker.com captured some screens of Qui…
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Apple Releases iPhone 3.0 Software Update
After much fanfare, Apple has finally released its long-awaited iPhone and iPod touch 3.0 Software Update. Note, that this release of the firmware, Build 7A341, is exactly the same as the pirate 3.0 G…
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Apple to Release iPhone 3.0 Firmware 10 am PT / 1 pm ET, Terminal Checking
Some time-triangulation (which I shall not go into) has shown that Apple is expected to release its heavily anticipated iPhone 3.0 firmware at 10 am PT/1 pm ET. For those waiting at the edge of their…
- June 15th, 2009
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Apple Unveils iPhone 3G S and iPhone OS 3.0
Some were disappointed on Monday morning during the WWDC Keynote because Apple did not release a brand new iPhone with the highly rumored matte, rubberized backing. Moreover, this seemed to be a ̵…
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Apple Previews Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Right after the introduction of the new MacBook line-up during the WWDC keynote, Phil Schiller called on a bunch of Apple execs to help him talk about, preview, and demo the much-anticipated next-gen…
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Safari 4 Final Adds Tweaked PDF Interface
Just a small little note of a slight interface tweak in Safari 4: the native PDF support. Just in line with some other changes to allow the user to see the progress of their page-loading, opening a PD…
- June 10th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz (WWDC) Unboxing
As I mentioned in a previous post, I placed an order for one of the new MacBook Pros the minute the Apple Stores came back online after the WWDC keynote. This is the low-end $1,699 15.4″ MBPs wi…
- June 9th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Apple Tidies Up New MacBook Line
Phil Schiller on Monday at the WWDC Keynote unveiled a new line of MacBook Pros and effectively tidied up the previously slightly messy notebook line. Instead of writing everything out, here’s t…
- June 8th, 2009
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Phil Schiller takes the stage;
Phil Schiller took the stage Monday morning at the WWDC opening keynote to do what Apple execs always do at the start of these keynotes: comb through Apple sales numbers, Mac market share, and the exi…
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Are We Ready for the WWDC Keynote?
The opening keynote at WWDC is due to start in just under 2 hours, hopes are high and the atmosphere is tense. I will be live blogging and live tweeting updates as they chime in, all here on TQB. Subs…
- June 6th, 2009
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Is this the new iPhone?
You’ve seen many pics and many PhotoShop renditions of what the new iPhone may look like. But, there seems to be one that has appeared several times in different viewing angles. I’m pretty…
- June 4th, 2009
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Mossberg confirms new iPhone at WWDC
“Reading Walt Mossberg’s review of the Palm Pre is amusing, because Mossberg obviously has the next iPhone and can’t talk about it. Read between the lines: He’s straining to co…
- May 30th, 2009
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New iPhone Pictures Abound, Autofocus Camera, Compass
At this point in time before WWDC, with the many rumors of a new iPhone, fake PhotoShop renditions of new software and hardware are common. However, these ones from a Chinese blog site and MacRumors s…
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Palm Pre to Sync with iTunes
Paul Cousino from Palm confirmed recently at the D7 event that the Palm Pre, due for release June 6th, will be able to sync with iTunes on the Mac (and PC). Cousino demonstrated on stage that the Pre,…
- May 23rd, 2009
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32GB iPhone Advertised by T-Mobile Austria
One of the tell-tale signs of a new product release by Apple during or around WWDC (June 8th - June 12th), is mysterious product pages appearing on various retailers’ sites. This time it’s…
- May 19th, 2009
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Official: Palm Pre will launch June 6th
Sprint just announced that the much-hyped Pre will cost $199.99 after $100 mail-rebate and 2-year contract and will launch on June 6th at Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, and select Wal-Mart st…
- May 12th, 2009
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Apple Releases 3 New Get A Mac Ads
Apple has yet again released 3 more new Get A Mac advertisements to its PC-bashing campaign. As always, these are more PC-bashing than ever, titled “Customer Care”, “PC Choice Chat&#…
- May 5th, 2009
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RUMOR: Apple to Buy Twitter for $700 Million?
“A source who’s plugged into the Valley’s deal scene and has been recruited by Apple for a senior position says Apple and Twitter are in serious negotiations, with the goal of unveil…
- May 4th, 2009
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Windows 7 RC1 Available for Public Download
Microsoft has made available the Release Candidate 1 version of its next-gen operating system, Windows 7, earlier than promised, ahead of schedule. This RC1 release is meant to be vastly more stable t…
- May 1st, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
YouTube Updates Interface with Time Scrubber
The immensely popular YouTube service has just updated its interface a teensy bit, and every video now comes with a small pop-up time scrubber notifier as you mouseover the timeline of the video. Chec…
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Apple readying lower-priced MacBooks, iMacs?
Apple is allegedly in the process of restructuring its Mac offerings to include a number of lower-priced models, an unnamed source has told AppleInsider. Specific details remain unavailable, but the…
- April 30th, 2009
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Drool-Worthy MacBook Touch Design
“Designer Tommaso Gecchelin isn’t oblivious to all the rumors surrounding a [tablet-like Mac] made by our favorite fruit manufacturer. We try not to indulge in rumors here at YD but sometimes…
- April 24th, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
RUMOR: Snow Leopard Screen Recording in QuickTime X
With the introduction of Snow Leopard, QuickTime X Player will assume more of a utilitarian role, with screen recording features reportedly joining the software’s exiting repertoire of basic aud…
- April 23rd, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” Ready for Download
Ubuntu 9.04, a.k.a. “Jaunty Jackalope” has just been released. This is the latest version of the open-sourced Ubuntu operating system, and boasts of faster boot times (reported to be 21.4…
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Lisa Simpson Uses an iMac
Well, well. America’s most loved family has gone Mac! In the latest episode of The Simpsons, titled “The Good, The Bad, and The Drugly”, Lisa Simpson is seen in her room, working off…
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Review: qTweeter App from Cydia
A new app from Efiko Software called “qTweeter” has just been released into the public Cydia repositories. This is a refreshing, new app, and seems to be built out of several never-before-…
- April 21st, 2009
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isaaclimdc has posted a new entry on: The Quantum Byte
Tip: Multiple Uses for Airport Express
The Apple Airport Express is often an overlooked product. It’s unlike any of the other routers on the market, mainly in terms of design. This looks no different from Apple’s MacBook charge…
