Year: 2006

Asia-Pacific Mac Union founded

The Asia-Pacific Mac Union has been founded on October 21, 2006. The Asia-Pacific Mac Union was founded by the BeiMac Union and MacZone.cn of mainland China, Headnix of Hong Kong, ApplePro of Taipei and the Geraldton Macintosh User Group of Australia. The founding meeting took place online and was hosted by BeiMac from Beijing. The discussions foresaw news and information exchange, annual meetings, a common newsletter, technical support, Union software, Union-wide design exchange and the exchange of user group activity info as components of the new Union.

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Apple Co-Founder, Microsoft exec judge Mac software contest

My Dream App, a Mac contest in search of the next killer app, features as guest judges Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki, and Xbox and zune creator J. Allard. Over the past month, contestants have had to brave weekly elimination rounds while continually demonstrating to the voting public why their application idea should advance in the contest. My Dream App will announce its three winners when voting ends Tuesday.

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