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Apple announces iPad support for MobileMe

Apple announces iPad support for MobileMe

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

Apple has announced (http://www.apple.com/ipad/mobileme/) iPad support for MobileMe, the company’s US$99-per-year suite of Internet tools.

MobileMe delivers push email, push contacts and push calendars from the MobileMe service in the “cloud” to native applications on the iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and PCs. MobileMe also provides a suite of ad-free web applications that deliver a desktop-like experience through any modern browser. MobileMe apps include Mail, Contacts and Calendar, as well as Gallery for viewing and sharing photos and iDisk for storing and exchanging documents online.

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Swiss court shoots down Apple’s iPhone trademark appeal

Swiss court shoots down Apple’s iPhone trademark appeal

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

Uh oh. Apple has asked for reconsideration of its trademark application for the word “iPhone” by the Swiss Federal Administrative Court. They were denied, with the court maintaining that the term is a non-distinctive word for which Apple could not be granted a trademark.

The Court rejected the application for the class 9 goods on the grounds that “iPhone” will be immediately understood by consumers as describing a telephone with Internet or information technology-related functions, and accordingly represents a non-distinctive, descriptive indication.

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Second Gear releases Today 2, ‘Classic Mac’ software

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

While everyone else has been distracted by the iPhone and that newfangled iPad, the Second Gear crew has been hard at work giving love to a dedicated group of Mac users who haven’t felt the love lately: the Classic Mac diehards.  

Second Gear has released Today 2 (http://www.secondgearsoftware.com/today-classic/), which lets you keep track of what’s on your plate for any given day without keeping Now Up-to-Date & Contact open all the time. Today syncs with Now Up-to-Date & Contact and your life’s agenda so daily events and tasks are always available via one, convenient little interface.

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Yamaha introduces first line of in-ear headphones

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

Yamaha Electronics Corp. (http://www.yamaha.com) has introduced three new in-ear headphones for iPods, MP3 players, iPods and other portable entertainment devices.

The line, which includes the EPH-20 (US$29.95), EPH-30 ($49.95) and EPH-50 ($99.95), takes advantage of the company’s long-held expertise in audio and music products to provide Yamaha’s signature natural sound, noise isolation, comfort and durability to casual listeners and audiophiles, the company says. All models provide a set of three ear buds of various sizes.

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WireTap Anywhere for Mac OS X updated to version 1.0.7

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

Ambrosia Software has updated WireTap Anywhere (http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/utilities/wta/) — a low latency audio tool that lets you take the audio output from any Mac application or hardware input device and bring it into your favorite audio recording application — to version 1.0.7. The upgrade adds several fixes and enhancements.

You can create and edit all of your WireTap Anywhere devices from System Preferences. Once your devices are created, just change the input within your favorite audio application, and you’re ready to monitor, process, and record.

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