Now that Vale is bringing its Steam, Valve’s gaming service, and Source, Valve’s gaming engine, to the Mac, the Mac gaming situation should improve.
Not that it’s been terrible. However, gamers have long complained about the lack of Mac games — at least compared to the bazillion gaming titles for the PeeCee.
Read MoreHere are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Read MoreAn executive who helped run “The New York Times” wWeb site has been hired to guide “The Associated Press” in its effort to sell consumer applications for the Apple iPad and other digital devices, the news cooperative said Tuesday.
Nick Ascheim will run a newly created business unit called AP Gateway as general manager of AP Digital. When he joins the AP this week, Ascheim will report to Jane Seagrave, who became the AP’s chief revenue officer last week.
Read MoreApple has posted the iPhone SDK 3.1 beta and iPhone OS 3.1 beta on the iPhone Dev Center. Apple says they’re for developers and testing only and should be installed on devices dedicated to iPhone OS 3.2 beta software development.
The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same set of application programming interfaces (APIs) and tools that Apple uses to create its native applications for iPhone. iPhone DSK 2.2.1 is available as a free download for Apple Developer Connection (http://developer.apple.com/) members.
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Apple could have the bestselling e-book reader of all time in just three months on the market, according to an estimate from FBR Capital analyst Craig Berger.
In a note to clients — as noted by the “Latest Electronics” site (http://www.latestelectronics-dennis.com/?p=3117) he thinks Apple is set to ship five million iPads just in the first half of 2010. At this rate, the tablet would push past Amazon’s unofficial lifetime record of three million Kindles in just the three-month span between early April and the end of June.
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