Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Apple posts web site for iOS 4.2 for iPad

Apple has posted a web page (http://www.apple.com/ipad/software-update/) for the iPad version of iOS 4.2, which is coming in November.

“iOS 4 is the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. And soon iPad owners will get to enjoy its 100+ new features and innovations — including multitasking, folders, printing, and more,” says Apple.

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FaceBook blocking Ping?

“All Things D” (http://kara.allthingsd.com/20100902/facebook-blocked-api-access-to-ping-after-failure-to-strike-agreement-so-apple-removed-feature-after-launch/) reports that, according to “sources familiar with Facebook’s platform,” the site has essentially denied Apple’s Ping access to application programming interfaces (APIs) that would allow it to search for an iTunes user’s friends on Facebook who also had signed up for Ping, Apple’s new social music network that’s part of iTunes 10.

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SageTV releases SageTV HD Theater 300

SageTV (http://www.sagetv.com) has released SageTV HD Theater 300 for US$149.95. It’s a networked media player that lets you enjoy virtually any home video, music or photo from your home network in Full HD on your HDTV.

You can also search, browse and play internet video from YouTube and many other popular online video services on the SageTV HD Theater 300. It supports the latest HD audio formats, including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD/MA for bitstreaming to your HDMI 1.3 receiver as well as two channel decoding to provide full audio support on all TVs in your home.

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iPhone Max is new iPhone 4 ‘manager’

4Media has launched 4Media iPhone Max (http://www.mp4converter.net/iphone-max-win.html), an “iPhone Manager” for the iPhone 4 “without the restrictions and limitations of iTunes.”

It’s a free-to-try iPhone movies and music manager that supports transfer, convert, backup, copy, rip, and manage any format of movie, music and image between the iPhone 4, computer and iTunes. It also lets you rip CDs/DVDs, DVD folders and ISO images to the iPhone.

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