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Greg’s bite: the wisdom of the Apple ‘closed’ platform

Greg’s bite: the wisdom of the Apple ‘closed’ platform

Posted by | Jun 23, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

While Apple supports open source software and even provides powerful program elements, such as WebKit, their tendency is to have a closed system. While some hate that concept, the truth is, Apple has thrived on it lately.  

The late 80’s saw the much more “open” PCs as cheap PCs and Microsoft swamped Apple in the market place. Apple even dabbled with licensing software to Mac clone companies. That experiment was aborted as Apple returned to a solo, closed business model.  

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for June 22

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for June 22

Posted by | Jun 22, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Alexander Repty has announcedFolio Case 1.0, an US$5.99 PDF document reader for the iPad. It offers a way to import, organize and read their PDF collections.

Fairlady Media has released Take Wing 1.0, a $1.99 game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s a memory and pattern-recognition game.

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Adobe announces Flash Player 10.1 for Mobile

Posted by | Jun 22, 2010 | , |

Adobe (http://www.adobe.com) has released Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to mobile platform partners. Redesigned from the ground up with new performance and mobile specific features, it’s the first release that brings the full web across desktops and devices, according to David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Platform Business at Adobe.

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iWebBuddy for Mac OS X revved to version 1.5.2

Posted by | Jun 21, 2010 | , |

Zarra Studios (http://www.zarrastudios.com) has released iWeb Buddy 1.5.2, an update of the post processor application for iWeb, the web creation component of iLife. The “buddy app” is designed to bring additional functionality to iWeb.

Version 1.5.2 fixes several issues relating to updating sites hosted on MobileMe. There are also general enhancements to the stability of file uploads and downloads.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for June 21

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for June 21

Posted by | Jun 21, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

mTrip Travel Guides for iPhone and iPod touch hit the Apple App Store today with nine US and European city guides. Just like a personal tour guide, mTrip is there for you from planning your itinerary to guiding you around the entire city and describing tourist attractions, restaurants, hotels and more.

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