Apple iPod and iPhone News for January-14-08
Google Sees Surge in iPhone Traffic
Of all the iPhone’s features, none had reviewers gushing more than its Internet browser. It was the first cellphone browser that promised something resembling the experience of surfing the Internet on a PC. Santa helped deliver on that promise.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/technology/14apple.html?ref=business
Macworld San Francisco: Covered Banners, Early Shipments
Many bloggers and media (including MacRumors) have started to descend on San Francisco for Macworld Expo 2008. SetteB.IT managed to take an extensive gallery of photographs from the expo floor, including Apple’s floor displays which were covered in their usual black tarps:They even managed …
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/13/macworld-san-francisco-covered-banners-early-shipments/
How to squeeze the best out of FREE NetNewsWire Ode to Apple
Tweaks, trips, tricks to get the best out of the Mac RSS Feed Reader – NetNewsWire.
http://www.odetoapple.com/2008/how-to-squeeze-the-best-out-of-free-netnewswire/
Introducing the MacBook Air?
After the banners went up on Friday, we posted the whispers we’d heard about the upcoming thin Laptop, and that it would be called “MacBook Air”.9to5mac posts some notes about the history of this name, including a Google cache record of a computer named “MacBookAir” documented in Adium’s usage …
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/01/13/introducing-the-macbook-air/
New Get a Mac ad: Time Machine
Apple is airing a new Get a Mac ad today (thanks to everyone who sent this in) all about Time Machine. The ad, as you might be able to guess from the shot above, features a number of Macs who quickly explain what Time Machine is to a slightly confused PC.
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/13/new-get-a-mac-ad-time-machine/
Use your iPhone as a webcam
Mac developer Ecamm has posted a sneak peak of iPhoneCam, an application that uses your iPhone’s camera as a wireless Mac webcam. You can stream video from your iPhone over its WiFi to any Mac video application, including iChat, Photo Booth, or Skype.
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/01/13/use-your-iphone-as-a-webam/