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Podcast #114: Apple TV Gets an Update and Adobe Taunts Apple

roberto@maclife.com (Mac|Life staff) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:37:06 -0600

The Apple TV makes its way back into the Apple news cycle with an OS update. The Apple TV also gets to ride the coat tails of the report that Apple is shopping a $30 a month TV subscription service to television networks.

Finally, Adobe gets all passive aggressive on Apple with its latest jab at the iPhone's lack of Flash.

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This week's Battlestar Applactica picks:

Gowalla - Free

Instapaper - Free

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Podcast #113: Apple's Holiday Proclamation and Another Round of Tablet News

roberto@maclife.com (Mac|Life staff) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:01:16 -0500

Phil Schiller told Gizmodo that there wouldn't be anymore Apple products released this year. That wasn't good enough for Apple, they called and clarified, "The holiday lineup is set." Uh okay.

Another set of Apple tablet news items appear. Now it's the Slate according to the executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller.

We also announce the latest DonorsChoose prize pack for the week. This week we're getting you ready for traveling while you help the kids.

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This week's Battlestar Applactica picks:

OneArm Battle - $1.99

Simplenote - $1.99

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Podcast #112: Apple Releases New Hardware - Yippee!

roberto@maclife.com (Mac|Life staff) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:49:21 -0500

New iMacs, Mac minis, a MacBook and a shiny new mouse fills our hearts with love and sets our cash ablaze as it burns a hole in our pockets.

We discuss the new machines and how we feel about these machines and what are the chances we'll part with our chase in pursuit of these shiny new Macs.

We also announce the latest DonorsChoose prize pack for the week. This week we're getting you ready for traveling while you help the kids.

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This week's Battlestar Applactica picks:

ZipCar - Free

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Podcast #111 - iPhones Branch Out Around the World and Disney Looks to Apple for Retail Redesign

roberto@maclife.com (Mac|Life staff) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:18:30 -0500

The iPhone is appearing on additional carriers in Canada and the UK and we're still stuck with an exclusive carrier here in the US. Remember kids, competition is good.

Disney asks Steve and the Apple retail team to help with Disney retail redesign and Apple responds to reports that it wants $10,000 in production fees for iTunes LP in the iTunes Store.

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This week's Battlestar Applactica picks:

Tweetie 2 - $2.99

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Podcast #110: Creating iPhone Apps with Flash and More Mac Rumors

roberto@maclife.com (Mac|Life staff) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:10:32 -0500

Adobe announced that Flash Professional CS5 will allow developers to create native iPhone apps and we discuss the pros and cons of the announcement and ready ourselves for the upcoming swarm of Flash games converted to iPhone games in the App Store.

A Google ad sets the rumor world ablaze with speculation. Macs gain a few percentage points in the American home and we invite you to join our DonorsChoose '09 Challenge.

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This week's Battlestar Applactica picks:

Annoy-A-Teen - $.99

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Podcast #109: iMac and Mac mini Refresh Rumors and a New Theme Song

roberto@maclife.com (Mac|Life staff) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:20:05 -0500

The rumor mill is gearing up for iMac and Mac mini refreshes. Just in time for holiday shopping and to give Jan a dose of buyers remorse. Palm takes a stand and states that it will continue to enable iTunes syncing for the Palm Pre even though Apple keeps disabling it. The staff wonders why Palm just doesn't put all that effort into creating their own music syncing software and a Newton engineer returns to Apple after 15 years just in time for the staff to come up with the perfect name for rumored Apple Tablet.

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This week's Battlestar Applactica picks:

Way No Way: Amazing Facts - $.99

Stanza - Free

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Podcast #108: More Tablet Rumors and The FCC Loves You

roberto@maclife.com (Mac|Life staff) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:30:26 -0500

Tablet rumor mongers are scrapping the bottom of the barrel to keep the the tablet relevant. They even throw the Apple TV in the mix.

The FCC wants to e the consumers best friend with its new rules and AT&T tests a solution to the 3G network issue.

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This week's Battlestar Applactica picks:

Gangstar: West Coast Hustle - $6.99

Dexter the Game - $5.99

8Bitone MICRO Composer - $.99 (on sale)

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Podcast #107: iPod Event Wrap Up and iPhone MMS

roberto@maclife.com (Mac|Life staff) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:01:11 -0500

We discuss last week's iPod event and what Apple released and what they didn't. We still pine for an updated Apple TV, and MMS for the iPhone begins a slow rollout. Let's just say we're not surprised to be excluded from the lucky few to be picked to have MMS early.

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This week's Battlestar Applactica picks:

Free French Tutor - Free

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