Opera 10.5 Beta for Mac has Been Released
Opera 10.5 is now available for download. They claim to be “the fastest browser on earth.” Computerworld has run some JavaScript benchmarks on this new version and found it is 10% faster…
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2010
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$10,000 iTunes Gift Card Winner Announced
Apple just announced that Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, GA is the winner of the $10,000 iTunes Gift Card. Sulcer downloaded the 10 billionth song from the iTunes music store yesterday. The…
10 Billionth Song Downloaded from iTunes
Apple announced that the 10 billionth iTunes song was downloaded at 4:30PM on Wednesday. They haven’t revealed which song was downloaded or who the buyer was, but whoever the lucky person…
Happy Birthday Steve Jobs!
Steve Jobs is 55 years old today. Everyone here at MacDaddyNews.com would like to wish him a Happy…
Steve Jobs Gives the Finger to Adobe Flash, Asks WSJ to do the Same
From Business Insider: We know that Apple’s CEO is no fan of Flash, the Web animation software. But it sounds like Steve Jobs really unleashed on the Adobe system to try and convince the…
Meebo Finally Launches on iPhone with Support for Dozens of IM Networks
The long awaited Meebo IM app for iPhone and iPod touch is finally available in the App Store. The app is free and very cool. Meebo has been the leading platform for multi-protocol IM on…
Facebook Chat Now Supports iChat
Facebook Chat finally supports iChat, and any other chat client with the Jabber protocol. Until now, Facebook used it’s own poorly written chat protocol, and didn’t support any third party…
Apple Offering $10,000 for 10 Billionth iTunes Download
Check out Apple’s countdown page here. From BizJournals.com: Apple Inc. is celebrating its 10 billionth song download with a $10,000 iTunes gift card prize for the person who does the…
Review: “Automagically” Clean Your iTunes Library with Tune Up
Do have any unidentified tracks in your iTunes collection? How about mislabeled albums? Tune Up can help. In short, Tune Up helps iTunes not suck so much. Thanks to its Wave Form…
Review: CleanMyMac
MacNN has reviewed CleanMyMac, a disk maintenance utility coded by MacPaw. The program attempts to strip unnecessary files from a Mac’s hard drive, returning space for more genuinely useful…
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics iPhone App
The Olympics start tonight, so don’t forget to download the NBC Olympics app on your iPhone. It’s free and available in the App Store. Experience the best of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic…
New Beta of Google Chrome for Mac Includes Extensions and Bookmark Sync
Press Release: As thousands of Mac fans and developers gather in San Francisco for this week’s Macworld conference, we’re particularly delighted to announce a new beta release of Chrome for…
Apple Store is Down
Apple’s online store is currently down. This usually means that they are updating some of their products. My guess is a 2.66GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro and they will start taking pre orders for…
Apple Store is Back Online
Apple’s store is back online, so far the only update I can find is Aperture 3. This is an exciting update for me, but doesn’t explain why the store was down for over 2 hours. I’ll keep you…
RUMOR: Next iPhone May Have 720p Video Capture
From Electronista: A further hunt through the same iPhone 3.2 SDK that discovered a new iPhone codename has unearthed an indicator that the Apple smartphone will also get 720p video…
AT&T Finally Letting SlingPlayer Stream Over 3G on iPhone
From Engadget: After all the hubbub and controversy caused by the release of SingPlayer for iPhone back in May, we knew it would take a serious change of heart for AT&T to reverse course on…
Logitech Touch Mouse Turns Your iPhone into a Wireless Trackpad and Keyboard
iPhone and iPod touch owners, if you haven’t had the chance to check it out, go to the App Store and download Logitech’s new Touch Mouse app. It turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a…
iPad Parts May Yield High Profits for Apple
According to BroadPoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall, the low-end $499 version of the new tablet costs about $270 in materials and manufacturing. The most expensive piece of the iPad is…
iTunes 9.0.3 Now Available
• iTunes no longer ignores your “Remember password for purchases” setting. • Addresses problems with syncing some Smart Playlists and Podcasts with iPod. • Resolves a problem recognizing…
iPhone Firmware 3.1.3 Now Available
Apple has released iPhone firmware 3.1.3 to iTunes. It doesn’t look like it has many changes, but any update is always exciting. Here are the improvements and bug fix listed by Apple:…
iPad Videos Now On Apple’s YouTube Page
Apple has uploaded some iPad videos to their YouTube page. Check out their page and subscribe to their videos at…
Stephen Colbert Shows Off His iPad at the Grammys
Stephen Colbert pulled out an iPad to present Song of the Year at the Grammys. Check out the video…
iPad Games Hands-On Videos
Slide to Play has created some videos of games being played on the iPad. iPad Games Compilation N.O.V.A. Super Monkey Ball…