Even if Apple told us the whole “Steve with Ninja stars” story was fake, Scoopertino has the real, ehm, scoop. It turns out, Steve Jobs wasn’t carrying shuriken around - no. Those were new and unreleased iPods.
World, meet the iPod Ninja. Read more
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Yahoo CEO: “iAd Will Fall Apart”
Apple’s iAd system has won the scorn of Yahoo CEO, Carol Bartz, who told Reuters last night the ad system will “fall apart for them”.
Bartz believes most advertisers will eventually reject Apple’s ad system because the company demands too much control over what advertisers do.
“Advertisers are not going to have that type of control over them. Apple wants total control over those ads,” she said, though she conceded that Apple’s effort is “ok for experimentation.
She has a point: advertisers want to be in control of their campaigns, and Apple is telling them to follow its rules and tastes. Just like with the iPod in 2001, though, this might just need some more time. Time is money, I know, but I frankly don’t see Apple letting something fall apart after a few months of introduction.
I mean, the Apple TV is still around.
Bundleecious’ 2nd Bundle is Packed with Useful Utilities
Bundleecious has been offering their 2nd bundle for a few days now, but for readers who don’t know about this ten dollar steal, we think it’s only right to pass along some wallet friendly info. Let’s take a take a look inside, shall we?
Here: A Taiwanese Animation of Steve Jobs Throwing Ninja Stars
AirPrint Coming in November, HP’s ePrint Printers First To Support It
With the release of iOS 4.2 beta today to iPhone and iPad developers, Apple issued a press release confirming that AirPrint, the technology that will allow wireless printing on iOS, will be out in November - and HP’s ePrint-enabled printers will be the first to support it.
This is pretty confusing: will HP’s printers the only ones to support AirPrint, or will they just be the first ones to officially support it? Check out the press release after the break. Read more
Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Beta 1
Great new, folks! Apple has just seeded the first beta of iOS 4.2 for iPad and iPhone to developers. Head over the developer portal to download it now! Read more
MacStories 3.0 RSS Feeds & Mobile Optimization
New RSS feeds? Mobile optimization? Get the skinny on what we’re improving behind the scenes.
Welcome to MacStories 3.0
MacStories has really grown up the past few months, and thanks to accomplished pixel pushers such as Emanuel Sá and Silvia Gatta, masterful web developers like Alessandro Vendruscolo, and Federico’s passion for fueling consistent ballpark successes, we’re really proud to unveil a website that represents the culmination of lots of hard work. We not only managed to re-launch what we know to be best Mac and iOS blog out there, but we did it with the support of all of our wonderful readers who continue to be a driving source of motivation. It was in our interest to not only deliver a brand new experience, but to deliver one that feels like the mothership has finally landed. The new design is more than fantastic, and it only gets better from here on out.
Apple Posts “iPod + iTunes Timeline” Page
Not so many people noticed this on September 1st (Alex Brooks did), but Apple posted a cool webpage called “iPod + iTunes Timeline” right after the music event. You can check out the page here. As the name suggests, it’s a timeline of iTunes and iPod history starting from January 2001 all the way down to September 2010 and it comes with useful info about product release dates and announcements.
You can also download “image packs” (upon confirming an agreement) which contain .tif files of Apple products. At the bottom of the page, some pictures of celebrities enjoying their iPods.
Nostalgia. Read more