Apple’s iron fist is starting to touch a nerve with publishers. First they selectively blocked a subscription based app, and now Apple has removed some of the sexually loaded content from their best of list on the book store. What’s going on guys? You have a romance section that’s fair game.
Is Sex Censored from the iBook’s Best-Seller’s List Too?
DIY iPhone Macro Lens
You have taken some beautiful photos with your iPhone 4 so far. You own dozens of apps that help you taking better pictures, with different styles and effects to make them even better.
Maybe it’s time to consider making your own iPhone Macro Lens. Follow all the steps on Instructables, and please report back if you manage to get some actual good photos out of this.
Should You Consider an iMac or a Mac Pro?
Yesterday Apple launched new iMacs, a new Mac Pro, a new Cinema Display and…a Battery Charger. Yes, it was a great day. And yes, many “pro” users still don’t know whether they should out their works in the hands of a Mac Pro beast or just go with an iMac by choosing the highest configuration. I mean, those are powerful machines, right?
Let Marco Arment tell you what you should do.
Apple Rejecting iPad Subscription Models on the App Store?
If the iPad is supposed to be the future of publishing, you’d expect a subscription based model here or there right? Well apparently not. If you’re curious as to why publications like Wired and Men’s Health sell individual issues at higher than average prices, it’s because they’re unable to adopt a subscription model.
Next-Gen iPod Touch Spotted In The Wild, Again
I really don’t know what’s wrong with these people losing prototypes. I mean, are they actually losing them, or intentionally dropping them to see them end up on blogs and secretly rejoice for what they did? We’ll never know.
Pano, Now Fully iPhone 4 Compatible
Pano was one of the applications I used the most on my old iPhone 3GS: it’s an awesome photography application that lets you take a series of pictures to build a panoramic view. It’s simple and produces stunning results.
Too bad that as I got the iPhone 4 I tried to install Pano, take some a picture and…it crashed. I tried again, and it kept crashing. Something was wrong with the iPhone 4 camera, I figured. Now, I’ve just noticed an update for Pano in iTunes, which fixes those camera incompatibilities and makes the app fully compatible with the new device.
Awesome news. Pano is available at $2.99 in the App Store.
Safari 5.0.1 Addresses AutoFill Security Vulnerability
If you haven’t updated to Safari 5.0.1 yet for Safari Extensions, maybe you should to address a recent security vulnerability? MacRumors reports that the latest update addresses a critical flaw that could allow malicious sites to gather Address Book information. According to Apple,
Safari’s AutoFill feature can automatically fill out web forms using designated information in your Mac OS X Address Book, Outlook, or Windows Address Book. By design, user action is required for AutoFill to operate within a web form. An implementation issue exists that allows a maliciously crafted website to trigger AutoFill without user interaction.
For more information regarding the security content of Safari, be sure to check out Apple’s official document here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4276
[via MacRumors]
Apple Releases Safari 5.0.1, Launches Safari Extensions Gallery
Yesterday, we got to play with a slew of new iMacs, a new Magic Trackpad, and a six pack of Apple rechargeable batteries. New devices in hand, you may want to navigate over to your nearest Software Update. Not only might you have a new gesture in store, as of this morning, you can get an update to Safari v 5.0.1.
On top of that, Apple has launched their latest Safari Extensions Gallery which is chock full of awesome new software. If you visit extensions.apple.com in a non-Safari or outdated browser, you’ll get a basic info page. Once updated, you’ll be received with a warming welcome and new toys to play with via plentiful download links. Check out the PR after the break.
Magic Trackpad Hands-On [Video]
Courtesy of 9to5mac, a video with some first impressions of the new “magical” device from Apple. It looks good. But it’ll look even better next to my new iMac in a few weeks.