The Apple Core

Apple bans bobble head Congress app

Jason D. O'Grady — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:14:21 +0000

Apple has banned an app from the App Store that depicts our members of congress as bobble head caricatures. Not because the app put them in compromising positions or contained foul language, violence (or god help us, nudity) but because it “ridicules” them. Really? In a letter to the developer Apple denied the app because “it contains [...]

Motorola sells 100k Droids on opening weekend

Jason D. O'Grady — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:14:50 +0000

Motorola's apparent sale of 100,000 new Droid smartphones in its opening weekend indicates that the handset maker is far from dead and probably more viable than industry pundits give it credit for.

Snow Leopard update squashes bugs

David Morgenstern — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:46:21 +0000

The Mac OS X v10.6.2 Update released Monday includes "fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac," Apple says.

Gallery: Droid vs. iPhone - battle of the screens

Jason D. O'Grady — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:52 +0000

A gallery that compares the screen of the new Droid from Motorola and VZW to that of the iPhone. I'll warn fans of the iPhone that it's not flattering.

Gallery: Droid vs. iPhone

Jason D. O'Grady — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:35 +0000

A brief gallery of the Droid from Motorola and Verizon Wireless. First by itself, then next to my beat-up iPhone 3GS. The Droid is definitely boxier and bulkier, but hey, you've got to put all those features (like its physical keyboard) somewhere.

Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived

Jason D. O'Grady — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:05:30 +0000

Verizon Wireless' highly-anticipated Droid provides the first real honest-to-goodness competition to the iPhone. But should you buy one? Well, that depends.

I Am T-Pain enjoys 10,000 downloads per day

Jason D. O'Grady — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:20:00 +0000

Apple continued its dominance in the app market by announcing that its catalog now tops 100,000 titles. I Am T Pain downloaded 10,000 times per day.

Bare Bones updates BBEdit

David Morgenstern — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:29:54 +0000

BBEdit, Bare Bones Software's leading HTML code and text editor was updated to Version 9.3 on Tuesday with new features and interface tweaks.

Thursby updates DAVE and ADmitMac solutions for Windows networking

David Morgenstern — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:39 +0000

With recent changes coming to both Mac and Windows OSes, Thursby on Tuesday released new versions of ADmitMac, its Windows Active Directory client software for Macs, and DAVE, its file- and printer-sharing solution. The updates feature support for Mac OS X 10.6 Leopard and Windows 7.

Snow Leopard: Don't get caught in date handling change in AppleScript

David Morgenstern — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:49:36 +0000

As users migrate to Snow Leopard they will find that AppleScript is less forgiving about date and time formatting. Formerly reliable scripts, years old, may fail.