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UPDATE: We’ve made three attempts to contact Apple officials, trying to find out what this “replacement unit” will be if you send in a first-generation iPod Nano. There has been no response. We called Apple support, asking if a new iPod Nano would be sent to replace the 5-year-old Nanos.
Apple Recalls 1st-Generation iPod Nano
Orange teams up with Apple to offer free iTunes movie rentals - TNW UK
European mobile operator Orange has teamed up with Apple to launch its new “Film To Go” service in the UK, providing its customers with the chance to rent movies via Apple’s iTunes service free of charge, paying just 35 pence for a text containing a promotional code. The service sees Orange invest further in its commitment to the film industry in the UK, adding the new rental service to its Orange Wednesday movie ticket promotion and its sponsorship of the British film awards, the Baftas. As part of the deal, users will be able able to download one film a week for free, which can then be viewed on a computer or Apple device, including the iPhone or iPad. Each rental will be available for 30 days but viewing must be completed with 48 hours of the first play, the same period of time as existing rentals on the service. The first films available to Orange customers will be The Wrestler, The Ghost, My Blueberry Nights and Che: Part One.
Paul Greenberg described Apple as a product and engineering centric company, as opposed to a customer and social media centric company, in the interview with Dennis Howlett we posted yesterday . But today, Mindtouch Executive Vice President of Sales Mark Fidelman, writing for Cloudave , identifies Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phillip W. Schiller as the top social Chief Marketing Officer of the Fortune 100. View full size image Although Apple fans affectionately refer to Steve Jobs as "Steve," he's never been a particularly accessible CEO. He doesn't blog or tweet.
Is Apple a Social Company?
A new trojan horse attacking Mac OS X has appeared: are malware authors finally turning their attention to Apple platforms? Security firm Sophos has identified a new Trojan horse circulating that targets Apple’s Mac OS X platform, dubbing it OSX/MusMinim-A , after the malware’s apparent author. Although users still have to be tricked into downloading the Trojan—and the software currently claims it’s not finished and that more features are coming—the malware can run arbitrary Unix shell commands, shut down and restart the computer, put files on the desktop, and phish for users’ administration passwords. Sophos categorized the risk from the malware as low—and notes that its antivirus software can correctly detect and remove it—although the appearance of new malware targeting Mac OS X may re-ignite debates over the platform’s security.
New Trojan could mean attackers are waking up to Mac OS X?
Launches Subscriptions on the App Store
Publishers who use Apple’s subscription service in their app can also leverage other methods for acquiring digital subscribers outside of the app. For example, publishers can sell digital subscriptions on their web sites, or can choose to provide free access to existing subscribers. Since Apple is not involved in these transactions, there is no revenue sharing or exchange of customer information with Apple. Publishers must provide their own authentication process inside the app for subscribers that have signed up outside of the app. However, Apple does require that if a publisher chooses to sell a digital subscription separately outside of the app, that same subscription offer must be made available, at the same price or less, to customers who wish to subscribe from within the app. In addition, publishers may no longer provide links in their apps (to a web site, for example) which allow the customer to purchase content or subscriptions outside of the app.
Apple et la presse: les liaisons dangereuses » Article » OWNI, Digital Journalism
Apple a présenté ses nouvelles règles concernant les abonnements iPhone et iPad pour la presse. Les éditeurs qui voyaient en l'iPad leur sauveur sont maintenant désabusés. Depuis une semaine, les publishers (comme on les appelle outre-atlantique) sont en colère. Apple a présenté ses nouvelles règles concernant les abonnements “in app” (pris via les applications iPhone et iPad) pour la presse. La firme, qui détient plus de 90% des tablettes, prendra 30% sur la vente de contenus à l’unité et sur les abonnements, tout en interdisant aux médias de renvoyer leurs lecteurs vers des abonnements hors application.J’ai toujours été un vrai fan des produits reconditionné s d’Apple sans jamais réellement trouver mon bonheur compte tenu du fait qu’Apple sélectionne un faible nombre de produits pour la mise en ligne sur l’Apple Store. Alors plutôt que de constamment regarder le store Apple, j’ai décidé d’intégrer une mini boutique (très rustique) directement sur ce blog. Actuellement sur cette mini boutique il doit y avoir 300 produits comme des macbooks, des macbooks air, des ipads, des apples TV et des macs classiques. Les prix sont en rapport avec le fait que les produits soient reconditionnés (issus du refurb d’Apple donc).
Une boutique de produits Apple reconditionnés sur 2803
Apple to Unveil IPad 2 on March 2 in San Francisco | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD
To those who care intensely about this kind of stuff–which would be pretty much everyone in the tech ecosystem–Apple will hold its much-anticipated event on March 2, where the tech giant seems poised to unveil a new version of its hugely successful iPad, according to multiple sources. As in, iPad 2! Or, as BoomTown is now officially nicknaming it: iPad Too! Analysts expect the iPad 2 to be thinner than its predecessor and feature an improved display , as well as front-facing camera and Facetime video chat support. And some reports suggest it will be powered by one of Qualcomm’s multimode chips and will run on both GSM and CDMA-based networks around the world.
After Seeing the iPad 2, Samsung Reconsiders Galaxy Tab Pricing
In a refreshingly honest statement, Samsung’s mobile division VP Lee Don-Joo admitted that the iPad 2 made some parts of Samsung’s 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab look “inadequate,” and the iPad 2′s pricing might force Samsung to lower the price of its tablet. “Apple made it very thin (…) We will have to improve the parts that are inadequate,” Lee Don-Joo told Yonhap News Agency . We feel that a bit of information might have gotten lost in translation from Korean to English, as we definitely don’t expect Samsung to pull the 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab from the market and release a thinner version. It’s more likely that Samsung simply sees the iPad 2′s thinness as a big challenge for its future tablet models. The other part of Lee Don-Joo’s statement is clearer and far more telling.L’art de la rétrographie » Article » OWNI, Digital Journalism
La représentation graphique des données, une manière d'appréhender le monde qui ne date pas d'hier. Excursion dans l'infographie du début du siècle dernier, avec David MacCandless, d'Information is beautiful. Quand j’ai commencé à réaliser des infographies, j’avais une prétention assez simple. J’estimais que c’était une “nouvelle manière” d’exprimer et de visualiser l’information; une fusion des données et du design profondément moderne et ancrée dans l’air du temps.
LinkedIn se lance dans la curation avec LinkedIn Today | FrenchWeb.fr
Sorti en version bêta, LinkedIn Today se présente sour la forme d’une page magazine quotidienne qui agrège les principales informations et liens que les membres de votre réseau ont partagés. Une curation proche de celle que réalise déjà avec succès la société suisse Paper.li . A partir du constat qu’une majorité des 90 M d’inscrits sur LinkedIn ne visite que très rarement le site et que l’essentiel de l’audience de LinkedIn est réalisé par une minorité de membres zélés, la société américaine tente donner un coup de boost à son audience. LinkedIn rêve de voir adopter cette nouvelle mine d’informations en page d’accueil et entre ainsi dans une nouvelle dimension de service pour ses utilisateurs en matière de veille.We don't blame your skepticism, but the unicorn of the tech world - the White iPhone - may finally be making its debut. Yesterday reports that 64GB iPhone 4 models were cropping up in China’s gray market surfaced. Those same claims also revealed that legitimate the 16GB white iPhone 4 had made its Chinese debut and that they should be available to US consumers soon.
White iPhone is in production, should launch in April
Interest in Apple’s iPhone 4 drops as free HTC smartphones tempt UK consumers
A new report from price comparison website uSwitch shows that as UK consumers look to tighten their spending, they are increasingly turning to free mobile deals that include smartphones from HTC and Samsung, leading to a drop in interest in Apple’s iPhone 4. The Mobile Tracker from uSwitch, which ranks the UK’s favourite mobile handsets based on live searches and sales, shows HTC’s Desire, Desire HD and Wildfire occupying the top three positions, with half of the most popular smartphones running Google’s Android mobile operating system. The HTC Wildfire has proved popular with consumers, offering the full Android experience for a low price but the HTC Desire has remained consistent, holding the top spot with its powerful hardware despite launching nearly a year ago.Comprehensive iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup [Infographic]
Hats off to the two highly-skilled designers Düne and Soso from French blog Nowhere Else for bringing us this beautiful, comprehensive infographic that pretty much sums up all the speculations about the upcoming iPhone 5.Compiling a series of rumors and tips, Joshua Topolsky of This Is My Next has posted up a mockup of what they believe could be the iPhone 5 along with a set of details about it’s possible features. They make it clear that this particular set of features could never actually see the light of day but the information that they have is very specific about certain changes that we may see in the iPhone 5. They’re also careful to stress that the image of the potential iPhone 5 that they included, which you can see below, is a crude mockup and not an actual Apple design. The screen for instance has been rumored to grow to 3.7″ in size with a resolution of 312ppi, which is a drop from the iPhone 4′s current 326ppi but still above the ‘Retina Display limit’ of 300ppi. The change would mean very little additional effort for developers and should not require any change in their apps. You’ll notice that the mockup also has a larger home button.