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iTunes Radio

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:02:27 +0000

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Create your own stations based on keywords. Like songs from Billy Joel. Share with friends. Built into iOS 7, Mac (iTunes), and Apple TV Has ads but no ads if you subscribe to itunes match. Available today.

iOS in the Car

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:54:34 +0000

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You can now make phone calls, listen to music, access your maps all from your car with Siri. It’ll display on your car’s display. Not sure how this will work but most automakers all on board.

iOS 7 Officially Announced (UPDATED)

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:42:44 +0000

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• Biggest Change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone. • “It brings simplicity to complexity” • New Palette of Colors • All stock apps redesigned • Typography has been refined • Almost a 3d effect with heavy translucency. • Multitasking for ALL APPS- You can swipe between apps. We like this as the [...]

iWork for iCloud in Public Beta Starting Today

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:20:09 +0000

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• There are now 300 million iCloud users • iTunes in the Cloud users have re downloaded their content 35 Billion times. GameCenter has over 240 million users • 800 Billion iMessages, 7.4 million push notifications. • iCloud is being deeply integrated into iWork • You can create documents from a Mac or PC • Pages, [...]

New Mac Pro- Finally (Worth The Wait!!)

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:13:38 +0000

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• Unified Thermal Core- a processor, graphics, memory storage built around a new unified thermal core • New intel xeon chip, up to 2x the CPU performance • Fastest memory ever, 1866MHz DDR3 on 4-channel controller, 60 GB per second bandwidth 1.25 GBps read, 10GBps write. • Internal storage built on flash. • [...]

New Airport Extreme (UPDATED)

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:02:20 +0000

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New Airport Extreme and time capsule are the same it looks like. 2tb or 3tb hard drive Supports 802.11ac for 3 times the speed of 802.11n (if you have the only mac that supports it- MacBookAir) Available today.

New MacBook Air Available Today

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:57:50 +0000

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Mac is still the #1 notebook. 5 year growth up 100% vs pc 18%. New Macbook Air available today. All Day battery life. (11 inch- 9 hours 13 inch- 12 hours) Intel Haswell Chip- 40% better graphic performance, 30 days standby, 802.11ac wifi Entirely Flash $1000 now for 128GB, 13-inch starts at $1100 for 128GB. [...]

PowerNap in Mac OS X 10.9

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:41:13 +0000

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Pretty Cool- Cover up something using a lot of battery and processor with another app window and power meter goes down. Begin to move it away and it keeps running seamlessly as power goes back up. Demo at Keynote showed an animated safari window get covered and power went down. Uncovered a slight bit and [...]

Mac OS X 10.9- Mavericks- Available in Fall (UPDATED)

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:36:26 +0000

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Apple says they don’t want to delay it due to dwindling supply of cat names. As a joke they announced OS X Sea Lion. Enhancements for both regular and pro users. Finder Tabs- Merge windows into tabs. Drag and drop between tabs. Tags- Everything brought together and displayed in sidebar. Assign single or multiple tags [...]

Apple’s WWDC Keynote (UPDATED)

macjeff — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:18:21 +0000

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Lights Dim- Short film about Apple perfecting everything. ” That takes time.” That is why Apple has taken so long to announce the next big thing. Lights go out again. Tim Cook comes on stage and starts talking about WWDC. Sold out in 71 seconds. UPDATES- Apple Store- 1 million visitors a day, 407 stores. [...]