Since the launch of the very first iPhone, customers in the U.S. could only get their hands on the device if they were willing to ink a two-year contract with a cell phone carrier. iPhone users in other parts of the world had it different, though—they could buy an iPhone that wasn’t locked into ...
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On Wednesday, Amazon took aim at Google (and in some ways Apple) by adding unlimited music storage for paid users of its Cloud Drive online storage.
Amazon had already offered free cloud storage of any music pur...
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MacBook owners who’ve noticed that the rubber bottom of their laptops have begun to separate from the case now have some recourse. On Tuesday, Apple announced a free MacBook Bottom Case Replacement Program to help quell any separation anxiety.
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The battle for the digital music arena has lost one of its earliest players, as Walmart announced Tuesday that after almost eight years in the business, the Walmart.com Music Downloads store will shut its virtual doors on August 29.
According to a statement provided to Macworld , Walmart “recentl...
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If you can’t beat the rules, go around ‘em. That seems to be the idea behind Amazon’s new Web-based Kindle Cloud Reader, a transparent attempt to give iPad readers direct access to both their Kindle books and the Amazon bookstore without cutting Apple a 30-percent slice of the pie.
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The world of mobile moves ridiculously quickly. How to keep up with all the developments going on in the world of tablets and smartphones? You invite Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg on the Macworld Podcast to give you an overview of all the latest mobile news.
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Editor's Note: This story is excerpted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld's Macintosh Knowledge Center.
Verizon Wireless announced 19 more cities that will get i...
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Summer is upon us! The days are getting longer, the sun is out, and the view outside the window is making it difficult to stay indoors. Fortunately, more than a few free applications are just waiting for the chance to use your idle computer time for good.
(For links to all of these programs in o...
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One young designer takes on a hefty hunk of Apple legalese and tries to make it friendly. Meanwhile an old school union boss has a beef with Cupertino, but it’s not all bad news, as an Arizona-based company has dropped its dispute with 1 Infinite Loop. And we hope you like dissecting innocuous photo...
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I love my hometown of San Francisco. Great weather, great views, great food. But terrible radio. So when I’m driving, I’ve developed the habit of tuning into Pandora on an iPhone that I link to my car radio. Like a lot of other AT&T customers, I’ve been moved from my unlimited data pla...
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