By AppleInsider Staff Apple on Wednesday updated Xcode to version 4.1, and reduced its price to free for anyone who has an Apple ID and access to the Mac App Store. That’s down from the previous price of $4.99 that Apple began charging the general public in March, when Xcode 4 was first released. That [...]
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Apple makes Xcode free to all with release of 4.1 on Mac App Store
Posted by Gary on July 21, 2011
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Bungie releases classic Marathon for free on the App Store
Posted by Gary on July 8, 2011
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Bungie, best known for the Halo series, has released an iPad port of its old cult-classic Mac shooter Marathon on the App Store. Better yet, it’s free. The project was started by a single fan coder, Daniel Blezek. The game has been open source for some time, so it was up to him to adapt controls to [...]
iPhone 5 in 2011? No, but 3GS may go free
Posted by Gary on June 30, 2011
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On Monday we had an analyst from Deutsche Bank predicting that Apple would release both an iPhone 5 and cheaper iPhone 4S in September. That made sense from the viewpoint that Apple wants to grab the mid and budget phone users just when RIM is struggling and Nokia is shifting to Windows Phone 7. But [...]
Video of “PC Free” Set Up of iOS 5 with iCloud
Posted by Gary on June 7, 2011
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This video shows the first setup of iOS 5 simply using your Apple ID, demonstrating one of the big new features of iOS 5 termed “PC Free”. With iOS 5, you no longer need a computer to own an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Activate and set up your device wirelessly, right out of the [...]
iCloud to Start Out Free, Then $25 a Year
Posted by Gary on June 4, 2011
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Late this week music industry sources stated that Apple’s forthcoming iCloud service will have an initial period where it is free for iTunes store customers but will eventually cost $25 per year. The report from the LA Times does not make it clear whether the cost refers to the whole iCloud service or just the [...]
iCloud Free Trial, $25 Per Year, and Ads?
Posted by Gary on June 3, 2011
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Rumors are flowing fast in the days before WWDC. LATimes reveals some additional details about Apple’s iCloud service. The iCloud service will function as many have expected. Offering iTunes users the ability to save their purchases to iCloud and then being able to listen to it from any web browser or Apple device. Apple will [...]
Avast brings free antivirus to Mac
Posted by Gary on May 27, 2011
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Apple has finally acknowledged the Mac Defender malware problem and released a system update to combat the Trojan, but many OS X users are left feeling that it might be time to install an antivirus application. In recent years, several companies have added Mac versions to their repertoires — and you can now add Avast [...]
TeamViewer Host for Mac provides free remote access
Posted by Gary on May 18, 2011
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updated 01:40 pm EDT, Tue May 17, 2011 iOS, Linux, Windows, Android connections supported TeamViewer has launched Host for Mac, a new iteration of its remote access software. The tool is notably free for private users, and allows people to access a Mac over the Internet via multiple platforms. Mac, Windows and Linux computers are [...]