Hot Dog Down a Hallway game update rejected from
App Store

post from prMac on 25 May 2009 08:01:00 PM. © prMac

Despite receiving a 9 age rating and store approval for the first 2 versions of its premiere iPhone game, "Hot Dog Down a Hallway", Metaversal Studios was denied approval for its version 1.2 update. The game involves launching a hot dog as far as you can down a hallway filled with wiener-destroying traps, and contained no change in content from previous releases. Despite the suggestive name, still contains absolutely no sexually explicit content.

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MacUpdate and Koingo Software Team Up to Deliver
AirRadar for Free

post from prMac on 25 May 2009 04:09:00 PM. © prMac

MacUpdate and Koingo Software have partnered to deliver copies of Koingo Software's AirRadar utility for free to all users. The free AirRadar offer is being offered ahead of MacUpdate's next big promotion, scheduled to kick off later this week. Users who elect to receive a free copy of AirRadar will also be notified of the promotion first. AirRadar is the premier tool for Mac OS X users who want to locate and monitor wireless networks.

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NY cover made with iPhone

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 25 May 2009 02:50:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

The June 1st cover of the New Yorker was drawn with an iPhone, says the New York Times. Jorge Colomb...

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short hand, Cam 3D

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 25 May 2009 01:50:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

Zenonia ($6) is a role playing game where players are able to choose a character from different clas...

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This Weeks New Yorker Cover Painted Using an
iPhone

post from Daring Fireball on 25 May 2009 01:30:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

The New Yorker:

Jorge Colombo drew this week?s cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud?s Wax Museum in Times Square.

Includes an animation showing how he drew it, step by step.

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Slide Colors released

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 25 May 2009 01:20:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

TayKrOn has produced a new puzzle game, Slide Colors. The goal is to eliminate colored squares by sl...

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MS 80m anti Google Ads

post from MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on 25 May 2009 01:20:00 PM. © MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

A rumor today suggests Microsoft is planning to partly repeat its anti-Apple ad strategy when it lau...

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North Carolina Sweetens the Deal for
Apple’s New Server Farm

post from TheAppleBlog on 25 May 2009 01:05:00 PM. © TheAppleBlog

According to a report in Friday?s Charlotte Observer, North Carolina lawmakers are falling over themselves to entice Apple to build a state of the art server farm in their back yard — specifically, Catawba or Cleveland county. The carrot they?re dangling? In this case, nothing short of a multi-million dollar tax break.

According to a ?state official? with knowledge of the state?s efforts, the server farm would represent a $1 billion investment.

The proposed tax changes aren?t just because North Carolina loves MacBooks and iTunes and quite fancies a bit of an Apple super-presence. Rather, the changes are proposed as a means for improving local economy and standards of living. In detail, companies qualify for the tax break if:

They relocate to one of North Carolina?s poorest counties
Provide employees with health insurance
Meet a minimum wage standard
Waive all other grants and tax breaks from the state

If the new server farm remains active for over thirty years, Apple would have corporate tax savings of more than $300 million. Why thirty years? The state already agreed to a similar incentive deal with Google who opened a server farm in North Carolina last year, and expects to run the facility for thirty years, making a tax saving of over $260 million.

Software as Services

Apple has been moving progressively toward the Software as Services (SAS) business model for some years now. The iTunes Store and original .Mac products have long required robust server-infrastructure to support (at least in the case of the iTunes Store) millions of requests every minute.

The introduction of MobileMe saw a bold commitment from Apple to provide essential services to customers, and much of the instability and pain users experienced in the days following MobileMe?s launch were possibly due to an inadequate server backend.

The little-discussed, seldom-used iWork.com web-based collaboration service (currently in beta) will also demand a sturdy and reliable server infrastructure. While customers might tolerate the odd, fleeting instability in their MobileMe Photo gallery, a malfunctioning document collaboration service would be unforgivable.

Worth noting, however, is that Apple?s MobileMe and iWork.com subscriber-bases are tiny when compared with its iTunes customer base. The massive sales success of the iPhone (particularly Apple?s recent share growth in the smartphone market) means millions more hourly connections to the iTunes Store. Think of Apple?s recent download milestones — one billion apps, 6 billion songs — and the need for much-expanded server infrastructure becomes clear.

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iWeb Budget themes online

iWebTemplate has launched a new group of themes, called the Budget line. Founding the collection ar...

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O2 UK May Carry Palm Pre

O2 could be the first and possibly only carrier to offer both the Palm Pre and iPhone side by side, ...

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