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Apple spent quite a bit of time today on the new iMovie ‘09, and justifiably so. I didn’t like iMovie HD at all, mainly because it was a brand new program with a brand new way of using it, forcing users to relearn the system while not really offering anything… Continue Reading »

Confirming rumors from earlier this week, Apple announced today that more songs would be available at the iTunes Store free of Digital Rights Management (DRM) software, and that songs would be sold at different prices. Apple has signed deals with Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Music (in addition to EMI,… Continue Reading »

Geotagging became an official part of iPhoto ‘09 as Apple announced its new “Places” feature. Users will either be able to tag the location of the photo manually, or, if using a camera that has GPS capabilities (like, say, an iPhone), the data will be added automatically. From there, iPhoto… Continue Reading »

While Phil Schiller was rockin’ the mic and waxing rhapsodic about the wonders of iLife ‘09, there was a bit of drama on the Mac web: the live coverage of the Keynote being provided by MacRumors was hacked by people claiming to be from 4chan imageboard. The person or group… Continue Reading »

At today’s Philnote, Apple announced the addition of “Faces,“ face-recognition software for the new iPhoto ‘09. The software will allow users to tag a person’s face in a picture (by drawing a box around it). Faces will then attempt to identify other pictures with the same person. iPhoto will then… Continue Reading »

Here we go. 2-1/2 hours away from the keynote, and our live blog is up and running. Stick with Appletell ongoing commentary leading up to, during, and after the keynote, complete with images and some video later on. The countdown begins now. Continue Reading »

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We’re now just 12 hours away from Phil Schiller’s keynote at Macworld Conference and Expo, and Appletell is in San Francisco preparing for the big event. We’ll be in the keynote and around it, covering it live as it happens and following up with all of the new product announcements.… Continue Reading »

It’s the Monday before the final Apple Keynote at MacWorld Expo, the first official day of the convention, but there’s still a sense that it really begins tomorrow, or maybe it ends. Certainly Macworld Expo itself doesn’t feel that tomorrow is an ending, they’re already promoting the 2010 convention as… Continue Reading »

Let me start off by saying that the “Creative Safari” has absolutely nothing to do with the Safari browser. I think someone somewhere could have come up with a better name that would not be so confusing to some people. What it does have to do with is digital photography… Continue Reading »