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The last Macworld Expo I attended was in 2004. It was my first in San Francisco, as New York had previously been my beat. But even on the other side of the continent, it still felt familiar to me. It still felt like a Macworld Expo. The iPod was still… Continue Reading »

For those of you who haven’t been living under a rock this past week, you’re aware of Apple’s new and improved iPhoto application that will come out with iLife ‘09 later this month. This update, which requires Leopard 10.5.6 or higher, brings a couple of exciting features such as Places… Continue Reading »

We were standing in line in the Macworld Media Room, waiting for our (free) lunch. “Four kinds of sandwiches?” said the man next to me. “Well, at least that’ll give us something interesting to talk about after this morning’s keynote.” Ouch. And yet, he had a point. Continue Reading »

One of the most interesting things about being media at Macworld Expo is that people always want to know what you think. Or, more accurately, they ask what you think so they then have reason to tell you what they think. I’ve been to five Macworld Expos now in both… Continue Reading »

So it’s no secret that Phil Schiller was going to be under the magnifying glass during this, Apple’s last Keynote for Macworld. Everyone was watching, and for the most part, he did a great “job.” Of course, Phil is not Steve Jobs, so there wasn’t that pesky reality distortion field,… Continue Reading »

Having spent a few minutes with iPhoto ‘09 (instructed by an Apple employee who hadn’t spent much more time with it himself) here are a few answers about it Continue Reading »

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 »