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FILIP TRUTA
I'm Filip. My friends call me Filip. I cover the Mac / Apple section for Softpedia with everything from short blog posts to detailed software reviews and Personal Thoughts entries.
I try to make a read-worthy story out of anything that has an 'i' in front of it, and I appreciate vocal readers who can't wait to give me a piece of their mind in the comments.
When I don't write about iPods and Macs, I find pleasure in just about anything that piques my creative interests. Sports is on my everyday agenda as well.
Personal motto: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe - Albert Einstein"
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2K Games' Darkness II is coming to Mac OS X this March, TransGaming has announced. The game is inspired by the popular comic book series produced by Top Cow Productions.
Described as “an intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and superna... |
13 February 2012
19:21 UTC |
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Spotify Ltd. has issued a new version of its iPhone application that offers access to over 15 million tracks from thousands of albums and artists around the globe. The new release enhances sound quality (for some tracks) and makes it easier to log into Facebook.
The updated Spotify is now available for download in t... |
13 February 2012
18:41 UTC |
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ModMyi cites a “credible” Target employee who is “intimately acquainted with the retail giant’s web presence” as saying that Apple’s iPad 3 will launch in early March, in accordance with most rumors.
The ModMyi forum hasn’t been the most accurate source of rumors throughout ... |
13 February 2012
15:27 UTC |
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The image shown above just arrived via Twitter from @chronic and @iH8sn0w who were eager to spread the word that Apple had just broken the $500 mark in New York trading today.
As Fortune points out, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone following the Mac maker’s evolution in the past few years.
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13 February 2012
15:11 UTC |
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The Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, the Mac maker has announced.
The audits are being carried out at Apple’s request. FLA President Auret van Heerden is leading a team of labor ri... |
13 February 2012
14:48 UTC |
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iPad parts reseller Eye Lab Factory has put together a leaked Sharp display with a leaked iPad 3 dock connector and back plate and concluded that the parts match. Based on the results, Apple’s next iPad should be slightly thicker than the current-generation model. iLab.cc “combined and evaluated the qual... |
13 February 2012
14:05 UTC |
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British broadcasting agency iTV is concerned that Apple might take a new stab at their three-letter dubbing when it finally unveils a long-rumored full-fledged television product.
Via The Telegraph comes word that iTV insiders “fear that the world’s biggest company might take a different stance under Tim... |
13 February 2012
13:38 UTC |
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Felix Kühne, one of the many developers maintaining VLC Player for Mac OS X, has confirmed in a blog post that the final version of the application is about to be released. VLC 2.0 will include a native full-screen mode in OS X Lion, a redesigned subtitle manager, new video output modes, support for multiple vi... |
13 February 2012
13:03 UTC |
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In a Support document posted online today, Apple acknowledges that the Server application in OS X Lion Server may be unable to display Profile Manager settings after updating to version 10.7.3 of the operating system.
The company specifically states that, “Under certain circumstances, Server app may be unable ... |
13 February 2012
12:16 UTC |
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Citibank has formally acknowledged a flaw in its iPad application after months of overcharging customers due to a bug that caused roughly 2 percent of transactions to repeat themselves.
A flaw was discovered and reported as early as Summer 2011, when Citi received a number of anonymous complaints via the iTunes App ... |
13 February 2012
10:05 UTC |
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Chinese media outlets have confirmed that the Proview iPad trademark infringement verdict has prompted some local Administrations of Industry and Commerce (AIC) to confiscate Apple iPads found on sale at several retailers. Apple has lost a lawsuit challenging Proview's claims on the iPad trademark. The latter i... |
13 February 2012
09:24 UTC |
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Instagram, the iPhone app of 2011 topping the charts of iTunes Rewind, has received an update that delivers a tweaked interface, a new filter, a new feature called Lux that allows you to instantly enhance an image, and a new dialog that asks users for permission to upload their contacts to Instagram’s servers. ... |
13 February 2012
08:43 UTC |
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Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president, Internet Software and Services, has accepted a Special Merit Grammy Award on behalf of Steven P. Jobs, the late co-founder and CEO of the Cupertino, California-based computer giant. In December, 2011, the Recording Academy announced its 2012 Special Merit Awards lineup,... |
13 February 2012
07:37 UTC |
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In what is probably the best indication that Apple plans to refresh the iPad line soon, people within the company's distribution channels are reporting constraints of the 3G versions of the iPad 2.Citing a source familiar with Apple’s product distribution channels, 9to5mac informs that the iPad 2 WiFi + 3G... |
12 February 2012
19:21 UTC |
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Apple’s iPad in Business page is featuring a piece on the Theatre Consultants Collaborative which uses the magic of Apple’s tablet computer to do theatre design, planning, programming… the works.Everything from architectural drawings to conference calls is routed through the iPad at TCC. The compan... |
12 February 2012
18:01 UTC |
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Major US retailers are running dry on Apple TV stock and their internal product ordering systems are unable to yield new units, according to a person within Best Buy. All this while strange code references are emerging in the latest iOS 5.1 beta, hinting at a potential new Apple TV product.At this point there’s... |
12 February 2012
15:28 UTC |
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A company called iSoft JSC has released an alternative to Siri, the digital assistant that does things just by asking on your iPhone 4S. Sara works on older-generation devices, starting at iPhone 2G, and allegedly does even more than Apple’s Siri.The Vietnamese group at iSoft JSC says Sara is actually an advanc... |
12 February 2012
15:02 UTC |
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A report citing people familiar with Apple’s roadmap is reiterating an old rumor saying the company will revamp its entire MacBook Pro line, both inside and out, giving the laptops a design akin to that of the popular MacBook Air.The news isn't exactly breaking, since there has been a lot of talk about the... |
12 February 2012
15:51 UTC |
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There’s a pretty good chance Apple will introduce an all-Retina Mac lineup this year, one programmer theorizes. If anything, at least development machines will sport double the pixel count, he suggests.iOS developer David Smith has created a chart to demonstrate that coders who use Macs to craft the apps for Ap... |
12 February 2012
12:37 UTC |
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A significant chunk of Apple’s Support site is down today as the company’s technicians are upgrading some of the web-based tools offered through support.apple.com.Trying to access a knowledge base article through Apple’s Support site currently yields the following message from the Mac makers: &ldquo... |
12 February 2012
12:15 UTC |
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You’re probably not going to find a cheaper MacBook Air straight from Apple’s online store, so even if this unit here is refurbished, you might want to delve into the specs and see if it matches your computing needs.
For $699, Apple today is selling a Refurbished MacBook Air 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo that... |
10 February 2012
15:53 UTC |
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An image provided by a tipster to phoneArena shows what could potentially be the micro-SIM card required by Apple’s next-generation of iPads to connect to the carrier’s LTE network.
Leaked by a “store contact,” who claimed that AT&T staff have been instructed to do away with their existing mi... |
10 February 2012
15:25 UTC |
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Apple’s former retail chief, Ron Johnson, is now the CEO of JC Penney. He has his way cut out for himself to get the business back on its feet, and he’s going to trust his gut on what he’s doing to improve things, just like Steve Jobs taught him.
In a televised interview with CBS, Johnson said &ldq... |
10 February 2012
20:31 UTC |
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A quick check with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts web site reveals that the venue has been booked on Thursday 3/1/12 and Thursday 3/8/12, leaving an open Wednesday (3/7/12) for Apple’s rumored iPad 3 event.
Although there’s hardly any confirmation that Apple even plans to host an event next month, h... |
10 February 2012
14:10 UTC |
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MSN is now available for iPad users in the United States, delivering hot topics that specifically pique the interest of US residents.
Microsoft made it official today, saying “MSN is now available on your iPad – easily swipe to find your favorite news, sports entertainment, autos and money articles & vid... |
10 February 2012
17:21 UTC |
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WeatherBug for iPhone, from Earth Networks, allows you to be prepared for extreme weather anytime, and in any place, as long as you have an Internet connection. The utility just got a major overhaul in version 2.0. WeatherBug provides real-time, customized weather information with faster weather alerts and forecasts... |
10 February 2012
16:11 UTC |
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Tapbots have released an iPad client for Tweetbot fans and they’ve also updated the iPhone app with a new timeline view, image thumbnails, single-tappable colored links, and more.
A full-featured Twitter client “with a lot of personality,” Tweetbot features a nicely crafted interface, sounds, anima... |
10 February 2012
12:55 UTC |
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Periscope Audio Lab is offering SpaceSampler for iPhone and iPad, a 1 dollar app (0.79 EUR) that does smart audio convolution.
With SpaceSampler you can record voice, then apply filters from real acoustic spaces and equipment, and finally share the results via e-mail, MAPI Audio Copy, Dropbox or SoundCloud.
After r... |
10 February 2012
12:39 UTC |
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People close to Apple have revealed to a technology blog that Apple is now in “crunch mode” as it gears up to demo the next-generation iPad at an event scheduled in the near future.
Specifically, these people said, Apple is now “lining up apps both to demonstrate on-stage and to show off in new adv... |
10 February 2012
12:11 UTC |
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Evernote has released an update for its Hello application unveiled late last year allowing users to add people they meet by sharing their phone, typing the information themselves, or directly from the address book.
“Remembering people is hard. Evernote Hello makes it easy,” says Evernote. “Whether ... |
10 February 2012
11:41 UTC |
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