http://impodcast.tv Mac News and Views From Around the World Sun, 13 May 2012 18:25:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Mac News and Views From Around the World International Mac Podcast Network clean International Mac Podcast Network admin@impodcast.com admin@impodcast.com (International Mac Podcast Network) International Mac Podcast © 2008-2010 Mac News and Views From Around the World http://impodcast.tv/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://impodcast.tv http://impodcast.tv/2009/06/19/ending-the-whining-about-att-and-the-iphone-3gs/ http://impodcast.tv/2009/06/19/ending-the-whining-about-att-and-the-iphone-3gs/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:34:01 +0000 Connor Jackson http://impodcast.tv/?p=1399 http://impodcast.tv/2009/06/19/ending-the-whining-about-att-and-the-iphone-3gs/feed/ 1 http://impodcast.tv/2008/09/30/implive020/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/09/30/implive020/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:27:37 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=248 http://impodcast.tv/2008/09/30/implive020/feed/ 1 App Store,China,Enterprise Security,Firmware 2.2,iphone 3g,iTunes,Macbook Pro,Podcaster,Super Compact Power Adaptor Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS - This Week's Panel : Bart Busschots, Stu Helm, Rob Hanson, Michael King, Nick Balaz, Nick McGuire, Lewis King. - We'd like to warmly welcome back Michael King from his 'fun' with hurricane Ike and to introduce... Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive) This Week's Panel : Bart Busschots, Stu Helm, Rob Hanson, Michael King, Nick Balaz, Nick McGuire, Lewis King. We'd like to warmly welcome back Michael King from his 'fun' with hurricane Ike and to introduce you to the latest IMP team member, our second Canadian, Nick (yes that's right another one) McGuire. We discuss all that's going on in the Apple world, have a good old rant about what Apple are playing at with the App Store and generally tear the news to shreds. Sorry for the long show, but you know what we're like when we get on a point! Oh, before we forget, take a look at our new ScreenCasts Online affiliate link, our friend Don McAllister does a great job of this weekly screencast show, well worth the money, if you want to sign up please use the following link ( http://www.screencastsonline.com/scoaffiliates/jrox.php?id=378_1). Show Notes & LInks News Segment App Store Controversy: * (Bart) - Apple are at it again, another good app banned for "duplicating" non-existant functionality (Developer's blog) (http://angelo.dinardi.name/2008/09/20/mailwrangler-and-the-apple-app-store/) * (Stu) - Apple "solve" App store rejection problem with NDA (via MacRumors) (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/23/apple-extends-non-disclosure-to-app-store-rejection-letters/) * (Mike) - Apple Proper-kill Podcaster (via Infinite Loop) (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/24/apple-blocks-ad-hoc-licenses-for-app-store-reject) * (Bart) - Great summing-up of what's going on and why it matters (via MacWorld) (http://sites.google.com/a/im-podcast.com/imp-show-notes/Home/goog_1222379476908) Apple News * (Stu) - New Apple stores for Bristol (UK), Calgary (Canada), Honolulu (Hawaii), Geneva (Switzerland), Israel, Toronto (via MacNN) (http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/23/apple.adds.five.stores/) * (Rob) - Apple's growth to continue despite economy (via Macworld UK) (http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=22932) Web Browser News * (Rob) - WebKit engine first to pass Acid3 test (via AppleInsider) (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/26/webkit_becomes_first_browser_engine_to_fully_pass_acid3_test.html) Security News: * (Bart) - Java update for OS X released - lots of security fixes including some really nasty ones - would be wise to update now! Some fixes are OLD (back to March) (big DL - 136MB) (via TUAW) (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/24/java-for-mac-os-x-10-5-update-2/) * (Bart) - Apple's patch release policy does not impress Enterprise (Didn't know Geordi La Forge used OS X?) IT (via Infinite Loop) (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/23/apples-patch-release-policy-is-a-concern-for-enterprise-it) iPod / iPhone / iTunes News: iPod * (Nick B) - Some software love for the oft-forgotten regular iPods - iPDA software released to turn regular iPods, including the Nano into a PDA (via MacWorld UK) (http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=22934) * (Stu) - Association for the Blind praise new iPod Nano's accessibility (via Infinite Loop) (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/22/association-for-the-blind-pleased-with-new-ipod-nano) iPhone * (Rob) - Does the new T-Mobile G1 pose a threat to the iPhone? (via AppleInsider) (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/23/piper_says_g1_to_have_little_or_no_impact_on_iphone.html) * (Nick B) - First beta of iPhone 2.2 firmware seeded to developers (via Infinite Loop) (http://feeds.arstechnica.com/%7Er/arstechnica/journals/apple/%7E3/A5JlNzng7CE/first-beta-of-iphone-os-2-2-seeded-to-developers) * (Lewis) Stage 3 of iPhone 3G Launch Today (via Infinite Loop) (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/09/24/iphone-3g-launch-v3-0-may-be-coming-for-29-more-countries) * (Stu) - China Mobile want to cripple iPhone 3G ? International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/08/22/implive012/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/08/22/implive012/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:21:52 +0000 Stu Helm http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=147 http://impodcast.tv/2008/08/22/implive012/feed/ 2 App Store,iphone 3g,Leeds Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS / BTPodShow Profile Page - This week's panel are : Stu Helm, Lewis King, Chris Wall, Rob Hanson, Dave Hopkinson and Chris Leydon - With guests : James Lamyman, Keith Harrat, Dave Wall and Chris Sayburn - Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ BTPodShow Profile Page (http://implive.btpodshow.com/) This week's panel are : Stu Helm, Lewis King, Chris Wall, Rob Hanson, Dave Hopkinson and Chris Leydon With guests : James Lamyman, Keith Harrat, Dave Wall and Chris Sayburn A large part of the IMP team gatherred in Leeds for a meetup and recording, despite train problems it was a great day and we'd like to say a big thanks to everyone who helped us mak it what it was. Photos of the day can be found here (http://gallery.me.com/stu.helm#100099&bgcolor=black&view=grid), more to come soon! International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/28/implive010/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/28/implive010/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:42:48 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=133 http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/28/implive010/feed/ 0 Gaming,iphone 3g,Mac Sales,Mobile Me,o2,Q3 Results Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS / BTPodShow Profile Page - This week's panel are : Stu Helm, Lewis King and special guest Jonathan Davies - We talk about Apple's Q3 results, give you the latest in iPhone news, talk about Mobile Me. - Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ BTPodShow Profile Page (http://implive.btpodshow.com/) This week's panel are : Stu Helm, Lewis King and special guest Jonathan Davies (http://www.jonathandavies.org.uk) We talk about Apple's Q3 results, give you the latest in iPhone news, talk about Mobile Me. You can find the links to the stories we coverred on our del.icio.us tag (http://delicious.com/tag/implive010) Remember to check out the details of IMP Live @ Leeds on the events page! International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/23/implive009/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/23/implive009/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:05:51 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=129 http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/23/implive009/feed/ 0 AT&T,CPW,Dreamcast,Firefox,Gaming,iphone 3g,o2,sales Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS / BTPodShow Profile Page - Sadly this week's show was not actually live, due to some serious server issues over at TalkShoe, so Stu, Lewis, Chris and Bart hopped on Skype to record the episode. Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ BTPodShow Profile Page (http://implive.btpodshow.com/) Sadly this week's show was not actually live, due to some serious server issues over at TalkShoe, so Stu, Lewis, Chris and Bart hopped on Skype to record the episode. It did feel weird not having our audience but we muddled through. As you'll hear we had some audio issues this week, Garageband crashed on me during the recording so we had to use one of the panel's skype recordings! Hope you enjoy the show, links for this episode can be found on our delicious tag (http://delicious.com/tag/implive009) International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/17/implive008/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/17/implive008/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:19:21 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=123 http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/17/implive008/feed/ 0 Activation,AT&T,Disaster,iphone 3g,iTunes,Launch,o2 Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS / BTPodShow Profile Page - First of all, I'd like to say a massive sorry for the late release of this show. My excuse is simple, I've been ill this week and also had some problems encoding the file, Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ BTPodShow Profile Page (http://implive.btpodshow.com/) First of all, I'd like to say a massive sorry for the late release of this show. My excuse is simple, I've been ill this week and also had some problems encoding the file, which were rather frustrating. This week's panel consists of Stu Helm, Lewis King, Rob Hanson, Bart Busschots and Aaron Dyer. We mostly talk about what made the launch of the iPhone 3G a raving disaster in the UK and US and talk about some of the new apps available for iPhone / iPod Touch owners in the App Store International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/11/o2s-burning-o2s-buring-fetch-the-iphones-fetch-the-iphones/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/11/o2s-burning-o2s-buring-fetch-the-iphones-fetch-the-iphones/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:58:31 +0000 Chris Wall http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=118 http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/11/o2s-burning-o2s-buring-fetch-the-iphones-fetch-the-iphones/feed/ 1 http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/06/implive007/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/06/implive007/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:00:55 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=113 http://impodcast.tv/2008/07/06/implive007/feed/ 0 Firefox 3,iphone 3g,Mac OS X 10.5.4,mobileme,News,ServeBlast,Spore Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS / BTPodShow Profile Page - This week's panel, Stu Helm, Chris Wall, Lewis King, Bart Busschots and John Soliman,  discuss the latest news from the world of Apple, give you some reviews of new products and service... Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ BTPodShow Profile Page (http://implive.btpodshow.com/) This week's panel, Stu Helm, Chris Wall, Lewis King, Bart Busschots and John Soliman,  discuss the latest news from the world of Apple, give you some reviews of new products and services and take calls from you, our listeners! Show Notes & Links iPhone News * o2 confirm 7:02 opening time for iPhone 3G launch (http://www.iphonealley.com/news/o2-start-iphone-3g-launch-7am-first-come-first-served?s=0763d8e6a3a35c839fe0a071a5342c6d) * AT&T confirm 8am opening time, and show 'cheesey' videos (http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/01/att.8am.launch.time/) * UK to get limited iPhone supplies because of unlocking? (http://macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=21895&pagtype=allchandate) * AT&T will still offer 2G plans to customers buying 2G iPhones (http://www.iphonealley.com/news/atampt-still-offering-2g-iphone-plans-new-2g-iphone-subscribers?s=0763d8e6a3a35c839fe0a071a5342c6d) * Google updates Talk webapp for iPhone (http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Google_Talk_for_iPhone/551-90835-613.html) * Apple sets deadline for App Store launch apps (http://macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=21893) * iPhone 3G International Pricing Roundup (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/03/international-iphone-pricing-guide/) * 15,000 Canadians sign petition against Rogers iPhone plans (http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/06/29/9000-canadians-petition-steve-jobs-for-iphone-rate-relief/) * Lines for iPhone 3G forming at Apple's 5th Avenue store in NYC (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/05/5th-avenue-apple-store-starts-iphone-3g-line/) Mac OS X News * Apple updates Leopard to 10.5.4 (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/06/30/apple-releases-mac-os-x-10-5-4/) * Apple notebook shipments up 61% (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/29/apple-notebook-shipments-skyrocket-61/) * MacBook Air SSD option gets $500 price cut (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/03/macbook-air-ssd-prices-drop/) * MS Remote Desktop Client 2 ships for Mac (http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/02/microsoft.remote.client.2/) * Firefox 3 sets record for download (http://macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news/index.cfm?newsid=21886) * Latest Flash 10 beta could boost performance (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/03/latest-beta-of-flash-10-for-mac-should-boost-performance) * Group of developers form Mac enterprise alliance (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/30/group-of-software-companies-create-mac-enterprise-alliance) * MobileMe email addresses now accepting email! (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/28/me-com-email-addresses-online/) Apple News * Jobs & Co sued for stock option fraud, again! (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/02/steve-jobs-and-company-sued-for-stock-fraud) * Jonathan Ive gets MDA (Mobile Data Association) award for iPhone design (http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/02/jonathan.ive.mda.award/) * Apple orders 50 million 8GB NAND Chips. (http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-38254-118.html) Reviews & Recommended Links * Spore Creature Creator (http://www.gametreeonline.com/product.php?productid=16152) * ServeBlast (http://www.serveblast.com) * Retagger (http://www.retaggr.com/) * CoRD (http://cord.sourceforge.net/) * Magic on your iPod / iPhone (http://hottrix.com/iBeer) * Geoff Smith (http://www.thegeoffsmith.com) * Evernote (http://www.evernote.com) * Connor Jackson's blog (http://www.connorp.com) / twitter (http://twitter.com/connorpj1) International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/29/implive006/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/29/implive006/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:58:33 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=108 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/29/implive006/feed/ 0 Apple,ARDAgent,iphone 3g,iTunes,o2,Orange,Rogers,Security,WallE Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS / BTPodShow Profile Page - In this episode we have Chris Wall, Lewis King, Stu Helm and Jason Martin with apperances by Nate Berry and Michael King. - We talk about iPhone deals around the world, Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ BTPodShow Profile Page (http://implive.btpodshow.com/) In this episode we have Chris Wall, Lewis King, Stu Helm and Jason Martin with apperances by Nate Berry and Michael King. We talk about iPhone deals around the world, the Canadians getting screwed by Rogers/ Fido, the first trojan 'in the wild' for Mac OS X Tiger & Leopard and Wall*E which we find out is also a nickname for our own Chris Wall! Once again all story links can be found via our del.ico.us tag (http://delicious.com/tag/implive006)for this episode International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/25/iphone-vs-iphone-3g/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/25/iphone-vs-iphone-3g/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:00:12 +0000 Nick Balaz http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=100 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/25/iphone-vs-iphone-3g/feed/ 0 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/24/implive005/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/24/implive005/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:38:03 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=97 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/24/implive005/feed/ 1 Apple Store,AT&T,Australia,Canada,Firefox 3,IMP Live,iphone 3g,Japan,o2,Rogers,SoftBank,Sprout Core Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS / BTPodShow Profile Page - Despite some editing problems, we're back with IMP Live 005, this week the panel consists of Chris Wall, Jason Martin and Stu Helm, with guests Bart Busschots, Kyle, Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ BTPodShow Profile Page (http://implive.btpodshow.com) Despite some editing problems, we're back with IMP Live 005, this week the panel consists of Chris Wall, Jason Martin and Stu Helm, with guests Bart Busschots, Kyle, Michael King and David Hopkinson. We talk about more iPhone 3G news (sorry!), FireFox 3, Flash on the iPhone, SproutCore and some new touch screen stuff that really isn't that new. You can find the links that we got most of our stories from over on the del.icio.us tag (http://delicious.com/tag/implive005). International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/17/iphone-3g-us-pricing/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/17/iphone-3g-us-pricing/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:08:09 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=81 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/17/iphone-3g-us-pricing/feed/ 2 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/16/once-black-you-never-go-back/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/16/once-black-you-never-go-back/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:36:36 +0000 Chris Wall http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=80 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/16/once-black-you-never-go-back/feed/ 4 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/15/implive004/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/15/implive004/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:09:09 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=72 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/15/implive004/feed/ 0 App Store,AT&T,Bathroom,IMP Live,iphone 3g,iPhone Pricing,Mobile Me,o2,Rabbit Hole,SDK,Snow Leopard,WWDC Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS / BTPodShow Profile Page - Apple's WWDC08 conference took place this from June 9th - 13th in San Francisco and is usually worth talking about so we gatherred Stu Helm, Lewis King, Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ BTPodShow Profile Page (http://implive.btpodshow.com) Apple's WWDC08 conference took place this from June 9th - 13th in San Francisco and is usually worth talking about so we gatherred Stu Helm, Lewis King, Jordan Drake and Ben Fryxell for a live discussion about the events and news. We talk about the new iPhone SDK, iPhone Software 2.0, Enterprise features, Mobile Me and of course the iPhone 3G and it's pricing in the UK, Ireland and USA. We also cover what we've heard about Apple's update to Mac OS X - codenamed Snow Leopard and talk about Apple escorting journalists to the bathroom! International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/14/uk-iphone-3g-pricing-o2-on-a-winner/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/14/uk-iphone-3g-pricing-o2-on-a-winner/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:36:07 +0000 Stu Helm http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=69 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/14/uk-iphone-3g-pricing-o2-on-a-winner/feed/ 5 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/11/implive003/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/11/implive003/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:03:21 +0000 International Mac Podcast http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=68 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/11/implive003/feed/ 0 AT&T,iphone 3g,Keynote,Mac,o2,SDK,Software 2.0. Mobile Me,Stevenote,WWDC Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes / RSS / BTPodShow Profile Page - After a few recording issues, yes they were my fault, we bring you our discussion of the Keynote / Stevenote from the opening day of WWDC08. - Subscribe to IMP Live ! : iTunes (itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ RSS (http://feeds.feedburner.com/implive)/ BTPodShow Profile Page (http://implive.btpodshow.com) After a few recording issues, yes they were my fault, we bring you our discussion of the Keynote / Stevenote from the opening day of WWDC08. The panel for this extra show is a bit larger than normal but we have Chris Wall, Lewis King, Stu Helm, Brandon Wood and Bart Busschots along with guests David Hopkinson, Josh Holat, Jason Martin, John Soliman, Kyle and Chris Leydon (who managed not to swear this time!) We talk about the iPhone SDK, iPhone Software 2.0, Enterprise features, Games on the iPhone, Mobile Me and of course the iPhone 3G and the pricing deals we know about in the UK, Ireleand and USA. International Mac Podcast Network clean http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/10/shock-horror-3g-iphone/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/10/shock-horror-3g-iphone/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:58:07 +0000 Chris Wall http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=65 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/10/shock-horror-3g-iphone/feed/ 2 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/10/wwdc-2008-roundup/ http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/10/wwdc-2008-roundup/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:40:51 +0000 Chris Wall http://www.impodcast.tv/?p=57 http://impodcast.tv/2008/06/10/wwdc-2008-roundup/feed/ 0