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Apple.com/uk says iOS 4.1 coming September 8

Rene Ritchie — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:00:37 +0000

While Steve Jobs and Apple.com (the main US version of the site) say iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch is coming sometime “next week”, Apple.com/uk is cheeky enough to put a date on it — Monday, September 8.

Download the iOS 4.1 Software Update. Available on 8 September.

Mistake or accident, rubbish or reveal, what do you think?

[Apple.com/uk/ via Engadget, thanks Phil!]

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TUAW Giveaway: Chuck Gnome

Mike Schramm — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Chuck Gnome was chosen as our Daily App here on the site about a month ago, and now Movable Sprites has offered us a few copies to give away to you readers. Since we last posted about it, the game has updated to version 1.1 and added in a new episode, a new mini game, new music, and lots more. Plus, the price was lowered to 99 cents (and there's still a lite version available for you to check out).

But if a buck is still too much for you to check out this gnome tossin' good time, you can enter below to win one of 10 copies from TUAW and Movable Sprites!

To enter the giveaway, leave us a comment telling us what you'd like to chuck Chuck at in real life. Here are the official rules:

Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
To enter, leave a comment telling us what real-life object, place, or thing you'd like to throw Chuck Gnome at.
The comment must be left before midnight on Monday, September 6, 2010, 11:59PM Eastern Daylight Time.
You may enter only once.
Ten winners will be selected. All will receive one promo code for Chuck Gnome, valued at $0.99 each.
Click Here for complete Official Rules.

Good luck!

TUAW Giveaway: Chuck Gnome originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple announces 1 million Ping users in 48 hours

Rene Ritchie — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:52:15 +0000

48 hours after Apple introduced Ping, their new social music network, they’ve announced 1 million users already signed on.

“One-third of the people who have downloaded iTunes 10 have joined Ping,“ said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “As many more people download iTunes 10 in the coming weeks, we expect the Ping community to continue growing.“

Ping lets you follow your favorite artists such as Lady Gaga, Coldplay, U2, Jack Johnson, Yo-Yo Ma and more, to see what they’re up to, check out photos and videos they’ve posted, see their tour dates and read comments about other artists and albums they’re listening to. In addition, you can post your thoughts and opinions, your favorite albums and songs, the music you’ve downloaded from iTunes® and the concerts you plan to attend.

Several of us here at TiPb are among them:

Georgia is just saying “no”.

What about you? If you’ve joined Ping, drop your profile link in the comments below so we can all check it out. If not, why not?

[Apple PR]

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Documents to Go maker DataViz bought by RIM?

Rene Ritchie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:37:22 +0000

Did BlackBerry maker RIM just buy DataViz, maker of Documents to Go for iPhone and iPad (and other platform)? CrackBerry.com has multiple sources saying they did, and for about $50 million cash.

This might just be why Docs to Go has cancelled their webOS app before ever releasing it. What does this mean for the iPhone and iPad version? We don’t know yet. We like having it as an option and with 120 million iOS device on the market, there’s a lot of money on the table for DataViz… er… RIM if they want it.

Apple has made iWork (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) for iPad already, and rumors persist of an iPhone version. There’s also QuickOffice, though with Microsoft have Office mobile, Google having Docs, and now RIM having Docs 2 Go, HP might just want to snatch them so they’re not the only platform without a home grown office suite.

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Remains of the Day: Justin Long a Mac no longer

Dan Moren — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:30:00 +0000

Justin Long goes PC, Android may have gotten its logo inspiration from a surprising source, and Google and Apple may be going face-to-face in yet another market segment.

Texas conducting antitrust review of Google

Nancy Gohring — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:29:00 +0000

Google is facing an antitrust review in Texas.

Facebook glitch let spammer post to walls

Robert McMillan — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:20:00 +0000

A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload service that allowed him to spam thousands of users.

Rackspace offers iPad front end for cloud

Maxwell Cooter — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:35:00 +0000

A new iPad application offers a sophisticated approach to cloud computing

Apple’s latest iPods: What you need to know

Macworld Staff — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:19:00 +0000

Trying to keep up with all the changes to Apple's iPod lineup? We outline what's new, what's improved, and what's missing while tackling all your questions about the latest iPods.

Rounding up the new iPod touch and iPod nano cases

Serenity Caldwell — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:07:00 +0000

Looking for a case for that new pre-ordered iPod? Macworld has painstakingly collected the first few available cases for Apple's sixth-generation iPod nano and fourth-generation iPod touch.