So, you want to make some musics, eh? But, you don’t want to bother looking into guitar lessons? What, the recorder wasn’t easy enough for you? Your lady friend wasn’t interested in your three-chord rendition of Mary Had a Little Lamb? You know, we’re not judging you. We know that you grew up in an age where technology rules all. Fortunately, there are apps out there that can, yeah, do that .

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Free App Fridays: Music

Although Apple unveiled new privacy rules with the iPhone 4 software for developers, the restrictions on data collection reportedly hasn’t prevented Google from serving ads within iPhone or iPad applications. A central reason why Apple is turning a blind eye to the third-party ads is to take FTC pressure off of the Cupertino, Calif. company,

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Apple Allowing Google Targeted Ads — For Now

MobileMe went down for some ’scheduled maintenance’ last night, and when it came back up it included a whole host of new features. As well as the Mail web application now out of beta, Apple’s list of improvements includes: Widescreen and compact views. Rules to keep your email organized everywhere. Single-click archiving. Formatting toolbar. Faster performance. Increased security with SSL. Support for

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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad , iPhone , iPod touch , iDevice Apps , iDevice Accessories , Mac Software , Games , Features , Originals The 2010 FIFA World Cup is now underway, meaning if New York is anything like it was when I lived there, bleachers have been set up on the sidewalks outside of TV store window displays across the city. If you’re into it that much, here’s a collection of iPhone and iPod touch games, apps and accessories to help you follow the action or even create some of your own. Apps: New – Mac and White Mac and White today announced Soccer Tactics Multiplayer edition would be free on 17th and 18th June to celebrate the 19th World Cup. Join the league and play against anyone in the world, and compete to be the global Champion in this 3-on-3 round-based football game. Play against the device, a friend via hot-seat mode, or anyone in the world through the online matchmaking system. You can get Soccer Tactics Multiplayer from the App Store now. Fun Booth 2 has been updated with some special World Cup props. With the world’s most watched event already under way, Fun Booth will make it even more fun, especially when friends get together for a game

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FIFA World Cup Soccer apps for iPhone, iPod touch [updated]

Sound Off Challenge Back in April, we gave the Zeppelin Mini from Bowers & Wilkins ($399.95) four stars and a Great rating … and now we’re giving away our test unit to one lucky reader. Use it to pump out the jams from your iPod or iPhone—the Mini sounds as good as it looks. All you have to do to win is fire up iTunes and look up your top five most-played tracks in iTunes. Leave a comment below with the Title, Artist, and Play Count for each song, and we’ll choose a winner at random. Deadline for entry is July 31, 2010. Winner will be announced in the Oct/10 issue of Mac|Life.     The fine print: Mac|Life “Sound Off Challenge” Contest rules: The winner will be chosen at random from qualified entries. All entries must be received no later than July 31, 2010, with the winner announced in the Oct/10 issue. By entering this contest, you agree that Future US, Inc. may use your name, likeness, and website for promotional purposes without further payment. Employees of Sponsor, its respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and agents, and foregoing employees¹ household or immediate family members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling, or grandparent) are NOT eligible to enter Contest. All prizes will be awarded, and no minimum number of entries is required. If two or more people enter identical designs and that entry is selected as the winner, the entry received first will be awarded the contest prize. Prizes won by minors will be awarded to their parents or legal guardians.

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Filed under: Apple By all accounts, and despite the groans of inconvenienced developers, iPhone OS has been a smashing success. In the second quarter of 2010 , Apple sold roughly 20 million iPhone and iPods, compared to about 3 million Macs. The iPad alone has already sold its millionth unit . That means there are a lot of iPhone OS installations out there on Apple-branded equipment. Under the hood, iPhone OS is virtually the same as the OS X that runs on Mac desktops. Steve Jobs announced this back in 2007, and it has been confirmed by any number of jailbreaks that allow third parties to explore the iPhone OS from the command line. It may be closed but iPhone OS is still basically OS X. What differentiates iPhone OS from Mac OS has been the openness of the platform. Developers must go through Apple’s review process to deploy software to the vast audience of iPhone OS device owners. Apple sets the rules, ensures the quality, polices the system. It’s a new way of computing, closer to the TiVo or Wii experience than, say, the Windows or Linux experience. Could it be the future of a new Macintosh line? Continue reading Could a closed Mac be in Apple’s future? Could a closed Mac be in Apple’s future?

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Could a closed Mac be in Apple’s future?

Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad , iPad , iDevice Apps , Reviews Category: Games Seller: Ambrosia Software Requirements: iPhone OS 3.2 or later Compatibility: iPad File Size: 28.1MB Version Reviewed: 1.0.1 Price: $9.99 Age Rating: 4+ Solitaire. Is it the reason we have computers? No; although perhaps it’s the reason we have Windows. But if you’ve only ever played Microsoft’s take on solitaire, you’re really missing out. Ambrosia Software’s Mondo Solitaire HD gives you the classics you love, like Klondike and Spider, plus many other solitaire variants that you’ve likely never heard of. If you can’t get enough solitaire, then Mondo Solitiare HD is a must for your iPad. Solitaire games on the App Store are both numerous and of varying levels of quality.  Thankfully, it’s a bit easier to sift through the iPad compatible solitaire apps since there just aren’t as many to pick from.  But really, you don’t need to look anywhere other than Ambrosia Software for the best iPad solitaire game.  Mondo Solitaire HD really has it all.  With over 100 solitaire games and numerous options each, you could spend the better part of the next year just trying them all out, let alone mastering any of them.  And I know you’re saying that you don’t know how to play any funky solitaire games.  Don’t worry, this game already knows that; each game comes with a thorough description and outline of the rules. Plus, the game won’t let you do anything illegal (game-wise at least), so you can’t “do it wrong.”  Actually, you can cheat, but that’ll taint your game.  Let’s not get into that, because you seem like the honest type.

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Appletell reviews Mondo Solitaire for iPad

Adding fuel to the free MobileMe rumors, Apple began issuing invitations to its new MobileMe Mail beta to existing MobileMe users yesterday. MobileMe Mail beta features include: Widescreen and compact views. Rules to keep your email organized everywhere. Single-click archiving. Formatting toolbar. Improved webmail performance. SSL security. You can claim your invitation by logging into MobileMe through me.com. The invite should be on

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Late Wednesday, Apple announced a new beta version of its MobileMe web application, available to all members of the service by simply requesting an invitation. If you’re a MobileMe user, Apple is asking for your help! They’ve launched a beta of their all-new MobileMe Mail web application , and current users of the service can sign up at me.com just by logging in and clicking “Request an invitation” in the lower left corner of the Mail screen. You’ll receive an e-mail when Apple has switched you over to the new beta version, and then you can use it right away. Among the new features are both widescreen and compact views, which give you the ability to see more (or less) of your mail on screen. Mail rules will help you reduce inbox clutter by automatically filing messages into folders of your choosing ahead of time. Once you’ve set up Mail rules at me.com, they’ll organize your incoming e-mail both on the web and on your other devices, including the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC. Single-click archiving is now also available, which files away a selected message into an Archive folder with just one click. Beta users will also get a new formatting toolbar to help beautify their e-mails, allowing you to bold or italicize text, change the font color, insert images and much more. The toolbar also lets you format web links to help disguise long URLs. Probably even more important than new features, the MobileMe beta at me.com now loads your inbox and messages faster than ever before — and more securely, thanks to new SSL protection for increased security. The beta also includes small interface refinements such as the ability to scroll through your entire inbox without having to manually click to load the next set of messages — we’re all for that kind of progress! The MobileMe Mail beta works best with Safari 4, Firefox 3.6 or Internet Explorer 8, but full system requirements and other details have been posted to Apple’s website on a FAQ page . Oh, and fear not: If you’re not happy using the Mail beta, you can roll back to the old-school version at any time, according to the FAQ.

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Section: iPhone / iPod touch / iPad , iPad , iPhone , iPod touch , iDevice Apps , Mac Software Macintosh and iPhone/iPod/iPad product updates and announcements for May 12, 2010: Macintosh iPod Macintosh app4mac has released the final version of wKiosk 6 , the most advanced fullscreen web browser for Mac OS X. wKiosk is designed to present web-based content or run web applications in a safe and stable way. Mostly used for public access terminals in museums or libraries, wKiosk 6 can also be used as the default web browser for all members of a company or an organization. An iPad version is coming at the end of the month. Freeridecoding has announced BurnAgain FS 1.5 , a free update to the CD/DVD multisession burning utility for Mac OS X. Using BurnAgain FS data CDs or DVDs can be modified several times directly in the Finder. Changes can repeatedly be burned until the media is full. BurnAgain FS uses a platform independent format that is readable on all common operating systems without additional software

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