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Apple Premium Reseller shops in Greece
The new force in Apple and Mac’s push in Greece is called Apple Premium Reseller Shops. Greek press, print and online, has mentioned iSquare’s plans from time to time.
AppWall on your Mac
We all remember the AppWalls at WWDC (2009 version – 2010 version). A wildly original idea: several Mac Pros with Cinema Displays showing App Store purchases in real time.
iPhone 4 for the Greeks is coming - soon or later
Greek carriers teased iPhone 4 interest forms without a ship date, while the US launch looked like the first iPhone all over again. Historical HellasProject note, filled from Blogspot after Wayback returned a parking page.
Is Apple playing dirty in iPad ads?
iPad ads crop 16:9 movie stills into 4:3, then claim the best way to watch video.
Latest news [iPhone]
A roundup: Cydia repo packages not all working on iOS 4, iWork rumors, iPad iOS 4 delay, iPhone 4 BOM cost, and a week of headlines.
iPhone4 pre-release stuff
Days before launch: iFixit teardown photos, unboxing and camera video, plus review quotes from Mossberg, Pogue, Baig, Jardin, and Topolsky.
9 things you can do with VLC (and maybe did not know)
Besides being a very good video player for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, VLC has many other features new users may not know.
iBooks for iPhone only on the 3GS model
iPhone 3G users look like they will be left complaining, since iBooks will apparently run only on the 3GS and of course the iPhone 4.
Government of Malta: we prefer Free Software, we work with the local LUG on translations!
Malta issued a public-sector directive to adopt Free Software and the EUPL, with English plus another EU language, OSOR, and local translation help.
New Mac mini!
Apple quietly posted a thinner unibody Mac mini with HDMI, GeForce 320M, a faster CPU, and the power supply inside the case.
Options to read/write Mac disks from Boot Camp
Boot Camp still beat VMs for Windows on Mac, but HFS+/NTFS needed MacDrive, Paragon, SL-NTFS, Tuxera, or NTFS-3G for two-way files.
Apple in the crosshairs again over iOS ad limits
Apple in the US appears to be in the sights of competition authorities again after changing iOS terms of use around advertising.