Despite rumors that it may launch this month, Apple has confirmed the Mac App Store will launch next month, on January 6th.
First announced back in October, the Mac App Store will mimic the iOS App Store, giving Mac desktop and notebook owners a chance to download thousands of free or paid apps to their computers.
Says CEO Steve Jobs:
The App Store revolutionised mobile apps. We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store by making finding and buying PC apps easy and fun. We can’t wait to get started on January 6.
The downloads will come via “a new system overlay,” says GI.
Apple says the Store will come with a free update to the Snow Leopard OSX.
The Store will be built-in the upcoming Lion OSX.
Just like in the iOS Store, Apple takes a full 30 percent cut of any sales made, however some more savvy game makers have begun releasing free versions of the games with in-app purchase offerings for full versions.
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Last week at Cable-Tec, the cable television industry’s technical tradeshow, Panasonic showed off TVs and set-top boxes featuring tru2way support. Introduced last year, tru2way is an add-on to CableCard, a technology which enables the decryption of digital (QAM) signals from US cable television operators.
Unlike basic CableCard technology, which doesn’t work with interactive services like Video On Demand (VOD), tru2way is designed to be a complete replacement for traditional cable company provided digital cable receivers.
There’s been quite a bit of interest from consumer electronics manufacturers, most notably Panasonic. Earlier this year an official from the National Cable Trade Association told the FCC “cooperation and open communication between cable and CE has never been better.”
Unfortunately the date by which most US cable customers were supposed to have access to tru2way compatible service (July 9,2009) has come and gone.
The longer it takes cable companies to bring tru2way to consumers, the more entrenched competition from new internet-based services will be and the more ground they’ll have to make up. Offerings like Netflix Watch Instantly and Xbox Live seem to gain in popularity every day.
Cable company executives are used to thinking of their companies as established incumbents. But the market they’re hoping to capture with tru2way enabled devices is one that’s still being defined. Continued delays mean more time for other companies to establish the kind of dominance cable once enjoyed in the home entertainment landscape.
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George Hotz, who normally goes under the moniker Geohot, has released blackra1n today, the world’s first Apple iPhone 3.1.2 firmware jailbreaking software.
Says Geohot:
“So, what is blackra1n? blackra1n is a 30 second ALL device 3.1.2 jailbreak. Even the ipt3, but the ipt3 is tethered. In order to boot it, just rerun blackra1n. As far as donations go, they are much appreciated, but not until after blackra1n works for you. I never ask for donations before the tool is released.
Warning 3g and 3gs unlockers, do not upgrade to 3.1.2 using iTunes if you want to keep your unlock. Baseband cannot be downgraded. Check out the dev team’s offerings. Also blackra1n doesn’t hacktivate.
blackra1n.com got a quarter million unique hits, and that’s without any content. This jailbreak is going to be huge!!!”
You can download the software here: blackra1n jailbreaking software
