Apple Today: A slow week

by Milind Alvares

Apple Today: A slow week

by Milind Alvares on December 26, 2008

I know I know. We haven’t posted anything for the past two days, but what else can you expect? There’s so much of good food around that one can hardly stay awake to get any work done. Luckily the entire tech community has been slow to the task as well, as we have seen hardly any news stories pop up. Here are a few that caught our eye.

Multi-Touch Swipe Gestures for iPhone Keyboard »
Apple plans to implement gestures that will perform tasks such as a space bar or return without having to hit the required key on the keyboard. Seems interesting, but where’s our copy-paste!!!

Macenstein’s first annual “The 12 Days AFTER Christmas” Giveaway »
When Dr. Macenstein has an idea, it is always a brilliant one. They’re gonna have giveaways every day, with gifts from hardware and software companies. I’d suggest you give it a shot!

Wal-Mart announces availability of Apple iPhone 3G, starting Sunday, December 28 »
So we finally see one of the biggest stores in the US carry the iPhone. So much for the $99 4GB iPhone rumour though. 

iPhone fart app pulls in nearly $10,000 a day »
We mentioned that it was good (or bad) and look what happened! iFart Mobile rakes in $9,198 in a single day. In a single day! I still can’t believe it.

Your first day with a new Mac: the get-started guide for Windows users »
Techradar has some excellent tips for new Mac users. Check it out if you’re new on the scene. 

So you just got your first Mac – now what? »
TUAW has got a whole series of Now What articles for new Apple users. Too many to list out here.

MacHeist’s Giving Tree unwraps presents »
The presents are unwrapped. They’ve got some great gifts including 1Password, Headlines RSS reader, and a bunch of other stuff. Recommended. 

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