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AP Stylebook comes to the App Store

by Joachim Bean (RSS feed) on Sep 30th, 2009

If you're a journalist, writer, or editor, you've probably either heard of, used, or referenced the AP Stylebook in some way. Now, the AP has released an iPhone app of the AP Stylebook [iTunes Link]. It's searchable, allows you to make notes, and offers features for easy access of suggested writing styles. However, this app costs $28.99, which is considerably more expensive than the printed version, which is available for $18.95 from the AP. If you're out a lot, and don't want to carry a big spiral-bound book around with you, you might want to consider this, although the price of this app may be limiting.

Tags: AP, AP Stylebook, App Store, AppStore, ApStylebook, editor, journalist, writer

Filed under: iTS, Rumors, Odds and ends

Beatles-on-iTunes talks 'stalled' says Paul

by Robert Palmer (RSS feed) on Nov 25th, 2008

Talks between Apple, Inc., Apple Corps, and EMI to bring the Beatles catalogue to the iTunes Store have "stalled," according to a statement by Paul McCartney to the Associated Press.

McCartney said, "The last word I got back was it's stalled at the whole moment, the whole process." He told the BBC that "heavy negotiations" were in progress with EMI, who said they were "working hard to secure agreement with Apple Corps."

My ill-informed, Captain Obvious guess? Someone's holding out for more money. The AP oddly suggested that the holdup is related to a trademark dispute between Apple Corps and Apple, Inc. which was settled in court last year.

McCartney continued, "I really hope it will happen because I think it should."

[Via Cult of Mac.]

Tags: ap, apple corps, AppleCorps, beatles, breakingnews, emi, mccartney

Filed under: Macworld, Analysis / Opinion, Humor

Associated Press must have Steve Jobs' phone bugged

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on Jan 8th, 2007

How else could they have come up with this insightful and super-newsy headline?

Hmm, "expected" -- not a strong verb. How about "we'd bet our pants on it?"

In fairness to Rachel Konrad, who undoubtedly did not write the headline, the article itself is pretty well done; it discusses the metameme of Apple product introductions in the iPod age, which can have cellphone company execs quivering in anxiety even before we know the iPhone's real name. We all can remember when Apple wasn't considered a serious technology company, and the Macintosh was derided as a 'toy computer.' Times have changed: this week there are tech reporters having to make a tough choice between covering Macworld, where the big news is coming from, and everything else.

Tags: ap, yahoo

Filed under: Software, Apple, Security

CNN reports on Mac virus

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 1st, 2006

Several people have emailed us to point out that CNN is featuring an AP story about the 'first Mac virus' on their front page. It looks like CNN is a little late to the party, since the Mac web already reported about this way back in February. Damien wrote that, 'The bottom line is that this really seems to be a proof-of-concept trojan more than an actual "in the wild, self-propagating" virus. So yeah, it's certainly very interesting, but I'm not about to start watching for the sky to fall.'

The virus detailed in the CNN story is (though they never call it by name) Oompa-Loompa, as coined by Andrew Welch. You get this trojan (it isn't really a virus) by downloading a file that promises to give you a sneak peek at Leopard. You must then decompress the file, and then click on the resulting decompressed file. At that point an application runs that does a variety of things that Andrew details much better than I can.

I wonder what took the AP so long to sensationalize this little 'virus'?

Tags: ap, associated press, AssociatedPress, cnn, mac virus, MacVirus

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