iPhone SDK and iPhone Roadmap

Posted Mar 10th 2008 5:19PM by Lee Givens
Filed under: News, iPhone

March 6, 2008 will go down in Apple history as a seminal day for the iPhone platform and Mac users. I've been around the Mac platform for decades and I haven't seen this much excitement since the Newton or when Apple was testing Rhapsody, the code name for the upcoming Mac OS X (back in the late 1990's).



Why is this a big deal? As most of you know, software is the life-blood of any hardware platform. Take HD-DVD for an example. After the major studios said they were not going to release movies in HD-DVD format, Sony's Blu-Ray took over. Software is the arguably equally important to the cool hardware it runs on.

Starting March 6th, anyone can sign up for Apple's Developer program and get a beta copy of the iPhone SDK. Free. In order to sell your apps on the iTunes and iPhone AppStore, you'll need to come up with $99, but that's a lot better than most developer programs I've seen over the years.

Stop by the Apple iPhone SDK site or watch the March 6th announcement on iTunes Podcasts (search for SDK) or on Apple's web site. Just in case you're wondering, AOL's turn on stage to demo AIM for iPhone comes in around 53 minutes, 10 seconds.

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Lee Givens
AOL Mac Product Lead
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AOL @ Macworld Expo 2008 & CES

Posted Jan 7th 2008 1:40PM by Lee Givens
Filed under: News

Happy new year from the AOL Mac Team!



We've been busy in the past few weeks preparing for CES and Macworld Expo 2008 (oh, and working on AOL Desktop for Mac :)

If you missed the free Exhibit Pass deadline last October, you now have a chance to get a FREE Exhibit-only Pass by visiting the this link:

http://rcsreg.com/macworld/08-G-PC474

The exhibits-only pass has a value of $45 and we have a limited supply, so sign up today! I will be blogging from the 2008 CES show in Las Vegas on any cool gadgets that may appeal to our Mac-centric audience. In the meantime, check out the Bill Gates keynote, his last one at CES.


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Lee Givens
AOL Mac Product Lead
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What is RSS? Can I subscribe to the Mac@AOL Blog?

Posted Nov 29th 2007 1:05PM by Lee Givens
Filed under: News

RSS is widely known as Really Simple Syndication, a fancy way to say that you can "subscribe" to a web site's feed (usually headlines or summaries from a blog, podcast, or news site). You can read more about RSS on Wikipedia (guess what? Wikipedia has an RSS feed you can subscribe to!).

For those of you who want to be kept up-to-date on what's going on the Mac@AOL blog, you can add subscribe to the feed by using the tools located on the bottom right of this page...



Clicking the orange + sign, you can add the Mac@AOL Blog summaries to your favorite web-based news readers. You can also choose to receive your feed by mail so you can read on your iPhone. Just enter your e-mail address in the "Feed by Mail" box.



So whenever there's a new blog article, you'll be the first to know!

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Lee Givens
AOL Mac Product Lead
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AOL Desktop for Mac Beta

Posted Sep 27th 2007 3:30PM by Lee Givens
Filed under: Beta News, AOL Desktop for Mac, News, Announcements

AOL is back for Mac. Following up on our AOL Radio, Pictures and Service Assistant releases this past summer, AOL is pleased to announce our brand new all-in-one web software now available to download in beta release: AOL Desktop for Mac. The best part, this new software was developed by Mac users, for Mac users, from the ground up. Your Mac makes your life easy. Make it even easier with the new AOL Desktop for Mac.

Highlights will include:
  • Speed: Installs in seconds and launches fast -- so you can begin browsing immediately, without signing in.
  • Tabbed Organization: Tabs on browser and IM give you easy access and an uncluttered, organized view for all of your windows.
  • AIM Integration: AIM is built right in so you can see which buddies are online, chat and more.
  • Security: Access AOL Parental Controls to keep you, your family, and your PC safer online at no additional charge.
  • Customization: Highly customizable toolbar makes it easy to keep your favorites right at your fingertips with access to them on any Internet-connected computer
  • For everyone: Designed to work smoothly for dial-up and broad band users

We're listening to our users
The AOL Mac Team will be reading comments on the Beta Central message boards, the AOL Mac message boards and even visit our local Mac user groups for feedback. Another first for the AOL Mac Team - we will be responding to user feedback here on the Mac@AOL blog on most Fridays. Please download the beta for AOL Desktop for Mac (AOL Beta Central), leave comments and we'll review and answer as many as we can on our team blog.


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Lee Givens, Jr.
AOL Mac Product Lead
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Welcome to the Mac@AOL Product Blog!

Posted Sep 27th 2007 2:00PM by Lee Givens
Filed under: News, Announcements

The Mac@AOL Blog is a forum to allow the Mac product team to keep you posted on updates, new applications and some of the fascinating development work going on in other groups at AOL (check out BlueString or CircaVie). The blog can also allow interaction between the Mac community and the people at AOL who design and build the applications you use. We'll be reading your comments and responding, so please let us know what you're thinking.

Building great Mac applications requires a team effort so the entire Mac product team at AOL has been invited to write about interesting aspects of Mac development, designing user interfaces and any interesting topics about the Macintosh universe.

I know some of you may be saying to yourself, "AOL, back on the Mac?" Yes! AOL is committed to the Mac Platform and we have released updates to the popular applications: AOL Radio for Mac, AOL Pictures for Mac and AOL Service Assistant. Did you know you can use your Apple .Mac or free AIM account to log into AOL Radio or AOL Pictures? Both applications are Universal Binaries so they'll run nicely on your new Intel Macintosh.

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Lee Givens, Jr.
AOL Mac Product Lead
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