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21 August 2010
Today sees the long overdue relaunch of one of the oldest section of the NZMac.com website...the Useful Websites section, which allows you to suggest websites that are of use to Macintosh users to look at around the internet. This update has been a long time coming (sorry), but it is only recently that some new software became available to bring great enhancements to this section of the site. And to celebrate, NZMac.com is giving away 2x $30 NZD iTunes credits...and all you have to do is recommend a new site (called "Adding a link") to the Useful Websites section or review an existing listing. If it gets accepted you are in with a chance. Suggest more than one site or add more than one review and you get more than one chance to win.
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12 August 2010
The NZiPhone.com and NZMac.com News app has been updated to version 1.3 and will appear in the App Store shortly, and with it comes support for the iPhone 4. The app features a slight new look in that some of the tab icons (the tab is the bottom part of the screen) have changed, and this is due to using icons that have both a standard and high-res (for the retina display) version within the app. At the same time, text and other aspects of the app should be crystal clear to those with an iPhone 4. This was all incredibly easy to do, thanks in part to the amazing TapLynx framework used to build the app. So what are you waiting for? Download the free app now and keep up-to-date with all the happenings on NZMac.com and NZiPhone.com!
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24 June 2010
Tonight the site's community section was updated with some superb new features...most notably a new integrated event management system. If you have an NZ Mac related meeting happening (physically or virtually), then why not promote it on NZMac.com or invite site users? This feature allows you to create and manage events easily. It will also intelligently display maps as required with zero configuration. You can define how many "seats" are available for an event, which allows you to limit event participants if needed.
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21 April 2010
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 second quarter ended March 27, 2010. The Company posted revenue of $13.50 billion and net quarterly profit of $3.07 billion, or $3.33 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $9.08 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.62 billion, or $1.79 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 41.7 percent, up from 39.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 58 percent of the quarter's revenue.
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12 February 2010
The official app of NZiPhone.com - The home of the iPhone in New Zealand and NZMac.com - Supporting the New Zealand Macintosh community, is here!! Get the FREE app from http://itunes.com/apps/nziphonecomandnzmaccomnews
Get the latest news, forum posts, app listings and reviews, podcasts, video, blog posts and more on your iPod Touch or iPhone, with the ability to read articles whilst offline, without the need for a data connection. Built using the TapLynx iPhone development framework, this application not only keeps you up to date with all that’s happening on NZiPhone.com and NZMac.com, but has the inbuilt ability to let you share what you are reading with friends via email and Twitter.
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01 January 2010
In my "Year that was" blog post on NZMac.com, I commented that for a number of reasons, I was unable to get together a New Year contest for either site, most notably because I'm swamped with study. Well, it just didn't seem right not to start the year off with something, so I've put together a contest that is easy to enter and has some gifts I bought from the Apple Company Store when I visited mid-year (this is the shop that sits next to Apple HQ at Cupertino) and some other goodies I've put together. I'm sorry it's not more, but it's still pretty good...and very easy for you to enter.
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30 November 2009
Got a Facebook account? Yeah, me neither...but I hear that many people do...and now you can use that account to register and login to NZMac.com instead of registering separate password details. It adds an extra level of security for you, as authentication (logging in) is all handled by Facebook and not NZMac.com. None of your Facebook authentication details (i.e., your email and password) are sent to or stored by NZMac.com. And the great news is that those users already registered here can convert their account login to use Facebook.
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08 August 2009
Time to give away some prizes and goodies from my trip to the Apple Company Store at One Infinite Loop, Cupertino...oh, and two copies of the Snow Leopard Upgrade when it is released by Apple. This competition will run until that date and is an opportunity to add to the site or prove to us that you're Mac geek!
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10 June 2009
Interested in reviewing a great new anti-virus program for the Mac? iAntiVirus is specifically designed to detect and remove Mac-specific threats and does not contain any unnecessary information about Windows-based threats – this ensures that the product is lightweight and its memory footprint and system resource usage is kept to an absolute minimum. iAntiVirus is actually free, but we'll be supplying the nominated user with a license key to gain access to customer support services.
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31 May 2009
I'm pleased to announce a significant update to the community section of NZMac.com. From now on, you'll be able to link video clips from numerous sites around the web into your own community area...and decide who should get to see them. But that's not all....you can now upload and play video clips on NZMac.com itself!! This new functionality will let you provide other users with an occasional video commentary or video to explain an issue. But enough text...watch this explanatory video instead....