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Apple Now Accepting iPad Apps, Planning “Grand Opening” of iPad App Store

Apple is now accepting iPad apps for a “grand opening” of the iPad App Store, according to an email just sent to registered developers.
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Security Expert: “Mac OS X Is Safer, But Less Secure”

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Tech site H-Online has an interesting story today, quoting security expert Charlie Miller about his forthcoming talk at the CanSecWest conference next week.
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Apple Devotes Entire Home Page To Jerome York Obituary

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Coming Soon: Steve Jobs, the Sitcom

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iProduct Placement: Disney’s “Bolt” a Turn Off

Disney animation movie “Bolt,” where John Travolta lends his voice to the dog-hero in the title, has a brief, fleeting moment of Apple product placement.

Pixar blogger and CoM reader Guido Rogall explains: in Bolt “there’s a chase scene on a train. For a few seconds you see a young woman with a laptop, either a MacBook or iBook, but what is funny about it is that the Apple logo is not lit.”

As another one of our sharp-eyed readers pointed out, this Apple turn-off  scenario happens every so often in movies.

Wonder if it’s a mistake or makes it product placement more memorable to clued-in viewers…

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Nicole Martinelli was born in San Francisco and has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. Cultish tendencies and love for DIY increased while living on the Old Continent, where tech came late and cost more in Big Mac index terms. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. Since 1999, she's been tapping away at zoomata. You can also find her on Facebook, Linked in and Twitter.

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7 comments

    [...] in ultimul desen animat de la DIsney/Pixar – “Bolt” apare o referinta la un laptop facut de apple. December 1st, 2008 at 5:28 pm | SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “the [...]

    Don’t forget “The Agent” has an iPhone. ;] In the first scene with him in it, he’s waving it around.

    I’m thinking it’s a sort of Easter Egg from Pixar. Just like every Pizza Hut ad shows a bottle of Pepsi. It’s a subtle plug for the home team.

    it also appears that this ‘apple’ has no optical drive on the right side of the lappy…

    Let’s not forget the iPod and Chime start up sound in Wall-e

    “I’m thinking it’s a sort of Easter Egg from Pixar. Just like every Pizza Hut ad shows a bottle of Pepsi. It’s a subtle plug for the home team.” (imajoebob)

    Just a correction, I think only the short before the film is made by Pixar, while the movie itself is produced solely by Walt Disney Animation Studios.

    Also, I noticed the iPhone in the beginning, and it’s spot on down to the call screen, which is what the agent is on when he’s waving it around.

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