The sad news that just broke is that Steve Jobs is taking another medical leave of absence from Apple, with COO Tim Cook once again taking over day-to-day operations. This comes after last week’s major announcement that Verizon Wireless will start selling the iPhone 4 as of February 2011, and the only slightly less major announcement of the fifth edition of our best-selling ebook, Joe Kissell’s “Take Control of Mac OS X Backups.” Also this week, we share details of our appearances at Macworld Expo, and for consultants attending the show, recommend a side trip to MacTech Boot Camp. So you don’t feel that you missed out, our roving correspondent Jeff Porten reports back on the most interesting products and technologies he saw at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. Finally, it was a slow week in software, with notable releases this week including only Audio Hijack Pro 2.9.9 and Typinator 4.3.
Steve Jobs has announced that he is taking a medical leave of absence to focus on his health. Tim Cook will manage day-to-day operations at Apple in the interim, as he has done in the past.
If you’re a consultant planning on attending Macworld Expo, don’t miss the MacTech Boot Camp the day before.
If you want to label optical discs, either just to keep track of their contents or for decorative purposes, check out BeLight Software’s Disc Cover. Enter to win a copy in this week’s DealBITS drawing!
Joe Kissell takes control of the changing backup landscape with the fifth edition of his comprehensive ebook that teaches readers how to create a reliable backup strategy.
Come find us at Macworld Expo in San Francisco with this handy list of our appearances!
Verizon Wireless will sell a CDMA version of the iPhone 4 starting in February 2010. It’s the same iPhone 4 we already know, other than supporting a different cellular network standard and including an option to act as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot for up to five other devices.
Jeff Porten braved the miles of vendors at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to report on items of interest to Mac users (and score some discount codes for TidBITS readers in the process).
Notable software releases this week include Audio Hijack Pro 2.9.9 and Typinator 4.3.
We have bit more reading for you to sink your teeth into this week, with news of the iPad coming to Verizon Wireless, AT&T considering a mobile hotspot feature, and the price of the iPhone 3GS dropping. Also, check out Glenn Fleishman’s exhausting (er, exhaustive) review of 11 iPhone navigation apps for Macworld and Adam’s virtual MUG meeting for MacVoices TV.