Steve Jobs was surprisingly candid with All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher yesterday — he reportedly told her that both Facebook and Apple had spoken about integrating more closely with the new iTunes social network Ping , but Facebook asked for “onerous terms that we could not agree to” regarding Facebook friends connecting on Ping. He didn’t elaborate, obviously, but you can see in Facebook’s public documentation... 

Billboard has announced that it will be giving awards out for iOS music apps (of all things). At the Music App Summit on October 5th, Billboard will choose winning iOS apps in six different categories, from Best Artist App and Best Music Creation App to Best Branded Music App. You can find the full list of nominees after the break, and there are some recognizable names on there, including a Phish touring app , TUAW favorite I am T-Pain , and the... 

You saw them in the keynote today, now watch them again in the privacy of your own home: the new iPod touch and iPod nano television ads are live on Apple.com and on Apple’s YouTube channel . “All kinds of fun,” indeed. (If you’re a fan of NBC’s Chuck , like some of us are, you may appreciate that Cake’s Short Skirt/Long Jacket — the show’s theme song — is featured in the new nano ad.) [via... 

Steve Jobs just showed off some screenshots and functionality for Game Center, which will be officially releasing with iOS 4.1 next week. The official app will provide social networking features for App Store games, including friends lists, achievements, “auto matching” (the rest of the world calls that matchmaking), challenges and a host of other cross-platform features for gamers on Apple’s mobile platform. Jobs also invited... 

Most of you noticed something a bit… oddly specific about Apple’s streaming announcement for the 9/1 event: Apple(R) will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which is based on open standards. Viewing requires either a Mac(R) running Safari(R) on Mac OS(R) X version 10.6 Snow Leopard(R), an iPhone(R) or iPod touch(R) running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad[TM]. The live broadcast... 

Autodesk , proprietor of popular 2D/3D design software AutoCAD , is about to bring AutoCAD back to the Mac after a nearly two decade estrangement. AutoCAD is to engineering and architecture design what Photoshop is to photo editing, so this is a Pretty Big Deal. Like many software makers (and users), Autodesk bailed on the Mac platform during the early 1990s, at least as far as AutoCAD is concerned. Since then, …  Read More →

With the September 2010 Apple media event just days away, here’s a quick team round-up of our takes on the likely product introductions. Victor Agreda : I’m betting on an iPod nano with touchscreen (because flicking is the new scrolling), and an iPod touch with a camera and retina screen. As for the “One More Thing?” How about a digital shelf in iTunes for your music for MobileMe subscribers? I’m expecting a new iTunes…  Read More →

Just about every time you turn around, there’s another ad for a green product. Cleaners, cars, food products, you name it. Well, the trend was bound to make it to the Apple market, and we’re happy to say that we have two products to tell you about. Even better, you have a chance to win one of these green products. The first item is the Agent18 EcoShield+ case for iPhone 4 (US$34.95). What’s “green” about a case for... 

Sunday night is the funnest night of the week, when you can join the TUAW staff for an hour or so of live banter about what’s happened in the Apple world in the previous week. This week, we’ll also be chatting about the mystery Apple press conference on Wednesday, which probably isn’t too much of a mystery given the past history of September press meetings. It’s also the time…  Read More →

If you’re familiar with the Scene It? franchise for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, you’ve probably never thought of having a similar model work on an iPhone or an iPad. If you’re like me, you may have an “of course” moment when you first see the Griffin PartyDock. Thanks to the FCC posting the PartyDock filing from Griffin earlier this week we’re now getting our first look at a very cool new product. The PartyDock... 

Usually, I’m not so hot on the vague teasers, especially for Mac software. If you want me to be interested in your movie or your game or your software, just let me know what it does and how, and I’ll decide if I want it or not. But what the heck, it’s the freakin’ weekend, so here’s a teaser short for a new RealMac app coming soon called Courier — not to be confused with the Microsoft tablet . Frederico at MacStories... 

We’ve seen the iPad implemented both at school and at work , but in your car? That’s the idea behind the iBusiness, a Mercedes-Benz S600 that’s been tricked out with Apple gear aplenty by Brabus . Get this — you can see the two iPads and keyboards in the back seats, but there’s also a Mac mini in the back and a 64gb iPod touch as well. The display…  Read More →

Square has made quite a few headlines with its in-progress payment system for the iPhone, but here’s that reader developed by Mophie (known for their battery pack add-ons) and serviced by Intuit. It’s called the Complete Card Solution for iPhone , and it’s costlier than Square’s extremely low cost of entry where all you need to start taking payments is a free account, free app and free card reader. This one runs $179 from... 

All sorts of buzz in the blogosphere this afternoon after Plex, makers of a respected Mac-based digital media center application updated their blog with a cryptic hint that seems to point to next Wednesday’s Apple event . Plex provides a centralized way to access your media library from a simple TV interface — think FrontRow on steroids. Many Mac mini-based media centers have been built around Plex. So does Plex’s post add weight... 

Here’s some great news for Netflix subscribers. The free Netflix app has finally made it to the iPhone and iPod touch. Netflix members on plans as low as US$8.99 a month can instantly watch movies and TV shows streamed from the Netflix servers. This has been an eagerly-awaited app (the iPad version was available at launch), and I downloaded it this morning to give it a test. It works fine on both 3G and WiFi, and the 3…  Read More →