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First-gen MacBook Pro notebooks with Retina display round corner, now considered “vintage” or “obsolete” by Apple

As heartbreaking as it may be, the first MacBook Pro notebooks with a Retina display are now considered vintage. The notebook was also praised in many reviews, which awarded it top marks for its mix of functionality and portability. Marco Arment, a well-known developer, even called it “the best laptop ever made,” with a “crowd-pleasing […]

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Developer Marco Arment releases Overcast 2 podcast app

In the wake of his pulling the Peace ad-blocking app from the App Store, Apple offering a full refund to Peace’s customers and the fallout from this, developer Marco Arment has just released something else that looks pretty slick. Overcast 2, Arment’s podcast player, has just been released. The new version offers the following fixes […]

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Apple to offer refund for all purchases of Peace app

You don’t have to go through developer Marco Arment himself for a refund on the Peace app, Apple will send you a refund. As of now, Apple is refunding the money spent for the best-selling Peace content blocker app. The app was pulled by Arment two days after going online. “Apple notified me this afternoon […]

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Peace ad-blocker app pulled, developer offers refunds, explanation

One of the top apps on the App Store was just rescinded by its developer. Developer Marco Arment has just pulled the Peace ad-blocker application from the App Store. Arment went on to offer the following explanation via his web site:

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Evidence of unknown iPad models surface in developers notes, speculation of forthcoming “iPad mini” grows

When in doubt, there’s always some interesting stuff in the logs. Per the cool cats at MacRumors and his own blog, developer Marco Arment he noticed the two “curious entries” in Instapaper’s device stats on Friday, positing the device identifiers could offer clues to the supposed tablets’ internal hardware. As a side note, Arment said, […]