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Apple Announces WWDC 2011 Dates

Apple Announces WWDC 2011 Dates

By John Pastor • March 28, 2011

The countdown is on to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference where the company is set to unveil the next versions of its iOS and Mac OS X operating systems to its developer base. Apple announced on Monday that it has scheduled WWDC 2011 to be held June 6-10 at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco.

LIVE BLOG: WWDC 2010 Steve Jobs Keynote Address

By John Pastor • June 5, 2010

What could be announced Monday morning when Steve Jobs returns to the WWDC helm? The much anticipated 4G iPhone? A revamped Apple TV? Safari 5? You’ve come to the right place to find out. Unfortunately, we won’t be there live in person like last year, but we will be gathering information from other sources around the web as the announcements happen. Can’t monitor the many live blogs? We’ve got one that monitors it all.

New Changes to ConnectReviews

By John Pastor • July 21, 2009

You may have noticed some changes to ConnectReviews recently, and that’s because we’ve upgraded our design to the awesome Mimbo Pro 2 theme which builds on top of the great Mimbo Pro theme we were using until today. Not a whole lot has changed in terms of design, but there are code refinements and other cool new features which help us bring more content to you, the reader.

Video: Blog Action Day 2008

By John Pastor • October 11, 2008

We’re turning away from our traditional review format for one day this week, October 15th. It’s something called Blog Action Day, and is an annual event for bloggers to talk to the public about a single topic. Last year’s topic was global warming, this year’s is poverty. Poverty is an increasing problem in the world that we live in, and there are plenty of ways you can spread the word to help.

MacSpark: BusySync review and giveaway!

By John Pastor • June 26, 2008

One of our writers, David Plews, has written an excellent article over at MacSpark, our sister site, on BusySync. It’s a great little utility that allows you to sync calendars across Macs using Bonjour and across Google Calendar. Best of all, we’ve managed to convince the developers to let us give you a free 5-computer license.

Welcome to ConnectReviews 4.0!

By John Pastor • June 15, 2008

We’ve finally made it, after nearly 245 reviews and countless hours of hard work. Welcome to ConnectReviews, version 4.0! We’ve based our new design …

Switching Hosts

By John Pastor • February 28, 2008

We are switching to new servers for Carbonite Media & ConnectReviews.com overnight, therefore, you may experience trouble while accessing the website for the next …

New iPhone / iPod touch Icon for ConnectReviews

By John Pastor • January 19, 2008

The iPhone 1.1.3 update that was released on Tuesday at Macworld added the functionality to add webclips to your home screen of your favorite …

Macworld Expo 2008 Coverage at MacSpark This Week!

By John Pastor • January 13, 2008

Our sister site MacSpark will be covering Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco later this week, starting with our Steve Jobs keynote coverage on …

MacSpark announces coverage of Macworld Expo 2008

By John Pastor • December 18, 2007

Just a quick side note before the holidays, our sister site MacSpark has announced coverage of the Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco which …

MacSpark launched!

By John Pastor • November 24, 2007

We are proud to announce a new site added to the Carbonite Media family, right next to ConnectReviews. It’s called MacSpark and it’s our …

Happy Thanksgiving from ConnectReviews…

By John Pastor • November 22, 2007

Even if you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, there’s still something to be thankful for in life. I’d like to thank the people who make ConnectReviews …