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According to Netflix’s quarterly earnings report, more customers are using the service on an Apple TV than the iPad. This is despite the fact that Apple has sold over 15 million iPads and only 2 million Apple TVs.

The Apple TV Netflix interface is far superior to that of Netflix’s iPad app, and clearly people still enjoy watching video on a television.

According to Business Insider:

Netflix finished Q4 with 20.01 million subscribers, more than the 19.5 million the Street was expecting. During 2010, it added 7.7 million subscribers, more than the 2.9 million subscribers it added in 2009.

With Netflix looking more and more to streaming as the future of its business, this is good news for the company and for Apple. At $99, the Apple TV is priced low enough that many can purchase one on impulse. Clearly people are happy with the device, even if it’s just being used as Netflix box.

Article Via Mac Stories

According to a new report by Mac Rumors, Apple’s 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros are in short supply, possibly indicating a refresh is due soon.

Here’s Eric Slivka:

The 17″ MacBook Pro generally appears to be in the shortest supply at the moment, with Amazon quoting a shipment window of 1-2 months for the base Core i5 model and several popular resellers connected through Amazon’s systems also showing low stocks of the 17″ models. For its part, Apple continues to show “within 24-hour” availability of all MacBook Pro models in its online stores, suggesting that the company may be prioritizing remaining stock to serve its customers directly.

This type of thing has happened before with Apple’s products, and it’s been 9 months since the last MacBook Pro refresh. While rumors of USB 3 and Light Peak keep surfacing, I think an update would include a slimmer case, more SSD options, and making the SuperDrive a thing of the past, at least on the 13-inch model.

What do you think? Sound off in the comments!

We love Flud news. In fact, we’ve loved it from the beginning. We were one of the very first blogs to feature the application. Flud has come a long way since that first release. The app went on to be a top seller on iTunes, and they’ve even been so kind as to include us as a default site in their news listings. How badass is that?

A little birdie just landed in my inbox to let me know that Flud is coming to other platforms, including the Mac. We’re assuming that in addition to the iPad and iPhone application, Flud will also be available on Android. We’ve got emails into the Flud team to find out exactly what’s brewing, and we’ll keep you up-to-date when that happens.

If you haven’t heard of Flud, check out our original app review. In short, it’s a gorgeous looking RSS reader.

Our tipster also dropped a couple more details that we’re not confident enough to pass along just yet, but should they turn out to be true, we’ll let you know.

What say you Flud? Is a Mac version on the horizon?

I switched from my iPhone to an HTC Evo 4G on release day back in June. One of the first things I missed was a competent way to sync a selection of my music to the phone. Android phones allow you to access the device like a USB hard drive and directly move files on or off, but that was more hands on than I wanted.

I tried a couple of solutions including DoubleTwist, but they didn’t quite feel right. I finally ran into Salling Media Sync, and have used it since. The best tools to me are ones I set up one time, and then don’t think about again. They just become part of my workflow.

Salling Media sync is simple. There is an icon in your notification bar, and when you plug in an Android device and turn on USB storage, Salling Media Sync will recognize the device and pop up a sync window. The first tab gives you an overview of the device and storage use, and the remaining three tabs handle options for syncing music, podcasts, and photos. I often like to sync entire artists, so I just set up a smart playlist for each artist I am interested in syncing. The podcast tab works a lot like the podcast syncing in iTunes, and the photos tab allows you to sync selected events/folders in either your iPhoto or Aperture libraries.

Syncing is simple, and fast. The only improvements I could see would be a way to choose artists or albums to sync instead of playlists, and the ability to pull new music off your Android device into your iTunes library.

A demo version of Salling Media Sync is available for free, but the paid version syncs faster. Best of all, it is on sale until Feburary 1 for $9.99. I was happy that I paid the full $20 or so back when I bought it for the “just works” it provides me. You can pay for the full version at the Salling Media website, or through the Mac App Store.

Bill Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 until 1990, and created a lot of software that people loved. Most notable were his contributions to MacPaint and HyperCard.

Turns out Atkinson hasn’t abandoned Apple, and he’s still creating applications for a very popular Apple platform—iOS.

PhotoCard is an application that lets you use an iPhone and iPad to create postcards from your photos. They’ll then mail off the postcards for you for a small fee. In additional to using snailmail, the application also lets you send the postcards via email.

There are a lot of excellent reviews on the App Store, and while I haven’t tried the service out myself just yet, I did want to pass along the news that one of the original Macintosh developers is still active in the community, bringing great products to Apple fans. This is why I love the Mac community!

Thanks for the hard work, Bill. Most of us wouldn’t be sitting here if it wasn’t for you.

The Verizon iPhone hasn’t even shipped yet, and somehow they’re managing to put enormous pressure on AT&T to stop sucking less. AT&T has been the butt end of a lot of jokes over the years, but today they’ve decided to take the first step away from the stigma that they don’t care about their customers. It’s the first step in a long road, but every journey has to begin somewhere, right? In this case, that journey begins with a loophole.

The Associated Press has uncovered that AT&T is now letting customers, who previously had unlimited accounts, re-gain access to an unlimited data plan. The Wall Street Journal website is classifying it as a loophole, so we’re not sure how long this will last.

Loophole or not, unlimited data is awesome. So, if you’ve been kicking yourself for giving up your unlimited data plan, now’s the time to get it back. If your AT&T customer support person starts busting your balls about it, just threaten to go to Verizon. I’m sure that’ll get the paperwork moving again.

Article Via The Wall Street Journal

It’s no secret that Adobe’s Flash technology isn’t the best thing on the planet. Sadly, it’s a popular format that many of us can’t avoid.

However, there are some ways to limit Flash usage. I use the excellent Click2Flash Safari extension on both of my Macs, and it works like a dream.

But some people want more. That’s where the free FlashFrozen comes in. Written by Tyler Loch and released free of charge, the app monitors the CPU usage of the Flash plugin and can kill the process with a single click.

You know that new Apple iPhone “Two Is Better Than One” ad? Where they show two iPhone 4s running on AT&T and Verizon side by side? Well, here is the ‘original’ cut of that commercial:

Oh, AT&T… I’m so sorry.

The creator of the video, YouTube user ApplePromos, has received a few nasty comments, but notes that “it’s a joke, I’m 13…so chill out.” They also admit to being on AT&T’s network as well. I guess nothing beats first hand experience.

When Apple ended its exclusive agreement with Rogers in Canada, I don’t recall there being such a big advertising push from Apple about it. There were just the usual iPhone ads with the carrier’s logo tagged on at the end. I guess this is more of a ‘big deal’ in the States, since they released a totally different CDMA version of the phone for Verizon.