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Eye-Fi Geo Adds GPS Info To iLife For Life

10:00PM Mark Wilson | Geotagging photos sounds good, but it can become a laborious process to mark the source of every photo in your photo library. Now the Eye-Fi Geo will bring automatic geotagging to every photo you take. More »
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iPhoto 8.0.2 Update Improves Recognition, Geotagging; Still Sees Faces in Cookie Dough

12:20PM Wilson Rothman | I noticed that the iPhoto 8.0.2 update had some new UI options, so I asked the Apple mothership what all the update covered. Turns out, it solves a few of my original problems: More »
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iPhoto ‘09: The Definitive Review and Tip Sheet

11:00PM Wilson Rothman | If you couldn’t tell from yesterday’s facial recognition special, I’ve been immersed in iPhoto ‘09—just me and 30,000 photos. Here’s my full rundown of the app, plus tips to make it work better and faster. More »
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What a $US5 GarageBand Artist Lesson Actually Includes

5:00AM Mark Wilson | While iLife ’09’s GarageBand comes bundled with 9 free lessons on guitar and piano, Artist Lessons, with famous musicians, cost $US5 a pop to download. So what does that money actually get you?
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iMovie ‘09 Review

1:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | On the surface iMovie ‘09 doesn’t appear that much different than the iMovie ‘08 everyone complained about. But when you start digging through the software, you realise Apple actually listened to all the user complaints. More »
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What To Know About iPhoto ‘09 Face Detection and Recognition

11:00PM Wilson Rothman | In testing iPhoto for a full review (coming soon), I’ve plowed through more than 30,000 photos using over 40 identified faces, mostly human. Here’s how iPhoto’s face detection and recognition works—and doesn’t work: More »
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iLife ‘09 Shipping Now, Hitting Torrents in Three, Two…

8:14AM Jesus Diaz | According to some readers, the $US79 iLife ‘09 is now shipping. For metadata fanatic loons like me, it’s worthy just for iPhoto alone and its new face tagging and localisation features.
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iPhoto ‘09 Video Tour

6:24AM Jason Chen | Here are a few best features of iPhoto ‘09, including Faces and Places, which recognises people in your albums and the locations you took those photos in. More »
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Where’s the Mac Mini? And Other Rumour Smashes!

5:54AM Mark Wilson | If Wired, TUAW and Macrumors are independently reporting a Mac Mini is on its way, we know it exists. Evidently, we’re just not going to see it at Macworld. So what about other rumours?
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Apple Revamps iLife for ‘09 with iPhoto Facial Recognition and More

3:12AM Wilson Rothman | Today at Macworld 2009 in San Francisco, Apple showed off a new iPhoto with true facial recognition, a better iMovie and other iLife updates—$US79 solo, $US99 for family, available late January. More »