Is this too bold a prediction? You might think so until you look at the stats. eBook sales were up almost 200 percent in 2009. Here are 5 reasons smartphones are ideally placed to get a big piece of the publishing pie.
| Read more »There are words that would normally have never left my lips (or in this case, fingertips).
Digg, please moderate your front page.
The bury button is gone. I can accept that now, even if I believe that it was a useful tool. I understand that there were issues with the bury button that made it often hurt the site and prevent good content from hitting.
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If you are no longer going to give the power to the people to prevent spam from hitting your front page, then at the very least have someone check the Top News section every 10 minutes. Just a quick peak. Normally, only 1 story rolls on in any given 10 minute interval so it shouldnt take but a couple of seconds.
There is no reason that MobileMonopoly(dot)com should have been allowed to stay on the front page for over 10 minutes. It shouldnt have stayed for over 1 minute. It was a phishing site that was challenging to even leave. Hundreds of people may have clicked on the link. It could have (should have...
Research in Motion could reveal the "Blackpad," its response to Apple's iPad, at next week's BlackBerry Developer Conference, a new report claims.
Verizon says that the Droid X will finally be getting the Android 2.2 update Wednesday.
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Media registration for the 2011 Macworld conference, set to take place from January 26 until the 29th, is now open. The annual event, held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, will offer previews and demonstrations of the latest Apple-related products, including hardware, software, accessories, and services. Other planned events include a Mobile Apps Showcase and an Indie Spotlight, allowing developers to showcase their latest software titles. To qualify for a media badge, the applicant must submit a link to both a masthead and article that clearly displays their...
When working on shared or managed systems, preferences for applications may not always work as expected. When attempting to share your iPhoto Library, for instance, you may find that preference is not available due to settings in Workgroup Manager.
| Read more »It's true that we tend to enjoy our Apple products, but that's just a personal choice. They aren't without their flaws or major annoyances. Today, we are going to tell ya about our beefs with Apple.
| Read more »With the new Phenom II X6 1075T, AMD brings an affordable, yet high performance, sub-$250 6-core CPU to market. And the Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition and Athlon II X4 645 represent great values in their respective price segments. Additionally, the Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition represents the highest clocked quad-core processor to ever leave AMD‚Äôs labs.
| Read more »USBfever has launched its new Universal Cradle for iPhone / iPod with USB Hub. The dock is geared for iPhones and iPods, with or without cases, as it has an adjustable cradle to accommodate multiple sizes. The dock is capable of both syncing and charging the iPhone, while also integrating an audio output port. It includes a three-port USB hub. Listed compatibility includes all current iPhones, the iPod touch 2G and 3G, the iPod Classic 6G and iPod nano 5G. The Universal Cradle for iPhone / iPod with USB Hub sells for $30 at the USBfever website....
Kinda weird timing on this one, but some nerdy genius has come up with the Boba Fett backpack.
Light on details save for the fact that it’s going to set you back fifty bucks, you’ve seen all you really need to see – it’s a backpack. That looks like Boba Fett’s rocket pack.
| Read more »Here's another entry in our "Five Apps For" series, which identifies five iPhone/iPod touch apps that fill a specific niche, appeal to a particular crowd, or cover an area of interest. Enjoy!
As an aging child of the 70's and 80's (I'll be 40 in January), I'm feeling nostalgic for the past while cozying up to my own mortality. Call it a mid-life crisis, regression or what have you, but I'm thinking about the old days. This Etch-a-Sketch iPad case kicked the process into high gear and got me thinking about contemporary versions of the games I used to love.
After scouring the App Store, I found the selection sadly lacking. Every app I found (with one notable exception) resembled its ancestor only superficially. Still, I present them for your consideration. Here are five apps for nostalgia...
| Read more »Acer is well on its way to becoming the world√≠s largest PC manufacturer. And it has done that by capitalizing on the success of Windows. But now the company is taking aim at Apple, and it's becoming evident that it's the latest victim of a bipolar behavior in the tech industry whenever Apple is a competitor....
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| Read more »MacUpdate‚Äôs September software promo is almost over ‚Äî there are just over 24 hours left. The promotion gives users 10 Mac applications for $50. According to the website, if you ‚ÄúFacebook Like‚Äù MacUpdate‚Äôs bundle you will get Blast for free, in addition to the other apps. Applications in the promotion and their retail prices are [...]
| Read more »It's a law of conservation: when the universe closes one lawsuit, it opens another. Plus, the fuzz talks to Steve Jobs about his missing iPhone 4, and AT&T's CEO does some misplaced bragging.
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Eye-Fi, best known for its Wi-Fi SD cards, has revamped its free iPhone/iPod touch app to work exclusively with iOS 4.x, allowing wireless transfer from the handheld devices to both a user's computer and some of the popular photo- and video-sharing sites on the web. The free app is only functional for registered owners of an Eye-Fi card (even though the card is not used in conjunction with the app) who have set up a free account with the company's website....
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| Read more »Given the number of things you have to keep track of in a day, sometimes a simple task manager -- the kind that reminds you once and then waits until the next day to tickle you again -- doesn't seem adequate. If you wish you had a snooze button for your tasks, maybe Bugger (US$0.99) is worth a look.
Developer ZZTech built a tool to solve this problem, and it does the job pretty well (note that it requires iOS 4 and a backgrounding-capable device). You can create reminders for any future date and for an assortment of categories, then set a 'bug level' of every 10 minutes, 30 minutes, hourly, daily or weekly -- and if none of those intervals suit you precisely, you can customize them. After the reminder trips, you'll get on-device background notifications every time the clock ticks around until you either get 'er done or delete the reminder.
There's no sync to desktop or cloud task managers, and none...
| Read more »Centrify has announced a second update to its flagship product, Centrify Suite 2010, which adds a dozen new UNIX and Linux platforms to the list of supported operating systems for its Active Directory-based access management and identity verification tool. Centrify Express, its free version, has also been updated with Solaris and OpenSolaris support....
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| Read more »Essency's Awareness! app uses your iPhone-compatible headphone's built-in microphone to listen to the outside world and relay sounds to you that are louder than a certain threshold.
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Barence writes "PC Pro's Tom Arah has dug up some statistics that cast severe doubt over Steve Jobs' assertion that Flash is the technology of the past, and Apple's iOS is the platform of the future. He quibbles with Net Applications' assertion that iOS growth is 'massive,' considering that mobile accounts for only 2.6% of web views, and the iOS share stands at only 1.1%. By comparison, Silverlight penetration now stands at 51% while 97% of web surfers have Flash installed, according to Stat Owl. 'At least when Bill Gates held the web to ransom he had the decency to first establish a dominant position,' Arah claims. 'In Steve Jobs' case, with only 1.1% market share, the would-be emperor isn't even wearing any clothes.'"
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| Read more »Apple ranked first in a survey of consumer satisfaction for the seventh straight year.
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(Update: hardware details) RIM may use BlackBerry DevCon to unveil its repeatedly rumored BlackBerry-related tablet. A San Francisco event on Monday, before the conference in earnest, is said to be very secretive by ZDNet and might precede the actual keynotes for the event, which start with co-CEO Mike Lazaridis' presentation at Moscone Center West. While not necessarily a revelation by itself, it would come just as major companies like Citrix are reportedly promoting services and other products that would support a RIM tablet when ready....
Here at TUAW, we love enthusiastic readers. They tell us what they like and what they don't like, and nothing could be more passionate than the recommendations for TeamViewer that appeared in the comments on a post I recently wrote about using iTeleport and LogMeIn to provide remote support. Given the enthusiasm, I decided to give TeamViewer a try.
Like most other remote computing solutions, TeamViewer is made up of two parts. There's a computer-based server, available for both Windows and Macintosh, and clients including an iPad application. How much you spend on your setup depends on how you plan to use the application.
TUAWSharing screens with TeamViewer for iPad and Mac originally appeared on The Unofficial...
| Read more »Cervantes Mobile announced Tuesday the Jorno Bluetooth Keyboard, a foldable Bluetooth keyboard for iOS and Android devices. The device is wireless and folds into a box that is 3.5 x 3.5 x 0.9 inches (unfolded it is 8.5 x 3.5 x 0.3 inches), and it is powered by lithium ion rechargeable battery that can get up to one month of use per charge.
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AT&T would lose about 1.4 million subscribers to Verizon should the latter carrier break up its competitor's lengthy but rocky monogamy in the U.S. with Apple and win the right to sell the iPhone, equity research firm Credit Suisse posited Tuesday. In a 48-page research report, analyst Jonathan Chaplin estimates about half of the potential 2.57 million customers whose contracts will be up by the rumored February 2011 launch of a Verizon iPhone will actually leave AT&T. Most of that impact would come in the first half of the year.
Marketing and PR specialist Ryan Cash wrote an article on Tuesday making his case for “Add to Queue” option for the App Store. Cash says when trying to download large apps you are just given a message to connect to Wi-Fi before trying again. Cash is also annoyed that you are taken out of the [...]
| Read more »Participants in Delta's SkyMiles or American Airlines' AAdvantage frequent flyer programs, or anyone who would like a chance to win a million frequent flyer miles, should head over to the App Store now.
Both airlines are providing contest incentives to get people to use their apps. American, for example, is holding the "Mobile Million" contest. Just download and install their app by October 15th, play a few games of sudoku (among other things, the AA app has a built-in sudoku game...), and you could win one of many prizes, including the grand prize of one million AAdvantage miles.
Delta started the war of the contests with their "...
| Read more »A new thread by Andy8 asks if anyone has used the VLC media player for the iPad with .avi movies yet, so far the response has been rather limited. Yesterday, P, a Moderator in the MacNN forums started a thread about Intel offering software unlocks for chip features and poses the question "Would you pay $50 to enable the last meg of cache on your MBP?"...
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| Read more »At Photokina on Tuesday, Leica added two new compact cameras in the V-Lux 2 and D-Lux 5. The two are luxury versions of existing cameras from Panasonic, namely the Lumix FZ100 and LX5, respectively. The former has a 14-megapixel CMOS sensor and 24x optical zoom and can record 1080i video at 60fps, while still photos can be taken at up to 11fps in rapid capture mode, just like the FZ100....
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| Read more »Apple has filed a patent infringement suit against Sanho Corporation, makers of HyperMac external batteries for Apple portable computers.
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The FBI misled the Justice Department and improperly spied on peaceful activist groups based on the factually weak possibility of a federal crime.
| Read more »FireCore has launched aTV Flash 4.2, updating the Apple TV hack with support for Last.fm's music streaming service. aTV Flash is primarily devoted to enabling formats such AVI, MKV, WMV and VIDEO_TS, normally incompatible with Apple's firmware. It also adds a WebKit-based web browser, and permits expanded storage using an external USB hard drive....
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| Read more »When Apple recently announced the availability of $0.99 rentals of TV episodes, not every network was on board with it. The Walt Disney Co. and News Corp. (parents of ABC and FOX, respectively) were good with the deal, though one of the most notable opponents was Warner Bros. (CW, among others). The reason: $0.99 for an episode rental is too cheap.
Chief Exec Barry Meyer of Warner Bros. went on to say that having rentals set at such a low price would hurt sales of full seasons of their television shows, adding that the current $2.99 to own an episode, via iTunes, suited them just fine.
Ever since the idea of renting TV episodes came about, I couldn't fathom why someone would choose to purchase -- permanently -- an entire season of a show until after they'd already seen it. I can see why one would want to watch their...
| Read more »Apple and Facebook were in discussions for 18 months or more before the launch of Ping, according to a source described as familiar with the talks. For a very brief time after the service's debut, Ping contained Facebook links, even though Apple did not have the necessary permission. Facebook subsequently blocked Ping, although Apple CEO Steve Jobs has claimed the links were omitted because of "onerous terms" being demanded....
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| Read more »Google on Tuesday updated two of its most important mobile apps, including a landmark change for Android. The company has now made Gmail a stand-alone app to give it new features without waiting for major updates to Android itself. The first update brings in early support for Priority Inbox through an "important" filter, lets users toggle quoted text and keeps important interface elements on the screen regardless of the length of the message....
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| Read more »Apple sold a tiny percentage of mobile handsets during the first half of 2010, but the company managed to rake in the lion‚Äôs share of the industry‚Äôs profits, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley. In a research note initiating coverage of Apple, Mr. Walkley said that Apple sold 2.8% of all mobile handsets, but claimed 39% of manufacturing profits.
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When Buffalo released a number of USB 3.0 products a about a year ago, there was some confusion over whether or not the included USB 3.0 PCI-express card would work in Macs. If so this would have brought USB 3.0 connectivity to OS X far sooner than expected.
| Read more »Gameloft has announced that it has broken the 20 million download mark across all of its paid apps. That's a huge number, and it shows that the company has really latched on to the iPhone as a huge market for its mobile games. Gameloft hasn't been slow on development at all -- the French company has released 47 games this year, and of those, 42 have hit the Top Grossing top five, and 25 have reached number one. Gameloft hits from the past include Hero of Sparta, the remade Oregon Trail, FPS title...
| Read more »A check today discovered that Sprint has quietly started active, publicly usable tests of its WiMAX-based 4G network in San Francisco. Those with devices like the HTC Evo 4G or Samsung Epic 4G have found that some parts of the city will flip over to the faster access. Quick testing by PCWorld saw the incomplete network reaching speeds of almost 3Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream....
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| Read more »Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XIX Conference, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said about half a million iPad owners use AT&T‚Äôs data service to connect to the internet, according to a Reuters report. AT&T is the only U.S. carrier currently offering cellular data service for the iPad with Wi-Fi‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple and Facebook were reportedly in negotiations for a year and a half before a deal for connectivity with Ping, Apple's fledgling music-centered social network, fell apart at the last minute.
Google Earth for iOS, which was already one of the biggest "wow" apps on the iPhone (It's the Earth in your pants!), has received a huge update that adds support for the iPhone 4's gorgeous retina display, as well as new ocean topographies that will allow users to explore the underwater depths.
You can see from the screenshot above that this adds an insane amount of detail to the textures and drawing space. Even this comically oversized screen grab can't convey how good this looks on a real iPhone 4, though. I highly suggest that you check it out for yourself.
Google Earth is a universal application for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch; it is available in the App Store as a free download.
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| Read more »MacConnection.com currently has the 13.3-inch white MacBook for $954.99. A $105 mail-in-rebate offer cuts the price to $849.99 with free shipping, making this around $100 less than the lowest price offered anywhere else. This MacBook offers a 2.4GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, 8x SuperDirve, NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics card, Bluetooth, AirPort Extreme wireless, and multi-touch glass trackpad....
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| Read more »Shape Services has updated its Business Card Reader app, adding high resolution graphics for the iPhone 4 Retina display, and improved contact adding and sorting features.
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Apple's share of cellphone industry profits is vastly disproportionate to the number of iPhones it actually sells, notes Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkley. Apple sold approximately 17 million iPhones in the first half of 2010, as compared to the 400 million or so devices sold by Nokia, Samsung and LG combined. In spite of this, Apple took in 39 percent of industry profits, next to the 32 percent claimed by its three rivals. A mere 29 percent was claimed by remaining companies....
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| Read more »Avici Software has released an update to Whiteboard HD, its brainstorming and productivity app for the iPad. Whiteboard HD provides a freeform drawing environment designed to allow users to visualize ideas, write notes, and sketch charts and diagrams on the iPad using standard multi-touch gesture controls. Version 1.1 adds a‚Ķ
| Read more »As part of its GPU Technology Conference, NVIDIA today provided a brief glimpse at its future graphics architecture, Kepler. The design will replace the Fermi core of today's GeForce 400 series and should calculate about five gigaflops of per watt, or more than three times the 1.5 gigaflops of Fermi hardware. Both the redesign as well as a shrink in the assembly process from 40 nanometers to 28 should reduce the need for extra cooling and power in notebooks and other hardware in tight spaces....
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| Read more »Apple has filed a lawsuit against Sanho Corporation, maker of the HyperMac line of external battery accessories, alleging patent violations related to Apple‚Äôs proprietary MagSafe and 30-pin Dock Connector cables. AppleInsider reports that the suit, filed earlier this month, names the HyperMac Nano, HyperMac Micro, and HyperMac Mini products‚Ķ
| Read more »For years, various companies have been trying to provide a more compelling viewer experience than what‚Äôs available with cable and satellite DVRs wich are unimaginative and lock viewers in. Companies like TiVo, Roku, and Apple have provided their own take, even Apple hasn‚Äôt yet found the magic sauce, and its Apple TV has been a hobby. Now, Apple has a new Apple TV and Google is also jumping in with Google TV, How will these two fare against each other?
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Sometimes people may find their hard-drive space being progressively used up, and there are many reasons why this could happen.
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Though the Library of Congress has ruled iPhone jailbreaks as "fair use," that doesn't mean Apple can't try to prevent it. While Apple has patched iOS 4.x to stymie jailbreaks on the iPhone 4, hackers have reportedly discovered a low-level boot ROM exploit which could allow these devices to be jailbroken. However, users hoping to use the code to jailbreak these devices are instead being tricked into downloading a trojan used to steal passwords from desktop...
| Read more »It's something we've heard for years now. "If the Verizon offered the iPhone, there would be a mass exodus from AT&T." According to one survey, the exodus might not be so massive.
BusinessInsider reports on a survey conducted by Credit Suisse that asked an unspecified number of iPhone users who they would select as a carrier if they could abandon AT&T. Just 23% -- less than one quarter -- said they'd jump ship to Verizon. Additionally, another 3% would move over to Sprint while a whopping 2% would choose T-Mobile.
Of course, this means that 63% of iPhone users surveyed would stay put with AT&T. Credit Suisse crunched the numbers and figured out that 23% of users represents about 1.4 million customers who are willing to switch to Verizon. Personally, I live in a moderate coverage area, so I'd have trouble no matter who I'm with....
| Read more »AT&T's chief executive said Tuesday that he's not concerned about Apple's iPhone becoming available on other carriers in the U.S., because most customers are locked into long-term contracts.
LaCie today rolled out a very high-end desktop LCD for pro image editing. The 24-inch 324i uses a 1920x1200 P-IPS panel with 10-bit color per channel and consequently offers near-total coverage of the color ranges visual editors need. It can reach 98 percent of the Adobe RGB color gamut and a better-than-full 102 percent coverage of what NTSC video can use....
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| Read more »An update to this media center add-on for the Apple TV brings an official app for Last.fm, CBS's popular music social network and discovery service.
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Kishonti Informatics has released GLBenchmark, a universal app for measuring 3D graphics performance on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices. GLBenchmark provides 36 different tests to measure graphic and computational performance of the various iOS devices, focusing on the underlying OpenGL ES 1.x graphics implementation. The app includes a variety…
| Read more »Want a Bluetooth keyboard that you can use with your iDevice or Mac and slip into your pocket when it's not in use? Cervantes Mobile LLC today introduced their Jorno folding Bluetooth keyboard, which folds down to a tiny 3.5" x 3.5" x .9" box when not in use. When deployed, the keyboard is quite small -- 8.5" x 3.5" by just 0.3" -- but apparently quite usable. It's only 8.8 ounces in weight, too, so it won't bog you down.
The Jorno keyboard uses a rechargeable lithium ion battery to provide about a month of use; it's charged with a Mini USB charging cable. It works with a variety of devices, so even if you don't have an Apple device, you can put one to good use. It also comes with a detachable cradle for holding a phone, iPad, or media player.
Jorno will cost US$99 when it begins to ship later this fall, but you can...
| Read more »The future of Facebook's expansion is likely to include a foray into mobile. A Facebook OS built off Android seems like a logical next step.
| Read more »HP and Oracle announced a settlement in the lawsuit HP launched against Oracle for hiring former HP CEO Mark Hurd. Terms of the settlement are confidential at this point, but AllThingsD noted that regulatory filings showed that Mr. Hurd returned stock options to HP that are worth some $13.6 million.
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 replaces the GH1 at the top end of the Micro Four Thirds lineup, offering touch controls, a new image-processing engine, fast autofocus, a quicker burst mode, and video improvements.
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AT&T chief Randall Stephenson talked down the impending loss of iPhone exclusivity again today at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference in New York City.
| Read more »NVIDIA chief Jen-Hsun Huang today at its GPU Technology Conference said his company would bring its CUDA general-purpose computing language directly to x86 chips. The approach developed with the Portland Group will let systems without NVIDIA cards handle the code. It will work best with multi-core processors and is seen as ideal for servers....
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| Read more »TUAW received a tip this morning about something that could be immensely useful to the over 17.9 million people in the U.S., as well as millions in other countries, who have diabetes.
Pharmaceutical company Sanofi Aventis has announced the iBGStar Blood Glucose Meter that connects directly to the iPhone or iPod touch. While the hardware and official app that will accompany the meter is not yet released, the app is based on the free Wavesense Diabetes Manager app now in the App Store.
Sanofi Aventis is currently preparing the meter for submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and it is unlike the Johnson & Johnson concept displayed at the iPhone 3GS event in March of 2009. That device required a cable; the Sanofi Aventis glucose meter just plugs into the Dock Connector port on...
| Read more »A seriously security flaw was apparently found on Twitter on Tuesday but quickly fixed.
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Witch 3.5.5 conflicts with App Tamer are resolved by Many Tricks and St. Clair with minor updates to both apps.
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ExpressionEngine is a powerful blog and Website platform aimed at businesses and design professionals. iExpression is the first native app that allows iPhone and iPad owners to manage and post new entries to all their ExpressionEngine sites.
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Apple has bought image recognition technology from Polar Rose, which it could use to improve image search, FaceTime or for authentication on the iPhone.
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Apple has launched a lawsuit against California's Sanho Corporation, the maker of HyperMac accessories. The latter party is accused of violating six patents, related to Apple's MagSafe power connectors as well as the 30-pin dock connectors used for iPads, iPods and iPhones. Sanho's MacBook charging cables are notably advertised as using actual MagSafe connectors, taken from recycled Apple products....
CCP Games has announced plans to release its 14th consecutive expansion pack to EVE Online, its popular online game for Mac OS X and Windows. Entitled “Incursion,” the expansion will be available for free to all players of EVE Online this November. EVE Online is a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) set in the far [...]
| Read more »Sonoma Wire Works has outed its new GuitarJack audio accessory for compatible iOS devices. The GuitarJack is a dock-connecting accessory featuring 1/4 inch instrument and 1/8 inch stereo mic/line inputs, a 1/8 inch stereo output, 60dB of continuous level control for each input, and compatibility with the company‚Äôs
| Read more »The Deal Brothers noted that Apple is offering¬†the factory certified current generation iPod Touch 8GB for $149, including delivery.
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The U.K. publication, The Daily Telegraph, has released The Telegraph for iPad, which includes daily updates of content.
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Sanho Corporation, the company behind the well-known HyperMac external batteries, is being sued by Apple for violation of the company's MagSafe and 30-pin iPod connection patents. Apple filed a lawsuit (PDF) this month (via AppleInsider), accusing Sanho of selling products that make use of Apple's proprietary technology without authorization.
Sanho/HyperMac's product line has become fairly well known among laptop power users who travel—the company sells high-...
| Read more »AT&T chief Randall Stephenson talked down the impending loss of iPhone exclusivity again today at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference in New York City. The executive this time focused on loyalty and noted that about two thirds of iPhone owners had already been long-term AT&T users before they signed up. Many of these are unlikely to switch away, he claimed....
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| Read more »Earlier this week, it was reported that Apple and Rovi had signed a super-secret pact. The multi-year arrangement will reportedly let Apple make use of Rovi's technology, which includes interactive television programming guides. Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster suggested that the deal could mean live TV and DVR functionality for the new Apple TV. "[This is] further evidence that Apple is developing live TV and DVR features for its Apple TV product," Munster told CNET.
Additionally, Munster goes on to predict an Apple-branded, all-in-one television. I'm not convinced that an actual Apple television is on the drawing board, but it seems that an interactive guide could be added to the Apple TV without too much trouble....
| Read more »BusyMac has released a public beta of its BusyCal calendar program with support for Apple's new MobileMe Calendar beta.
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Nokia's eagerly anticipated smartphone is being delayed for a few weeks while Nokia tries to work out the kinks.
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We here at Gizmodo HQ love ourselves some HyperMac batteries, but apparently Cupertino doesn't share our enthusiasm. Apple is suing parent company Sanho over six patents relating to MagSafe and iPod. And it looks like they may have a case. More »
Lets say you live in the Lower 48, and while you have lots of nice things (warm summers, public transportation, 64 oz steaks) there's one thing you're missing. You wish, more than anything, you could look up at night, and see the Northern Lights.
| Read more »Cervantes today started taking pre-orders for the Jorno Keyboard. The Bluetooth keyboard is tailored to Android, iPads, iOS 4-running iPhones and iPods for those who regularly need to type while away from home. The entire keyboard folds up and comes with a cradle to keep devices at a natural angle....
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| Read more »Foursquare has released an update to its iPhone and iPod touch application, adding a new to-do list and expanding the integrated maps feature. The Foursquare app allows iOS device users to connect to the popular location-based social networking service, easily check in at nearby venues using their device‚Äôs GPS and‚Ķ
| Read more »The upcoming weekend will see a flurry of international Apple Store launches, the company has confirmed. Germany is getting a fourth store on Saturday, based in Oberhausen's CentrO shopping complex. The facility is described as the largest of its kind in Europe, with luxuries such as a movie theater, water park and even a model train layout....
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| Read more »Cervantes Mobile has unveiled its new Jorno keyboard for the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and other portable devices. The Jorno is a foldable Bluetooth keyboard, featuring a rechargeable lithium ion battery good for up to one month of use, a mini-USB port for charging, LED power and low battery‚Ķ
| Read more »Headcase has released an officially licensed Etch A Sketch iPad case that's sure to elicit funny stares and nostalgic feelings from those who've used the iconic drawing toy.
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With earlier iPhone models, external battery packs and battery cases like the Mophie Juice Pack Air became very popular, due to the original iPhone's shorter battery life. With the iPhone 4, we're not seeing quite the battery life issues that we did with the earlier models, but for those who need to be away from a recharging power source for a while, battery cases are still an excellent solution.
Exogear has recently released the Exolife rechargeable battery case for iPhone 4 ($89.95), with a built-in 1500 mAh Lithium-Ion Polymer battery that's sure to keep your iPhone 4 running for a long time. Read on for a complete review of the Exolife case, and a chance to win one from TUAW.
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| Read more »Apple's online store is currently offering the iPad in refurbished condition starting at $449 for the 16GB configuration. The 32GB and 64GB iPads are also included in the lineup for $549 and $649 respectively. All three configurations feature Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 9.7-inch multi-touch widescreen display, and weigh only 1.5lbs....
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| Read more »Tech visionary Tim O'Reilly believes the web is a critical platform for sustainable innovation.
| Read more »iHome has announced the release of its latest speaker dock for Apple's iPod and iPhone with the iP3. It succeeds the iP1 in the lineup, uses Bongiovi Acoustics' Digital Power Station automatic sound adjustment technology and sports a component video output for playing back videos from the Apple devices on a connected TV. The dock houses a 50W class D amp that drives twin 3.5-inch speakers....
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| Read more »Good news, Twitter junkies, it's now safe to return to your normal 140-character microblogging about whatever's on your mind without fear of falling prey to a nasty XSS attack that was running rampant yesterday.
"The exploit is fully patched," Twitter announced in a status update early this morning.
Prior to the patch, a flaw existed that allowed messages to pop-up and third-party websites to open just by moving your cursor over a link. The mischievous mouseover bug was widely being exploited, redirecting visitors of hacked accounts to hardcore porn sites. It was also being used to "auto-tweet" more mouseover links, affecting thousands of Twitter users before Twitter plugged the gaping security hole.
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| Read more »iPad owners have access to a much wider selection of video formats now that the venerable VLC Media Player has come to iOS. The app supports nearly every video codec available, and in many cases can play back content from damaged files.
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Uncomplex has updated its Gmail client, Mailplane, with support for Gmail's recently released Priority Inbox, a new 'unseen' message counter, some minor bug fixes, and more.
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A new survey by Credit Suisse has found that 63% of U.S.-based iPhone customers would stay with AT&T if/when their exclusivity deal with Apple expires. Business Insider reports that of the 37% who say they would leave the carrier, 23% would jump to Verizon, 3% would go to Sprint,…
| Read more »Adobe has released Premiere Elements for the Mac. Premiere Elements is Adobe's consumer-level image and video editing software, and this is the first time a Mac version has been released.
This release -- version 9 -- offers some pretty cool features, like optimized editing of HD video and those neat photo books (much like the ones you can create with iPhoto). They're a big hit with Grandma.
Much more powerful technology is behind the Photomerge Style Match feature, which is smart enough to match the style of one photo with another. Let's say you've got a beautiful landscape shot with ominous clouds, sparkling water and an impressive foreground, all perfectly exposed. Another picture is completely washed out and would be better if it looked like the former. Photomerge Style Match does its best to make that happen. You can watch a short demo video...
| Read more »Apple has filed a lawsuit against Sanho Corporation, maker of the HyperMac line of accessories, alleging violation of patents it owns related to the MagSafe charger and cables that use the iPod 30-pin connection.
The National Archives has a new site for exploring its rich holdings. DocsTeach.org brings to life thousands of primary source documents like maps, photographs, letters, charts, audio, and video.
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iPhone 4 users in the Middle East appear to be getting left out of the FaceTime party, perhaps due to VoIP restrictions in the region.
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| Read more »Apple beat out all other computer makers to take the top spot in the American Customer Satisfaction Index for 2010. Apple‚Äôs score climbed two percent this year to its highest level ever at 86, and well above the top ranked PC makers score of 77 out of 100.
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Major US robotics companies, long obsessed with producing remote-controlled military hardware, are now talking about robotic servants that would one day remind older folks to take their meds, help them up from a fall, and whisk them around the house if they are incapacitated.
| Read more »Apple has subtly modified some promotional material for the iPhone 4 to remove references to FaceTime, reports note. In Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Yemen, as well as Egypt and Jordan, official pages for the iPhone 4 no longer show a woman and man having a video conversation. Instead, Apple has substituted content promoting the device's Retina Display....
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| Read more »AT&T could lose as many at 37 percent of iPhone users if the device became available on multiple carriers in the US, with 23 percent ready to jump to Verizon.
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Silicon Alley Insider, previous Ars coverage
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