Elgato, makers of the EyeTV tuner hardware and software for the Mac, have no plans to change its products’ names despite the possibility of Apple changing the Apple TV’s name to the phonetically identical “iTV.” Engadget has reported that the next-generation Apple TV will see its named changed to…
| Read more »The latest edition of iLounge Weekly, our weekly newsletter covering all things iLounge, is coming later today. iLounge Weekly is a summary of the week‚Äôs best news, reviews, and feature articles we‚Äôve published, and it also features giveaways and iPod accessory discount offers from various companies. There‚Äôs still plenty of‚Ķ
| Read more »Google‚Äôs proposed Internet neutrality rules, co-developed with Verizon, has generally been received negatively, so now the Internet search giant has gone on the defensive. The company went so far as to publish a Web page defending its position and called several of the comments against the proposal myths.
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Following rumors that Apple will rename its Apple TV home entertainment console “iTV,” U.K. broadcaster ITV is said to be in a tizzy. Insider sources claim the broadcaster’s management is “furious” over the possibility that Apple might be considering using the iTV name, and are already meeting with lawyers to discuss the situation
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Executives for U.K.-based broadcaster ITV are enraged by a report that Apple may change the name of its Apple TV set-top box to ‘iTV’. Earlier this week Engadget reported that the next-generation Apple TV would see its named changed to ‘iTV’—the name it was originally called by—while also…
| Read more »According to the results of a survey done by copywriting agency Cooper Murphy Webb, the iPad is the preferred reading device of people who already own one. 31% of respondents said the iPad was their preferred method of reading newspapers and magazines, compared to 26% who said they preferred‚Ķ
| Read more »Google‚Äôs Android OS and Android-based smartphones are going head-to-head with Apple‚Äôs iPhone and iOS. Today TMO reader are talking about the growth of Android and what it means for the iPhone.
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It’s no secret that Apple frowns on companies making their own Mac-compatible computers, but that isn’t stopping Axon Logic from building a tablet computer that can run any Darwin-based operating system, including Mac OS X. The Haptic tablet also supports Windows and Linux, and might be just what some users hoping for a device that more than an iPad but not quite a MacBook are looking for.
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If John Gruber is right, the iPod Touch will be upgraded in a matter of weeks with two cameras and the iPhone 4's retina display. I’m going to go out on a limb here and call this effectively the end of AT&T exclusivity.
| Read more »Oracle is suing Google claiming the Internet search giant is infringing on Java-related patents and copyrights with its Android OS. Oracle bought Sun Microsystems in 2010, bringing Java into its technology stable.
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Apple released iMac (Mid 2010) Display Brightness Update 1.0 late on Thursday. The update, according to Apple’s scant release notes, “addresses an issue with 21.5-inch iMac (Mid 2010) display brightness.”
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Adobe announced the immediate availability of Photoshop Express for the iPhone and iPad on Friday. Photoshop Express is an update for Photoshop.com, Adobe’s first photo editing app for the iPhone.
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Speaking during a live keynote at the annual QuakeCon in Dallas Texas, Carmack announced that id's delivering a version of Rage (replete with MegaTextures and a 60 frames-per-second framerate!) onto the iPhone. While the demo was given on the iPhone 4, he said it could run on 3GS and looked best on iPad.
| Read more »Another day, another Apple rumor. The latest report is that the company will finally revamp its oft-forgotten and neglected Apple TV and rename it iTV to fit neatly into Apple's iUniverse of products. Here are 5 things which we would like to see in Apple's iTV.
| Read more »It's for artists and filmmakers who want a convenient, visual way to plan out their film ideas. Feels, functions & designed around the concept of storyboard that gives you an experience unlike anything you've ever experienced.
| Read more »In the modern world, there are two types of inventions. There are those which are truly innovative, and often created by individuals and teams of exceptionally talented people.
| Read more »If you are interested in hacking your Apple TV, then try one of the following options: avtusb-creator (free) or ATV Flash ($49.95). Both methods are great and as you check our list of reasons to hack the Apple TV, you can decide which one is right for you.
| Read more »Apple needs to quit sitting on the largest cash hoard in the U.S. business world and return some of the money stockholders in the form of a stock buyback and a shareholder dividend.
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Adobe Systems has released an update to its free Photoshop Mobile application for the iPhone and iPod touch, adding native iPad support and renaming the app Adobe Photoshop Express. The latest update provides initial support for the iPad with specific features such as landscape and portrait orientations, redesigned Online, Edit…
| Read more »TidBITS Publishing announced Thursday the release of Take Control of Fonts in Snow Leopard, the latest in the company‚Äôs Take Control ebook series. Authored by Sharon Zardetto, the book covers the topic of font use within Snow Leopard as a whole, as well as some specific circumstances in Adobe CS4 and CS5, Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008, iLife, and iWork.
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Dave has a MacBook Pro tale of woe to tell, then it’s off to listener questions and tips. Today’s topics include updating an unconnected Mac, sending mail from alternate addresses through Gmail, a question about hiding your IP address, and more!
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Apple's long rumored CDMA iPhone is now more than just a skunkworks project and has a codename, tips revealed this evening. John Gruber now understands that the device is known internally as N92 and is already at the Engineer Validation Test (EVT) stage.
| Read more »In a keynote speech at QuakeCon 2010 today, John Carmack of id Software demonstrated an impressive iOS version of its upcoming Rage first-person shooter running on an iPhone 4. Primarily a proof-of-concept at this point, the game was shown using the id tech 5 game engine running at 60 frames-per-second,‚Ķ
| Read more »Google unveiled a powerful new feature for the Android platform Thursday, Voice Actions. As the name implies, Voice Actions allow Android users to control many features of their smartphone with their voice, dictate text messages and e-mails, call businesses that Google can find, and even find music. We have a video demo of Voice Actions in the full story.
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Yes you heard it right! Jailbreak for iOS 4.0.2 that came 2 hours ago.
| Read more »Steve McLeod released Poker Copilot 2.57 this week, an update to the online poker HUD and hand history analysis manager for the Mac that adds support for the new France-specific version of FullTilt. The update also improves support Winamax‚Äôs tournaments.
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Here's how to beat Wall Street at its own game, and learn why shares of Apple will be at $400 in two years.
| Read more »MindSmack has released an update to FastMall, its interactive mall navigation and shopping application, adding offline access and barcode-based price comparisons. FastMall provides maps and information on the largest shopping malls in the U.S., the U.K., Canada and France to help users easily find stores and other amenities such as‚Ķ
| Read more »Hooked in Motion has released an update to its movie cataloguing application, iCollect Movies, adding online synchronization and sharing features. iCollect Movies allows users to manage their movie collection directly on their iOS device with features such as automated lookup for adding movies, integrated barcode scanning, links to IMDB and‚Ķ
| Read more »We don‚Äôt see a lot of refurbished Mac Pro offers, but The Deal Brothers found a refurbished Mac Pro 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon for $2549, with free delivery.
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The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has said Apple has satisfied its requirements for more improved safety warnings related to overheating first-generation iPod nano units, Reuters reports. Earlier this month, the Ministry ordered Apple to post an “easy to understand” statement on its website explaining…
| Read more »Apple recently filed a patent that describes a system where users could take the video games they play and turn the action into comic books.
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Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising platform is pleasing early partners on both sides, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Application developers, including Dictionary.com and CBS Mobile, told the paper that iAd is allowing them to charge more for ad space in their applications — a 177% increase in…
| Read more »The Mac Observer columnist and Mac Geek Gab co-host, John F. Braun, joined host Chuck Joiner to talk about Microsoft‚Äôs new Web page touting the benefits of Windows-based PCs of the Mac in the second part of a special two-part MacJury.
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You might remember the broke news of an updated Apple TV headed to market just a few months ago. If your brain isn't working
| Read more »Apple‚Äôs iPhone was the fourth most popular smartphone platform by worldwide sales in the second quarter, according to the latest data from Gartner. Apple sold 8.7 million units in Q2, good for 14.2% of the smartphone market, compared to 5.3 million units, or 13% of the market, in Q2‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple may be testing a CDMA-based iPhone 4 for a January launch, according to Daring Fireball‚Äôs John Gruber, although that doesn‚Äôt necessarily mean Verizon customers will finally get their own version of the combination iPod and smartphone.
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VirnetX is taking Apple, NEC, Cicso and Aastra to court over claims that the companies are violating patents it owns. The companies have allegedly infringed on five different patents related to secure communications.
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Today TMO readers are talking about advances in technology, the impact they have had on society, and where the iPhone fits into the mix.
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Apple is in the late testing phases of a CDMA-capable iPhone that could potentially be released by Verizon, according to a new report. John Gruber of Daring Fireball reports that the phone, codenamed N92, is in the “engineering verification test” phase, two steps away from production and one step…
| Read more »AT&T Mobility CEO, Ralph de la Vega, likes the Internet Neutrality proposal Verizon and Google recently unveiled, and thinks it would make for a good framework for lawmakers to build on.
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It should be a simple task. You have a document on your Mac. You want to transfer it to your iPad (or even your iPhone) where you intend to edit it while on the road. Upon your return, you want to transfer the edited document back to your Mac. It should be a simple task. But it’s not. While there remains room for improvement, the combination of two apps  — Dropbox and Documents to Go (DocsToGo) — have raised the bar for the ease and flexibility of getting this job done.
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Following Apple’s release of the iOS 4.0.2 and 3.2.2 security updates Wednesday afternoon, the code for the exploit they protect against went public. Comex, the hacker that used the exploit to build a jailbreak for iOS 4, alerted the public to the code through Twitter.
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Happymagenta announced the immediate availability of Spyglass 3.0 on Thursday. The new version of the augmented reality navigation app added iOS 4 support along with gyroscope support for the iPhone 4.
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Virtual Programming announced Wednesday pricing and system requirements for Supreme Commander 2. The company announced that it was bringing the real-time strategy game to the Mac on May 6th, but did not announce either pricing or requirements at that time.
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Apple is planning on changing the name of the Apple TV (back) to iTV, according to a new rumor from Engadget. The device won’t, however support 1080p or 1080i HD video output, and instead continue to offer only 720p.
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While this one didn’t exactly require that we tap a worm hole to check with Nostrodamus, it would appear as if Apple is planning a media event this Fall, just as the company has done for the last several years. Kara Swisher of AllThingsD (and a little rag called The Wall Street Journal) reported Wednesday that “several” unnamed sources have told her that Apple will be doing it again this year, “possibly in mid-September.”
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Apple quietly unveiled a new program for educational institutions this week called the App Store Volume Purchase Program. The program will allow educational institutions to purchase and download apps from the App Store in volume, and it will also allow developers to offer volume discounting to those institutions.
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The next-generation Apple TV will be capped at 720p for video output and will be capable of running apps, according to a new report. Without citing sources, Engadget reports that the new device won’t be enabled to handle 1080i or 1080p video, supposedly because the A4 chip can’t handle…
| Read more »Apple on Wednesday released an update for its mobile operating system, fixing a vulnerability in viewing PDF files.
| Read more »Apple updated iOS for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad Wednesday, an update that plugs a security hole involving PDF files. That security hole was used in a recent jailbreak hack for users wanting to jailbreak their iOS devices, but it could also be used by malicious hackers to take over your device.
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Apple has released iOS 4.0.2 for the iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4, second-, and third-generation iPod touch, as well as iOS 3.2.2 for the iPad. According to Apple’s release notes, both releases patch a “security vulnerability associated with viewing malicious PDF files.” Apple recently came under fire for the security…
| Read more »Orange in the UK is emailing customers to tell them that white models of the iPhone 4 won‚Äôt be available until the end of the year. ‚ÄúWe wanted to let you know that there won‚Äôt be any white iPhone 4‚Äôs in the UK until the end of the year,‚Äù‚Ķ
| Read more »UneasySilence has uncovered a hidden feature in tap tap tap‚Äôs Camera+ iPhone photography app that allows users to control the camera shutter using the iPhone volume controls. Tap tap tap had originally planned to include this feature in the most recent update to Camera+, however the update was
| Read more »iPhone users have more sexual partners than BlackBerry or Android owners. By age 30, the average male iPhone user has had about 10 partners while female iPhone users have had 12. By contrast, BlackBerry users hover around 8 partners and Android users have a mere 6.
| Read more »Arizona-based Docks4iPods is now offering custom docks for the iPhone and iPod. Handcrafted by Frank Luedtke, the docks are available in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials; each comes with a USB to Dock Connector cable for charging, and is compatible with all iPod and iPhone models. Docks4iPods‚Äô‚Ķ
| Read more »Online music service MOG has released an update to its music player for the iPhone and iPod touch, adding iOS 4 background audio support and several other new features. MOG is a subscription-based service that allows users to listen to personalized radio and music on demand via a web browser‚Ķ
| Read more »The iPad was released without a gyroscope or a camera. The iPhone 4, a few months later, had all that cool stuff. The iPad‚Äôs iOS is way behind the iPhone. The next iPad release is a puzzlement. The MacBook Air remains in limbo. What‚Äôs going on?
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The Deal Brothers found a deal on the Acer S201HLbd Black 20” 5ms LED-Backlight LCD monitor for $149.99, including free delivery.
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Apple’s Covent Garden retail store in London opened to long lines on August 7, and four days after the grand opening, they haven’t let up. Despite the store’s massive size, some hopeful shoppers haven’t even been able to get into Apple’s newest U.K. store yet thanks to the long lines.
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Like the iPhone 4, the next generation iPad will most likely include a three-axis gyroscope. The current iPad even includes a space that looks to be just right for holding a gyroscope chip, but not the same unit used in the iPhone 4.
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The Mac Observer columnist and Mac Geek Gab co-host, John F. Braun, joined MacJury host Chuck Joiner to talk about Microsoft’s new Web page touting the benefits of Windows-based PCs of the Mac.
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Today TMO readers are talking about how to make sure your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch data is properly backed up and protected.
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In a brief post discussing Dell’s upcoming, Android-based Streak mini-tablet, John Gruber of Daring Fireball has suggested the fourth-generation iPod touch will be arriving soon. “...If you wait a few weeks to buy the [iPod] touch, you’ll get one with a Retina Display and dual cameras.” Photos of a…
| Read more »Apple has launched a new replacement program for potentially troublesome first-generation iPod nano units in Japan. Following another rash of overheating incidents, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) told Apple last week that it must post an ‚Äúeasy to understand‚Äù statement on its website explaining‚Ķ
| Read more »Apple updated its Web site in Japan on Tuesday to comply with local government demands that the company offer support information for first generation iPod nano owners that my be dealing with overheating battery issues. The order was issued by Japan‚Äôs Trade Ministry in response to complaints from iPod nano users.
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This week’s featured photo is from our iPhones Around the World gallery, and shows an iPhone 4 overlooking a mosque in the town of Tiout, Morocco. To share your photos and to be considered for our Photo of the Week, you simply…
| Read more »Adobe released Flash Player 10.1.82.76 on Tuesday, bringing H.264 GPU-based decoding to Mac OS X 10.6.3. The update also patches several potentially critical security flaws.
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Microsoft released Office 2004 for Mac 11.6 and Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.6 on Tuesday with fixes for security-related issues. The updates patch security flaws that could allow an attacker to overwrite your Mac’s memory with malicious code.
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Apple has purchased worldwide exclusive rights to use materials developed by LiquidMetal, which makes materials that are far superior to existing metals at retaining kinetic energy. I don’t think Apple is interested in creating an iBall but this purchase is prescient for other reasons.
| Read more »If you've bought into the iPad hype, here are some really cool tips for using it that you might not know about.
| Read more »Apple‚Äôs business model for the App Store is unsustainable, according to Linux Foundation head honcho Jim Zemlin. In an interview with Wired magazine, Mr. Zemlin praised Apple‚Äôs work in making the user experience a great one, but made his case for the future belonging to Linux.
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Williamsburg, VA spends about $2,000 a year on printing council packets for regular meetings and work sessions. An iPad costs about $600. Buying them for five WIlliamsburg council members is a one-time cost of $3,000, so the computers should pay for themselves in 18 months.
| Read more »Apple has set up a new ‚ÄúSingle Day Pass‚Äù for registered developers in the Mac Developer Program. The Pass allows developers to spend a day in Apple‚Äôs compatibility labs where they can test their software on a very wide array of different Macs, including many legacy models.
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Scosche Industries announced Tuesday the release of two dual chargers for Apple’s iPad and iPhone, the reVIVE II Dual USB Car and Home Chargers. 
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Now that Apple has pulled the plug on its immensely popular “I’m a Mac” campaign, Microsoft has fired back with a new Web site called “PC vs. Mac: The PC has Blu-ray capability, more software choices, and more!” No, seriously, that’s the name.
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Sauce Digital has released its latest game, Space Balls, an atmospheric physics puzzler for the iPhone and iPod touch. In Space Balls, players must skillfully fire unique space balls at various objects to either activate, move, alter or destroy them in order to capture enemies. Players progress through a variety…
| Read more »Apple is the most criticised brand in the blogosphere, according to research into consumer attitudes toward brands on the web.
| Read more »The Deal Brothers found a book called¬†A Girl‚Äôs Guide to Dating a Geek for $13.99, just in time for back-to-school.
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Cloud storage service Box.net has released an update to its universal app for iOS devices adding iOS 4 support and the ability to access files offline. The new version allows users to designate specific files to be saved locally on the device for offline access and later sync those saved…
| Read more »Scosche Industries has rolled out its new Revive II Dual USB Car and Home Chargers for the iPad. Each charger features two USB ports, one 2.1 Amp and one 1 Amp, for charging both an iPad and iPhone or other USB-charging device simultaneously. In addition, each unit offers‚Ķ
| Read more »Google and Verizon‚Äôs ‚ÄúJoint policy statement for an open Internet‚Äù reminds me of Congressional legislation with names like ‚ÄúClean Water Act‚Äù and ‚ÄúClear Skies Act.‚Äù Too often, these acts seem intended to accomplish the opposite of what their names claim.¬†And so it is with this joint Internet statement.
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Arods Inredningar has introduced its new WallPad stand and wall mount for iPad. Made from sustainable wood and coated in a protective paint finish, the WallPad is an angled holder that includes two screws and two wall plugs to hook onto the wall, rubber feet for laying flat on…
| Read more »¬†AT&T‚Äôs U-verse Mobile app for the iPhone and iPod touch moved beyond DVR remote control features on Tuesday when the company added the ability to download certain TV shows.¬†
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Developer Kevin Ng has updated his Kick Flick Soccer 2010 game to add support for the iPad and the iPhone 4 Retina Display. In Kick Flick Soccer 2010 players attempt to score goals from free kick positions by flicking shots using the touchscreen. Extra points are earned by making more…
| Read more »Apple is hustling to issue a patch for a flaw that makes it possible to remotely hack the operating system for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch.
| Read more »Apparent announced the immediate availability of Barcode Producer 6.0 on Tuesday. The new version of the barcode design utility added the ability to send barcodes to Adobe InDesign with a single mouse click.
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A new Student Monitor study revealed this weekend that almost half of college students getting a notebook plan to buy Macs. Of the 87 percent of prospective buyers, 47 percent plan to get some form of MacBook.
| Read more »With over 3,000 votes from iLounge readers, our latest poll‚ÄîWould an integrated camera make you buy a new iPod touch?‚Äîhas ended. Readers were given a variety of positive options, including options for front-facing, rear-facing, and both rear-facing and front-facing cameras, as well as negative options for owners and non-owners of‚Ķ
| Read more »SeedCode announced the immediate availability of SeedCode Complete on Tuesday. The new version of the project management template for FileMaker Pro added FileMaker Pro 11 and FileMaker Go for the iPad support.
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The European Commission has joined the FTC in probing Apple’s iOS developer policies, according to a new report. Citing an anonymous source, the New York Post reports that the European body is investigating whether Apple’s decision to bar iOS developers from using other companies’ tools to developer software…
| Read more »Apparently the European Union has decided to join with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in investigating Apple‚Äôs policy prohibiting cross-compiler tools for building iPhone applications. The policy became headline news after Adobe complained publicly that the move meant developers couldn‚Äôt use its Flash-based iPhone app development tools.
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Today TMO readers are talking about the possibility of CDMA-enabled iPhones, and whether or not it makes sense for the company to jump into those markets.
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Apple and Liquidmetal Technologies? Could it be better Macbook bodies or somthing even grander?
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ZooGue Innovative has launched its new Smart Case for the Apple iPad. The Smart Case is a leather folio-style case featuring a unique Velcro design that allows it to act as an adjustable stand on nearly any angle, open access to all ports and controls, and included, adjustable elastic…
| Read more »Google and Verizon unveiled their own proposed version of net neutrality that leaves wired Internet connections alone, but gives wireless companies the authority to control the content that‚Äôs delivered to their customers.
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The Mac Observer’s Mac Geek Gab co-host, Dave Hamilton, will be speaking at the Princeton Macintosh Users Group on Tuesday, August 10. Dave will be sharing the cool stuff you can’t live without for the Mac and iPhone.
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A worker at a mainland Chinese factory is claimed to have carried a white phone into Hong Kong, using the box for a black model as a disguise. Photos of the smuggled iPhone show white trim inside the headphone and docking ports, as well as slightly modified slits around the earpiece.
| Read more »Apple laptops are the most popular laptop on college campuses these days, with more than one in four of those students who owned a notebook toting one with an Apple logo on it. This figure comes from Student Monitor, a company that regularly surveys students at 100 universities, selling the resultant information to major corporations for fun and profit.
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Automotive Data Systems (ADS) announced Monday the release of Car Tell Auction Prices, a new iPhone app that shows users what car dealers have paid when buying used cars. The app allows you to browse through some 60,000 records over the last 30 days, and the company said that information covers all car makes.
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