Wednesday September 15
16:30
Found Footage: iPod touch 4G goes head to head with...
A site called Letem Svetem Applem has put together some performance comparison videos with the iPhone 4 and the new iPod touch, and the results may surprise you. In the startup speed test, the iPad actually beat all of the other iDevices, and the new iPod touch barely beats the iPhone 4 (but all of them were faster than last year's iPhone 3GS, so your upgrade was not in vain). The iPod touch's camera looks slightly darker than the iPhone 4's, and perhaps most interesting, the displays of the iPhone 4 and iPod touch look pretty different. The Retina Display on the iPod touch looks just as sharp, but without the in-plane switching tech found on the iPhone and the iPad, the sides of the display are slightly muddier.
Some of the YouTube comments on the speed video claim that if your iPhone or iPad is stuffed with music, documents, or apps, the speed...
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16:20
Product News: Apple Releases Pro Applications Update...
Apple released Pro Applications Update 2010-02 Wednesday, an update with fixes and improvements for Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Server, and Logic Studio. Those fixes includes support for new cameras, bug fixes, and other changes.
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16:20
Shure ships three new high-end earphones
Shure has released three new pairs of high-end, sound-isolating in-ear headphones, including the single-driver SE315, dual-driver SE425 and triple-driver SE535. The latter two were introduced at this year's CES. The SE315 set has a vented driver and sports a detachable cable that can be formed for a comfortable fit. It ships with isolating tips that can provide as much as 37dB of ambient noise....
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16:11
Rumor: Report: Apple Working on iPad Newspaper...
Apple is working on a newspaper subscription engine for the iPad, according to a report from The San Jose Mercury News. Citing unspecified “industry sources,” an industry of which The Mercury News is obviously a part, the newspaper said that Apple is expected to announce the new service “soon.”
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16:05
HTC unveils two Desire smartphone models
Smartphone maker HTC today unveiled two new Android-based phones, along with an updated version of its own user interface, HTC Sense, and a new online service, called HTCSenhse.com, to let users manage their phones from a computer.
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16:00
First look: Apple's iOS 4.2 for iPad and iPhone
Apple on Wednesday dished out the first external betas of iOS 4.2, which will debut AirPlay and AirPrint for iOS devices while also delivering a slew of long-awaited features for the iPad, including multi-tasking, folders and threaded mail. However, AppleInsider has also discovered a handful of more subtle refinements, all of which are detailed in this illustrated first look.
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15:55
Apple releases Pro Applications update
On Wednesday Apple issued Pro Applications Update 2010-02, with improved versions of Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, Color 1.5, Compressor 3.5, and Qmaster 3.5
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15:30
Skyhook sues Google for monopolizing Android...
Skyhook on Wednesday sued Google for allegedly abusing its control over Android to exclude competitors for geolocation services. A Boston-based lawsuit accused Google of preventing Android phone makers from using Skyhook's positioning, such as its Wi-Fi triangulation, and instead requiring them to use Google's own. Motorola was supposedly forced to pull Skyhook from its devices to pass Google's compliance tests and wasn't even given the option of tuning the Skyhook software to meet the guidelines....
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15:30
Light painting in stop motion with the iPad
This is about the coolest thing done with an iPad since, well, the iPad itself was created. A firm named Dentsu London has used an iPad to create a series of stop motion shots assembled from sequential long exposure light paintings. They created a set of 3D graphics and then programmed the iPad to show a set of cross sections, frame-by-frame, of those graphics. The cross sections were "painted" into the air with long exposure photographs, and then the photographs were all put together into a stop motion animation.
The end effect is just amazing -- don't just watch the beginning on how they did it, make sure you stick around for the film itself. It's a beautiful piece, as well as an ingenious way of using the iPad to create something exceptional. If you're really interested in these...
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15:27
Twitter: A Potential PR Nightmare
Image via CrunchBase
Im sure by now youve heard that Twitter is getting a face lift, allowing for more information to be available to you with a dual screen look. Twitter has become extremely popular over the years, contributing to a national government election, and allowing fans to get to know their favorite celebrities in 140 characters. We may like knowing what our favorite athlete is eating or what our favorite A-lister thought of so-and-sos dress. They may feel a little more special and even more famous knowing they have over 1 million people following them. Twitter is a great tool, in the hands of the right person.
The micro-blogging network could also be detrimental to someones image. Who knew 140 characters could get you in trouble? More publicists need to pay attention to what their clients are tweeting, including who theyre talking to and how theyre talking to them. One false send and youre on the verge of a public relations nightmare. There have been...
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15:12
Dear Steve, It's Shit Like This (PIC)
14:56
An HTTP Fetcher Class for Mac OS X and iOS Apps
By Greg Robbins, Software Engineer
(Editor's note: Today's blog post is another cool one for programmers in the audience. Non-developer readers, thanks for bearing with us.)
Mac OS X and iOS provide developers with a high-level class, NSURLConnection, that makes interacting with servers pretty easy. NSURLConnection follows the system networking preferences, navigates through proxies, and handles other details just as users expect on their devices. But in applications that require a series of server requests and responses, NSURLConnection can be inconvenient to use. All connections made by an application’s class call back into a single set of delegate methods, and when there are numerous connections to be made, sorting out the responses is a bit of a chore.
So ever since Google’s first Mac application, Gmail Notifier, we’ve used a wrapper around NSURLConnection to make it...
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14:55
3M intros pair of pico projectors for business users
3M on Wednesday introduced two new pocket projectors with the MP160 and MP180. Either sports 30 lumens of brightness and can produce 800x600 pictures. The portable devices are also said to provide a record-setting two hours of operation from a single battery charge despite their miniscule sizes....
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14:55
TUAW TV Live: Your Wednesday tropical vacation
TUAWloha, everybody! It's time to put on your Hawaiian shirts, grab a Mai Tai or three, and join me for another hour of live mayhem at the mercy of my technological devices. Yes, it's time for TUAW TV Live.
As I noted in the promo post earlier today, we've got a lot of ground to cover. I'll talk about (and demonstrate) the pitfalls that one can run into when doing a livestream show like this, do a couple of giveaways with a fun Apple trivia game, demo some good (and some not-so-good) iPhone and iPad apps, show how to easily create iBooks, and more.
To join in from your Mac or PC, just go to the next page by clicking the link at the bottom of this post, and you'll find a livestream viewer and a chat tool. The chat tool allows you to join in on the fun by asking questions or making comments.
If you're driving somewhere and would like to watch TUAW TV Live while you're stuck in traffic, please don't -- keep your eyes...
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14:53
ModulR begins shipping its iPad case system
ModulR previewed its unique iPad case system earlier this year, which allows the iPad to be propped up for typing, mounted to a wall, or used as an in-car entertainment system. The case and some of its accessories are now shipping.
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14:39
Enjoy underwater tunes with Amphibx GRIP waterproof...
H2O Audio's new Amphibx GRIP armband wraps around your arm like a sports band and lets you listen to and control your 6th generation iPod Nano or 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation iPod Shuffle while in or around water.
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14:30
Report: Foxconn making 1.5 iPhones per second
137,000 iPhones per day. That's how many manufacturer Foxconn is reportedly making these days, its chairman tells the press. That's an amazing figure adding up to 50 million iPhones every single year, even as Apple struggles to keep enough hardware in stock. And the process isn't easy, either -- chairman Terry Gou says that the company found out it needed a certain machining rig usually designed only for prototyping in order to stay in line with Apple's strict manufacturing standards. Foxconn ended up buying over 1,000 of the machines at $20k each, even while other manufacturing companies are buying just one.
It's crazy to think about the scale of the operation over there -- not just the equipment, but the workers and organization required to churn out that kind of product....
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14:28
News: Apple Seeds iOS 4.2 Beta, Mac OS X 10.6.5 to...
Apple seeded a beta version of iOS 4.2 to developers Wednesday. Developers who had received the new build told The Mac Observer that the beta release includes the printing features touted by Apple in an announcement released earlier on Wendesday, and that it requires a beta version of Mac OS X 10.6.5, which was also released in beta to developers, to test those printing features.
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14:20
Learn 15-Minute Work-Outs Watching FITNESS Magazine...
See that woman there? She's high on endorphins, after doing a 15-minute "bootylicious" work-out. For $2, you could be showing off your midriff—yes you!—after some of FITNESS magazine's iPhone app tutorials.
Workouts for specific areas target the abs, arms, bum and thighs, or even a full body work-out, with photos, instructions and video included. Even if you're sat down with a bag of Doritos watching a bootylicious work-out, I'd say that's $2 well-spent. [iTunes]
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14:10
Analysts: Apple must make Verizon iPhone to blunt...
Apple has to make the iPhone available for Verizon and other carriers if it wants a chance at competing with Android, Bernstein Research analysts Pierre Ferragu and Toni Sacconaghi urged on Wednesday. Noting that Google has tripled its growth to 200,000 activations per day in just seven months, the bankers called Apple to make the iPhone available for the carriers that have become safe havens for Android, including not only Verizon but also O2 and Vodafone in Germany, China Mobile and Japan's NTTDoCoMo. If it doesn't happen, Android's total installed based could ove...
IPhone - Apple -...
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14:08
It's a sickness [W/VIDEO]
Itsasickness.com, the world’s first “object networking” website for obsessions, was founded by actor Alan Cumming and two other New Yorkers. It's about establishing deeper ties to the things that we obsess over, and in the process recognizing that our relationships with these things—favorite foods, TV shows, political causes, you name it—help define us.
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14:03
XtremeMac releases Tango TRX Bluetooth speaker dock
XtremeMac has released the Tango TRX, a speaker dock for the iPod, iPhone, and iPad that features a 2.1 digital audio system and wireless Bluetooth audio streaming.
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14:00
Angry Birds introducing Mighty Eagle, costs real...
If you're an Angry Birds player like me, you've hit a couple of levels you've had to play 10 or more times before finally being able to progress. Curse those speedy yellow birds! Give me more bombers! If that's you, Rovio Mobile -- creator of Angry Birds -- has the solution to your frustration, which it announced recently at the Nokia World conference. But the bad news is that it's going to cost you.
Meet the new, angriest of the Angry Birds: Mighty Eagle. Via an in-app purchase (with real money) of a can of sardines, you'll be able to summon this new bird for a one-time shot at clearing an entire level. If you want to make use of Mighty Eagle again, you can try going back to the previous level where he was used and clear it without him. Then, voila -- you can use him again in a later level.
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13:59
Product News: Apple Updates QuickTime with Windows...
Apple released QuickTime 7.6.8 for Windows Wednesday, an update that includes two security fix for Windows users. Both holes could allow the bad guys to take over your PC, and thus the fixes are important patches.
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13:47
Apple to launch iPad in five more countries on Sept...
In addition to China, Apple has announced (Translated Link) that it will launch the iPad in five Latin American countries — Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru — on Friday, September 17. According to the company’s press release, both the iPad Wi-Fi and iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G…
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13:46
Solve Safari 5.0.1 page load woes with DNS settings
This is a simple troubleshooting tip to help resolve occasionally slow or partial page loads, or when a Web page cannot be found.
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13:30
Developer offers enticing look at Scrivener 2.0
Developer KB made a series of blog posts about what will and will not be featured in the upcoming Scrivener 2.0. What I like is that he's not so focused on introducing new features, but improving on what's already there. The initial release came out back in 2007, but this is a case where slow and steady development is definitely worth it.
Some of the highlighted features of Scrivener 2.0 include:
- Corkboard improvements such as a freehand form, with the corkboard being fully integrated into the product. The outliner moder allows you to add text columns and sort them.
- Changes to the text editor including a page layout view, a Pages-style format bar and allowing footnotes to appear in...
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13:28
iOS 4.2 on iPad: There's No Going Back [Ipad]
It's a revelation. It's the way the iPad always should've been. With iOS 4.2 there's multitasking, a unified inbox, folders and... Helvetica in Notes.
We are talking about a beta that's two months from a final release, so not everything's done. But iOS 4.2 on iPad already feels so good, even if it is things we're just used to by now on the iPhone.
Multitasking, Mail and Folders
It works, just like it does on the iPhone or iPod touch, just bigger. Double tapping the home button brings up the much larger taskbar, and switching apps engages the...
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13:25
iPad iOS 4.2 beta changes screen lock to a mute...
Several videos showing iOS 4.2 beta 1 running on the iPad have surfaced, shortly after the build was seeded to developers. As expected, the updated OS will bring the iPad up to speed with the features initially added to the iPhone and iPod touch with iOS 4.0. Apple appears to have changed the function of the orientation lock, which now works as a mute button in the first beta....
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13:23
News: MacTech 2010 Conference Adds Virtualization...
MacTech 2010 Conference announced Wednesday the addition of a new panel on virtualization hosted by MacWorld magazine editorial director Jason Snell. The panel is titled “Trends in Virtualization,” and will include discussion about both desktop and server virtualization.
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13:05
Google Music may tout cloud locker for $25 a year
Google Music may depend on an online-based locker, not subscriptions, as the cornerstone of its service, insiders said today. Label contacts said Google's initial proposal would charge a flat $25 per year to put any music a customer owns in cloud storage that they could then stream or download. Billboard understood that it would cross-check a user's library and give them access to any song Google would have a license to sell, even if it was a CD rip or bought from a competitor like iTunes....
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13:05
First look: AirPrint wireless printing with Apple...
Wireless printing finally comes to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch this November, and AppleInsider offers a closer look at the feature in its current state in the first iOS 4.2 beta.
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13:00
Macworld dishes on AirPrint iOS printing
Today's release of the iOS 4.2 beta has given developers their first hands-on look at AirPrint, which will allow wireless printing from iOS devices. Macworld has published some details.
Dan Moren reports that users will be able to print text, photos, and graphics to networked printers without having to fiddle with drivers, special software, or network configurations. Also, it seems like the list of compatible printers is long, though details are still sketchy. Moren says that AirPrint will support printers shared via a Mac or a PC, and it will also handle various types of printing devices, from low-cost inkjets up to office laser printers. Additionally, HP will soon release a new...
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12:55
Sonnet's Qio E3 SxS slots offer ExpressCard/34...
Sonnet Technologies has announced the Qio E3, (site not updated) a new 3-slot SxS reader that doubles as a three-slot expansion device for ExpressCard/34 adapters. The device expands the PCI bus outside the machine, with up 200MB/sec bandwidth to share across the three devices, either SxS memory cards or ExpressCard/34 units. The device allows adding FireWire, USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet or eSATA cards, among others, and supports dual usage, accessing both SxS cards and ExpressCard/34 cards at the same time....
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12:55
iBank 4 upgrades reporting engine, budgeting,...
IGG Software today announced iBank 4, a major upgrade of its Mac money management software. The software allows users to monitor account balances, track investments, maintain budgets and manage credit cards. It can also generate reports for further financial analysis and can reconcile paper statements. iBank can manage checking accounts and savings accounts, as well as 401K accounts, lines of credit, money market accounts and loans. It can create and manage multiple budgets....
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12:55
Targus, STM Bags launch cases, accessories for iPad
iPad owners have some new options today as Targus has launched a number ofaccessories for the iPad and STM Bags has launched its iPad org board. Targus has released two cases, a charger and a stylus. The Spruce EcoSmart Mini Messenger for iPad is made of recycled polyester with environmental bonuses of PVC- and nickel-free manufacturing. It protects and stores an iPad, with pen loops, a business card holder, and a mesh pocket for other small accessories in addition to two zippered compartments. It arrives with an adjustable, padded, removable shoulder strap and ships...
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12:55
Briefly: Britannica announces new apps, SWF...
A new line of mobile multimedia apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad have been launched by Encyclopaedia Britannica. The three applications, Volcanoes, Dinosaurs, and Ancient Egypt, are focused towards middle grade students, combining a mixture of information and age-appropriate games. Within each app, users will find overview articles from Britannica editors, as well as maps, puzzles, photos, videos, narrated slideshows, and quizzes. Volcanoes, Dinosaurs, and Ancient Egypt can be found in the App Store for $5 each, while additional titles are planned for relea...
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12:53
Deal Brothers: Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station...
The Deal Brothers found some deals on Apple’s AirPort Extreme base stations starting at $127.72
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12:46
iPad orientation lock becomes mute switch in iOS 4.2
12:41
Revamped Twitter.com site takes flight
In an effort to refresh the Twitter.com site, pull users back in from third-party platforms -- and take a swipe at Facebook -- Twitter has launched a significant site redesign.
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12:29
iOS 4.2 on iPad preview (video)
So we've just had a chance to take our iPad out for a spin sporting iOS 4.2... and it's pretty great. The addition of multitasking, folders, and big improvements in mail (amongst other things) finally make the device feel more like a computer and less like a gigantic iPhone. Ironic really, since these updates rolled out to the iPhone first. In our brief use of the new and improved iPad (and particularly with multitasking), we're impressed to see that there doesn't seem to be any lag or slowdown on the device while swapping between apps (despite the smaller amount of RAM on board here) or throwing together folders. We're pretty heartened to see performance matching what we've come to expect on our iPhone 4 -- admittedly we had reservations about what the experience would be like. Folders are an especially notable inclusion here due to the pure silliness of scrolling through multiple iPad pages, and we're happy to see them intact on the bigger device. This is going to be a huge...
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12:22
PrintJinni enables wireless mobile printing to Epson...
PrintJinni for Epson lets iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users print Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files as well as PDFs and JPEGs from an e-mail account to any Epson all-in-one device with Wi-Fi capabilities.
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12:02
Trtl Bot unveils Kickstand, Minimalist cases for...
Trtl Bot has unveiled its new Kickstand 4 and Minimalist 4 cases for the iPhone 4. The Kickstand 4 features a fold out support on the back that can be placed at different angles for portrait, landscape, or camera use, while the Minimalist features a slot on the…
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12:00
ReaddleDocs updated with new PDF viewer, VGA output
Readdle has updated its all-in-one PDF reader for iPad, ReaddleDocs, to version 1.6, which introduces a an entirely new PDF reader that features smooth horizontal scroll and complete support for highlight and notes annotations, as support for VGA output.
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12:00
Coming up at 5 PM EDT: TUAW TV Live
It's hard to believe, but TUAW TV Live has been appearing on your screens just about every Wednesday for 10 months now. I want to thank all of you who have joined in every week for an hour of discovery and discussion; you've made it a pleasure to produce the show.
This week, I'll be talking about a variety of topics: what would be good to see in iWork and iLife updates, iPad and iPhone apps (both good and bad), more iPad and iPhone cases, a demo of how to quickly make an e-book that will work in iBooks, and additional topics as well. And we'll even have some fun giveaways on today's show.
To watch and participate in today's show, just come back to TUAW at about 5 PM EDT (2 PM PDT), and I'll have full instructions on how to view the livestream and use the chat.
TUAWComing up at 5 PM EDT: TUAW TV Live...
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11:55
Nokia failing due to anti-software culture, iPhone...
Nokia's continuing decline in share is the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of software and the iPhone in particular, multiple current and former workers explained today. The company is entirely built around its hardware teams and gives them final say, even when it interferes with the actual experience of the software. Each phone design is isolated into a group and sets its own deadline rather than making sure the software is in sync....
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11:47
Epic Games adding iOS support in Unreal Development...
Fresh off demoing its forthcoming iOS title earlier this month, Epic Games has announced that it's adding the ability to make iOS apps to its Unreal Development Kit.
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11:45
ComScore: Apple, RIM lose market share to Android
According to the latest data from comScore, both Apple and BlackBerry-maker RIM lost U.S. smartphone market share to Android during the three months ending in July 2010. First place RIM went from an average share of 41.1% in the three months ending in April to 39.3% in the three…
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11:41
Product News: Logitech Announces Wireless Trackball...
Logitech announced Wednesday a new trackball called Logitech Wireless Trackball M570. The device features a sculpted base that the company says offers greater comfort for users.
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11:35
Apple newspaper subscription hitting iPad, iPhone?
It looks like Apple may soon introduce the ability for app makers to charge on a subscription basis, which would make devices like the Apple iPad an ideal device for newspapers and magazines.
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11:15
Engineer fired for privacy violations, Google says
A Google engineer was fired for violating the company's privacy rules, Google said Wednesday.
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11:14
Shure rolls out SE315 Sound Isolating Earphone
Shure has rolled out its new SE315 Sound Isolating Earphone. The SE315 features a single “High-Definition” MicroDriver for full-range sound, a tuned bass port for improved low-end performance, a detachable cable with wireform fit, an included fit kit with three pairs of disposable black foam sleeves, three pairs of…
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11:12
Basic troubleshooting steps for a Mac that will not...
While full system crashes that result in a nonfunctional system are relatively rare these days, they do periodically happen. If not the result from a direct crash, sometimes corruption can appear and suddenly cause an otherwise healthy system to no longer boot.
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11:10
BlackBerry, iPhone lose share again to Android in...
Android has taken US market share from both the BlackBerry and iPhone again over the summer, comScore found today. Android jumped almost 42 percent to claim 17 percent of the American smartphone arena as of July data, directly at the expense of both Apple and RIM. The iPhone is back below a quarter of the field at 23.8 percent, while the BlackBerry has slipped at a faster rate to 39.3 percent....
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11:00
DataViz reiterates committment to iOS, Android
Concerns about the future of DataViz's iOS products have been laid to rest as the company says it's committed as ever to the platform.
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11:00
iPad: The missing apps
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As we suspected back in March, the iPad shipped without apps that are standard on the iPhone: Stocks, Calculator, Clock, Weather, Voice Memos, and Compass. Instead of going without, we've found the best examples of each for you to install and get your iPad on par with your iPhone.
Clock
Our own Steve Sande pointed out several options for iPad owners, including Night Stand HD (US$4.99) and Clock Pro HD ($5.99). Go and check out the full article.
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10:45
Apple releases iOS 4.2 beta for iPhone, iPod Touch,...
We're getting reports from various sites that Apple has released the beta version of iOS 4.2 into the wild for developer testing. This is suppose to add a number of features, especially for the iPad, in the form of multi-tasking, AirPlay, folder organization, the ability to print from your iPad, and more. Developers can access the beta through the Dev Center now.
This update is scheduled to come to consumers' iPads sometime in November of this year, so devs will have a few months to tinker around with it before release.
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10:40
Forums: How to improve the iPhone 4
"If you could do anything to the iPhone 4 to improve it, what would it be?" asks mattrivett in this fresh thread started earlier today. Yesterday one forum goer posed the question "is there an app for joining two .jpgs into a single one?" and has received some responses, but as of yet there is no resolution to the question....
IPhone - Smartphones - Handhelds - Apple -...
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10:34
HTC Desire HD – The next stage in Android superphones
If you’ve been following Android, you’ll be more than familiar with the HTC Desire HD as the evolution of the big-screen Android superphone.
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10:30
Rumor: Apple will announce newspaper subscription...
Mercury News is reporting that Apple will soon announce a plan for subscribing to newspapers with the iPad. While Apple did not comment, the Mercury News speculated on Apple's deal with Roger Fidler, head of digital publishing at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. Fidler believes that Apple will take up to a 30% cut of subscriptions on top of 40% of ad revenue.
In exchange, the newspapers' developers will be allowed to provide customers with a way to share statistics on just who they are. The opt-in feature will allow Apple to share user demographic data with the publishers, which they could then direct towards their marketing efforts. "[Publishers] want the data of their customers so they can integrate it into their circulation database so they know who their customers are," said Fidler.
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10:26
Valve quietly teases a Left 4 Dead release date for...
Left 4 Dead is the last major franchise that Valve, maker of the popular Steam online game store, has to bring to the Mac. In an official company blog post, Valve finally gave anxious Mac gamers the release date they've been waiting for.
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10:25
iOS 4.2 will give all iOS devices wireless printing...
Apple announced on Wednesday that it has released the first iOS 4.2 beta to developers with its new AirPrint wireless printing framework, a feature first mentioned at Apple's iPod media event earlier in September. AirPrint will allow not just iPads, but also iPhones and iPod touches to print to compatible printers connected to a WiFi network when the iOS 4.2 update is released in November.
AirPrint technology allows automatic discovery of printers on local WiFi networks, and eliminates the need for installing or configuring printer drivers. The downside is that manufacturers must enable their printers...
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10:20
Apple posts iOS 4.2 beta for iOS, supports HP...
Apple today released a beta version of iOS 4.2 to developers that adds support for AirPrint, its new name for the wireless printing feature unveiled with iOS 4.2 at the start of the month. The feature finds any printers connected to the local Wi-Fi network and, when supported, prints without needing any special setup. The approach also allows for printing from a printer shared from a Mac or Windows computer....
Apple - Hewlett-Packard - IPhone -...
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10:18
Apple dishes on AirPrint wireless printing for iOS
Apple on Wednesday announced more details on its forthcoming wireless printing feature for iOS devices. It now has a name, AirPrint, and compatibility details.
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10:17
News: Apple’s iOS 4.2 AirPrint to Support HP ePrint
iOS 4.2, due out in November, will add wireless printing support to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, in the form of AirPrint, and Apple announced on Wednesday that it will also support HP’s ePrint protocol.
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10:15
Apple's iOS 4.2 SDK requires Mac OS 10.6.5 pre-...
Developers who plan to test the newly released iOS 4.2 beta must also be running the latest beta software development kit of Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.5, to ensure compatibility with AirPrint shared wireless printing.
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10:13
Apple announces AirPrint wireless printing for iOS 4...
Apple today announced that it is releasing a beta version of AirPrint wireless printing for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to members of its iOS Developer Program, and that the new feature will be part of iOS 4.2 when it is released publicly in November. AirPrint automatically finds…
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10:10
Apple readying newspaper subscription support, say...
Apple will soon announce formal subscription support for newspapers distributed through the App Store, says the San Jose Mercury News. While most of the details are not clear, industry sources claim that Apple has agreed to provide an opt-in clause for subscribers willing to share information with publishers. Newspapers have traditionally relied on subscriber data to sell the ads that keep a publication afloat....
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10:06
Apple releases iOS 4.2 Beta for iPad, iPhone, iPod...
Apple has released its first beta version of iOS 4.2 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Announced by Apple earlier this month and slated for a November release, iOS 4.2 will bring several new features to Apple’s mobile device OS, including AirPlay streaming, AirPrint wireless printing, and the…
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10:00
Dear Aunt TUAW: location voodoo
Dear Aunt TUAW,
I've recently become the proud owner of a 3rd generation iPod touch. I found the Nike+ app that uses some strange GPS/wifi-triangulation scheme to locate me and how far I run/walk.
How does the iPod touch do this? Is it magnets? Smoke? Mirrors? Is this a reliable location-reckoning system? There are a lot of rumors abounding on the Interwebs, and I know you'll get to the bottom of it, Auntie.
Love & tickles,
Your nephew Marc H.
TUAWDear Aunt TUAW: location voodoo originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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09:59
iPad, iPhone, iPod touch wireless printing coming...
Apple on Wednesday said it has released a beta version of AirPrint, its wireless printing technology, to developers. The technology will be included in the free iOS 4.2 update in November. AirPrint will allow the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to automatically find printers on the user’s local network. You can print text, photos and [...]
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09:58
What’s Next for Nokia?
Here’s the situation facing Nokia’s new CEO, Stephen Elop:
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Nokia needs to settle on one software platform for mobile devices, very soon.
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None of their Symbian-based stuff should be the choice.
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The only other thing they have in-house is MeeGo.
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It’s too late for them to start over from scratch, and I don’t think they have the software chops to do so even if they did have time.
So it’s either MeeGo, or something from outside the company. The top two choices: Android and Windows Phone 7. Given that Elop comes to Nokia from Microsoft has led some to wonder whether they’ll go with Windows Phone 7.
Nokia’s problem — and I’ve heard this same story from at...
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09:50
Ooma adds $5 mobile app calling plan
Ooma Mobile on Wednesday introduced a new calling plan that gives subscribers 1,000 minutes of talk time for less than $5 per month. This plan is available only to those who downloaded the Ooma Mobile app for the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch that lets them call friends in the US and internationally. The calls are routed over the Internet, using the device's Wi-Fi or 3G connection, saving them from using plan minutes....
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09:49
iOS 4.2 Beta Is Ready to Go With Multitasking For...
That sound you just heard? Shrieks of joy. Multitasking is finally here for the iPad with the first beta of iOS 4.2, which is also out for the iPhone and iPod touch. If you're a developer, that is. [Apple]
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09:46
Tweak Gmail Priority Inbox to include filtered e-mail
Gmail's Priority Inbox learns what mail is important to you and floats it to the top of your inbox. But what about messages that you've created filters for? PCWorld's Rick Broida shows you how to tweak Priority Inbox to include filtered messages.
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09:45
Apple releases first beta of iOS 4.2 with support...
Apple on Wednesday released the first beta version of iOS 4.2 with AirPrint, the name for its wireless printing standard for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, to members of its iOS development community.
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09:32
Games: Unreal Dev Tools Coming to iOS
Epic’s Unreal Development Kit will be coming to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch soon, giving game designers a new tool for building iOS-compatible mobile games. The news comes about a week after Apple relaxed its restrictions on tools developers can use to code apps for iOS.
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09:30
Is This What Happened With Steve Jobs and His Ninja...
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Here's a reconstruction of what allegedly happened when Steve Jobs was caught with shurikens at Kansai Airport. OK, it's actually a reconstruction of how we all imagined it. But even while Apple denied it, Steve could still be a ninja.
Let's think about this again: Apple denied that Steve was caught with ninja stars at Kansai International Airport, Japan. Assuming that's the truth—because we all know Apple...
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09:26
Major Subscription Newspapers Heading to Your iPad...
Apple will give the ailing newspaper biz welcome news with an iPad subscription option, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The deal will likely see Apple taking a slice of both subscription and advertising revenues, instead of a flat fee.
Interestingly, Roger Fidler of University of Missouri's Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute speculates Apple will also generate cash through an opt-in demographic sharing function, giving publishers and advertisers access to your ever-coveted personal information. But while newspapers are of course eager to hop aboard the iPad money train, Fidler speculates they may be anxious about crossing over too quickly: "Most publishers don't want to see a rapid migration to apps without a comparable growth in advertisement revenue from tablet editions. That would be disastrous." [San Jose...
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09:20
Internet Explorer 9 beta launching in bid to salvage...
Microsoft today is launching Internet Explorer 9 in its first public beta. The new release due to go live this afternoon has a major new interface design that cuts away most non-essential features: it gets rid of all but basic navigation buttons and puts the search bar, tabs and buttons on the same row. IE9's goal is to put as much attention on the site as possible, the company said....
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09:20
Tests show iPad as fastest to launch amongst iOS...
Despite newer hardware launches, the iPad is still the fastest iOS device when it comes to booting from a cold start, a Czech site notes. A video demonstration shows the tablet reaching its lock screen in 19.04 seconds, as compared to 26.4 seconds for the fourth-generation iPod touch. The iPhone 4 takes 28.64 seconds, while the iPhone 3GS is even slower, clocking in at 32.8....
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09:10
Apple refurbs: 8GB iPod nano, only $99
Today Apple's online store has a wide selection of refurbished iPod models at discounted prices. The previous-generation 8GB iPod nano is available in green, black, orange, pink, purple, blue and Product RED for only $99, down $50 from the original price of $149. The 8GB iPod nano holds up to eight hours of video, or up to 2,000 songs, providing up to 24 hours of music playback or five hours of video playback on a single charge. Also available is the 16GB iPod nano for $149 after a $30 price break....
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09:05
Apple rumored to announce newspaper subscription...
Apple will soon announce a newspaper subscription plan for the iPad, introducing a revenue sharing model similar to the one that has been employed for applications sold on the App Store, according to a new rumor.
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09:02
The Most Powerful Colors in the World (Graphic)
When we released our report on the colors of the social web, based on data analyzed by our Twitter theme tool, we were surprised that blue was such a dominant color in people's profile designs. Was Twitter's default color influencing their design decisions? Or is blue really THE most popular and dominant color online? ...We decided to look at the colors in the brands from the top 100 sites in the world to see if we could paint a more colorful picture.
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09:00
A Week With the New iPods [IPod]
After spending seven days living with our new iPods, we're gonna let them stay. As far as media-slinging sidekicks go, they're pretty good. But it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
iPod Touch: Multimedia Life-Partner
It's easy to say that the new iPod Touch is the best iPod Touch ever. (It is.) It is un-possibly thin—so thin that you release a slow gasp as you peel it out of its snug acrylic womb. The way the polished chrome back bends space around it renders it thinner still, like you're holding a screen imprinted into the air in front of you. (At least, until it's scuffed and scratched and nicked into reality.) You only get a true sense of its dimensions when you plug it in for the first time: It's exactly thick enough to accommodate the holes for a dock connector and...
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09:00
Einstein Newton emulator running on iPhone
This makes my green heart happy. Above is a video of the Einstein Newton emulator running on an iPhone 4. Newton OS lives! ... Well, sort of.
You'll notice that it's kind of slow for now, though the project's developers say speed will improve. Still, it's a full Newton, with hand writing recognition and everything. They also intend to get it working on the iPod touch and iPad. If you want to get your hands on things right now, the source code is available here. Developer Matthias Melcher says he's going to submit the emulator to the App Store, but he's not holding his breath.
Congratulations to Matthias for the successful port, Paul Guyot for writing the emulator in the first place (and keeping it open source), and everyone who contributed to the project. I hope to have this on my own iPhone 4 soon.
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08:45
Study finds 35 percent of US adults have apps on...
A full third of those, however, never uses them.
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08:44
Report: Apple to offer iPad newspaper subscriptions
Apple is preparing to announce a new subscription plan for newspapers, according to a new report. Citing unnamed industry sources, the San Jose Mercury News reports that Apple has agreed to provide an opt-in for subscribers that will allow Apple to share their information with the newspaper’s publishers, providing…
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08:35
iOS support headed to Unreal Development Kit
An upcoming version of the Unreal Development Kit will allow developers to generate iOS games, says Epic Games VP Mark Rein. The Unreal engine underlies a number of high-profile computer and console games, such as Gears of War, Bioshock and Batman: Arkham Asylum. Although graphics technology is a major focus, the engine also provides tools for sculpting gameplay....
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08:15
Altec Lansing shows Octiv Duo speaker system, Muzx...
Altec Lansing on Wednesday introduced two new audio products meant for iPod and iPhone owners with the Octiv Duo dual docking and charging speaker system and Muzx Ultra in-ear headphones. The former can dock and charge two of the Apple devices and has a USB port for charging a third device. An auxiliary 3.5mm line-in also lets users play back audio from other devices....
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08:05
Apple gets extra touch supplier to keep up with iPad...
08:00
Games: iOS Leapfrogs PSP in Gaming
Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch have claimed a substantially larger part of the mobile gaming market than Sony’s PSP, and are quickly gaining on Nintendo’s DS and DSi. About 40.1 million iOS device users in the U.S. are into mobile gaming, while only 18 million play games on the PSP.
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08:00
Road Tested: The Withings Scale, an Apple accessory...
In the Apple accessory ecosystem, there are thousands of different items for the Mac, iPhone, iPod, and iPad. Out of that huge world, I can think of only one accessory that you can actually stand on -- The Withings Connected Body Scale (US$159.00). I've had the pleasure of using one of these internet-connected scales for about a year now, and I find it to be a help in my daily battle between being a foodie and trying to maintain a decent weight.
Although the Withings Scale can be used with any computer, I like to think of it as an Apple accessory, since I can use my Mac, iPhone, and iPad in various ways to check my diet progress. Withings provides a free iOS app (...
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07:59
Postbox 2.0 e-mail client goes public beta
A major upcoming upgrade to this unique, powerful e-mail client brings Unified Inboxes, faster ways to organize messages, and a better focus on to-do items.
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07:38
Fascinate for Verizon, Samsung's Galaxy S...
If Apple plans on getting the iPhone to Verizon, it had better hurry up, because the competition in the superphone category is heating up.
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07:30
iPod touch 4G speed, camera, display measured...
Apple's latest iPod touch update has been given a direct comparison to the iPhone 4, with new videos that demonstrate the speed, display, and video-taking quality of each device.
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07:25
Fifth Mac OS X 10.6.5 beta emerges after extended...
A new build of Mac OS X 10.6.5, 10H542, is reportedly being distributed to developers. The release comes later than expected, as the previous one, 10H5353, was seeded on September 2nd. Apple had previously managed to keep to a weekly schedule, which may suggest either that resources were diverted elsewhere, or that unexpected obstacles had to be overcome before Apple felt comfortable with the code....
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07:21
News: Apple Ramps Up iPad Screen Sensor Orders
Apple has apparently signed a deal with AU Optronics subsidiary, Cando, for iPad touchscreen sensors to the tune of about a million units a month.
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07:20
Blio reader to hit Windows Sept. 28, Android and iOS...
Blio today set down a launch schedule for its upcoming e-reader app for both the desktop and mobile. It now plans to post the Windows version of Blio on September 28 and to follow up with Android and iOS versions shortly afterwards. Mac, Linux, Symbian and other versions are expected in the future....
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07:15
The Men Behind the Code: Creators of Famous...
Rick Cook (author of the Wizadry series) once said, “Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning.”
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