Apple claims ownership of magic, demanding that Copperfield immediately cease using the word, and seeking $4.2 million in punitive damages.
| Read more »US federal agents found over $150,000 in cash -- stored in shoeboxes -- when searching the house of Apple supply manager Paul Shin Devine.
| Read more »Apple and Fox Corp. are busily working out details for US$0.99 TV show rentals, according to a report from Bloomberg. The report said that the deal would allow users to rent TV programs for 48 hours, and that Apple was also in discussion with other TV studios and networks.
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The rumor mill says Apple is working on a mini iPad, the RIAA thinks you need to listen to FM radio on your iPhone, and Asustek blames Apple’s iPad for its slow netbook sales.
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Apple released a security update on Tuesday for Mac OS X. The patch notes for “Security Update 2010-005” are particularly sparse, saying only, “Security Update 2010-005 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X,” but the company’s security site specifies that it address eight different security issues.
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There are some who claim that Oracle’s lawsuit against Google, which claims that Google has violated Java licensing in the development of Android, is an abuse by Oracle and displays poor stewardship of the language. Worse, some say it casts a pallor over the use of the Java language in the enterprise. In fact, that’s all far from the truth.
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Apple is in talks with Fox parent News Corp., along with other media companies, to offer 99 cent TV episode rentals through iTunes. Bloomberg, citing three people familiar with the plan, reports that users would have a 48 hour rental window, and that Disney and CBS are also part…
| Read more »PhotoFast has introduced its new iPADock, a desktop stand/dock that can charge and sync multiple portable Apple devices at once. The iPADock is capable of handling four iPods or iPhones at once, two iPads simultaneously, or a combination of one iPad and two iPhones or iPods, via four powered…
| Read more »The Deal Brothers found a deal on the ASUS VW246H 24” Widescreen LCD Monitor for $199.99. This display ships for Free, and it features a 20000:1 contrast ratio, a 2ms response time, a 1920 x 1080 resolution, DVI, and HDMI.
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From the “That Didn’t Take Long” files, comes news from adult Web site company (i.e. porn) iP4Play.com, which announced Tuesday that it has successfully brought commercial porn to Apple’s FaceTime with the iPhone. According to the company, the first paid adult video call over FaceTime on the iPhone took place on August 13th, 2010, and that it is now closing in on its 1,000th such call.
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Movies rented from the iTunes Store using the iPhone 4 cannot be transferred back to users’ iTunes libraries, iLounge has discovered, and must be viewed solely on the iPhone 4. Although this is similar to a restriction found on the iPad and Apple TV, this marks the first time…
| Read more »Codality released an updated version of Simplenote for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on Tuesday. The update for the portable text and note app added support for tagging notes for folder-like organization, along with a note sharing tool and iOS 4 support.
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2K Sports has released its new NHL 2K11 game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Created using the company’s proprietary console game engine, NHL 2K11 is a professional hockey simulation game, featuring Season, Quick Game, Free Skate and Shootout gameplay modes, and a full lineup of professional teams and…
| Read more »Tired of choosing between lousy hotel programming on a big flatscreen TV or limitless content on your laptop? Newer Technology’s Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter gives you the best of both worlds — if you’re willing to pay the price.
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Paul Shin Devine, the Apple mid-level manager charged with selling confidential iPhone and iPod information to Asian parts suppliers, apparently hid over US$150,000 in shoeboxes in his house. Along with the US currency, about $20,000 in foreign currency was found by law enforcement officials, too.
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iHome and New Balance have announced a partnership that will see the two companies launch a line of New Balance-branded sport earphones and headphones. The lineup will include the NB439, which is a 2-in-1 sport earbud with removable ear hooks for added stability, interchangeable colored accent caps, and…
| Read more »The Mac Observer’s Jeff Gamet joined MacJury host Chuck Joiner and several other guests on the MacJury podcast to talk about the current state of technology in education and Apple’s place in the educational market.
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Mekentosj has released an update to its Papers academic research app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad adding several improvements to its annotation and page navigation features. Papers (iLounge Rating: A-) is an application designed for academic users to create a personal library of research literature that is…
| Read more »Laminar Research has released an update to its X-Plane for iPad flight simulator adding several new features including a detailed map screen for the higher-resolution iPad display. X-Plane for iPad is a highly realistic flight simulator that allows users to fly a wide variety of aircraft such as the Cessna…
| Read more »Softpress announced the immediate availability of Freeway Pro and Freeway Express 5.5 on Tuesday. The new versions of the graphic-based Web site design applications for Mac OS X added a new Web gallery and slideshow design tool along with tools for building in-sight search features.
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Pepe & Pepe has released an update to its online digital photo frame app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad adding support for sharing photos from Facebook friends in addition to Flickr. Air Frame allows users to turn their iOS devices into digital photo frames that display live content…
| Read more »Today TMO readers are talking about their favorite apps for Apple’s iPad multimedia tablet.
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Apple has announced that iTunes U downloads have surpassed the 300 million mark. Launched just over three years ago, iTunes U offers users public access to content from learning institutions such as Harvard, MIT, Cambridge, Oxford, University of Melbourne and Université de Montréal. “iTunes U makes it easy for…
| Read more »Apple may be considering adding touch-based interfaces to its computer lineup based on information in a series of patent applications. One intriguing patent application even shows an iMac that switches between traditional mouse and keyboard input to on-screen touch input depending on the screen position.
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The iPhone will soon be operable on Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, thanks to a new service offered by Japan Communications. Nikkei reports that Japan Comm will soon offer a SIM card for unlocked iPhones—licensed Japanese iPhone carrier SoftBank sells carrier-locked units—that allows them to operate on NTT DoCoMo’s…
| Read more »Google has released an update to its Google Mobile app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad adding support for Push Notifications for GMail messages and Google Calendar appointments. The update allows users to optionally configure the application to provide Push Notifications for new mail messages and calendar appointments. New…
| Read more »Downloads from Apple’s iTunes U program topped the 300 million mark on Tuesday. The educational arm of the iTunes Store has been online for about three years, and includes content from over 800 universities around the world.
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Quickoffice has released an update to Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for the iPhone and iPod touch adding support for iOS 4 features and the iPhone 4 Retina Display. Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite allows iPhone and iPod touch users to open, edit and share Microsoft Word and Excel documents directly on…
| Read more »Inside sources at China Unicom claim the carrier will begin selling Apple’s iPhone 4 in the country on September 16, and in an effort to avoid potential complaints over antenna signal loss issues, a free case will be included with each phone purchase.
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Amazon has released a minor update to its Kindle app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad fixing some issues related to highlighting text. Kindle 2.2.1 improves the sensitivity of the highlighting feature to help reduce accidental highlighting of text, fixes a crash that some users were experiencing when using…
| Read more »Simperium has released a major update to its Simplenote note-taking application for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad adding a number of new features. Simplenote is a minimalist note-taking app that is designed to allow users to quickly and easily make and access notes from their iOS devices and keep…
| Read more »DTP Tools announced the immediate availability of Blatner Tools for InDesign CS5 on Tuesday. The updated version of the InDesign plug-in collection added InDesign CS5 support, and includes Pro versions of the Blatner Keyboard Shortcuts and David Blatner InDesign Tips plug-ins.
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How do you make an iMac desktop that doubles as a multitouch tablet? If you're Apple: just like this. Why can't the future be now already?
| Read more »China Unicom will officially launch the iPhone 4 on September 16th, a local source claims. While the carrier is generally believed to have set plans in motion, it has yet to formally announce details. The Chinese model is also expected to suffer from the same reception problems as other versions, but Unicom will allegedly be offering cases for free
| Read more »Google has updated Google Mobile App for iPhone and iPad to version 0.6.0.4416, an update that adds Push notifications for both Gmail and Google Calendar. Google Mobile App is a dedicated app for using Google’s many services on iOS devices, and the addition of Push notifications for Gmail and Google Calendars is a long-awaited feature.
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Apple may be king of the tablet market with its iPad, but as that market stabilizes, Apple see its share drop to 20%-30%, according to a prediction from Acer chairman JT Wang. In an interview with Economic Daily News, Mr. Wang said that history has shows that closed platforms like Apple’s iPad will eventually lose to open systems like the Android platform.
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John and Dave answer reader questions about managing iTunes music and libraries, helping listeners with sleep issues, troubleshooting AirPort and more. Then there are a few follow-up questions about PowerLine and how best to use it, plus some tips and thoughts from previous shows. Finally, Dave wraps it up telling of a very curious experience he went through recently with mail-in AppleCare.
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Digg founder and former TechTV personality Kevin Rose has given his stamp of approval to the rumor that Apple will be releasing an iOS-based $99 Apple TV rebranded as the iTV. That rumor began gaining steam earlier this month, and Mr. Rose intimated in a blog post that such a device will arrive in September, and he said that it will be a game changer for the settop market.
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According to stats found on the Facebook for iOS app’s dedicated Facebook page, the app now has over 100 million monthly active users. This represents the vast majority of iOS devices sold up to this point, based on figures released by Apple at its 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference…
| Read more »I-itch Inc. announced Monday the release of ABC On The Go, an app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad that is designed to help kids learn to read. The app includes three games that introduce and reinforce letter recognition in young minds, as well as the sounds associated with each letter.
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A newly published Apple patent application has led to reports that the company will use a new unauthorized user recognition technology to deter users from jailbreaking iPhones. The patent application, entitled “Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device,” primarily describes methods for detecting unauthorized users—people…
| Read more »The Deal Brothers noted that Apple was offering the refurbished iMac 27-inch 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for $1269, with free shipping.
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Apple is working on adding more iPhone partners in the U.S., according to Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu, but don’t expect to see Verizon first on the list. Apparently the two companies are still working on the details, leading Mr. Wu to speculate that T-Mobile and Sprint could be next in line to join AT&T as iPhone partners.
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The L5 Remote from L5 Technology is the fourth in a series of universal remote control hardware/app combinations I’m reviewing. Like the first three I tested, it can control most of your electronic entertainment devices — televisions, AV receivers, cable boxes, and such — as long as they use an infrared remote control. Compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad (all must run iOS 3.0 or higher), the L5 Remote wasn’t perfect but was the best remote I’ve tested to date and the only one I’ve used regularly after my testing was complete.
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If you want or need to use an external keyboard with your iPad, you should check out the new iPad Space Dock stand from LapWorks.
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Apple’s U.S. online store is now quoting wait times of one to three days for all models of the iPad, down from three to five days. The reduction in shipment wait times represents the second such drop in less than a week, as the wait dropped from seven…
| Read more »Apple’s bottom line is already healthy, and it may be ready to start improving even more, according to Gleacher & Company analyst Brian Marshall. Part of that boost will likely come from the end of Apple’s free iPhone 4 bumper program.
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Due to the extremely high humidity of the Hong Kong climate, some local iPhone users are facing problems with falsely-triggered moisture sensors. The South China Morning Post reports that while Apple’s guidelines call for a relative humidity of 5% to 95%, the humidity around Hong Kong regularly exceeds 95…
| Read more »Greg Clayman is leaving his position as Viacom’s head of digital distribution to join manage business operations for the upcoming iPad-specific newspaper from News Corp.
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Internet search giant Google is expanding yet again with the purchase of Like.com. The company is known for its visually-based search tools for online shopping.
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Today TMO readers are talking about what it would take for Apple’s stock to hit US$400, and not if, but when, that will happen.
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It’s no secret that Apple’s product road map is always a moving target, but that’s not stopping Vern Seward from offering up his ideas on what the future may hold for Apple TV, FaceTime and the iPad.
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Just Mobile has debuted its new AluPen stylus for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The AluPen is a chunky, pencil-shaped stylus, which is crafted from aluminum and features an ultra-soft rubber nib for added control. Just Mobile’s AluPen stylus for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch will be…
| Read more »A recently published Apple patent application hints at the company’s plans to improve iPhone security by giving users new ways to track and identify who is using their combination iPod and smartphone if it is lost or stolen. The patent application is also stirring up controversy thanks to a reference to jailbreaking as a way to identify unauthorized users.
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The rumor: Apple will be releasing a revamped/renamed version of their 'Apple TV' set-top box, called 'iTV'. The box will run the Apple iOS (same as the iPhone/iPad), and be priced around $99. Why will this change everything?
| Read more »The Escapers announced the immediate availability of Flux 3 on Monday. The new version of the Web site design application for Mac OS X added support for designing HTML5-based Web sites along with Webkit support.
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There have been many complaints about the performance of iOS 4.0.x on the older iPhone 3G model, in that the two-year-old model, while supported on iOS 4, runs horribly on the new OS. While Apple has acknowledged the issue, and begun actively investigating it, there hasn't been much real news about a release to fix the issue, until now.
| Read more »A recent patent filed by Apple would allow Apple to remotely detect if your phone is jailbroken, and could allow your carrier to remotely shut down or cripple your device.
| Read more »In a world seemingly awash in iPhone and Android-powered smartphones, is there still room for the relatively staid BlackBerry, the one that popularized wireless messaging and created a generation of CrackBerry addicts on Bay Street and elsewhere?
| Read more »The iPhone 4 was supposed to leave the iPad in the dust--but Apple's big tablet is hardly obsolete. Do you own both devices, and if so, how have you found living with them? Which one would you rather have?
| Read more »Mark Ryan, director of the Louisiana Poison Center, uses the $30 LogMeIn Ignition application on the iPad to log in remotely so he can use the center's data collection application to coordinate planning with the U.S. Health Department.
| Read more »The executive chairman of JLJ Holdings, Chua Kim Guan, has temporarily stepped down from his duties in the wake of an Apple-related kickback scandal, reports say.
| Read more »This just in: iPhone and iPad users — oh heck, let’s make it the whole gamut of iOS devices and thrown in the iPod touch — like their apps. OK, that’s not really news, but Stuart Dredge of Mobile Entertainment has compiled a list of 157 facts about apps and users on various mobile platforms, stats that show that iOS users are consuming (and paying for) more apps than other platforms.
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A German court issued a restraining order at the behest of Apple against German company Koziol ordering the company to stop selling an egg holder called eiPott (say it out loud if you need to). The judge ordered the company to change the name and packaging on the product because customers might mistake it for one of Apple’s products.
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If you haven’t yet entered our Slacker Radio Plus Giveaway. In our Giveaway of the Month for August, iLounge and Slacker are giving away 12 subscriptions to one year of free Slacker Radio Plus. To enter, simply fill out and submit the form on the giveaway page—the…
| Read more »Other World Computing (OWC) announced Friday the release of a new drive in its OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD hard drive line, a 40GB model the company is aiming at users who want the performance of an SSD drive below US$100.
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The Deal Brothers found a deal on the Eyeclops palm-top projector for your laptop, DVD player, etc. for $51.99.
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Need to wirelessly sync and calculator freely on your iPad? In this installment of Free on iTunes, Vern Seward points you to apps that may be just what you’re looking for; Dropbox, TouchCalc, and powerOne Calculator.
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ActiveTrak rolled out an update for GadgetTrak on Friday that addressed an XML formatting issue some users were experiencing in tracking reports.
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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’s best news, reviews, and feature articles we’ve published, and it also features giveaways and iPod accessory discount offers from various companies. There’s still plenty of…
| Read more »In an alleged email response to a customer complaint, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly said a fix for issues related to running iOS 4 on an iPhone 3G is coming soon. Mac Rumors reports that the customer in question said iOS 4 was “dog slow” on his iPhone…
| Read more »Another LCD panel and front glass assembly, reportedly for the upcoming fourth-generation iPod touch, has been spotted online. MIC Gadget reports that the photos of the panel were found on a Chinese online store, and show a LCD panel and front assembly labeled “Apple © 2010,” as was seen…
| Read more »Adobe has been promising Flash Player for mobile devices for some time, and now that a version is finally available for Google’s Android 2.2 platform, it seems the company has failed to deliver. While the player can handle videos that have been reencoded for mobile devices just fine, it stutters, chokes and stalls on Flash video content encoded for desktop and laptop computers.
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Matt MacInnis, a former Apple employee, is behind a new start-up looking to bring collegiate textbooks to the iPad. The Wall Street Journal reports that MacInnis’ company, Inkling, is set to introduce four full-length interactive textbooks on the App Store. The books—McGraw-Hill’s best sellers in biology, economics, marketing, and…
| Read more »Following Yahoo!’s lead, Google updated its Gmail Web interface for iPad users. The new interface does away with the dual toolbars in favor of something that more closely resembles the iPad’s Mail app.
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People released its own magazine app for Apple’s iPad, but in a pleasant turn of events won’t be charging its print version subscribers for digital issues.
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Apple has applied for a patent on a method to protect mobile devices from unauthorized access, including automatic data wiping, alerting the device owner of trouble, and photographing and geolocating an "unauthorized" user.
| Read more »Adobe released security updates for Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader 9 on Thursday to address code flaws that could allow an attacker to run code remotely on user’s computers without their permission. Adobe classified the flaws as “critical,” and is suggesting all Acrobat and Adobe Reader users install the updates.
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Apple is planning on shutting down Quattro Wireless at the end of September to focus exclusively on its own iAd mobile advertising platform. Apple bought Quattro Wireless to get its foot into the mobile ad market, then built its own iAd platform based on Quattro’s technology.
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Developica announced the immediate availability of ComicBookPad 1.0 on Friday. ComicBookPad is an iPad comic book reader app that also includes in-app iTunes player controls.
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KT's servers were overwhelmed with pre-orders for the September South Korean iPhone 4 launch, officials said Wednesday.
| Read more »Paramount Digital Entertainment and Freeverse announced Thursday the release of Top Gun 2 for iPhone and iPod touch. The game builds on the Top Gun movie franchise, and builds on the original Top gun iPhone app title with new features, new levels, and new jet, the F-14 Tomcat.
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Content creation, rather than consumption, will be the key to competing with Apple’s iPad, according to Chang Ma, vice president of marketing for LG’s mobile phone division. Mr. Ma said his company is working on an Android-based tablet that it says will excel in its ability to create content, adding, “It’s going to be surprisingly productive.”
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The chairman of Singapore-based JLJ Holdings, the parent company of Jin Li Mould Co., is stepping down, at least for the time being, as his company investigates the kickback scheme involving Apple supplier contracts, an Apple manager, and an executive of Jin Li who just happens to be the chairman’s brother-in-law.
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A placeholder for an as-yet-unknown Apple device has appeared in the latest internal build of the iOS 4.1 beta, according to a new report. Citing people familiar with the matter, AppleInsider reports that the latest iOS 4.1 build contains code referencing both the fourth-generation iPod touch—labeled iPod4,1—and a second-generation…
| Read more »Nancy Carroll Gravley has gathered together some of the Snow Leopard features that I most enjoy using, and now she want to share them with you.
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iPort has rolled out its new CM-IW2000 in-wall Control Mount for the iPad. The CM-IW2000 stylishly mounts the iPad in the wall in either vertical or horizontal orientation, providing constant power, allowing full access to the Home button and screen, while replicating the…
| Read more »Creaceed announced Thursday the release of Prizmo on the App Store. This app offers iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 users a scanning and OCR solution that uses their device’s built-in camera.
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Following an update to Photogene for the iPad earlier this week, the iPhone version has also received an update. Photogene 2.6 for the iPhone and iPod touch adds the new features introduced in the earlier iPad version including support for Flickr and FTP uploading, custom resizing and IPTC metadata.…
| Read more »A company called newPCgadgets announced Thursday the release of four new iPad accessories, including The Security Case ($44.95), which offers users a small combination lock when closing the case. Aimed at students taking their iPads to school, the case is intended to keep roommates, dorm-buddies, and friends off your iPad without permission.
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Gameloft has released an iPhone 4 update to its acclaimed Modern Combat: Sandstorm for the iPhone and iPod touch. Modern Combat: Sandstorm (iLounge Rating: A) is a first-person action-thriller where players must locate and annihilate a terrorist cell in a remote desert hotspot. Users play through 10 missions featuring…
| Read more »Apple has finally enabled publishers to offer their magazines via iPad apps to current subscribers free of charge. Beginning with the update of the People Magazine app earlier today, subscribers to Time, Inc. publications including Time, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune will soon be able to be able to…
| Read more »Black Enterprise, the premier business and wealth building resource for African Americans, has released a digital edition of its magazine publication exclusively for the iPad. The application, Black Enterprise Wealth for Life serves as a portal to download and read monthly issues of the magazine and will provide access to…
| Read more »Apple and AT&T have removed no-contract iPhone purchasing options from their websites, signaling a further tightening of restrictions on U.S. iPhone users compared to those abroad. Previously available at prices significantly higher than those of even early upgraders—$599 for a 16GB iPhone 4 and $699 for a 32GB unit—the options…
| Read more »Paramount Digital Entertainment, in cooperation with Freeverse, has released Top Gun 2, the sequel to its earlier first-person combat jet shooter for the iOS platform. In Top Gun 2 players engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground arcade style combat with new high-speed defensive maneuvers and offensive attacks. Players fly using the…
| Read more »Apple is offering a refurbished iMac 27-inch 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for $1439. That includes free shipping and one year of AppleCare. The Deal Brothers called it “a fantastic deal.”
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Sumajin has introduced its new Slim silicone case for the iPhone 4. Made form variable thickness silicone, the Slim features push-though covers for the volume and power buttons, integrated flip-open covers for the headphone and 30-pin ports, open access to the screen, Home button, camera/flash, and ring/silent switch, open…
| Read more »Apple will launch an HDTV that integrates its Apple TV set-top box technology and music download service in to a stand-alone high definition television, according to a leading analyst
| Read more »Chua Kim Guan, chairman of Singapore-based JLJ Holdings Ltd., has stepped down amid a scandal that allegedly saw kickbacks given to an Apple employee for confidential information. JLJ Holdings has been named in a lawsuit by Apple against former Apple global supply manager Paul Shin Devine, which claims…
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