Happy October! This week in Apple news, the Apple TV 2.0 finally made its debut. Not only was it cruelly dissected, it was also jailbroken. We also posted an in-depth Parallels Desktop 6 review and discussed iAd's effect on the mobile advertising market. Read on for the roundup.
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| Read more »iPhone and iPod accessory manufacturers seem to be coming to the realization that most households have not just one, but two or more Apple devices. We've been seeing a number of products that allow charging of more than one iPhone or iPod at a time, and now venerable speaker manufacturer Altec Lansing is getting into the game in a big way with the Octiv Duo speaker dock (US$99).
The Octiv Duo has a wedge design that works both on open spaces like tables and in corners on desks or kitchen counters. As you would surmise from the name, the Octiv Duo is designed to charge two devices at a time. Those devices can be any generation of iPhone, iPod touch, or iPod nano, as well as the iPod video, color, and Classic models. There's a third USB port on the side...
| Read more »Efforts to install wireless in New York City subways gained a significant boost late on Friday as Transit Wireless said it had reached deals with AT&T and T-Mobile to provide cellphone access at subway stations. The two GSM carriers have a 10-year agreement to link their phones to Transit Wireless' network in a plan that will eventually reach all 277 terminals in the city. Either carrier will have the option of renewing its deals in five-year blocks for four instances, representative Pat Smith told Bloomberg....
An error in terminology in a report from Youngstown, Ohio's CBS television affiliate WKBN-TV has prompted untrue claims of an "iTunes virus" spreading through e-mail, on Facebook and around the web. The message, faked to look like it is from "do_not_reply@apple.com," claims the user owes money and offer links for the recipient to click to arrange payment on a website set up to look like iTunes. It's ultimately only a phishing e-mail and has no payload of its own....
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| Read more »Electronics maker Hercules has introduced its latest digital DJ console on Friday in the DJ Console 4-Mx. Each of its twin jog wheels sports a touch sensor, while its integrated audio interface easily connects to existing analog gear. Users can control two or four virtual decks. The body is made of steel and aluminum and houses 89 controls in two-deck mode or 150 controls in four-deck mode....
When we think about computer ergonomics, we usually look at how our monitor is positioned (is it an appropriate distance from our eyes?), where our keyboard is laid out (in a keyboard tray or on our desktop?), and if our chair height lets us keep our knees at a 90 degree angle. In other words, computer ergonomics has always been about hardware (ours and our machine's). It's never been about the software. That's got to change.
I find myself using my iPad primarily in landscape mode. I do so because in landscape mode you can see most apps' menu items all the time (like a complete list of emails in my inbox laid out next to the message I'm currently viewing in the iPad's Mail app). Seeing everything at once is handy, but the thing is, I find holding my iPad in portrait mode to be much more comfortable and convenient because I can see more text on the screen. Of course portrait mode has the drawback that many apps' menus are hidden from view and only accessible by an...
| Read more »Here's a little interesting weekend reading from Mark Sigal on O'Reilly about "Apple's segmentation strategy." Sigal does a huge overview of Apple's direction over the last ten years, and in the end, argues that Apple has shirked the conventional wisdom of marketing products horizontally (making a special type of peanut butter for every customer, for example), and has instead segmented its products vertically (creating one product for a particular use case -- an iPad for reading, an iPod for listening, and an iPhone for apps). Apple is successful -- extremely successful, says Sigal -- not because it has become the biggest company in its various industries, but because it has thought carefully about how to sell products, and then sold them at exactly the right prices. And even when it's not right, says Sigal, Apple never makes a move that isn't strong and confident anyway. Even when the Apple TV is...
| Read more »Fuze Meeting, the Web-based meeting and collaboration service, demonstrates how it plays nicely with cloud file storage services like Dropbox and SugarSync.
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The force is strong in this one. But what does God need with a starship? Time for go to bed!
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Samsung today announced a strategic partnership with Pyxis Mobile that will yield enterprise specific applications for its Galaxy Tab. Samsung plans to leverage Pyxis Mobileís App 7 Studio, a cross-platform WYSIWYG mobile enterprise application development platform, to quickly bring new applications to market. The official unveiling of the enterprise class apps that have been designed specifically for the Galaxy Tab will be demonstrated at CTIA 2010....
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| Read more »If the military can have its own exoskeleton, then why not kids? The Japanese company Sakakibara Kikai realized that putting kids in the pilot‚Äôs seat of a
| Read more »The technology looks promising as it predicts what you wanna write even by not really paying attention to what you're typing lol...so Google scooped up the firm probably to add the technology in Android, let's hope at least they do.
| Read more »AutoDesk, continuing their return to the Apple ecosystem, have released an iOS app that allows users to view, edit and share DWG files, called AutoCAD WS. The free app requires a constant internet connection, as the files are actually stored on AutoDesk servers via a free AutoCAD WS online account....
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| Read more »Over the years we've seen Apple try to make their way to the living room.
| Read more »CapGemini claims to have created the most sustainable data center in the world -- 95 percent recyclable and with a PUE of 1.1. The Merlin data center was designed to be the most sustainable and efficient storage facility with the key goals being to reduce power, water and emission.
| Read more »iWeb theme showcase site iWeb Themes Park has updated their collection with five new themes, bringing their total to 65 independently-designed themes compatible with iWeb. All themes require only a Mac capable of running iWeb 2.0 (which came with iLife '08) or later....
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| Read more »Are overheating DSLRs like Sony‚Äôs A55 and A33 a scandal of Watergate proportions, or simply physics at work? Blogs are buzzing about a supposed flaw in DSLRs that shoot HD video. ‚ÄúMy God, they overheat if they‚Äôre used longer than specified or in conditions other than intended in the owner‚Äôs manual!‚Äù
| Read more »Apple has lost a patent case against its Cover Flow and Time Machine interfaces, despite some of the infringement charges from claimant Mirror Worlds being ruled invalid.
Enhance Technology has unveiled a new high-performance RAID server, the UltraStor ES3160 FS. It boasts 16 SATA II or SAS drives for either 16TB or 32TB of storage, dual active-active RAID controllers, dual I/O modules, hot-swappable dual redundant power supplies and cooling modules. The new 3U server is an enterprise failover RAID system designed to deliver high performance Windows Clustering, as well as cross-platform high availability, SAN and virtualization applications....
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| Read more »Two Dogs Software has launched its cloud-syncing task manager, TaskSurfer 1.0. The new software offers GTD and tag-based task management. It offers custom tagging, including category, time, location and people tags and uses a tag browser to keep tags organized. It also utilizes Snow Leopard's Core Location technology to track locations and gear tasks to the location it is being used in, such as organizing tasks for home or business based on the location the user is in....
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| Read more »Lemkesoft has launched GraphicConverter 7, featuring a new interface for the photo converting software. GraphicConverter specializes in handling numerous and unique images formats, importing over 200 formats and exporting over 80, often managing unusual variants of standard formats. It also generates catalogs for the web or print and handles RAW photos. It can import directly from cameras or flash cards and has a TWAIN interface for operating a scanner. The software has a picture browser and can generate slideshows....
When you're visiting a city, don't you sometimes wonder what it looked like in past centuries? That's the premise behind Time Travel eXplorer - London, a new iPhone travel guide app from Visick Solutions, Ltd. currently on the What's Hot page of the UK App Store. There's a good reason for that popularity, since Time Travel eXplorer is a fascinating way to take a tour of London both in the present day and in the past.
No, the developers didn't figure out a way to integrate the iPhone with a DeLorean or power it with a Mr. Fusion. What the app does provide is maps with 750 points of interest, as well as 1,500 photos and 150 audio guides that are bundled into the app so that you don't have to rely on a cell phone...
| Read more »Alphonso Labs reported today that their Pulse News Reader for iPad (currently US $1.99) has been updated to version 2.0. The new version of the app addresses one of the major complaints about the original by allowing up to 60 news feeds to be added, with up to 12 feeds on each of five pages.
Organization of sources is much easier in the new version. Each one of the five pages has a tab that can be renamed, so users can define each page by type -- for example, "Apple," "Food," "News," and more. The feeds are listed under each tab and can be dragged around to be placed in the order you would like to see them. It's also easier to find sources; when you go to add a source, there are tabs for "featured" and "categories," both featuring sources that look good in Pulse. Alphonso Labs calls this the "Pulse Bazaar."
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In this week's awesome blossom round up: Apple's Remote, finally updated; The New Yorker, digitized on your iPad; Kenny Powers, striking out; Wine, discovered; weather, beautified; Vikings, glorified; Beejive, Android bound and more! More »
UK personality and bon vivant Stephen Fry believes the iPad is like a pet dog; a canine can perform a limited set of functions, but people don't buy dogs for their "feature list," he argues, so much as for the sheer enjoyment they give their owners. Fry made the remarks at the iPad Entertainment Summit in London, where he extolled his affection for the device. The summit is a gathering of iPad content producers across Europe who are there to attend programming sessions, examine case studies with successful iPad apps, and learn how to publish, promote and expand their...
If you're a subscriber to the free AT&T Navigator app and the associated service , then you'll want to load the latest update ASAP.
AT&T Navigator v1.7i is the newest version of the TeleNav-powered app, and it's now the first iPhone GPS navigation app that incorporates direct speech recognition. As you can see in the video above, all you need to do is tap an icon, speak your destination, and the app will display appropriate destination addresses. Tap one of the addresses, and navigation begins.
The new version also provides alerts for traffic cameras, works in landscape mode, and has a lane-assist function that shows you which lane you need to be in before you get to an intersection. When you need directions back to your...
| Read more »Mellmo is set to update its business intelligence app for the iPad and iPhone on Monday.
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Apple's own phone service, Google saves unwitting web authors, and this is... CBS! It's the remainders for Friday, and Dan Moren isn't here.
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An anonymous reader writes "It looks like iPhone users are not immune to the types of data leaks recently discovered on the Android platform. Researchers looked at the top free applications available from the App Store and discovered that '68% of these applications were transmitting UDIDs to servers under the application vendor's control each time the application is launched.' The iPhone's Unique Device ID, or UDID, cannot be changed, nor can its transmission be disabled by the user. The full paper is available in PDF form."
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| Read more »Last we heard, Facebook and the new iTunes-based social network Ping were at odds with each other, with Facebook providing "onerous terms" and Apple trying to hook into the bigger network anyway. But maybe they can still heal the rift. Facebook CTO Bret Taylor told Silicon Alley Insider that he's "very confident" that the two networks can find some common ground.
Unfortunately, he didn't say anything other than that, so as for what kind of common ground they'll find, that's still up in the air. But Apple would do well to enlist Facebook's help in their fledgling network, "onerous" as the terms may be. ...
| Read more »Veteran Italian paper notebook maker Moleskine has dipped into accessories for more than e-readers for the first time with two special cases. The Tablet Cover is meant for the iPad and potentially other same-sized tablets to both protect them while filling in all the elements of a traditional Moleskine book. It uses the same materials and signature elastic band as the outside and even includes a notepad for handwritten notes, but a suede lining is new and helps prevent scratches....
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| Read more »Includes the graphic software's first major interface makeover in years, along with a few new features. ($34.95 new, $29.95 upgrade, 100.0 MB)
 
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| Read more »In this week‚Äôs oodle of technical news debris, John looks at intrigue and maneuvers: Netflix outmaneuvering Apple. The case for Apple products in the enterprise ‚Äî but not how you think of it. Whether a mere announcement by a CEO can create an expectation and then a desired customer response. Are celebrity app tutorials the new wave? What is the conventional wisdom about Apple and why is it wrong? And a very clever maneuver by Microsoft to jump start Windows Phone 7.¬†
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Tech journalists are starting to receive their little black rental pucks, which means it's review time! Most critics seem generally pleased, but rather than wade through their judgments, check our handy comparison chart below and consume in dainty bites. More »
The first official release of an email client built on the Thunderbird codebase, with a look and feel inspired by classic Eudora. (Free, 21.1 MB)
 
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| Read more »Gives the Thunderbird code base a new interface and advanced features like multiple unified inboxes, Conversation View, and Quick Reply. ($39.95 new, $19.95 upgrade, 12.0 MB)
 
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| Read more »In this year‚Äôs annual proxy filing with the SEC, Microsoft‚Äôs board commended CEO Steve Ballmer for posting record revenues for fiscal 2010. The board was less sanguine, however, about the ill-fated Kin. For the former, he earned half his maximum bonus, but for the latter he lost the other half.
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The folks at iControlPad can't seem to catch a break -- the design for the plug-in iPhone controller was finally finished, but the creators are now backing off of that design. Specifically, they're worried about Apple's lawsuit against Sanho, in which the battery manufacturer was sued for creating products that unofficially connected to dock connectors on iPhones and iPod touches. Because the iControlPad was originally designed to plug right into the dock connector on the iPhone (and presumably, its creators don't want to have to pay the "Made for iPhone" fee to officially license that hardware), it's got to be tweaked for Bluetooth support instead.
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| Read more »The iPad hacks continue. First it was a tablet running Windows 95; now someone's rigged an iPad to run Google's Chromium operating system.
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Includes minor fixes to the 3.1 update, which added a Migration Assistant, tabbed email browsing, and more. (Free, 20.5 MB)
 
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Dark Nebula Episode 1 is a marble game, true, but it's a marble game with objectives other than get the ball into the hole. More »
Did you miss out on Apple's free case program for your iPhone 4? If so, you're out of luck. If you have reception issues with your iPhone 4, you can return it as usual, but at this point, Apple believes that everyone should know about the Antennagate issue, so there are no more free cases.
This also means that bumpers are back on sale. While you could easily get a free one, they disappeared from Apple Store shelves, but as of today, bumpers are reportedly available again. Unfortunately,...
| Read more »Apple and Microsoft had opposing results in web share today as iOS reached an all-time best in Net Applications' charts while Internet Explorer on the desktop reached its lowest. The iPad, iPhone and iPod touch combined climbed to reach 1.18 percent of the entire web in September. The gain was enough to keep it growing faster than Android, which was still a fifth as influential at 0.24 percent....
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The Apple Dev Team has proven that the Apple TV, just out of the starting gate, can indeed be jailbroken. Generally, jailbreaking a device means developers can gain the
necessary root access to develop their own apps or customizations. This particular jailbreak, via the SHAtter exploit that was first used on the iPod touch 4G, is not ready for prime time, according to the developers. It will take more iterations and development work before consumers can being installing third-party apps on Apple TV, said Rob Walch, host of Today in iPhone.
A couple of weeks ago, a study came out of Toronto’s York University about Facebook and narcissism that suggested there was some kind of link between the social network and the psychological trait in which people are too concerned with themselves.
| Read more »Nerds squealed with delight last night as the geekiest comedy on American television, The Big Bang Theory, featured a cameo by Steve Wozniak. The Apple co-founder played himself in a brief scene with the gang from the show (Is that his daughter next to him at the table?). He was pretty funny and seemed comfortable on camera. In fact, Steve is an old hand at TV by now, having appeared on Dancing With The Stars and My Life on the D-List.
In case you missed it, you can watch it above (sorry about the audio quality -- we'll keep an eye out for the official version). Good job, Woz!
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| Read more »Microsoft filed a lawsuit against Motorola regarding its Android phones.
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Bargain-hunting iOS device gamers rejoice – Apple has launched a promotion it calls Big Games, Great Prices. Fifty popular games have been listed at priced $2.99 and under. The games run the gamut from racing titles like Real Racing and Need for Speed Shift to puzzle games like Peggle and Chuzzle. There are sports games, [...]
| Read more »A few months earlier in the year, we covered the arduous process of staying connected while traveling abroad. One of the ways we mentioned for jetsetters, backpackers and common tourists to stay jacked in while situated far from their homeland was a MiFi rental service from Xcom Global.
| Read more »Samsung through a brief message for developers warned that it was dropping support for Symbian work before the end of 2011 in a sign of larger trouble for Symbian. Development labs, forums and reference content will be pulled by the morning of December 31. Samsung will also stop certifying Symbian apps by the same day and leave companies with no option but to use other forums or switch platforms....
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| Read more »Following quickly on the heels of the long awaited iPad Sonos app, there is now a new version of the free music controller for the iPhone. The Sonos system provides a wireless music experience in as many rooms of a house as you want to put Zone Players and speakers or you can connect to an existing music system.
The new app, which appeared today, supports the popular Spotify service in Europe, and adds an additional 1000 radio stations that use the AAC format for streaming.
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| Read more »Lemke Software says it's overhauled the interface of GraphicConverter with the release of version 7, addressing a long-standing request from users of the image-conversion tool.
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Apple's MobileMe gallery now has full iPad support, as well as retina display support and the ability to view friends' galleries without a MobileMe subscription.
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| Read more »I would love to know at least one of your most favorite firefox add-on that makes your life easier and could be the part of this list.
| Read more »Both iOS and Android are rapidly gaining browser market share, with Android growing faster but iOS still holding a large overall lead.
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Apple's free MobileMe Gallery app was just updated, and the new version finally supports the iPad.
Other changes have been made to finally bring the app up to speed with iOS 4 and the iPhone 4 -- there's now support for fast app switching, and the app is now optimized for the Retina Display on the iPhone 4.
Previously, users needed a MobileMe subscription to view friends' galleries; now that restriction has been taken away for iPhone and iPad users. The app looks great on an iPad, and if you have any photos stored in MobileMe galleries, you'll want to get this update as soon as possible.
Thanks to Michael K. for the tip!
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| Read more »Panasonic is expanding its Lumix digital camera brand to cell phones and will unveil its first "Lumix Phone" at next week's Ceatec show in Japan.
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Olympic Developments has filed a lawsuit through the US District Court for the Central District of California, LA Division, charging several companies with violating two of its patents. The first patent, Transactional Processing System, describes a way of offering products and services through credit card transactions. The concept also involves real-time authorization. The second patent, Device for Controlling Remote Interactive Receiver, specifically describes a remote that can save financial information....
What do you add to a compression program that's been around for 23 years? If you're Smith Micro updating Stuffit Deluxe, you try to make it easier for people to compress files on the way to their eventual destination with a new application: StuffIt Destinations.
 
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| Read more »Apple has finally updated its MobileMe Gallery app with an iPad interface and support for multitasking in iOS 4. It also added a new photo-frame-like feature and opened the app up to users who don't have MobileMe accounts.
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Microsoft today sued Motorola for allegedly violating patents with its Android-based phones. The complaints with both the International Trade Commission and in a Western District of Washington court claim that the devices copy technology "essential" to the smartphone experience, such as calendars and contacts, e-mail sync and notifications for apps of battery and connection levels. The accusations didn't initially include any damage values, but an ITC investigation would lead to a ban on Motorola phones in the US if successful....
GoodReader for iPad is a robust PDF reader and file manager that also displays many other file formats of interest. Version 3.0, released on September 30, adds annotations, markup and highlighting capabilities.
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The video gaming news application now runs on the iPad in addition to the iPod touch and iPhone after this week's update.
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I decided to limit myself to just a couple of hours of Apple TV hacking this morning as I have books that need writing, children who need feeding, a house that needs cleaning and, lord almighty, you wouldn't believe the laundry. So again, this is going to be a quick update rather than an in-depth exploration of all things Apple TV.
As you know, the 2nd gen iOS Apple TV has already been jailbroken. While tools have not yet been released, you can watch a video posted earlier today showing command line access to the unit.
I do not have jb access so have limited my explorations to the tools I have available. I used Kevin Ballard's superb Bonjour Browser to scan for Apple TV services. At this time, there appear to be two. First, there is the standard AirTunes "raop" service. RAOP stands for the...
| Read more »A report released Friday by the NPD Group suggests iPad sales took a decent percentage of sales from the traditional PC market. The report shows that 13 percent of iPad owners bought an iPad instead of a PC. A further 24 percent purchased an iPad instead of an e-reader. To me, Thirteen percent seems like [...]
| Read more »Smartphone app users now make up the majority of those using mobile apps at all in the US, comScore said Friday. Smartphone apps went from 43.6 percent of use in August a year ago to 60.4 percent today. A similar effect has occurred with web browsers, as 55.5 percent of mobile web use is now on a smartphone where it was 41.4 percent in 2009....
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Even though the iPhone 4 is for sale in China through legitimate channels, there's a short enough supply that smuggling the devices in from Hong Kong is still big business. Especially, it seems, for these two ladies on a subway. More »
The iPad is a wonderful device to consider integrating into one's car. Many have already gone the DIY route, mounting the device into a center console, for example. However, not everyone's handy enough or brave enough to hack their cars to pieces for these things, so it's comforting when something more "official" comes around.
BMW recently displayed their answer to an official integration of the iPad in their cars, at the Paris Auto Show. As Engaget puts it, the implementation is heinous. But, to be fair, if the goal of this integration is to allow backseat passengers to use an iPad hands-free, then what more can be done to fix it?
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| Read more »Apple has released an update to its MobileMe Gallery application adding native iPad support. MobileMe Gallery is a free app that allows iOS device users to browse through their own and their friends‚Äô MobileMe Galleries directly on an iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The application provides features similar to the‚Ķ
| Read more »Nokia announced Friday that its mobile app service, Ovi Store, had crossed the 2.3 million downloads per day mark. The world‚Äôs largest smartphone manufacturer (by unit sales, if not profit) also announced that it was getting some 200,000 new customers per day at Ovi Store.
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Apple has posted an update to MobileMe Gallery, the photo-browsing app tied to the company's MobileMe online service. Version 1.2 has been made into a universal title fully compatible with the iPad, including a native interface. The app now also supports multitasking when running on iOS 4.x devices....
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| Read more »Action camera maker GoPro has released the HD Hero 960 bundle, its most affordable to date. Unlike the company's flagship 1080p HD Hero, which costs $300, the new device is priced at $180. What buyers give up is resolution, as it's now capped at 1280x960, and no Hero Bus expansion port, so users can't connect external displays or batteries....
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| Read more »Research suggests that the free operating system Linux will keep up with the addition of more ‚Äòcores,‚Äô or processing units, to computer chips.
| Read more »MacFixIt Answers is a feature in which we answer questions e-mailed from our readers. This week we have questions on missing "new message" chimes in Mail, installing iPhoto from another computer, Time Machine drives not being recognized despite being formatted properly, and how to set a system to boot to the 64-bit kernel by default.
| Read more »Logos, a cross-platform Bible study program for Windows, Mac, and iOS, has been updated to version 4. To celebrate, they are offering some great deals on their base packages and upgrades at Logos.com. Students should checkout their academic pricing as well. There's a good overview of new features available on their website, including a list of 100 new features in Logos 4.
Look for a more detailed review after I've had some time to live with the official release. In the meantime, there are a slew of great resources available to show you around on the official website.
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| Read more »A newly filed lawsuit takes aim at Apple and its App Store and iTunes Store, alleging that they violate two patents related to digital distribution of content. In addition, Apple has reportedly settled in another patent-related suit filed earlier this year.
The NPD Group today found that the iPad was having a mild but significant impact on computer sales. While the effect wasn't as large as expected, about 13 percent of iPad buyers had picked one instead of a computer. The relatively low cannibalization was attributed to many buyers still being early adopters that bought the Apple tablet simply because they wanted it. That figure could change once the iPad was more established, the researchers said....
Google has expanded the number of countries where paid applications are offered on Android Market.
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Now, Bloomberg is saying that the Obama Administration is considering recommending that the new CAFE standard be set at 62 mpg by 2025. This means that all of the vehicles that each automaker sells needs to average out to at least 62 mpg.
| Read more »Ukrainian authorities have taken action against the criminals involved in the Zeus cybercrime and money-laundering ring, following law- enforcement raids in the U.S. and U.K. this week.
| Read more »Nokia today publicly confirmed a milestone for the Ovi Store that also highlighted its current struggle to gain support from developers. The company now says that it sees 2.3 million downloads every day, up from just two million only a few weeks earlier. About 200,000 new users sign on each day.
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Developers are really getting a sense of what they can do for iOS, namely, making console-quality ports of their popular franchises. FIFA 11 feels as good as the older FIFAs did a few years ago, meaning, I'm still lousy at them. More »
A study using an application called "TaintDroid: An Information-Flow Tracking System for Realtime Privacy Monitoring on Smartphones," conducted by Intel Labs, Penn State Univesity, and Duke University found that a number of Android apps were sending user data, including location, back to advertisers.
| Read more »Qualcomm will likely subcontract with TSMC -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. -- in order to produce 3G chipsets for next-generation iPhones and iPads, industry executives claim. TSMC uses a 65nm manufacturing process, one which analysts suggest should be enough to satisfy Apple's demands. TSMC itself will neither confirm or deny any plans, except to say that it's currently inundated with orders....
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| Read more »The Austin City Limits Music Festival is going on next week in Austin, TX (as is GDC Online, which I'll be covering for TUAW). The festival has teamed up with Slacker Internet Radio and Seed Labs to spread the word and share some of the music from the artists performing there. They've produced a free app to check out the lineup of artists at the show, as well as make your own schedule, see a map of the event, post your own pictures and stories directly from the show, and even use a virtual lighter if a performance moves you to do so. You're on your own trying to get them to play "Freebird," though.
Slacker Radio is also tied in to the app -- you can listen to an Internet radio station called Austin City Limits Radio, playing...
| Read more »Oh look, it's a Levytator, the world's first escalator capable of following freeform curves. The Levytator uses a continuous loop of curved modules, so the cost per usable step is reduced. The steps can follow any path upwards, flatten and straighten out,‚Ķ
| Read more »Time Warner has joined a chorus of disapproval over Apple's decision to offer 99-cent TV rentals through the App Store.
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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 »After numerous other companies have debuted similar case designs, Moleskine has finally entered the iPad and iPhone case market with their Tablet Cover and Smartphone Cover. Unlike previous lookalike products, both the Tablet and Smartphone Covers feature blank notebook pages on their interiors opposite the devices, as well as‚Ķ
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2010 will be remembered as the year when Chrome took off despite Microsoft's attempts to hold on to its shrinking browser market share. It looks like Internet Explorer's two months of market share gains were an aberration. Other trends are continuing as before: Firefox is steady between 20 and 25 percent share, Chrome is steadily moving forward, and Safari trudges onward. Opera, meanwhile, is still hanging on to the leftover scraps. Everyone but Microsoft saw at least a modest market share gain in September.
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| Read more »Facebook has increased the maximum resolution of user-uploaded photos , simplified the tagging process and improved the performance of the upload tool.
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Apple has been sent test samples of a 20” touchscreen that could be used in an iMac by a Taiwan-based manufacturer called Sintek Photronics. Taiwanese newspaper DigiTimes reported that the firm had sent the displays to Apple, and that Apple is working on incorporating them into a new version of the iMac.
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Rumors of a touchscreen iMac are not new, but they are persistent. Another report on Friday claims the technology could be closer to becoming reality. Sintek Photronics has apparently sent samples of capacitive touch panels to Apple for what would be a new iMac, according to AppleInsider. The company is said to be working on [...]
| Read more »Nokia today publicly confirmed a milestone for the Ovi Store that also highlighted its current struggle to gain support from developers. The company now says that it sees 2.3 million downloads every day, up from just two million only a few weeks earlier. About 200,000 new users sign on each day....
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| Read more »Happy Friday, all. As you might have expected, things are moving along quite rapidly on the Apple TV Jailbreak front. Although we're still not close to a public release, it looks like things are moving apace. This latest video demonstrates a 2nd generation Apple TV jailbreak using the iPhone dev-team's SHAtter exploit installed via Pwnage tool.
It's really exciting to see how far the team has advanced. I can't wait for the platform to open and for people to start developing custom software, themes, appliance plug-ins ("frappliances"), and other fun elements that are sure to make the updated Apple TV platform even more exciting.
| Read more »The NPD Group revealed this week that customers who bought an iPad at launch are extremely satisfied with the device and use it quite often, but more recent purchasers are less active with their tablet.
This feature-packed and stylish task manager has made the leap from iPhone to iPad, gaining a custom interface, helpful features, and some new themes.
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| Read more »If you love your Apple iPad but wish you could run your favorite 'nix applications on it, StarNet Communications has an app for that. If you've been dying to see Flash apps on the iPad, the company's got a fix for that, too...
| Read more »iLounge is pleased to announce the Sonos ZonePlayer S5 GIveaway. In our Giveaway of the Month for October, iLounge and Sonos are giving away two Sonos ZonePlayer S5 units paired with a Sonos ZoneBridge. To enter, simply fill out and submit the form on the giveaway page‚Äîthe giveaway‚Ķ
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