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Reading, Writing, & Saving the World
Saturday, September 1st, 2012 at 8:00 AM - by David Chartier
Gather round your lawn chairs and break out the coolers. Summer isn’t over yet, but we still have plenty of new apps to check out—text editors, a different kind of news reader, an even more different kind of to-do list (no, really), and, of course, games.
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Free Retro Gaming for iOS - Activision’s Kaboom!
Friday, August 31st, 2012 at 7:58 PM - by Vern Seward with 1 comment
Love some retrogaming? Then you’ll like this week’s Free on iTunes where Vern Seward take a nostalgic look at the new free app, Activision Anthology.
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Apple Adds Chomp Bits to iOS 6 App Store Discovery
Friday, August 31st, 2012 at 3:18 PM - by Bryan Chaffin
Apple has begun integrating technology it acquired from Chomp in the newest beta of iOS 6. iPodUplink published a video on YouTube that shows a new interface for searching for apps on the App Store on an iPad and suggests new algorithms are in play, too. Check below the fold for the full movie.
In-Depth Review
Notability For iPad: Much More Than A Note Taking App
Friday, August 31st, 2012 at 1:29 PM - by Mark Greentree with 7 comments
Taking notes has always been a traditional pen and paper ordeal. It is not far fetched to assume many dedicated iPad users still have a spiral notepad and pen at the ready. With that in mind, could Notability change your existing note taking requirements? Mark Greentree thinks so, provided you don’t need iCloud integration.
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Scosche’s RH656m Headphones With Microphone Are Wonderful
Friday, August 31st, 2012 at 12:40 PM - by Nancy Gravley with 4 comments
The reference grade RG656m headphones with mic from Scosche have a great sound, and the tapLINE III Control and Mic is awesome.
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Tim Cook & Larry Page Reportedly Discuss Patents
Thursday, August 30th, 2012 at 7:43 PM - by Bryan Chaffin with 3 comments
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Larry Page have reportedly been in behind-the-scenes discussions about “a range of intellectual property matters,” including the epic mobile patent battle being fought by proxy. According to online reports, the two tech execs have been chatting by phone, while lower level talks have also been taking place.
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Analysis: Amazon Kindle Fire Sold Out, Kindle Fire 2 Pic Leaked
Thursday, August 30th, 2012 at 4:40 PM - by Bryan Chaffin with 4 comments
Amazon told the world on Thursday that its budget tablet entry, Kindle Fire, has sold out. Bryan CHaffin thinks that is a curious term unless Amazon intended the device to have a limited run, but we can presume that it means Amazon won’t make any more as it transitions to a Kindle Fire 2 update. Speaking of which, an image of a Kindle Fire 2 was “leaked”—no doubt it’s a coincidence.
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Delta to Roll Out 4,500 iPads at Airport Restaurants
Thursday, August 30th, 2012 at 9:26 AM - by Jeff Gamet with 2 comments
Delta Air Lines is rolling out 4,500 iPads at airport restaurants as part of a plan to improve food service for travelers. The airline places 250 iPads in restaurants at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport on Wednesday, and plans to have more than 4,500 of Apple’s multimedia tablets at three of its hubs over the next year.
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Gazelle Reports Spike in Used Samsung Device Sells
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 6:03 PM - by Bryan Chaffin with 13 comments
Used kit broker Gazelle.com (Gazelle) has seen a sharp spike in Samsung device sells in the immediate aftermath of Apple’s sweeping courtroom victory over the convicted copycat. Gazelle told Marketwatch that there was a 50 percent increase in Samsung device sales by customers in the three days following the jury’s verdict, and that this has resulted in an average 10 percent price decrease for those devices.
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IPEVO’s Typi Folio Case & Keyboard for iPad is First-rate
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 2:45 PM - by Nancy Gravley with 6 comments
The Typi Folio Case for Apple’s iPad 2 and 3 includes real leather and an excellent, built-in keyboard that can be removed.
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Scosche’s boomSTREAM BT Speaker: Features & Compromises
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 2:00 PM - by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Scosche has packed a lot of features in an amazingly small package in their boomSTREAM Bluetooth speaker. David Winograd puts it through it’s paces and breaks down whether this has a place on the other end of your iPhone’s Bluetooth stream.
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HTC: We Won’t Settle with Apple
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 11:45 AM - by Jeff Gamet
Cher Wang, HTC chairwoman, said her company won’t settle its mobile device patent lawsuit with Apple despite the fact that a jury just hit Samsung with a US$1 billion in damages for infringing on the iPhone’s design.
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Apple v Samsung Damages, Injunction Hearing Set for Dec 6
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 at 9:23 AM - by Jeff Gamet with 2 comments
Judge Lucy Koh set December 6 for a hearing in Apple and Samsung’s post-trial case to review Apple’s request for triple damages and a permanent injunction blocking the sale of several Samsung smartphones in the United States. She will also review Samsung’s motions to overturn parts of the jury’s verdict that it infringed on several of Apple’s mobile device patents.
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Moto Licenses Standards-Essential Patents to Apple in Germany
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 8:48 PM - by Bryan Chaffin
Apple and Motorola Mobility have reached an agreement of sorts for the iOS device maker to license Moto’s standards-essential patents (SEPs) in Germany. The two haven’t come to an agreement on how much Apple will pay, but have agreed to the license—if they can’t come to an agreement, a rate will be set by a German court.
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Objective-C Makes Facebook for iOS Likable
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 3:56 PM - by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with 1 comment
Last week, Facebook debuted version 5.0 of its mobile app for iOS. The new app promised much faster performance, and a look behind the scenes finds that Facebook was able to achieve these performance gains by dropping HTML 5 and embracing Apple’s Objective-C in developing the app.
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Samsung Starts Working to Sidestep Apple Patents
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 2:22 PM - by Jeff Gamet with 5 comments
With the possibility of product bans looming following its patent trial loss to Apple, Samsung is already talking with cell service providers about pulling features from smartphones to work around infringement claims.
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Cheers for the Apple vs. Samsung Verdict
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 1:22 PM - by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with 85 comments
In the Apple vs. Samsung patent lawsuit, Apple won. Big time. Humongous. To which Ted Landau says: “Fantastic.” Here’s why…
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NFC on the Next iPhone: Not Likely
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 10:31 AM - by Jeff Gamet with 4 comments
Rumors that Apple will include Near Field Communication, or NFC, technology in the next iPhone suffered a blow on Tuesday when AnandTech listed the technical problems associated with the feature based on what has been reported to be the next iPhone’s case design. Adding to the potential NFC death blow was The Loop’s Jim Dalyrymple backing up AnandTech’s analysis.
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Reader Discussion: iOS App Pirating
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 at 10:01 AM - by Jeff Gamet
Apple has taken steps to help prevent the theft of apps that are available through the iTunes-based App Store, but that doesn’t stop resourceful iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners that turn to jailbreaking. Today TMO readers are talking about app theft, or pirating, the cavalier attitude many people have towards stealing apps, and what can be done about the problem. Head on over to the forums and share your thoughts.
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Netatmo Shares Weather Data with Your iPhone & iPad
Monday, August 27th, 2012 at 6:40 PM - by Jeff Gamet
Netatmo announced the immediate availability of its Urban Weather Station weather data sensor system on Monday. The weather data tracker can share its data with your iPhone or iPad, and can share your station’s readings with the Urban Weather Program.
