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Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Your iPad can detect very fine touches thanks to the use of capacitive touch panels, but it still can’t do a great job of telling how hard you’re pressing (unless you hit the gadget hard enough to trigger the accelerometer). A new patent application by Apple spotted by AppleInsider today details a method for detecting…
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Environmental watchdog agency Greenpeace is looking at the ecological performance of the world’s leading Internet companies once again, and this latest report finds that Apple, Facebook and Google are doing the most to lead the charge towards a sustainably powered Internet, while Amazon, and specifically AWS, is dragging everybody down. AWS is one of the…
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Apple has updated its iWork apps for iOS, Mac and iCloud beta with a bunch of improvements and additional sharing options today. There’s a bunch of new features but one of the nicer ones is the addition of ‘read-only’ sharing of iWork documents. Read More
Apple is opening the door to its iAd program today, specifically to iAd Workbench, its ad creation and management tool. When the company first launched the Workbench last year, it was aimed at developers who wanted to advertise their apps. With today’s changes, the company is hoping to bring on a broader range of advertisers….
Read More “Apple’s iAd Workbench Now Open To Everyone With An Apple ID, Adds New Features” »
Apple is looking to acquire a 55 percent stake in a joint venture between Sharp and Taiwanese company Powerchip formed to develop chips for use in smartphone displays, according to a new report by Japan’s Nikkei business newspaper. The stake Apple is after is currently owned by Renesas Electronics, and the division is called Renesas…
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concertina226 (2447056) writes with this excerpt from IBTimes: “Apple has been granted a patent for interchangeable camera lenses — which could be used on the up-coming iPhone 6. The application was granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office in remarkably quick time, according to Patently Apple. Patent No. 8,687,299 has been granted to Apple…
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Apple has been granted a patent by the USPTO (spotted by AppleInsider) for interchangeable lenses for a mobile device, meaning it’s possible future iPhones will have the built-in ability to swap out one lens, say a macro for close-ups, for another, like a wide-angle for sweeping landscapes. The patent first turned up as an application…
Read More “Apple Explores Bayonet Mounts For Swappable iPhone Camera Lenses” »
Apple has sent out an email notifying customers of App Store price changes in certain countries within the next 24 hours. The company said that it will raise retail rates for the following currencies because of foreign exchange rate changes: Australian dollar, Indian rupee, Indonesian rupiah, Turkish lira, and South African rand. On the other…
time_lords_almanac (3527081) writes “BlackBerry is trying to put the kibosh on the Typo, a physical keyboard attachment for iPhone. And they’ve won the first round, in the form of a sales ban on the attachment. From the article: ‘”BlackBerry is pleased that its motion for a preliminary injunction against Typo Products LLC was granted. This…
redletterdave (2493036) writes “Many believe Apple’s iWatch will marry the looks of a luxury wristwatch with the powerful sensors found in today’s fitness wristbands, and, of course, familiar elements from the iPhone and iPad shrunken down and reconfigured to work from your wrist. Apple is undoubtedly full of its own ideas. But it would also…
theodp writes: “PandoDaily’s Mark Ames reports that U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has denied the final attempt by Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe to have the class action lawsuit over hiring collusion practices tossed. The wage fixing trial is slated to begin on May 27. ‘It’s clearly in the defendants’ interests to have this case…
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An anonymous reader writes “Reuters reports: ‘A federal judge in New York granted class certification on Friday to a group of consumers who sued Apple Inc for conspiring with five major publishers to fix e-book prices in violation of antitrust law….The plaintiffs are seeking more than $800 million in damages.’ The trial will probably be…
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An anonymous reader writes “At an event in San Francisco today, Microsoft Office General Manager Julia White unveiled Office for iPad, featuring Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new suite, which supports viewing but not editing for free, will go live in Apple’s App Store at 11:00AM PDT (2:00PM EST). Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for iPad…
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wiredmikey writes: “Russian government officials have swapped their iPads for Samsung tablets to ensure tighter security, the telecoms minister told news agencies on Wednesday. Journalists spotted that ministers at a cabinet meeting were no longer using Apple tablets, and minister Nikolai Nikiforov confirmed the changeover “took place not so long ago.” He said the ministers’…
Read More “Russian Officials Dump iPads For Samsung Tablets Over Spy Fears” »
An anonymous reader writes “Google today announced Google Now is coming to the Chrome stable channel for Windows and Mac ‘starting today and rolling out over the next few weeks.’ This means Google Now notifications will finally be available to desktop and laptop Chrome users, in addition to Android and iOS users. To turn the…
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