Archives for December 2011
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Browse By Day in December 2011
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England Promotes Jonathan Ive to Knight Commander
Jonathan Ive, Apple’s designer-in-chief, has been tapped on the shoulder by the Queen of England in appreciation for “services to…
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Apple’s Share of Mobile Hardware & Software Market Rising
In the latest 3-month data from comScore, Samsung is the leading manufacturer of mobile phones in the US while Android…
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iPhone Crushes Android at AT&T Corporate Stores in December
Apple’s iPhone outsold Android devices 7.8:1 at AT&T’s corporate retail stores in December. A source inside the company told The…
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Tips For Getting The Most Out Of iChat While Dazzling Friends
iChat can be plain vanilla or one of your most useful tools. Nancy Carroll Gravley offers up some tips for…
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Siri Curses Out 12 Year Old After Prankster Meddling
What happens when you mix a nerd’s sense of humor with a display iPhone 4S in a shop not necessarily…
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Verizon: You Can Keep Your $2 After All
If this were a political site, the headline might have read “In Election Year Maneuvering, Verizon Flip Flops on Increasing…
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10 Essential Free iPad Apps
Got a new iPad for Christmas? Vern Seward lists 10 free apps no iPad should be without in this week’s…
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Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon: $2,699
The Deal Brothers found us a deal on the refurbished Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon for $2,699. This system…
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Cirque du Mac 9 Scheduled for Friday, January 27 at Macworld | iWorld
Macworld | iWorld Expo is less than a month away, and our Cirque du Mac party again promises to be…
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Apple to Appeal $1.2M Italian Warranty Fine
Apple plans to appeal a US$1.2 million fine imposed by Italy’s Autoritá Garante della Concerrenza e del Mercato over claims…
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Forum Poll: How Many Paid Apps are on Your iOS Device?
Apple’s App Store is loaded with apps for your iOS device, some paid and some free. How many do you…
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French Retailer Sues Apple over Unfair Competition
France based eBizcuss has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging the Mac, iPhone and iPad maker is engaging in unfair…
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Pages ’09: Using Modifier Keys to Select Text
The so-called modifier keys (like Command and Option), when added to other actions and keystrokes, can open up a whole…
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Verizon To Impose $2 Convenience Fee to Pay Bill
Come January 15th, Verizon Wireless customers, if they’re not careful, could be paying a $2 fee just to pay their…
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Apple Patent Shows iPhone Facial Recognition for Security
A new patent application filed by Apple Inc. shows that the company is working on ways for its iOS devices…
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Audioengine Announces 24-bit Wireless DAC
Audioengine announced on Thursday the D2 Premium 24-bit Wireless DAC, a high end wireless bridge for streaming HD audio. A…
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iMac 27-inch 2.8GHz Intel Quad-Core i5 processor: $1,419
The Deal Brothers found us a deal on the refurbished iMac 27-inch 2.8GHz Intel Quad-Core i5 processor for $,1419. This system…
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Small Businesses Ready to Spring for Tablets in 2012
2012 looks to shaping up to be the year of the tablet for small and mid-size businesses with companies planning…
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Apple History Finds a Home at Stanford
Prior to the return of Steve Jobs, Apple had been planning on making its own company museum. Those plans changed,…
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Reader Discussion: Apple, Patents & Android’s Future
Apple’s mobile device patent list keeps growing, and that could spell more trouble for Google and its Android platform. Today…
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Verbatim Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard
Vern Seward takes a peek at the deminuitive Verbatim Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard. It’s thin, compact, and works with the iPhone…
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Apple May be Planning Macworld|iWorld iPad Announcement
Parts suppliers claim Apple will unveil two new iPad models on January 26, 2012 at the Macworld|iWorld Conference and Expo…
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UK Prime Minister Will Get His Very Own iPad App
British Prime Minister David Cameron is a fan of the iPad and currently uses it to read newspapers and listen…
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The Mac Observer Turns 13 Today
Happy birthday to us! It was on December 28th in 1998 that Dave Hamilton and I relaunched what had been…
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Apple Reopens iTunes Connect Early
Apple has reopened iTunes Connect to developers two days early. iTunes Connect is the portal developers use to submit and…
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Analyst: Apple Should Enter TV Business, Content is Key
Apple should enter the TV business, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu told clients on Wednesday. The analyst said that not…
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13” MacBook Air 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5: $1349
Apple is offering the refurbished 13” MacBook Air 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 for $1,349. This system was originally released in…
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Foxconn, TSMC Pegged as Apple Television Suppliers
Each day seems to bring more Apple television rumors, and today’s claims that Foxconn will be building the TVs and…
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Reader Discussion: iOS vs Android Holiday Activations
The Christmas activations for iOS and Android devices looks good for both platforms. Which did better? Today TMO readers are…
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Apple Online, Amazon Rank High with Consumers
Apple reached a new high in ForeSee’s online retailer satisfaction study this holiday season. The Mac, iPhone and iPad maker…
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NightCap for iPhone Improves Low Light Photos
Interealtime announced the immediate availability of NightCap for the iPhone on Wednesday. NightCap is a camera app that changes the…
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Keychain Access: Wi-Fi Passwords & Holiday Sanity
Ah, the holidays. Time for eating fancy foods, drinking wine, and celebrating. Time for visiting family and friends. Time for…
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Apple Granted Core Multitouch Patent
Apple was granted a core multitouch patent on Tuesday, a patent covering one of the key ways that touches on…
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Airtight Brings iOS Airplay To Google TV
A new app called Airtight has been introduced on the Android Market for the Google TV that allows Airplay functionality…
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Third Man 45 iPhone 4S Case Is Super Awesome
I love really cool iPhone cases, and the Third Man 45 iPhone 4S Case from Griffin Technology and Third Man…
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6.8 Million iOS & Android Devices Activated on Christmas Day
Some 6.8 million combined iOS and Android devices were activated on Christmas Day, according to analytics firm Flurry. The company…
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Foxconn Expanding iPhone Plant to World’s Largest Phone Factory
Foxconn, one of Apple’s primary manufacturing partners, announced on Monday plans to expand the size of a plant that makes…
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iMac 21.5-inch 2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5: $1,019
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the refurbished iMac 21.5-inch 2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 for $1,019. This system was…
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Apple Television Production Apparently Slated for Early 2012
More rumors about the mythical Apple television are surfacing, this time with claims that parts suppliers are prepping to deliver…
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iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak Hits the Web
The iPhone Dev Team released a jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 on Tuesday that does away with the need to connect…
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Reader Discussion: Apple, iPhone & the Future of T-Mobile
With AT&T’s deal to buy T-Mobile off the table, TMO forum members are questioning what happens next for the still-without-the-iPhone…
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Italy Fines Apple $1.2M for Misleading Warranties
Italy’s antitrust authority, Autoritá Garante della Concerrenza e del Mercato, has hit Apple with a €900,000 fine, or about US$1.2…
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Spire Siri Hack Comes to Jailbroken iPhones
Pre-iPhone 4S owners that like to jailbreak can add Siri to their combo smartphone and iPod thanks to a new…
