Archives for February 2012

February, 29th February 2012

• Apple Ends Day Worth More than $500 Billion

  Wednesday was a big day for Apple, at least in the world of symbolic benchmarks, as this was the day…

• SmugMug Releases Camera Awesome for iPhone

  SmugMug announced Wednesday the release of Camera Awesome, a free photography app for the iPhone. The app features filters, presets,…

• Apple Store App Adds U.S. Carrier Plans for iPhone

  Apple updated the Apple Store app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad to version 2.1 on Thursday. The new version…

• Apple Reportedly Settles Over Third Party App Copyright Infringement

  Apple and Australian-based Jigsaw Entertainment settled out of court over the “Chopper Soundboard” app that was developed by a teenage…

• Photo Location-Tagging in iOS Opens Door to Possible Abuse

  It seems that there may be another crack in the App Store walled garden, this time with photos on iOS…

• Kitabu: A Simple and Free EPUB Reader

  Kitabu, from Sixty Four, LLC, is a simple, no frills EPUB reader for OS X.  It has some basic but…

• Roku 2 XS 1080p Streaming Player:  $96.24

  The Deal Brothers found us a deal on the Roku 2 XS 1080p Streaming Player for $96.24, $3.00 off its previous…

• Karotz Smart Rabbit: A Fun Toy with Serious Usefulness

  The Karotz Smart Rabbit is a PC- and Mac-compatible gadget that brings a variety of fun and useful apps into…

• Withings iOS Baby Monitor Hits the States

  Withings announced the immediate U.S. availability of its Smart Baby Monitor on Wednesday. The baby monitor lets iPhone, iPad and…

• Reader Discussion: iPad 3 Launch Event Expectations

  Apple is hosting a special media event on Wednesday, March 7, where it is expected to unveil the iPad 3.…

• ATF Dumps Blackberry for iPhone

  The U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has decided its time to leave RIM’s Blackberry smartphone behind and move…

• Firmware Update Addresses MacBook Pro Display Flicker

  Apple released MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Upate 2.8 late on Tuesday. The new firmware version addresses a display flickering issue…

• Messages: Enabling Read Receipts on Macs & iOS Devices

  Read receipts, long familiar to users of programs like Outlook on the PC, allow people to see when a particular…

February, 28th February 2012

• Apple Granted Five More Multitouch Patents

  Apple was granted 24 new patents on Tuesday, including five new patents relating to the company’s multitouch innovations. The patents…

• Mercedes Assimilates Siri with Digital DriveStyle App

  Mercedes-Benz announced Tuesday that company’s new A-class line of cars will integrate with the iPhone in a way that’s never been done…

• Republican Santorum Channels Apple’s ‘1984’ & ‘Lemmings’ Ads

  Rick Santorum, Republican candidate for U.S. president, has released a new commercial that borrows from both Apple’s 1984 and Lemmings…

• Qualcomm Chip Could Allow Apple to Embrace LTE & China Mobile

  Qualcomm has announced the next generation of its Gobi line of wireless modems-on-a-chip. The fifth generation MDM9615 and MDM9215 chips…

• iMac 27-inch 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7:  $1,869

  The Deal Brothers found a deal on the refurbished iMac 27-inch 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 for $1,869. This system was…

• Apple’s Stock Trades in Record Territory - $534

  Shares in Apple Inc. once again traded in record territory on Tuesday, topping the US$534 per share mark in the…

• Neonode: We Own Swipe Gesture Patent

  Underscoring how confusing the patent system can be, touch screen maker Neonode claims it was awarded a touch and swipe…

• Apple Hosting iPad 3 Launch Event March 7

  True to rumors, Apple will be hosting a special media event on Wednesday, March 7. The company sent out email…

• Reader Discussion: Buyback Time for Apple’s Stock

  Apple has more cash on hand than it can spend, and is looking at what it can do with all…

• BMO Capital Bumps Apple Target Price to $590

  BMO Capital analyst Keith Bachman is expecting Apple to report quarterly iPhone sales that come in above estimates, and in…

• Best Buy to Offer 30-day Returns on iPhone, iPad

  Best Buy apparently plans launch a 30-day return policy in the coming days, and will include Apple’s iPad and iPhone…

February, 27th February 2012

• Apple Sends Email Encouraging the Developer ID Program

  Apple sent out an email to developers Monday encouraging them to get their Developer ID applications ready in preparation for…

• PanoMap Sues Apple & Google Over Street View

  Florida-based PanoMap has sued both Apple and Google over the Street View feature in Google Maps. The company claims that…

• China Seizes Hundreds of Fake “Apple iPhone” Stoves

  Authorities in China seized hundreds of single burner stoves with a name that many of our readers may be familiar…

• Proview Lawsuit Accuses Apple of Fraud & Unfair Competition

  Proview Technology announced on Monday that the company has amended a lawsuit against Apple to include accusations that the iPad…

• Price List Reportedly Shows iPad 3 Pricing

  A price sheet leaked to a Chinese microblogging site reportedly shows pricing for the iPad 3. If the sheet is…

• TMO’s Guide to Writing, Publishing & E-books

  Over the past few years, TMO has published a wide range of articles, reviews, and how-tos on writing, publishing and…

• Get Down with Your Optical Discs & Burn with Disco

  In this installment of Monday’s Mac Gadget, John F. Braun explores Disco, a full-featured program for dealing with optical media…

• Centon 64GB SDXC Flash Card:  $49.99

  The Deal Brothers found a one-day deal for the Centon 64GB SDXC Flash Card for $49.99. This card ships for $5.00,…

• Buffett: I Told Jobs to Buy Back Apple Stock

  Apple co-founder Steve Jobs asked Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett about two years what he should do with his company’s…

• Reader Discussion: The Media’s Perception of Apple

  Apple seems to catch headlines every day in both a positive and negative light. Today TMO readers are talking about…

• German Court Blocks Motorola from Enforcing Patents Against Apple

  Motorola Mobility suffered a nasty blow in Germany on Monday when the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court ruled that the company…

• iMac Update Addresses Wi-Fi Issues for Lion Users

  Apple rolled out Wi-Fi Update 1.0 for iMac owners late last Friday. The update for late 2009 and newer iMacs…

• Adobe Launches Photoshop Touch for iPad

  Adobe announced the immediate availability of Photoshop Touch for the iPad 2 on Monday. Photoshop Touch is based on Adobe…

February, 24th February 2012

• Apple Reportedly Moving to Smaller iOS “Micro-Dock”

  Apple is reportedly in the proves of ditching its current “Dock” connector for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in favor…

• MacOS KenDensed: Google’s Browser Snooping & Tim Cook’s Shareholder Party

  Google’s “Don’t be Evil” motto may not mean what you think it means — or what they think it means.…

• 4 Free Non-Apps For iPad

  iOS isn’t just about apps There’s lots of free stuff that aren’t apps available for your iPad and this week…

• Judge Awards $850 to iPhone Owner for AT&T Data Throttling

  A small claims court has ordered AT&T to pay an iPhone owner US$850 for throttling his data. Pro-tem Judge Russell…

• Apple Could Accidentally Disrupt the Entire TV Industry [UPDATED]

  Sometimes, companies lay plans to succeed, and they don’t work out. And then something totally unexpected comes along that succeeds…

• Three Cool Apps I Took from Macworld | iWorld

  Nancy Carroll Gravley wandered the aisles at Macworld and found some apps she thinks are particularly worthy of investigation.

• That Thing You’ll do With Apple’s iPad 3

  If you’ve never before owned an iPad, but merely ogled other people’s iPads and wondered what all the fuss is…

• 13” MacBook Air 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5:  $1099

  The Deal Brothers found a deal on the refurbished 13” MacBook Air 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 for $1,099. This system…

• Simplify: A Simple but Beautiful Mini Player

  Simplify, by Pixel Mates, provides a full-featured mini-player and desktop widget for iTunes, Rdio, and Spotify. The app makes it easy…

• Apple Adds Mastered for iTunes to iTunes Store

  Apple added a new section to the iTunes Store, dubbed Mastered for iTunes, that groups together albums that have been…

• Murasaki: an EPUB Ebook Reader for Mac Disappoints

  Murasaki 1.6.1 for OS X is an EPUB 2/3 ebook reader for the Macintosh. It’s scroll-based rather than paginated and…

• Proview Brings iPad Trademark Battle to the States

  Proview Technology has extended its legal battle with Apple over the iPad trademark from Chine to the United States. According…

• Apple Shuts Down Push Email in Germany After Court Order

  iPhone users in Germany are short one feature as of Friday now that Apple has disabled push email to comply…