Archives for February 2012
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Browse By Day in February 2012
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Foxconn Raises Worker Salaries, Third Time Since 2010
Taiwan-based Foxconn has raised worker salaries at its Chinese plants by 16-25% this month, the third such increase since 2010.…
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3 Free iOS Apps For The House Hunter
Looking for a new home? You iPhone can help, and in this installment of Free on iTunes, Vern Seward list…
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Google Caught Bypassing Mobile Safari Privacy
Google and many other advertising companies were caught bypassing privacy settings in Mobile Safari. The Wall Street Journal published an…
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Customers? No. Fans? You Betcha
It’s all about the customer relationship. Actually, it’s been said, a company doesn’t want customers; it wants fans. And so…
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Mountain Lion Does iOS-ification Right
If there was any doubt about the direction Apple intends to go with OS X, it has been erased. If…
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Developers React to OS X Mountain Lion
Apple’s OS X 10.8, “Mountain Lion,” marks some changes for Apple. The OS will now get annual updates, and Gatekeeper…
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Apple Launches $10K Promotion for 25 Billion App Store Downloads
Apple announced on Friday a contest to celebrate and promote the countdown to 25 billion downloads from the App Store.…
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Mountain Lion Leaves More Macs Behind
With the release of each new version of OS X more Mac models get left behind, and that’s no different…
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olloclip 3-in-One Photo Lens Is Terrific
The olloclip 3-in-One Photo Lens is a quick connect lens for the iPhone 4/4S that includes fisheye, wide-angle and macro…
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Final Version of Messages to Drop Lion Support
Apple released a public beta of Messages for the Mac on Thursday that supports OS X 10.7.3, or Lion. That…
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Reader Discussion: Apple’s International Retail Strategy
Apple has been growing its retail presence steadily ever since its first store opened in 2001, but international stores haven’t…
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2011 iPhone Sales Top 28 Years of Mac Sales
Even though the Mac has been around for 28 years, it isn’t Apple’s best selling device. That honor goes to…
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OS X: Mac Screenshot How-To & Power Tips
Being able to take screen shots on the Mac is a very useful skill—it’s a great way to send someone…
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Apple Pulls iPad from Unauthorized Resellers in China
Apple had several Chinese merchants remove the iPad 2 from their websites, including Amazon’s Chinese storefront, as these merchants were…
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Apple Wins German Injunction Against Moto Android Devices
Apple has won a blanket injunction against Motorola’s Android devices in Germany, after a court in that country ruled the…
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Apple Makes Gatekeeper a Friendly Signpost in Mountain Lion
It’s hard to put one’s finger on it. Announcements from Apple, from time to time, have been unhappy affairs. The…
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Tim Cook Won’t Rule Out Macs with Apple Processors
Apple CEO Tim Cook isn’t ruling out the idea of using the company’s own processors to power its Mac desktop…
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Just Mobile’s AluPen Pro Stylus Is Classy & Useful
Just Mobile has utilized the aluminum construction technology that is their speciality to construct an implement that is both a…
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Garmin’s GTU 10 Locator is Impressive
The GTU 10 Locator from Garmin will let users monitor their kid’s whereabouts, their pet’s transgressions, the location of their…
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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…
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Xcode 4.4 Preview Rolls Out for Developers
Hot on the heals of the release of Xcode 4.3 on Thursday, Apple also rolled out a developer preview version…
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Apple Video Highlights Mountain Lion Features
If you aren’t a developer, Apple won’t let you try out OS X Mountain Lion yet, but you can check…
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Reader Discussion: iPad 3 Feature Predictions
Apple hasn’t made an announcement yet, but it seems likely that the iPad 3 will be unveiled on March 7.…
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Xcode 4.3 Adds Mountain Lion Gatekeeper Support
Apple’s busy Thursday morning included the unveiling of OS X Mountain Lion, a public beta of Messages for the Mac,…
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Apple Releases Messages Public Beta for the Mac
Along with the introduction of OS X Mountain Lion, Apple released a public beta of Messages for the Mac on…
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Apple Unveils Mountain Lion, Due this Summer
Apple offered a first look at the successor to OS X Lion, dubbed Mountain Lion, on Thursday. The next version…
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Mac OS X: Mastering the Finder’s “Show Item Info” Option
Have you ever wanted to automatically show more information about items in a folder? Have you ever needed to be…
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FLA: Apple Working Conditions in China Better Than Norm
The working conditions in a Chinese factory making iPads for Apple is better than the norm, according to some preliminary…
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Tim Cook Makes His First Mark on Apple
During Tuesday’s Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook provided his first extensive, impromptu public appearance. He…
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Bryan Chaffin & Jeff Gamet Interviewed on MacVoices TV
MacVoices TV has posted an interview (see below) with The Mac Observer’s Bryan Chaffin and Jeff Gamet. The interview was…
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Ten Apps to Show Off the iPhone
What if you really wanted to impress somebody with how amazing an iPhone can be? If you were limited to showing off only…
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Apple Will Require Permission for Apps to Access Address Book
Apple has issued a statement on a recent kerfuffle over iOS apps that access one’s Address Book, promising to require…
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17” MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Quad-core Intel i7: $2,289
The Deal Brothers noted a deal on the refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Quad-core Intel i7 for $2,289. This system was originally…
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Apple Posts Recording of Tim Cook-Goldman Sachs Interview
Apple posted on Wednesday the audio recording of CEO Tim Cook’s interview/speech from the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference.…
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Clear Does Lists on iOS, Promises More to Come
Realmac Software on Wednesday released Clear, a list and to-do app that uses a color-coded heat map to show the…
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Apple Asks Bankruptcy Judge For Permission to Sue Kodak
Eastman Kodak Co. may be in the midst of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, but that hasn’t stopped Apple from…
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Apple Passes Samsung to Become Global Smartphone Leader in 4Q11
In the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple sold 35.5 million iPhones, good for 23.8 percent of the worldwide market and…
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Chinese Customs Unlikely to Get Involved in iPad Trademark Dispute
Earlier this week, Proview Technology successfully sought the removal of Apple’s iPad from retail stores in one Chinese city because…
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SEC Tells Telecoms to Include Net Neutrality in Shareholder Voting
The Securities and Exchange Commission has informed AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint that they must allow shareholder requests for votes on…
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Apple Significantly Drops the Entry Fee For iAds
Apple has significantly cut the minimum amount for an advertising campaign in its mobile iAd system to US$100,000. It was…
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Android’s App Development Enthusiasm Falling Behind OS Market Share
Android may have the largest smartphone OS market share, but that doesn’t seem to be translating to enthusiasm in app developers.…
