Archives for March 2012
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Ranked Highest Rated CEO
Apple CEO Tim Cook was named the highest rated CEO in a new survey published by Glassdoor. The firm said…
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3 Free iOS Apps for Hunger Games Fans
Can’t get enough of The Hunger Games? Vern Seward point out 3 iOS freebies that may sate your appetite; iTunes…
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Google Hopes Co-Branded Tablets Will Compete Against iPad
Google is planning to sell tablets branded with with the Google logo in an effort to better compete with Apple’s…
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Captain Cook Sails to China
Tim Cook has been in China this week to deal with a variety of issues. That’s very good news: the…
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15.4” MacBook Pro Quad-Core Intel Core i7 2.4GHz: $2,032.52
The Deal Brothers found us a deal on Apple’s 15.4” MacBook Pro quad-core Intel Core i7 2.4GHz for $2,032.52. This new…
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Gemini: The Duplicate Finder Helps Reduce Clutter
Jeff Butts is a self-avowed file hoarder, hanging on to downloads from more than five years ago. While hard drives…
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Foxconn Cuts Hours, Workers Not Happy
Foxconn, the company that builds electronic devices including Apple’s iPad and iPhone, has cut back on overtime hours in response…
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FatCat’s PowerBar: Portable Battery Charger With Style
The FatCat PowerBar 4200 serves as a travel charger for iPhones and iPods as well as MP3 players, gaming devices…
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Apple Hit with Second Siri-related Lawsuit
Apple is facing its second Siri voice control-related lawsuit over claims that the company has misled consumers by overstating the…
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OS X Lion: Arranging Icons by Date Like a Pro
Jeff Butts is a file hoarder, keeping just about every file he’s ever downloaded. When he wants to find a…
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ETSI nano-SIM Vote Delayed Amid Standards Controversy
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute, or ETSI, has postponed a planned vote on Apple’s nano-SIM on Friday while it tries…
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Mac Pranks for April Fools’ Day!
For April Fools’ Day, Melissa Holt has put together a collection of her favorite tricks you can play on other…
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“Test & Keep iPhone 5” SMS Texting Scam Continues
A scam purporting to offer you the opportunity to “test and keep the New iPhone5!” began making new rounds on…
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Apple Addresses Crashing Issue with iPhoto 9.2.3
Apple updated iPhoto for the Mac on Thursday. The patch notes for version 9.2.3 include the popular, yet unspecific, “improves…
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FLA Finds “Significant Issues” at Foxconn’s Apple Factories
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) said on Thursday that its independent audit found “significant issues” with working conditions in some…
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Wonders of the Universe for iPad is Amazing
Have you ever wanted a grand tour of the universe, with an astrophysicist as your tour guide, all wrapped up…
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Finds Apollo 11 Engines on Ocean Floor
After you’ve built an online retailing empire, destroyed brick and mortar book stores, ushered in digital books, and were the…
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Camera Kit: $4,299
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III Digital Camera Kit for $4,299. This camera ships…
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Dell Bails on US Smartphone Market
PC maker Dell is giving up on the U.S. smartphone market, at least for now, which shouldn’t come as much…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Tours Foxconn Factory
Apple CEO Tim Cook included a trip to the Foxconn factory that builds iPhones during his visit to China. The…
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Fiftythree Intros Paper Drawing App for iPad
Fiftythree introduced a new drawing app for the iPad on Thursday called Paper. The app offers a fresh look on…
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iPhone Antenna Class Action Settlement Site Goes Live
iPhone 4 owners that felt Apple sold them a phone with bad antennas and didn’t take advantage of the free…
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Ted Landau Looks at iPad Screens on MacNotables
TMO columnist and popular author Ted Landau joined Chuck Joiner on the MacNotables podcast to talk about the introduction of…
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Nokia Threatens to Take Toys Home in Apple SIM Fight
The claws are out in Nokia’s fight with Apple over a new standard for the so-called nano-SIM card for smartphones.…
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Survey: Apple Products Now in Half of American Homes
Apple products are now in a majority of American homes, according to a new survey published by CNBC. The CNBC…
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Apple Squashes 4 Bugs with iTunes 10.6.1 Update
Apple released iTunes 10.6.1 Wednesday, and update that included four different bug fixes. They range from problems that could result…
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Apple Offers 12 Improvements with Logic 9.1.7 Update
Apple updated Logic Pro and Logic Express late on Tuesday; both products are now version 9.1.7. The update includes 12…
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Barclays: China One of Apple’s Largest Opportunities
Apple has much room to grow in China, according to a new research note from Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes. Commenting…
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The Case For Apple to Preserve the Mac Pro
Apple hasn’t updated the Mac Pro line since 2010. When the time between product updates stretches out, we worry about…
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The New iPad’s (Too?) Yellow Display
While much of the press has focused on whether the new iPad is “too hot to handle,” Ted Landau has…
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SanDisk 32GB MicroSDHC Card w/ Full Size SD Adapter: $24.99
If you’re looking for a memory card, the Deal Brothers found us a deal on a SanDisk 32GB Class 4 High-Speed…
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Sweden: iPad Marketing May be Misleading
Sweden is considering launching its own investigation into Apple’s marketing practices for the third generation iPad. The Swedish Consumer Agency…
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Harry Potter Books Skip iBookstore, Come to iPad
J.K. Rowling’s popular Harry Potter book series is finally available as iPad-compatible ebooks, but the titles aren’t available through Apple’s…
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Jeff Gamet Talks Fitness Tech, More on The Tech Lounge
The Mac Observer’s Jeff Gamet joined in on The Tech Lounge to talk about tech gear for tracking your health…
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Apple Offers 4G Clarification in Australia, iPad Refunds
Apple has responded to a complaint from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that iPad feature claims are misleading by…
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Messages: Inserting Carriage Returns
In the Messages Beta on your Mac, if you hit Return, it sends the message you’re composing to the recipient.…
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Apple’s Newsstand for iPad Generates $70K Per Day
Apple’s Newsstand for iPad has grown to become a US$70,000 per day business for the company and participating publishers, according…
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Apple Disputes DisplayMate iPad Charging Claims
Apple responded Tuesday to concerns regarding the 2012 iPad’s battery, assuring consumers that the battery, which continues to charge even…
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Apple Shares Hit Another Record, Closes at $614
Shares in Apple Inc., in the parlance of a decade better left behind (alternately, there’s this decade), keep on truckin’.…
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Okay, SciFi Fans, What Comes After iPad?
The evolution of our science fiction technology, the dramatic visions of people who dream the future for a living, have…
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Star Wars Han Solo Carbonite Chocolate: 2 For $9.99
Straight from our “Tee Hee Hee” files (sub-category: “Super Geeky”), we have this Deal Brothers deal for 4.5 oz dark…
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Apple & Motorola Spar in German Court Over Xoom
Apple and Motorola Mobility traded arguments in court Tuesday over the designs of the iPad and Xoom tablets as the…
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Sharp/Foxconn Partner to Advance LCD Technology
Major Apple supplier Foxconn (Hon Hai) will take an 11 percent stake in Japanese electronics company Sharp in an agreement…
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MacMall Hosts Chicago Store Grand Opening Saturday
Apple retailer MacMall will be hosting a grand opening event at its new Chicago store on Saturday, March 31, at…
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Apple CEO Visits China for Retail Talks, More
Apple’s Tim Cook made his first trip to China as the company’s CEO to handle official company business. Depending on…
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Reader Discussion: Apple & Product Design Compromises
Apple’s product designs win awards and inspire competitors. The thicker body and extra weight the new iPad packs, however, has…
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Mac in the Classroom: End of the Encyclopedia Era
Apple has had a place in the class room for years — even before the first Macintosh computer was released…
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Australia Accuses Apple of Falsely Advertising iPad 4G Support
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has accused Apple of misrepresenting the third generation iPad’s wireless data capabilities by including…
