Archives for April 2012
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Browse By Day in April 2012
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Take a Video Tour of Foxconn’s Apple iPad Factory
MarketPlace has posted a video tour of one of Foxconn’s factories that makes iPads for Apple. The tour was filmed by Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief…
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Symantec Reports Mac Flashback Infections Falls to 270,000
The number of Macs infected with the Flashback malware has fallen rapidly in the last few days. Antivirus firm Symantec…
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Verizon Wireless to Implement Upgrade Fees
Verizon Wireless announced that it will soon be imposing a $30 fee on existing customers when they upgrade their mobile…
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Sterne Agee Bumps iPad Estimates & Apple Price Target
Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu raised his iPad estimates for the March quarter quarter and calendar 2012, as well as…
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15.4” Quad-Core Intel Core i7 2.0GHz MacBook Pro: $1549.99
The Deal Brothers found us a deal on a new quad-core Intel Core i7 2.0GHz 15.4” MacBook Pro, a “blowout…
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Read QR Codes With Your iPhone
A QR code is a two-dimensional bar code designed to link paper or signs to the Internet. If you have…
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DOJ Settles With 3 Publishers in Apple E-Book Antitrust Suit
The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with three of the publishers targeted by this morning’s antitrust lawsuit, Attorney…
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DOJ: Apple & Pubs Formed “Cabal” to Extinguish Competition
Apple and book publishers formed “a cabal” to extinguish competition in the e-book market, according to an official Department of…
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FCC, Carriers Creating Database of Stolen Cellphones
The Federal Communications Commission and the major wireless carriers in the U.S. have agreed to create a central database of…
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Apple Hires Symantec Exec to Run Tax Department
Symantec’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Phillip Bullock has been hired by Apple to run the company’s tax…
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AT&T Extends Unlocking to Deployed Military Personnel
AT&T began unlocking off-contract iPhones on Sunday, and it seems the company also extended that service to active-duty military personnel,…
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Apple Hit with DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit over Ebook Pricing
The U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Wednesday alleging that the Mac and iPad maker…
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Reader Discussion: Tracking Apple’s Product Sales
Will the popularity Apple’s products enjoy, there are plenty of eyes on the company tracking what’s being sold and to…
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DOJ to Sue Apple Over Ebook Price Fixing
The U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into alleged ebook price fixing by Apple and several major book publishers is apparently…
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Julie Kuehl Discusses Flashback Trojan, More on IMP
The Mac Observer’s Julie Kuehl joined the International Mac Podcast team to talk about security threats to the Mac including…
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Mac OS X: View an Entire Folder’s Contents
Got lots of images outside of your iPhoto Library? Want to be able to see the entire contents of any…
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Gartner Projects Apple iPad to Dominate Tablets Through 2016
Apple’s iPad will continue to dominate the tablet market through 2016, according to new projections from the Gartner Research. The…
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Apple Developing Mac App to Remove Flashback Infections
Apple is developing a tool to detect and remove the Flashback malware, the company announced via its support page today. The company is…
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For Apple to Break All Time Market Cap, Stock Must Hit…$666
Apple is currently the world’s most valuable corporation, at $585 billion. Some quick, back of the napkin math shows us…
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Apple’s Tim Cook to Open D: All Things Digital Conference
Apple CEO Tim Cook will give the opening presentation at the 10th annual D: All Things Digital Conference on Tuesday,…
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Apple Updates Final Cut, Motion & Compressor
Apple on Tuesday afternoon released incremental updates to its entire professional video product line, updating Final Cut Pro X, Motion…
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Explore the Sky with the Best: SkySafari for iPad
With spring upon us and the constellation Orion hanging gloriously in the western sky at sunset, it’s a great time…
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Google Beats Apple in Favorability Survey
Google is the most well-liked tech company in the United States, according to a Langer Research survey last week for ABC News and The Washington Post.…
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IHS: Apple & Others Will Face Public Backlash Over Labor Issues
The electronics industry will face a public image backlash over its connection to labor issues among foreign contract manufacturers, according…
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15” MacBook Pro 2.2GHz Quad-Core Intel i7: $1,829
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the refurbished 15” MacBook Pro 2.2GHz quad-core Intel i7 for $1,829. This system ships…
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How to Use Side-by-Side Editing in iPhoto
A simple yet powerful feature that often goes unnoticed in iPhoto for OS X is side-by-side editing mode, enabling the…
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Adobe Reader for iOS Gets Annotation & Signature Support
Adobe announced the immediate availability of Adobe Reader 10.2 for iOS on Tuesday. The update for the PDF reader app…
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TextWrangler 4 Gains More BBEdit Features
Bare Bones Software announced the immediate availability of TextWrangler 4.0 on Tuesday. The new version of the text and code…
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Reader Discussion: Favorite Online Storage Services
With MobileMe and its iDisk feature on the way out, its time to start looking for alternatives for your online…
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Chitika: Third Gen iPad Adoption Climbing Fast
After only three weeks on the market, Apple’s third generation iPad already accounts for nearly 10 percent of all online…
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Julie Kuehl Talks Facebook & Instagram on The Tech Lounge
The Mac Observer’s Julie Kuehl joined in on The Tech Lounge to talk about Facebook’s recent purchase of the social…
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Dave Hamilton Shares Networking Tips at Princeton MUG
The Mac Observer’s own Mac Geek Gab co-host, Dave Hamilton, will be speaking at the Princeton Mac User Group on…
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Conservative Activist Accuses Al Gore of Apple Conflict
The National Center for Public Policy Research is accusing former Vice President Al Gore of a conflict of interest concerning…
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MGG 391: Repersonalizing a Mac, Notification Center, Backups & More
In today’s Mac Geek Gab episode, John and Dave talk through all the places to check when repurposing a Mac…
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Apple’s Stock Downgraded on iPhone Subsidy Concerns
Walter Piecyk, an analyst with BTIG Research, issued a rare downgrade on shares of Apple Inc. on Monday, moving his…
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The MicroShell Folio Case for the New iPad is Near Perfect
The MicroShell Folio Case for the new iPad is one of the sturdiest and best designed cases of this type so…
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Disney Vacation App Roundup: Putting It All Together
Over the last few weeks David Winograd has been reviewing half a dozen apps to save time, money and avoid…
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How to Unlock Your Off-Contract AT&T iPhone
Following Friday’s unexpected news that AT&T will now unlock off-contract iPhones, Jim Tanous runs down the steps needed to successfully complete the…
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1Password for iOS Improves Database Security
Agilebits released an update for 1Password for iOS on Monday that improved data security by strengthening the protection for user’s…
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Facebook Buys Instagram for $1B
Facebook dropped a surprise on the Internet on Monday with the announcement that it is buying Instagram in a deal…
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Netflix Forms Political Action Committee FLIXPAC
With online video increasing in popularity and issues like the lack of net neutrality threatening to undermine online video efforts and harm consumers, video…
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AOL Selling Over 800 Patents to Microsoft in $1B Deal
The one-time Internet giant AOL has signed a deal to sell over 800 of its patents to Microsoft for over…
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XtremeMac’s Tuffwrap Is Custom Designed For New iPad
XtremeMac has designed their new Tuffwrap wrap around cover specifically to fit the iPad 3rd generation. However, the protection has…
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China’s iOS Device Penetration Limited to Few Provinces
Despite huge growth of overall iOS device usage in China, significant usage is limited to a select few areas, while…
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China Leads World in iOS & Android Activations, App Usage
China now ranks second in the world in “smart device” (iOS and Android) application sessions, trailing only the United States,…
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Reader Discussion: Replacing & Maintaining Laptop Batteries
Your Mac laptop will most likely outlast its built-in battery, so today TMO readers are talking about Apple’s own replacements…
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Foxconn Staff: New iPhones Coming in October
Following a report from a Foxconn worker that Apple will be releasing the next generation iPhone in June, the company’s…
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Universal Movies Join iCloud Streaming
Movies from Universal Studios joined the list of titles available for iCloud streaming over the weekend. Universal and Fox have…
