Archives for August 2012

August, 16th August 2012

• Apple Calls DOJ eBook Settlement “Unlawful & Unprecedented”

  The U.S. Department of Justice’s April eBook price fixing settlement with three publishers is “fundamentally unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented,” Apple said in a…

• Apple in Talks to Upgrade Apple TV to Full Featured Set-Top Box

  Apple is currently in talks with U.S. cable television providers to adapt the Apple TV device into a full-featured set-top…

• Third Party Apps Missing from iTunes Search for “Podcasts”

  Apple appears to be excluding third-party podcast applications from the results of app searches performed using iTunes. Users who search for…

• Verizon LTE Network Now Covers 75% of U.S., Ready for LTE iPhone

  The general consensus is that the next generation ‘iPhone 5’ will be the first iPhone compatible with 4G “LTE” networks.…

August, 15th August 2012

• Noting Jury Risk, Judge Urges Apple & Samsung to Talk

  Judge Lucy Koh used her bully pulpit to once again urge the CEOs of Apple and Samsung to sit down…

• Flash for Android Officially Gone from Google Play

  Adobe officially pulled Flash for Android from the Google Play store on Wednesday, all but ending the dream of mobile…

• Dockem’s Koala Wall Mount For iPads Is Innovative

  Dockem has introduced an innovative wall mount for all versions of the iPad that doesn’t damage wall surfaces and works…

• UK Apple Retail Reductions Not Affecting U.S. Stores

  Amidst reports that Apple has been laying off retail employees at some retail stores around the globe, The Mac Observer’s…

• The 12 Best Ways to Save Webpages

  You’re browsing the Web with Safari on your Mac. You come across a page that you want to save for…

• Apple Can’t Go Thermonuclear on Patents Without Fallout

  Apple is right to defend its intellectual property in court. Nowadays, Apple has the money, resources and patents to defend…

• Hands-On With the Nest Learning Thermostat, Part I

  Our in-depth, hands-on review of the Nest Learning Thermostat. In Part I, we show you what comes in the box,…

• Microsoft’s iPad Rival Surface Tablet to Launch in Oct. at $199

  Microsoft’s Surface tablet was announced to significant fanfare in June. Many pundits and early reviewers were impressed with the product’s design and…

• No Plans to Make Office 2011 for Mac Retina Display Compatible

  Microsoft has no plans to update most of the apps in the company’s Office for Mac 2011 productivity suite to…

• Rabbis Call on Apple to Remove Anti-Semitic App from App Store

  A European rabbinical group is protesting an anti-Semitic text distributed as an app on Apple’s App Store and calling for…

• iPad mini to Resemble Larger iPod touch Rather than Smaller iPad

  The rumored ‘iPad mini’ may look more like a larger iPod touch than a smaller iPad, according to a growing consensus powered by…

August, 14th August 2012

• Samsung & Android Extend Lead Over Apple iPhone in Q2

  Samsung extended its lead over Apple’s iPhone in the mobile phone market during the second quarter, according to a report…

• Samsung Designer Denies Referencing Apple, Apple Shows Otherwise

  A Samsung designer testified on Tuesday that she did not copy, or even reference Apple’s icon designs when designing the…

• Judge Koh Lashes Out at Attorneys for Apple & Samsung

  Judge Lucy Koh has had it up to here with attorneys for both Apple and Samsung. During courtroom proceedings on…

• Bryan Chaffin Rants About Apple & Samsung on MacNotables

  TMO Cofounder and Co-publisher Bryan Chaffin spent some time on Monday ranting about the Apple and Samsung patent battle being…

• Retina MacBook Pro Now Upgradeable with OWC Aura Pro SSD

  Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina Display, a.k.a. “least repairable laptop ever,” just became slightly more upgradeable with the release of the Aura Pro…

• IPEVO’s Perch iPad Stand Is First-rate

  The Perch Desktop Stand for iPad from IPEVO provides a sturdy foundation for desktop work.  

• EA Bringing the New SimCity and Origin Store to Mac

  The next installment of the venerable “SimCity” franchise, simply titled SimCity, will be available on Mac OS X in February 2013…

• Steve Jobs’s Family Home Burglarized, Suspect in Custody

  The home of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs was burglarized in mid-July, with thieves absconding with over $60,000 worth of…

• Apple Releases (PRODUCT) RED Charity Bumper for iPhone 4 & 4S

  Just as the current iPhone form factor is about to be supplanted, Apple has released a special (PRODUCT) RED bumper for the iPhone…

• Samsung Releases Apple Survey: Why Users Chose Android Over iOS

  A new internal Apple document made public Monday in its ongoing patent fight with Samsung shows that the number one…

• Report: Phone Market Down in 2Q, Android Growth Outpaces Apple

  The overall worldwide mobile phone market shrank in second quarter of this year but smartphone sales, led by Samsung and…

• Apple Patent Filing Details In-Cell Display for ‘iPhone 5’

  Following reports from earlier this year that Apple would use “in-cell” technology to reduce the thickness of the display in its next iPhone, the…

August, 13th August 2012

• Apple Ruling Means Moto Must Honor FRAND Commitments

  Apple and Motorola Mobility were each awarded summary judgements by a federal judge in their mutual patent infringement battle, but…

• Apple Patent Cross-Licensing Has Limits with Microsoft & Samsung

  Apple has patent cross-licensing deals in place with Microsoft, and the company offered Samsung a cross-licensing deal, but in both…

• Ego’s Hybrid iPhone Case Includes a Flash Drive

  Ego has just released a hybrid iPhone case for iPhone 4/4S that comes in seven colors and has a built in…

• Fix Your iPad’s RSS Reader When Using Google’s 2-Step Authentication

  After you turn on Google’s 2-Step authentication for your account, your RSS readers on your iPhone and iPad will fail…

• How to Wipe a Mac Remotely with iCloud (and Get the Data Back)

  Last week’s news a journalist who had his Mac remotely wiped by hackers raised many questions about remotely wiping a Mac…

• Google Begins “Reinvention” of Motorola With Job, Office Cuts

  Recent Google acquisition Motorola Mobility is about to be “reinvented,” with the Mountain View company announcing Sunday that it would lay off…

• More Retailers Cutting iPhone Prices Ahead of ‘iPhone 5’ Launch

  More retailers are cutting prices on the iPhone 4 and 4S in anticipation of the next generation “iPhone 5” expected next…

• New Site Helps Users Find Apps for Retina Display MacBook Pro

  With the Retina Display MacBook Pro, only applications that have been specifically programmed for “Retina” displays look good; non-Retina apps…

• Leaked Images Show New ‘iPhone 5’ Logic Board

  New “leaked” photos posted late Sunday claim to show the logic board of the next generation “iPhone 5.” The photos show…

• New Court Docs Reveal Apple’s Patent Licensing Royalty Demands

  It was revealed last month during the patent litigation between Apple and Samsung that the Korean electronics company wanted a…

• B&N Cuts NOOK Price, 7” Tablet Market Foreshadows iPad Mini Cost

  Barnes & Noble dropped the prices of all of its tablet devices Sunday, including a $50 cut on its 16…

August, 12th August 2012

• MGG 412: Pouncing on PDF Printing Problems

  It’s Sunday night, which means it’s time to start your week with Mac Geek Gab. Dave and John answer your…

August, 11th August 2012

• How to Change Your View of OS X System Preferences

  No, there was no major disaster here. This System Preferences panel actually shows one preference. But everything is still there.…

August, 10th August 2012

• 3 Free Fresh Takes on iOS Arcade Games

  Enjoyed Space Invaders, Pitfall, and Angry Birds? Vern Seward has 3 freebies that are likes those games but add a…

• Apple’s Email App is in the Coffin Corner

  Apple’s current email app is one of those strange breeds. It’s designed to be easy and fun for most all…

• More Internal Samsung Docs Show Love, Desire to Copy iOS

  New internal Samsung documents that indicate the Korean company based its device hardware and software on Apple designs were made…

• See the Mac Commercial Apple Deemed “Too Self-Congratulatory”

  Original Mac team member Andy Hertzfeld has posted a video (embedded below) that was originally intended to be used for…

• Microsoft Trainwreck Edging Towards “Modern UI” to Replace “Metro”

  It’s like a train wreck, but in slow motion. It edges forward ever-so slowly, horrific and chilling. You know what’s…

• Trial Over Selling Kidney for an iPad Starts in China

  The trial for five defendants in a case where a teenage boy sold his kidney to buy an iPad and…

• Samsung’s Attorney Caught Without License to Practice v. Apple

  One of the U.S. attorneys representing Samsung in its California patent litigation with Apple was not admitted to practice law…

• Reader Discussion: Cloud File Storage Security

  With the push to store important files on cloud-based services such as Dropbox, TMO readers are wondering about the security…

• Blizzard Warns Gamers of Battle.net Security Hack

  Gaming company Blizzard warned Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo players on Thursday that its Battle.net online gaming network security had been…

• Mountain Lion: Getting Rid of the “Documents in the Cloud” Dialog

  When you open one of Apple’s document-creation applications for the first time in 10.8, you may be greeted by an…