Apple-and-sundry news site The Loop is expanding beyond your Web browser into a digital magazine available through Apple's Newsstand for the iPhone and iPad. The Loop Magazine expands on what's available through the website with longer form articles and will include content that's unique just to the magazine. Jim Dalrymple, the man behind The Loop and life support system for The Beard, said The Loop Magazine will publish twice a month and cost US$1.99 a month. You can check it out for free for seven days, so head on over to Newsstand and download a copy.
Social networking giant Facebook is apparently in negotiations to buy the social map app Waze in a deal that could hit US$1 billion. The companies are said to have been in negotiations for the past six months and are close reaching an agreement.
There's an easier way to add events to your iOS calendar that you might not know about, and we're gonna find out how from Melissa Holt in this Quick Tip. Afterward, you'll tell two friends, and she'll tell two friends, and so on, and so on. And we'll all somehow come out with fluffier hair and better ways to use our calendars.
Adobe announced the end of its traditional licensing model for Photoshop, InDesign and the rest of the Creative Suite apps, and just like all of those app's users, Jeff and Bryan have plenty to say on the subject. That, and Bryan says Apple lost control over its message, but has an opportunity to recover.
Apple wants to see Google's code for its Android operating system as part of its second patent infringment case against Samsung in the United States. Apple says the code ties directly to its infringement claims against Samsung, but Google thinks it's a move to get at proprietary information without targeting it directly in court.
Many Apple customers throughout the years profitably utilized the rack mounted Xserve product in their businesses. It was a quality product that cost less than the competition's by a significant amount. Yet, it was doomed to failure. John Martellaro tells how it happened.
The importance of strong passwords to protect your online accounts and personal information is a given, especially considering how many nefarious people are out there just waiting for the chance to hack into your data and bank accounts. You'd think a starship captain would take that to heart and use strong passwords to avoid problems like unauthorized initiation of self destruct sequences -- but apparently that's not the case. The crew at AgileBits used Star Trek as an example of why strong passwords are so important through the surprisingly weak passwords used to protect destruct sequences and warp core ejections -- something most of don't have to deal with on a daily basis, but still an important reminder as to why we need something better than "password" to protect our Twitter, Facebook, and bank accounts.
Google, along with several other companies, filed "friends of the court" brief on behalf of Samsung earlier this week and Apple is now saying Google's involvement isn't impartial. The brief was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals in response to Apple's efforts to get a ruling denying a permanent injunction blocking the sale of some Android-based Samsung mobile devices overturned.
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This appeal started off as a move on Apple's part to impose a sales ban on some Samsung smartphones and tablets as part of its plan to stay in control of their patent fight. What it seems to have suddenly turned into is a feeble attempt on Google's part to keep Apple from hobbling Android without stepping into the courtroom.
When Adobe announced earlier this week that it is moving to a subscription-only model for the next major update to its application suite in June, it also showed off a couple intriguing projects code named Mighty and Napoleon. Mighty is a stylus for the iPhone and iPad, and Napoleon is a digital ruler, and together they offer what could be a new way for artists and designers to use their iOS devices.
T-Mobile's first fiscal quarter results are out and show the company's iPhone 5 sales hit 500,000 during the one month Apple's smartphone was available. The carrier began officially offering the iPhone on April 12, making it the last of the big cell service providers to get in on Apple's smartphone game.
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T-Mobile is clearly still trailing AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, but 500,000 new iPhones in just a month looks like a positive sign for the carrier.
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