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Cuddling in the form of non-sexual physical contact with other people is an important part of human interaction, and something that many people feel is lacking in their lives. That led to the rise of cuddle shops in Japan, and the phenomena is growing in the United States and UK. The shops bring with them…

iPod antitrust lawsuit moves forward with a new plaintiff Barbara Bennett apparently purchased her iPod at the end of 2006, which falls within the lawsuit's requirements. The case claims Apple used its FairPlay copy protection to block competitors from loading music on iPods, and of changing the software when workarounds were found. The lawsuit also…

Watch out Microsoft, Apple and IBM are taking over the enterprise mobile market Apple said MobileFirst apps are now available for banking, retail, insurance, financial services, telecommunications and for governments and airlines as part of the team up. The apps are customizable, so organizations can tailor them to fit specific needs. Both companies touted the…

Steve Jobs movie may be falling on hard times Both Bale and DiCaprio were tagged as potentials to play the iconic Steve Jobs, but Bale declined and DiCaprio backed out. Natalie Portman has apparently decided to skip over the part of Mr. Jobs' daughter Lisa. News of Ms. Portman's decision comes courtesy of Variety, although…

Apple's best of list for the iTunes Store for 2014 Apps iPad App of the Year: Pixelmator iPad Game of the Year: Monument Valley iPhone App of the Year: Elevate – Brain Training iPhone Game of the Year: Threes! Music Best Artist: Beyoncé Best Album: 1989 by Taylor Swift Best Song: Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)…

Paul Shin Devine gets a year in jail, $4.5 million fine for selling Apple secrets to parts suppliers Mr. Devine worked for Apple as a global supply manager from 2005 until his scheme was uncovered in 2010. He was accused of taking money from iPhone and iPod parts suppliers in exchange for information they could…

Within the app, you start with the 'Order' screen. You have the option of watching a short video if you like, which illustrates the process of mobile ordering. You have to accept the terms of use, and then it's on to the menu where you choose your items. Starbucks mobile ordering screen. I chose coffee,…

Class action lawsuit says Apple deleted rival's music from iPods iPod owners could load music from the iTunes Store, or from their own CDs, but music from other services, such as Rhapsody, would trigger an alert telling users they needed to restore their device. The restore process would remove songs from competing services, but there…

___________________ The first piece of evidence is the 5K iMac. In order to refresh 14.7 million pixels at 60 Hz, Apple needed to make its own timing controller, called the TCON with a bandwidth of 40 Gbps. It would make sense that Apple would think about that technology in any internal discussion of a next…

Apple's iPad deal with LA schools has turned into an FBI document seizure The documents the FBI took include “score sheets; complete notepads, notebooks and binders; reports; contracts; agreements; consent forms; files; notices; agenda; meetings notes and minutes; instructions; accounting records” and more, according to the LA Times. The school district's plan to put iPads…

Demand for higher capacity iPhone models is driving up Apple's profits In a note to investors Mr. Walkley said interest in higher capacity iPhone models is good news for the company, and that consumers will likely continue to choose those over the base 16GB model for future upgrades. He said, Given the increasing content consumers…

The quick and dirty version is this: what if steam power had remained a thing? Now, place it in the Victorian era (often the last decade of the 19th century), and imagine that engineers, gadgeteers, designgineers (I made that one up, and I'm sticking with it), and tinkers are coming up with the kinds of…

Strong iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus demand is driving up Apple's profits Mr. Caso told investors, Following a fresh round of checks post the iPhone 6 launch, we continue to expect 60-65 million iPhone unit production in [the fourth calendar quarter], which is consistent with consensus forecasts of 63-64 million iPhone and our 61…

I'd like to thank Digiarty for sponsoring TMO this week with a great giveaway of MacX DVD Ripper Pro. This normally sells for US$59.95 but this week you can get it for free via our special link. They are limiting this to 10,000 copies, so act quickly to be sure you get one of them.…

Google agrees to settlement in Rockstar patent infringement case Rockstar Consortium is a patent holding group backed by Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Sony and Ericsson. The group purchased Nortel's patent portfolio, and then filed an infringement lawsuit against Google over claims the search technology it uses in Android OS is covered by the patents it holds.…

There should be a corollary involving law enforcement, any government, spy agencies, and politicians: when they argue for a reduction in privacy or civil rights for the sake of the children, they have lost that argument. At the very least, they've lost all philosophical standing. But that's what's been happening—again—in the last few weeks. First…

Let's start with your Mac. Here we have the public beta of BusyMac's BusyContacts, which is from the same folks who make BusyCal. Lots of people have replaced the default iCal/Calendar app on their Macs because they've come up against a limitation of some kind, and BusyCal helps get around most of them. This same…

Adobe Lightroom adds custom Aperture and iPhoto importer Lightroom is Adobe's pro-level photo management and editing app for the Mac. Apple's pro photo manager, Aperture, is being deprecated along with iPhoto in the coming months in favor of the new Photos app. Apple dropped the news on Aperture and iPhoto users in July saying, With…

As with the original, you tap to move your character around a series of dynamic worlds, interacting with objects and rooms that are oriented in all sorts of different, mind-bending ways. At times, you’ll need to rotate items and even the entire on-screen world to progress. I so want to avoid using M. C. Escher’s…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been in talks with Apple about privacy when it comes to HealthKit, the company's system level health data platform in iOS. According to Reuters, the FTC was seeking assurances that Apple would not sell that data to third parties or allow developers to do so. There are little or…

___________________ Have you ever visited a site you wish you hadn't? Perhaps it was a typing mistake or a an accidental click on the wrong place. Then you wonder, what kind of nasty Cookies have been left behind? Of course you could figure out the site name (now that you've quickly closed the tab) by…

GTAT: Apple refused to negotiate, pressured company into contract According to GTAT COO Daniel Squiller's testimony, Apple told the company to not waste its time trying to negotiate contract terms because the it doesn't negotiate with suppliers. He added that when GTAT pushed for what it saw as better terms, Apple said the terms were…

Want a Fitbit fitness tracker? They aren't at Apple's store any more. Word surfaced in October that Apple was planning on dropping Fitbit products from its inventory following the news that the company wasn't planning on supporting the HealthKit platform. HealthKit lets third-party health and fitness trackers share information so users can view their personal…