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Illinois now investigating Apple, Google mobile privacyThe meeting request follows reports that Apple’s iPhone tracks user locations, and stores that data on their phone and computer in unencrypted files. It appears that Apple isn’t collecting the logs from user’s computers, but Google is apparently gathering location data from Android-based devices more than once an hour.The…

IDAPT has introduced a new entry into it’s line of universal chargers.  This one, the i2+, can charge up to three devices at once.  There is a base unit which measures 4 x 6-in. and contains one USB port.  On top of the base unit are two charging points which will accept interchangeable tips, designed…

  “Apple became the world’s largest handset vendor in wholesale revenue terms during Q1 2011,” Strategy Analytics said in a statement. “Fueled by strong volumes and high wholesale prices, the PC maker has risen to the top of the mobile phone market in just four years. In revenue terms, Apple is now the world’s largest…

Senator Franken questions Apple’s data policies Word that the iPhone and 3G-enabled iPad track and log detailed information location data spread like wildfire on Wednesday when two security researchers released an application that overlays the information on a map. The collected data is transfered from user’s iPhones to their computer during a standard synchronization, and…

Commenting on slow company growth during the Verizon iPhone launch, Mr. Shammo commented “The fluctuation, I believe, will come when a new device from Apple is launched, whenever that may be, and that we will be, on the first time, on equal footing with our competitors on a new phone hitting the market, which will…

71 million visitors passed through Apple’s retail stores for the quarter, up 28 million from Q2 2010’s 43 million.The company sold some 3.76 million Macs during its second quarter, up 28 percent compared to the same quarter last year. It also sold 18.65 million iPhones, and 4.69 million iPads.iPhone sales were up 113 percent compared…

It’s that recasting that I want to talk about with respect to Apple’s data centers. A lot has been written about Apple’s new data center in North Carolina, but no one has been able to put together a coherent picture of what it all means. Most articles wax into lofty notions of a massive data…

Firstly, there’s The Clutch: It’s a case for the iPad that is designed to look like a woman’s clutch bag, from which it takes its name (Happy Owl offers a similar case designed for men called The Wallet). In addition to holding an iPad, it also has compartments for many other things that women often…

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple’s filing said, in part, “Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and unique Samsung style for its smart phone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple’s technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing products.” Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet said, “This kind of blatant…

In another report, Softpedia is reporting that Apple is investigating the use of the OmniVision 12.6 megapixel camera, which can record 1080p video, for the iPhone 5. Recent reports have cited Sony’s CEO Howard Stringer as suggesting that Sony would supply Apple with an 8 megapixel camera, but the March 11 earthquake in Japan may…

While the Nikon D90 digital SLR remains in the number one spot, in terms of percent of members, the iPhone 4 is climbing fast according to flickr’s ongoing chart. What’s interesting to note is the Apple iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G took the first three spots amongst popular smartphones, but when compared to the overall…

YouTube has pulled a video made by Apple employees for the “It Gets Better” project, replacing it with a still image that said the video violated “YouTube’s policy on depiction of harmful activities.” The video included testimonials and stories from gay, lesbian, and transgender Apple employees with the theme that though they were bullied when…

In other words, at least one parent refuses to take responsibility for allowing his kid to make US$200 in purchases using his iTunes password. According to the complaint, “Because the passwords now required for purchases of Game Currency are the same passwords required for any Apple purchase, minors aware of such password may purchase Game…

You need news to fully appreciate the world and all its seriousness. Not just any news from any ol’ news source will do. No. You need a serious news agency that has consistently been the finest news source in America in quite a while. You need The Onion. There have been comments about just how…

NeatReceipts® utilizes a Neat™ portable scanner and NeatWorks for Mac software to scan receipts, business cards, and documents which you can store. From that information you can create expense reports, searchable PDF files, assign tax categories (US and Canada), and maintain IRS-accepted copies of your receipts. You can also export data to Excel or Quicken.…

“Kevin Timmons, general manager of Datacenter Services, has decided to pursue other career opportunities and is no longer working at Microsoft,” Dayne Sampson, CVP of Global Foundation Services for Microsoft, said in a statement. “We appreciate the contributions he made to Microsoft during his time here.” Mr. Timmons will reportedly not be filling Apple’s top…

Foo Fighters announced for Apple’s iTunes Festival The iTunes Festival line-up so far includes: 1 July: Paul Simon 4 July: Linkin Park 5 July: Beady Eye 6 July: The Wanted 7 July: ADELE 10 July: Glasvegas 11 July: Foo Fighters 12: July: The Script 13 July: White Lies 15 July: Jessie J 16 July: Duran…

There’s a new Flash Player security flaw in townAccording to Adobe Security Advisory ASPA11-02, the flaw impacts Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier for Mac, Windows, Linux and Solaris users, version 10.2.154.25 for Google Chrome users, and 10.2.156.12 for Google Android OS users. The flaw is also present in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 10.x and…

Intel developed Thunderbolt under the code name “Light Peak” with the assistance of Apple. The technology offers faster data transfers than FireWire 800 or USB 3.0.Thunderbolt uses the same connector as Apple’s Mini Display Port video adapter and can currently support up to six devices in a chain. The port offers dual-channel 10 gb/s data…

Amazon’s Kindle, now with adsSpecial offers, or ads to the rest of us, appear at the bottom of the home screen and Amazon promises the won’t interrupt users when they’re reading. The Kindle with Special Offers will also include settings so users can tell Amazon what kinds of ads they’re most interested in seeing.Other than…

Windows App Store screenshot, as posted by WindowsRumors Microsoft has a long track record of boldly going where Apple has shown the way. In this case, of course, Apple added a Mac App Store as a Mac OS X application in 2010, an idea modeled on the original App Store for iPhone and iPad apps.…

Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaking at a 2010 media eventMr. Isaacson has a history of writing quality biographies and a reputation for his unbiased approach towards his subjects including Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. He also served as a top executive at Time Magazine and CNN, and is currently the CEO of the nonpatisan educational…

I don’t think that anyone likes to be hit up for money by a complete stranger while conversing or eating, it is likely when I am least willing to part with cash. On that day, however, I stood, opened my wallet, and pulled out the last remaining dollar bill (I tend not to carry a…

This is the argument that TWC has publicly made since cable network owners like Viacom, Discovery, Scripps and News Corp.’s Fox Cable Networks began threatening the cable operator with lawsuits over the streaming service, which is limited to iPads that are on the customer’s home network. The cable network owners believe that Time Warner Cable…