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Apple goes to court in China to defend its right to the iPad name, prevent a ban on sales

Apple goes to court in China to defend its right to the iPad name, prevent a ban on sales

22/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Apple had to attend a court in China last night as it became embroiled in a battle over the rights to the iPad name in China.  Proview, a company which has already filed for bankruptcy claims that Apple does not own the trademark for the iPad in China. Proview has already caused disruption to the [...]

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Microsoft denies Office for iPad rumor, says earlier information is inaccurate and picture is fake

Microsoft denies Office for iPad rumor, says earlier information is inaccurate and picture is fake

22/02/2012 | Comments (0)

The Daily claimed to have an exclusive story on the upcoming availability of Microsoft Office for iPad earlier today, unfortunately  the story appears to be highly inaccurate and misleading; according to Microsoft. The Daily claimed that it had inside information that told them that Office for iPad was complete and ready to be submitted to [...]

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Microsoft’s Office for iPad caught in the wild, could be heading to the App Store very soon

Microsoft’s Office for iPad caught in the wild, could be heading to the App Store very soon

21/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Back in November, The Daily claimed that Microsoft was working on a version of its hugely popular “Office” application for the iPad.  It has now followed up its original story with a picture of Office running on the iPad and the notion that it is now complete and very close to being submitted to Apple [...]

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Sky set to launch four-way split screen iPad app to enhance its Formula 1 coverage

Sky set to launch four-way split screen iPad app to enhance its Formula 1 coverage

20/02/2012 | Comments (0)

UK satellite TV broadcaster Sky has announced that it will be launching a dedicated app for the iPad to compliment its coverage of the 2012 Formula 1 season. Sky has recently secured the rights to show the Formula 1 racing which was previously shown exclusively in the UK on the BBC channels. Sky told T3 [...]

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Apple settles iPhone 4 class-action antenna suit, US customers to receive cash or a free bumper

Apple settles iPhone 4 class-action antenna suit, US customers to receive cash or a free bumper

18/02/2012 | Comments (0)

If you cast your mind back to the launch of the iPhone 4, you may recall a bit of shenanigans over the performance of its antenna. You may remember the death grip and what quickly became known as “antennagate”. Apple even had an event to explain what the issues were with the antenna and then [...]

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Messages beta for OS X brings iMessage to the Mac

Messages beta for OS X brings iMessage to the Mac

16/02/2012 | Comments (0)

If you have been waiting for Apple to release a version of iMessage for Mac then that day has just become a lot closer. After the release of the beta of OS X Mountain Lion earlier today, Apple has followed it up with the release of a beta version of its new Mac Messages app. [...]

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iBookstore updated for publishers, now accepts screenshots and the ability to issue promo codes

iBookstore updated for publishers, now accepts screenshots and the ability to issue promo codes

16/02/2012 | Comments (0)

  Apple has sent out a letter via its iTunes Connect portal to all of its registered iBookstore content publishers advising them of some much needed improvements. The iBookstore will now allow publishers to submit screenshots of their books but even more importantly, they can now generate and issue promotional codes for any content sold [...]

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Apple testing a smaller 8-inch iPad according to The Wall Street Journal

Apple testing a smaller 8-inch iPad according to The Wall Street Journal

14/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Apple is testing an 8-inch iPad according to a report in the WSJ. Apparently Apple is working with component suppliers in Asia to test out a new size iPad with a smaller screen. According to the report, Apple wants to broaden its product pipeline to maintain its dominant position in the tablet market. Officials at [...]

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Apple welcomes Fair Labor Association voluntary inspections to its Foxconn assembly lines

Apple welcomes Fair Labor Association voluntary inspections to its Foxconn assembly lines

13/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Apple has voluntarily requested that the Fair Labor Association conduct special audits of its final assembly suppliers. Apple has moved very quickly following the damning report by the New York Times last month where workers’ rights and safety whilst working on the manufacture and assembly of Apple products was in question. The inspections will start [...]

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UK broadcaster ITV warns Apple over using its name for a rumored Apple televison set

UK broadcaster ITV warns Apple over using its name for a rumored Apple televison set

13/02/2012 | Comments (0)

There have been an increasing number of rumors flying around that Apple is set to launch its own television set later this year. The rumors also all seem to think that if Apple does follow this product route, this particular television set will be called the iTV. Unfortunately for Apple, there is already a huge [...]

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Theater Consultants Collaborative use iPads to streamline stagecraft

Theater Consultants Collaborative use iPads to streamline stagecraft

11/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Theater Consultants Collaborative or TCC helps its clients establish engineering specifications, plan infrastructure, and arrange interiors to accommodate lighting and sound systems, all in the name of theater. How do they do all of this work- Yes, you guessed it — they use their iPads. In meetings, TCC consultants can pull up information on iPad [...]

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How to use a third-party remote to control your Apple TV

How to use a third-party remote to control your Apple TV

11/02/2012 | Comments (0)

The Apple TV remote that comes with the latest Apple TV 2 is very small and can be very easily misplaced or lost completely. Luckily, Apple has included a very easy way for you to use a third-party remote control as an alternative. Sure you could use your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and the [...]

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Mail Enhancer for jailbreak review

Mail Enhancer for jailbreak review

11/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Get custom signatures, notifications, and highlights for iPhone Mail with Mail Enhancer for jailbreak Mail Enhancer adds a great deal of extra functionality to your jailbroken iPhone, including the ability to set custom signatures for different accounts, tailored notifications, advanced mail sorting options, and account highlighting. If the stock version of iOS simply doesn’t meet [...]

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Microsoft rolls out its MSN iPad app to the USA and Canada

Microsoft rolls out its MSN iPad app to the USA and Canada

10/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Microsoft has rolled out its popular MSN app to the USA and Canada. It was originally launched at the end of January as a UK only release. The MSN app brings you all of the latest news, sports, entertainment and much more form the Microsoft network in a beautiful magazine style layout on your iPad. [...]

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Apple iPad 3 announcement event rumored for first week of March

Apple iPad 3 announcement event rumored for first week of March

09/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Apple will announce the iPad 3 in the first week of March according to All Things D, which has a superb track record when it comes to the timing of Apple events. Apple typically holds these types of events on a Tuesday or Wednesday, making March 6 or 7 likely targets. Apple iPad launches have [...]

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Amazon joins the trend of knocking Apple in its latest Kindle commercial, three Kindles for the price of one iPad

Amazon joins the trend of knocking Apple in its latest Kindle commercial, three Kindles for the price of one iPad

09/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Amazon has joined the trend set by Samsung in knocking Apple in its commercials. Amazon’s latest commercial for its range of Kindle devices goes all out to make the point that you can buy three Kindle devices for the cost of one iPad. That would be two Kindle Fire tablets and one Kindle which would [...]

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Hasbro’s new Lazer Tag guns use your iPhone or iPod touch for augmented reality and heads up display

Hasbro’s new Lazer Tag guns use your iPhone or iPod touch for augmented reality and heads up display

08/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Hasbro has announced that its next release of Lazer Tag guns will use your iPhone or iPod touch to provide augmented reality and a heads up display. The Lazer Tag guns can accept an iPhone or iPod touch which is slotted into the gun in a purpose made holder. The user can then download an [...]

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VooMoteZapper turns your iPhone or iPad into universal remote, leaves all your old infrareds to collect dust

VooMoteZapper turns your iPhone or iPad into universal remote, leaves all your old infrareds to collect dust

07/02/2012 | Comments (0)

The VooMoteZapper is a small accessory that clips into the dock connector of your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and turns it into a universal infrared remote control for your TV and home theater components. Figuring out which remote controls which device, where to find batteries when they run dry, how to fix them when [...]

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Devium Dash iPhone car stereo looks to replace your in car audio system

Devium Dash iPhone car stereo looks to replace your in car audio system

07/02/2012 | Comments (0)

The Devium Dash Kickstarter project is a replacement stereo system for your car with one big difference. Its brain is your iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S. This unique in car audio system is currently gaining a lot of interest on Kickstarter for good reason. You simply replace your existing car stereo with the Devium Dash, [...]

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Kensington and Chelsea College launches first iPhone photography course

Kensington and Chelsea College launches first iPhone photography course

06/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Kenisngton and Chelsea College in the UK is planning a new course which will be devoted entirely to taking photographs with the iPhone’s camera. The course in “iPhoneography” is thought to be the first ever course of its kind in the United Kingdom. The college says many iPhone owners struggle to use the camera properly. [...]

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How Apple is defending against Samsung and Motorola’s unfair, unreasonable, discriminatory patent attacks

How Apple is defending against Samsung and Motorola’s unfair, unreasonable, discriminatory patent attacks

06/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Apple is increasingly playing defense against lawsuits from Samsung and Motorola that seek to take iPhones and iPads off the shelves and out of stores. Apple is trying to do the same to their competitors, of course, but there’s a subtle difference — Samsung and Motorola are suing Apple over FRAND (Fair, Reasonable, And Non-Discriminatory) [...]

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Best Buy online survey asks customers for feedback on a potential Apple HDTV

Best Buy online survey asks customers for feedback on a potential Apple HDTV

06/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Best Buy is currently running an online survey asking for its customers views on a potential Apple HDTV.  The survey suggests that the Apple TV could be available as a 42” 1080p LED Flat Panel set that will run iOS applications and stream movies and other entertainment programs from the internet. Apple finally reinvents what [...]

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Apple iTV set unlikely to happen in 2012 according to industry sources

Apple iTV set unlikely to happen in 2012 according to industry sources

03/02/2012 | Comments (0)

According to a report by randomly accurate tech news site Digitimes, it appears highly unlikely that Apple will be releasing its rumored integrated Apple TV set in the second quarter of 2012. Industry sources claim that Sharp is not in a position to ship the IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) panels that Apple need. Apple [...]

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Sony’s disjointed approach had four separate teams working on an iPad competitor

Sony’s disjointed approach had four separate teams working on an iPad competitor

02/02/2012 | Comments (0)

According to a rather interesting report by the Wall Street Journal, Sony’s approach to developing a product to challenge the iPad was a rather disjointed affair. The report states that Sony had four different teams working on four different projects. Luckily for Sony, soon to be appointed CEO Kaz Hirai formed a User Experience Group [...]

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UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia get customized Flipboard content guides

UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia get customized Flipboard content guides

01/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Flipboard, the hugely popular iPhone and iPad social magazine app, has announced that it can now deliver customized content guides for four more countries, including UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia. Anyone who has his or her iPad or iPhone region set to one of those countries automatically receive the local edition of their Content Guide [...]

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Neil Young claims Steve Jobs preferred listening to music on vinyl

Neil Young claims Steve Jobs preferred listening to music on vinyl

01/02/2012 | Comments (0)

Canadian musician Neil Young has claimed in an interview that Steve Jobs preferred listening to music played back on vinyl rather than digitally via an iPod. Speaking to Peter Kafka and Walt Mossberg at the D: Dive Into Media conference, he told them that he discussed the prospect of offering higher quality digital music downloads [...]

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Apple appoints John Browett as Senior Vice President of Retail

Apple appoints John Browett as Senior Vice President of Retail

31/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Apple has appointed John Browett as their new Senior Vice President of Retail. Mr Browett will be leaving his position of CEO of Dixons Retail, Europe’s largest specialist electrical retailer. “Our retail stores are all about customer service, and John shares that commitment like no one else we’ve met,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We [...]

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iPhone 4S demand finally satisfied, all models now in stock for next day delivery

iPhone 4S demand finally satisfied, all models now in stock for next day delivery

31/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Apple has finally caught up with the huge demand for the iPhone 4S. For the first time since its launch way back in October, all models of the iPhone 4S are now shown as in stock. No matter which model you go for, 16GB, 32GB or 64GB or which carrier you choose from AT&T, Verizon [...]

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Police officer uses his own iPhone to locate thief and retrieve a stolen iPhone

Police officer uses his own iPhone to locate thief and retrieve a stolen iPhone

28/01/2012 | Comments (0)

A Police officer in New York used his own iPhone to catch a thief and retrieve a victim’s iPhone after she was robbed in a handbag store on Thursday night. A man walked into the store brandishing a black handgun and took the woman’s iPhone. After a fruitless canvass of the area, one officer, Robert [...]

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RIM’s new CEO is shaking up the BlackBerry world but is it enough-

RIM’s new CEO is shaking up the BlackBerry world but is it enough-

28/01/2012 | Comments (0)

RIM’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, spoke to Kevin Michaluk of our sibling site, CrackBerry.com, about some his thoughts and ideas on where RIM and the BlackBerry platform are heading. When the iPhone launched, BlackBerry was the biggest, baddest competition on the planet but in recent years, Android has taken much of their place, and given [...]

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PocketCPR app by the British Heart Foundation hits the App Store

PocketCPR app by the British Heart Foundation hits the App Store

27/01/2012 | Comments (0)

The British Heart Foundation has released an app that provides detailed instruction on how to give CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) should the need ever arise. Performing CPR could save the life of a friend or relative and is a practice everyone should know how to perform. The British Heart Foundation PocketCPR provides REAL-TIME feedback and instructions [...]

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Thieves using Apple Stores to replace stolen iPhones

Thieves using Apple Stores to replace stolen iPhones

27/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Acoording to a report by Reuters, Apple’s generous customer service may be causing huge problems for victims of iPhone theft. The warranty plan is tied to the iPhone and not the person who owns the phone; this means anyone can take an iPhone to an Apple Store for service or replacement. The ease of trading in [...]

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How to use AutoFill to automatically fill out web forms on iPhone and iPad [Daily tip]

How to use AutoFill to automatically fill out web forms on iPhone and iPad [Daily tip]

26/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Tired of filling out one tedious web form after another, and wondering how to get Safari on iPhone and iPad to automatically fill them out for you- Luckily, deep within the settings of Safari there is a way to setup AutoFill, something which allows you to automatically input your personal data on sites that permit [...]

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Tim Cook unveils new Apple employee benefits at Town Hall staff meeting

Tim Cook unveils new Apple employee benefits at Town Hall staff meeting

26/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Tim Cook has apparently unveiled some new Apple employee benefits at yesterdays Town Hall meeting. According to 9to5Mac, the meeting was all about giving something back to the people who worked so hard to put Apple where it is today; one of the wealthiest businesses in the world. Cook announced that Apple employees will soon [...]

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UK network O2 allegedly giving out your phone number to every website you visit

UK network O2 allegedly giving out your phone number to every website you visit

25/01/2012 | Comments (0)

UK network O2 appears to be submitting your telephone number to any website you visit whilst using the data connection on your phone. According to report from TNW, the information is transmitted when a user asks for a webpage view. The issue was brought to our attention to Lewis Peckover, who created a simple webpage to check the [...]

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Microsoft launches MSN UK for iPad

Microsoft launches MSN UK for iPad

25/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Microsoft has launched another app for the iPad, this time it is MSN UK. MSN UK is brings all the latest news, sport and entertainment from the UK right to your iPad. The MSN experience is now enhanced on iPad – easily swipe to find your favourite news, sport and entertainment articles and videos. Excited [...]

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Virgin America names one of its planes in memory of Steve Jobs

Virgin America names one of its planes in memory of Steve Jobs

24/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Virgin America has named one of its planes in memory of Steve Jobs. The plane has a well known Jobs quote emblazoned across it from his 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you [...]

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What if Apple had come to market with a Microsoft Surface-style multitouch table-

What if Apple had come to market with a Microsoft Surface-style multitouch table-

23/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Imagine for a moment that Apple had come to market with a Microsoft Surface-style multitouch table, then take a look at these concept pictures of what it could have been. Forget workstations showing off blue screens of death, instead replace those thoughts with beautiful functional workspaces where placing your iOS device on the table could [...]

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Reckless Racing 2 set to arrive in the App Store on February 2nd

Reckless Racing 2 set to arrive in the App Store on February 2nd

23/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Reckless Racing 2 is set to arrive in the App Store on February 2nd. The sequel to the hugely popular original game was previously slated for a December launch last year; but has obviously suffered one or two delays along the way. The new launch date of February 2nd was revealed in a Twitter reply by [...]

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Raspberry Pi budget computer board now capable of handling Airplay

Raspberry Pi budget computer board now capable of handling Airplay

22/01/2012 | Comments (0)

The Raspberry Pi budget computer main board can now handle AirPlay content from an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. The Raspberry Pi, for those that do not know, is a tiny credit card sized computer that has an HDMI port to connect to your TV. It is a fully capable computer but also has the [...]

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Samsung takes another swipe at iPhone users with its latest ad

Samsung takes another swipe at iPhone users with its latest ad

21/01/2012 | Comments (0)

Samsung has again launched an attack on iPhone users with its latest advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy S II Android phone. The ad starts with a line of people waiting outside what appears be an Apple Store in Austin TX. The ad attempts to poke fun at the iPhone 4S as it has the same [...]

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McGraw-Hill CEO credits Steve Jobs for iBooks textbook launch

McGraw-Hill CEO credits Steve Jobs for iBooks textbook launch

20/01/2012 | Comments (0)

McGraw Hill CEO, Terry McGraw has paid a huge amount of credit to Steve Jobs over the launch of iBooks 2, which brought the availability of low price textbooks on the iPad.  Speaking to the press after Apple’s education event yesterday, McGraw was asked a number of questions by All Things D reporter Peter Kafka. [...]

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