Intel has signed off on active fiber optic cables made by Sumitomo Electric Industries, the first of their kind to go into mass production. The cables can be up to 30 meters (just under 100 feet) long, and provide full 10Gbps throughput with little performance degradation even when pinched by up to 180 degrees or [...]
As noted by iDownloadBlog, popular iOS pirated app community Hackulous has announced that it is shutting down, taking down the Installous jailbreak tool used to install pirated apps on iOS devices. A statement from Hackulous reads: We are very sad to announce that Hackulous is shutting down. After many years, our community has become stagnant [...]
According to TechCrunch, Intel is planning to launch its own virtual cable TV service and set top box in the near future. The news comes at a time when rumors of Apple’s own television service have been becoming more frequent. To combat licensing issues, Intel has decided to roll out the service on a city-by-city [...]
![iCade Jr. Arcade Controller Discounted to $9.99 [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/icade-jr-arcade-controller-discounted-to-ios-blog_ddire_0.jpg)
ThinkGeek has discounted the iCade Jr. Mini Arcade Cabinet for iPhone to only $9.99. That represents 80% off its normal price of $49.99. The iCade Jr. was originally launched in January 2012 at CES. It represents a smaller iPhone/iPod Touch sized version of the original iPad-sized iCade. Like its big brother, the iCade Jr. connects [...]
![New York MTA Introduces iOS App with Real-Time Subway Arrival Info [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/new-york-mta-introduces-ios-app-with-realtime-subway-arrival-info-ios-blog_rawkw_0.jpg)
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority just released a new app, MTA Subway Time, which provides accurate real-time information on subway arrivals for six of the numbered lines, including No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, plus the 42nd Street shuttle, covering 156 different stations in the city. Subway Time will allow commuters to plan [...]
The New York Times reports that New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg today released crime data for the city as 2012 draws to a close, noting that a slight increase in the overall major crime index for the city can be entirely accounted for by an increase in iPhone and iPad thefts. As of Monday, [...]
Brightwire summarizes a report [Google translation] from Taiwanese news site United Daily News claiming that Apple’s supply chain partners will continue working through the traditional Chinese New Year holiday in order to keep up with demand for the popular iPad mini and iPhone 5. The holiday falls in mid-February in 2013, with many workers traditionally [...]
![Apple Ordered to Pay Chinese Writers in eBook Settlement [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/apple-ordered-to-pay-chinese-writers-in-ebook-settlement-ios-blog_r--bi_0.jpg)
The Wall Street Journal reports that Chinese courts have ordered Apple to pay a group of Chinese writers $165,000 for unlawfully distributing copyrighted works in certain Chinese apps. A Beijing court ordered Apple Inc. to pay 1.03 million yuan, or about $165,000, to a group of local writers who said the U.S. gadget maker sold unlicensed copies of [...]
![Frog Design’s Hartmut Esslinger Reveals Early Apple Designs in New Book [Mac Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/frog-designs-hartmut-esslinger-reveals-early-apple-designs-in-new-book-mac-blog_sbnrg_0.jpg)
Designboom (via The Verge) today got a hold of some photographs of early Apple computer designs from Hartmut Esslinger’s new book, Design Forward. Esslinger founded Frog Design, the company that Apple partnered with in the 1980s and ’90s to come up with a design strategy. Frog Design was responsible for the Apple IIc, which led [...]
DigiTimes reports that Apple has signaled Taiwan-based suppliers that both the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air series will see revisions in June 2013. As noted by our buyers guide, this would put the updates in line within the expected timeframes. DigiTimes’ sources also reveal that the new MacBook Airs won’t have any major external design [...]
![Cycloramic App Captures Hands-Free 360 Degree Video Using iPhone’s Vibrate Motor [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/cycloramic-app-captures-handsfree-degree-video-using-iphones-vibrate-motor-ios-blog_t-rii_0.jpg)
Cycloramic is a clever panoramic video app that was released earlier this week. Unlike most panorama apps available for the iPhone, Cycloramic doesn’t require users to hold the phone steady while rotating in a circle. Instead, the app takes advantage of the strong vibrating feature of the iPhone. When balanced on a flat surface such [...]
In the latest installment of its “iEconomy” series, The New York Times takes a look at the advances made by Apple and Foxconn to improve working conditions at the Chinese factories churning out Apple products since a major push began earlier this year. The report details many changes such as wage increases and shorter working [...]
Back in June, we noted that BlueStacks had introduced an alpha version of its Android app player software for Mac. The app, which is also available for Windows, allows users to run Android apps on their desktop machines. With the alpha launch, however, BlueStacks supported only about 15 Android titles on the Mac. As noted [...]
Despite claims from Apple CEO Tim Cook that the company was going to “double down on secrecy on products”, 2012 may have been one of Apple’s leakiest years so far. The leaks seem to stem primarily from Apple’s supply chain in China. While we were saturated with iPhone 5 and iPad mini parts in 2012, [...]
The iPhone and iPad tend to dominate the rumor scene for a number of reasons. Most signficantly, the total audience for iOS devices is larger and growing more rapidly than for Macs. Apple’s Mac line has of course also been growing, but at a much slower place. Also, given the maturity of the line, changes [...]
Apple this week released a preliminary proxy statement in a filing to the SEC. The filing is an announcement of the 2013 annual stockholders meeting, as well as questions that will be voted on at the meeting and details of executive compensation arrangements. Among other things, the filing details CEO Tim Cook’s total compensation for [...]
Chinese site TGBus reports [Google translation, via Mobilegeeks.de] that Apple and Intel are currently working together on a Bluetooth-enabled smart watch. According to the report, the watch will include a 1.5-inch OLED display from RITEK subsidiary RiTdisplay and will launch in the first half of next year. Sony SmartWatch (left) and Pebble e-paper watch (right) [...]
According to a new DigiTimes report, Apple is evaluating the feasibility of using IGZO displays across their iPad, iPad mini and iPhone products in 2013. The sources said Apple is in further discussions with Sharp over IGZO panel production capacity estimates for 2013 and is also inquiring about whether AU Optronics’ (AUO) L5C line could [...]
DigiTimes reports that contrary to the early speculation, it will be the Mac mini, not the Mac Pro, that will be shifted to U.S. production. Apple is reportedly set to move its Mac mini production lines back to the US with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to be responsible of handling establishment, according to [...]
During the new year in Japan, retailers often offer a Fukubukuro, or “mystery bag,” which is a grab bag that is filled with a random assortment of products sold at a steep discount. Apple has participated in this tradition for several years, and will once again be offering its “Lucky Bag” in seven different Japanese [...]
Last Friday, we noted that the Jobs family’s new yacht had been impounded by Dutch authorities as a result of a dispute over the design fee to be paid to famed French designer Philippe Starck. Starck had claimed that he was due to be paid €9 million for designing the yacht, while the Jobs family [...]
Japanese blog Macotakara is reporting that a redesigned fifth-generation iPad could arrive in March 2013. However Chinese news ZOL (CBS Interactive) reported next iPad mini in AppleInsider’s article, according to my inside source, iPad(5th) may be released in March, 2013. Source told that, design of this new iPad will be like iPad mini in detail, and [...]
Apple has spent little focus updating its iOS app switcher since it was introduced with iOS 4, so designer @Sentry_NC decided to try his hand at a new concept for app switching. In October, he created a mockup on The Verge forums of an iOS app switcher that takes advantage of the iPhone 5′s elongated [...]
Microsoft has released a game tonight called Wordament for the iPhone. The game has been a popular Windows Phone game, but is now also available on iOS. Wordament was originally a side-project for two Windows Live employees that was later acquired and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Wordament is notably the first Microsoft game to [...]
![Karateka Creator Jordan Mechner Compares Apple II and iPhone Versions of Classic Game [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/karateka-creator-jordan-mechner-compares-apple-ii-and-iphone-versions-of-classic-game-ios-blog_oojm-_0.jpg)
Jordan Mechner, creator of the classic Prince of Persia game, recently remade his Apple II game Karateka for iOS. To celebrate, he released a video (found by TUAW) comparing the delivery methods for the Apple II version of Karateka and the iOS version. The video highlights how software prices are dropped, how delivery methods have [...]
Apple has released a new television ad showcasing the iPad and the iPad mini with a young girl singing Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” to her grandfather over FaceTime. I’ll be home for Christmas. You can count on me. I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams. Last year, Apple released [...]
![Apple Reverses Course on 30-Pin and Lightning Connector Guidelines [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/apple-reverses-course-on-pin-and-lightning-connector-guidelines-ios-blog_ear--_0.jpg)
A day after a Kickstarter project was killed because of restrictions on Apple’s MFi program that prevented Lightning and 30-Pin connectors from appearing on the same device, Apple has changed its guidelines to allow third-party devices to have 30-pin and Lightning chargers on the same accessory, reports CNET. “Our technical specifications provide clear guidelines for [...]
Google, via its newly acquired Motorola Mobility unit, is developing a “stand apart” phone to compete with the iPhone, reports the Wall Street Journal. The phone, which the company aims to release next year, is designed to compete more strongly with the iPhone, and Samsung’s Galaxy line, than Motorola’s current lineup. This new “X Phone” [...]
![Nielsen Releases Top 10 iPhone Apps of 2012 [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/nielsen-releases-top-iphone-apps-of-ios-blog_pfese_0.jpg)
Nielsen yesterday released its digital “Tops of 2012″ statistics, which included the top 10 iOS apps of 2012, based on average unique users. The study took place from Q1 2012 to Q3 2012 and also happened to find that this was the first year where smartphone owners became the majority of mobile phone users with [...]
![Facebook Launches its Own Version of Snapchat, Called Poke [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/facebook-launches-its-own-version-of-snapchat-called-poke-ios-blog_ae-ia_0.jpg)
When Snapchat launched a video update last week, AllThingsD reported that Facebook was planning on releasing its own photo and video sharing app to compete with Snapchat. Facebook’s new standalone app, Facebook Poke, was released today, expanding on Facebook’s original “poke” concept. After connecting to Facebook Poke with a Facebook account, users can take a [...]
![Wall Street Journal Joins Newsstand, Now Selling In-App Subscriptions [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/wall-street-journal-joins-newsstand-now-selling-inapp-subscriptions-ios-blog_oou-i_0.jpg)
The Wall Street Journal is now offering in-app subscriptions on the App Store, and has added its newspaper to Apple’s Newsstand automatic subscription delivery service, reports All Things D. The move is worth noting because up until now the Journal was one of the highest-profile print publishers that wasn’t selling app access via Apple. Earlier [...]
Italy fined Apple $1.2 million in late 2011, after its Competition and Market Authority found that Apple was not providing customers with sufficient information about the two years of free product warranty that is required under Italian law. Instead, Apple was pushing the sale of AppleCare, which overlaps with the inherent Italian product warranty. After [...]
![Nest Thermostat Now Available in Apple Retail Stores [Mac Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/nest-thermostat-now-available-in-apple-retail-stores-mac-blog_swaoe_0.jpg)
Apple is now carrying the Nest Thermostat in its retail stores. Apple has been carrying it online for several months. The Nest thermostat is priced at $249.95 in the U.S. online store and is just one of a number of products featured in Apple’s App-Enabled Accessories section. The thermostat can be controlled via a free [...]
Last month, research firm Kantar Worldpanel reported that Apple had retaken the lead in U.S. smartphone sales from Android over the August-October timeframe, topping Android by a 48.1%-46.7% margin on the strength of the iPhone 5 launch. At the time, the firm suggested that Apple’s share would continue to rise as the 12-week window of [...]
![IMDb Updates iPad App with Complete Redesign [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/imdb-updates-ipad-app-with-complete-redesign-ios-blog_b-dsg_0.jpg)
The IMDb app is one of the most popular apps on iOS, with the Internet Movie Database yesterday noting in a press release that its iOS app has been downloaded 25 million times. Along with the milestone comes a redesigned Version 3.0 of the IMDb iPad app, with the goal being to focus on discovery [...]
DutchNews.nl reports on articles from the Dutch media noting that Steve Jobs’ yacht Venus, which launched nearly two months ago, has been impounded by authorities due to a dispute with famed French designer Philippe Starck over design fees for the ship. Baliffs boarded the brand new yacht Venus last Wednesday with an Amsterdam court order [...]
![Joypad’s Game Console iPad App Makes It Easy to Find Compatible Games [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/joypads-game-console-ipad-app-makes-it-easy-to-find-compatible-games-ios-blog_yco-l_0.jpg)
Zell Interactive’s Joypad Game Controller was originally released in mid–2011. As a standalone app, it turned the iPhone into a wireless virtual controller for several Mac and iPad games. Unfortunately, finding games that worked with the iPhone app was a pain, requiring gamers to visit the Joypad website for a list or to stumble across [...]
![Signal Snowboards’ Latest Creation Charges an iPhone on the Slopes [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/signal-snowboards-latest-creation-charges-an-iphone-on-the-slopes-ios-blog_eoncl_0.jpg)
Last year, Signal Snowboards made a board with an working embedded iPad to honor Steve Jobs. This year, the guys have made a custom snowboard that can charge an iPhone on the slopes, thanks to a top sheet made of thin solar panels from PowerFilm Solar. The board isn’t for sale, but Signal’s Marc Wierenga [...]
![New 27″ iMac Not Compatible With VESA Mounts [Mac Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/new-imac-not-compatible-with-vesa-mounts-mac-blog_o--mt_0.jpg)
Apple has long supported VESA mounting brackets for its larger displays, including the 27″ iMac, the 27″ Thunderbolt and 24″ and 30″ Cinema Displays. With Apple’s adapter bracket, the desk stand can be removed and the display can be attached to any VESA-compatible mount. However, the new, thinner 27″ iMac, does not support VESA mounting [...]
![Apple Nixes POP Portable Power Kickstarter Project Over Lightning Connectors [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/apple-nixes-pop-portable-power-kickstarter-project-over-lightning-connectors-ios-blog_ephco_0.jpg)
Kickstarter project POP, a portable power station, has been shut down by Apple, after the Cupertino-based company refused to license its Lightning charger to Edison Junior, the design lab behind the product. POP, which was tagged by the creators as “The Intersection of Charging and Design” aimed to combine a variety of charging cables into [...]
Ad tracking service Chitika claims it has seen no significant increase in iOS 6 adoption in the U.S. and Canada. A company analyst believes the MoPub data (which was international, rather than domestic) we wrote about earlier today was affected by the recent launch of the iPhone 5 in China, rather than the release of [...]
![Math App MyScript Calculator Available for iOS, Accepts Handwritten Input [iOS Blog]](http://iphoneheadlines.com/images/2012/12/math-app-myscript-calculator-available-for-ios-accepts-handwritten-input-ios-blog_ucp-i_0.jpg)
MyScript Calculator from Vision Objects has been available on Android devices for several months now, but as of today, the math app that lets users handwrite mathematical expressions is available for iPhone and iPad as well (via Mac4Ever). Instead of typing equations into the app, MyScript Calculator accepts written input. Write out an equation with [...]
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