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4 tips to make your iPad work-worthy
1. Make audio calls via VoiP. Audio calls via Skype on the iPad work like a dream. Just plug in the earbuds that you usually use for your iPhone, fire up the Skype app and make your audio calls. There are other VoiP apps that will work...
Facebook looking to circumvent Apple’s App Store with HTML5 platform
A new report claims social network Facebook is partnering with roughly 80 developers on a secretive “Project Spartan” HTML5-based application platform that would circumvent Apple’s App Store on iOS devices.
TechCrunch’s...
Apple sued by publisher over iBooks trademark
A New York publisher is suing Apple for trademark infringement over the use of the term “iBooks.”
Publisher John T. Colby filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday, Bloomberg reports. Colby is founder and publisher...
Apple’s offers $100 iTunes Gift Card
Apple’s annual back to school promotion for college bound Mac buyers begins tomorrow, offering a $100 iTunes Store gift card rather than bundling a free iPod as it has in previous years.
While the deal highlights “$100 to to...
Apple reduces orders for iPhone 4 camera flash
Apple’s next-generation iPhone could feature a new LED camera flash module from a different manufacturer.
Apple is said to have “greatly reduced” orders of Philips LED flash components in the last one to two months. This...
Apple now selling unlocked GSM iPhone 4 in US for $649
Both the white and black versions of Apple’s bestselling smartphone are available, with the 16GB and 32GB versions selling for $649 and $749, respectively, in the U.S. Apple online store. The device is not eligible for international...
iOS 5 will transmits Album/Track/Artist data to Bluetooth audio devices
iOS 5: when you stream music over Bluetooth to an audio receiver, that receiver will now be able to read the album, track and artist data embedded in the ID3 tag of the song. What that means is your receiver’s display (such as one you...
Using Voice Control in iOS5
While we wait for iOS 5 to deliver cool new features, here’s a look at Voice Control, a feature introduced with the iPhone 3GS model. There are three types of Voice Control commands: phone, music and other. Here’s how to use...
iOS 5 contacts app has fields for social info
One of the more interesting iOS 5 features revealed this week during the Monday keynote was seamless integration with Twitter. Now a report published by All Things D shows that fields for other social networking sites also appear in the...
Apple’s iCloud service not launching in U.K. until 2012
Apple’s new iCloud service — will not launch in the United Kingdom until at least the first quarter of 2012. A representative from the Performing Right Society (PRS), an association of songwriters, music publishers, and composers in...