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Tech NewsAppleDownload iOS 4.3.2 NOW (UPDATED)
iOS 4.3.2 is now available for download, which has fixes for Facetime, the 3G Verizon iPad 2 and other security issues. The update is available for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, iPad and iPad 2, as well as the third and fourth gen iPod touch. Just plug your device into iTunes. UPDATE: MacRumors says that … Continued
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Rumor: White iPhone 4 Coming to AT&T and Verizon in Next Few Weeks
From the sounds of it, the mythical white iPhone 4 is ready to make itself available to AT&T and Verizon customers in the coming weeks. Bloomberg has multiple sources telling them that Apple has finally solved the manufacturing challenges they encountered along the way (including peeling paint), and are confident enough to begin shipping the … Continued
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Windows Phone 7, You Were Supposed to be Great. So What Happened?
“Windows Phone 7 is the most aggressively different, fresh approach to a phone interface since the iPhone.” We published those words half a year ago, hoping WP7 would be a radical firebrand in phone land. But it’s stalled. We’re disappointed. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-review-ladies-and-gentlemen-we-have-o-5668738 Our reasons for cheering WP7 were (and still are) manifold. No really. It’s pretty … Continued
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Control Your Logitech Security Cameras from Your iPad
With Logitech’s new iPad app for its Alert Security Cameras, you can use your tablet to keep an eye on untrustworthy babysitters, look in on sick children, or just stare at your front door for hours on end. The app gives you control over Logitech’s Alert Security Camera, which was released last year and streams … Continued
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Final Cut Pro X is Apple’s Next Generation Video Editor
The next Final Cut Pro, X, is coming out this June for $300. The video editor will be written as a full 64-bit application with support for Grand Central Dispatch (Apple’s technology that allows a piece of software to dynamically utilize many processor cores, utilizing a modern CPU more effectively and rendering video more quickly.) … Continued
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North Face Makes a Laptop Backpack You Won’t Be Embarrassed to Use
As an unapologetic North Face fanboy and user of a few Apple products, I just spent a considerable amount of time coveting this backpack, which has padded compartments galore to store MacBooks, iPads and every other item in between. This may be a backpack for nerds, but it doesn’t look like it. The exterior has … Continued
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Apple Boss Tim Cook Tops Out‘s Power List
Apple COO Tim Cook, who has been running the company during CEO Steve Jobs’ indefinite medical leave, was just ranked No. 1 on Out magazine’s list of America’s most influential gays and lesbians. It’s a warm public welcome for a very private guy. In his debut entry on the so-called Power 50 list, now in … Continued
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CutYourSim Unlocks iPhones Without Having to Jailbreak Them
CutYourSim sounds too good to be true—but as BGR and other people have confirmed it works, we’ll go with them on this. It permanently unlocks iPhone 4s, 3GSs and 3Gs, without the need to jailbreak and wait for unlock versions to be released. There is a catch, though—it costs $169. I’m sure plenty of people … Continued
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The Flip Camera Is Finally Dead—Your Smartphone’s Got Blood on Its Hands
Today, we pay our respects to an old, departed, obsolete, redundant friend. Here lie the remains of Flip, a product nobody needed anymore or cared about. So, its creator decided to destroy it. Now let us bow our heads. Phew! So, now that the sad stuff’s out of the way, let’s get real. Cisco just … Continued
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Charge Apple Keyboards and Trackpads Wirelessly With the Mobee Charger
Instead of charging Apple’s wireless trackpad and keyboard on something keyboard-sized, slim down with the Magic Bar. The peripheral charges itself by USB, and in turn charges the keyboard and trackpad just by sliding them into place. https://gizmodo.com/magicwand-combines-your-magic-trackpad-and-keyboard-int-5762402 You can pre-order Mobee’s wunderbar in mid-May for $60, but it won’t ship until the tail-end of … Continued
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Viacom Asks Cablevision to Remove Content from Their iPad App, Too
Right on the heels of the Time Warner/Viacom debacle, Cablevision’s live TV-streaming app has now gotten caught in the crosshairs too. Viacom claims that the Cablevision iPad app does not honor distribution agreements, and they’ve asked the cable company to remove content from their iPad app. Meanwhile, Cablevision has adamantly maintained that when you watch … Continued
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Tech NewsAppleThis App Turns the iPad into a 3D Display That Doesn’t Need Glasses
Two university software developers have cooked up a pretty clever use of the iPad 2’s new front-facing camera: tracking your face to create the illusion of depth. The effect is so wicked that it actually tricks the brain into thinking there’s a real threedimensional world behind a glass. For games and other visually-rich apps, being … Continued
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The Life Story of the Man Writing Steve Jobs’ Life Story
Walter Isaacson is the man tasked to write iSteve: The Book of Jobs, which of course is the official, authorized, biography of Steve Jobs. But who in the hell is Walter Isaacson, you ask? Long story short, Isaacson is an extremely accomplished writer and editor who wriggled his way into this gig by persistently working … Continued
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New Hire Brings Apple’s Carbon Fiber Dream Closer To Reality
So remember that time we saw that Apple had been dreaming up carbon fiber iPads in a patent? Looks like the idea’s got some legs, if the recent hiring of Senior Composites Engineer Kevin Kenny is any indication. https://gizmodo.com/a-carbon-fiber-ipad-actually-looks-quite-good-5693506 Kenny joined Apple this month after spending 14 years at Kestral Bicycles, where he built—wait for … Continued
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Apple Airplay Cracked For Streaming to Who-Knows-What
It’s like a really shit movie plot—a developer has cracked Apple’s code for Airport Express and published an emulator online for all to see (and grab), which emulates the wireless networker. That means you can use Airplay to stream music to other computers, games consoles… The emulator, called Shairport, can trick iTunes and iOS devices … Continued
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Official Steve Jobs Biography Finally Has a Title and Release Date
Not only has Steve Jobs given the thumb’s up to an official biography about his life—the first ever official biography—but he’s also agreed to be interviewed by the author, Walter Isaacson. Titled iSteve: The Book of Jobs, it will be published by Simon & Schuster and will also feature interviews and facts from his family … Continued