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Publishers / TUAW

Digit-Eyes identfies everything for the blind without breaking the bank

by David Winograd on Jul 31, 2010 • No Comments

Filed under: iPhone, App ReviewThe Digit-Eyes Audio Scanner and Labeler (US$29.95) from Digital Miracles is a remarkable Assistive Technology (AT) app for the iPhone and iPod touch geared to the blind and visually impaired community. What it does is fa...

Publishers / TUAW

Video relay calling breakthrough uses FaceTime to help the deaf

by David Winograd on Jul 14, 2010 • No Comments

Filed under: iPhone

On Wednesday, July 7th, ZVRS held a party for 200 people at the Hard Rock Café in Philadelphia to announce and demonstrate its iZ video relay software (a collaboration between Apple, AT&T, and ZVRS) for the iPhone 4. This is a...

ArsTechnica / Publishers

Arrests made in massive, $390/hour Video Relay Service scam

by Jacqui Cheng on Nov 20, 2009 • No Comments

Dealing with some technology is challenging enough for the hearing-impaired without scammers taking advantage of federal dollars meant to help them. That's exactly what has happened with the Federal Communications Commission's Video Relay Service (VRS), however, and 26 people were arrested Thursday for scheming to steal "tens of millions of dollars"...

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Steve Jobs play brings bite of big Apple to Suffolk | Stage | guardian.co.uk
Steve Jobs play brings bite of big Apple to Suffolk: Mike Daisey's acclaimed monologue about the late Apple CEO ... http://t.co/eHmkD26H0 comments […]
Apple Confirms SIM Issues with Chinese iPhone 4S
RT @TheNextWeb: Apple confirms iPhone 4S compatibility issues with China Mobile SIM cards http://t.co/B0uKRqvF by @m4tt on @TNWapple0 comments […]
Apple retakes crown as world's top smartphone maker
After tallying the numbers from top smartphone manufacturers' fourth quarter 2011 earnings, it was revealed on Monday that Apple has wrested the top spot from Samsung following the highly successful iPhone 4S launch.0 comments […]
Apple Might Lose A $1.6 Billion Lawsuit For Using The Word 'iPad'
China-based company IP Application Development is suing Apple for $1.6 billion and an apology for alleged infringement on use of its trademarked iPad name, reports Apple Insider.Apple had initially bought the trademark from the company for $55,000, but the lawsuit maintains that the deal did not include rights to use the word "iPad" in China.Here […]
Apple cracks down on iPhone firms using appayola marketing services | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Apple cracks down on iPhone firms using appayola marketing services http://t.co/hN5GiJlD via @guardian0 comments […]
IDC: The iPhone is once again the world's No. 1 smartphone - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
Regained the spot that it took from Nokia in June and gave up to Samsung in SeptemberClick to enlarge. Source: IDCIt will come as no surprise to Apple (AAPL) watchers that the company sold 37 million iPhones last quarter. Tim Cook reported that number two weeks ago.Getting comparable figures from Apple's competitors is a different matter, and that' […]
Twitter / Jaring Rispens: Jongens jongens, check dit ...
RT @11stedentocht12: Jongens jongens, check dit dan! Foto gemaakt op brug bij Stavoren! http://t.co/iNkMs7o9 #Elfstedentocht via @Stjoerder0 comments […]
Could Apple Be Planning On Launching An iPad Powered By OS X? -- AppAdvice
Could Apple Be Planning On Launching An iPad Powered By OS X?: Back in 2010, Tristan Schaap – a student who had ... http://t.co/iUbMX0ju0 comments […]
Chinese lawsuit seeks $38M, apology from Apple for use of iPad name
A representative from a Chinese company suing Apple in a dispute over the iPad trademark has said it is "demanding an apology" and anticipates Apple will be fined $38 million by a Beijing court over the issue.0 comments […]
Apple intern's thesis leaks secret project to port Mac OS X to ARM processors
An academic paper written by a former Apple intern who now serves as a Core OS engineer at the company has revealed that it was working on a secret experiment to port Mac OS X Snow Leopard to the ARM architecture.0 comments […]
Top 15 Tweets-Per-Second Moments Ever on Twitter
1. Castle in the Sky on TV Anime movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky was televised in Japan on Dec. 9, 2011. The movie was made in 1989 by famed director Hayou Miyazaki, who also directed Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.During one point in televised broadcast in 2011, viewers joined forces, sending tweets at the same time to symbolically help the movie' […]
Secret Apple project worked to port Mac OS X to iPad-style ARM processors | iMore
In 2010, Apple’s Platform Technologies Group (a subdivision of the CoreOS department) spent some working on a previously-embargoed project to port the Mac OS X Darwin kernel to the ARMv5 chipset architecture — the same family of chipsets that currently powers iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. Does this mean Apple toyed with the idea of Mac OS X iPads, or […]
Report: Apple iTV will Support Voice, Gestures
RT @TheNextWeb: Apple's next-gen TV reported to support hand gestures and voice commands http://t.co/2WZpGmwT by @jonrussell on @TNWapple0 comments […]
Apple Warns Developers Not to Manipulate App Store Rankings - Mac Rumors
Yesterday, a TouchArcade thread was posted that warned about fraudulent App promotion services that guarantee Top 25 rankings for a modest fee. According to the poster, these services utilize automated scripts or bots to artificially boost free app rankings into the Top charts. At least one company denied the claims in the thread. PocketGamer picked up on th […]
Bookle brings ePub reading to the Mac | Macworld
While reading ebooks on your iOS devices is fairly pleasant, thanks to Apple's iBooks app, the company has yet to release any such program for the Mac. To fill this void, Tidbits Publishing and Stairways Software have collaborated to create Bookle, a DRM-free ePub reader.0 comments […]

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