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AllThingsD: Apple to announce iPad 3 in March

Dave Caolo — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:54:00 +0000

John Paczkowski of AllThingsD is claiming that Apple will hold a press event in the beginning of March to announce the new iPad, which he calls "iPad 3" (noting that might not be its official name). Paczkowski expects the announcement to take place in...

House of Marley Ships the Dopest Dock To Rock an iPod

Eli Milchman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:48:27 +0000

Everyone was jamming in the little corner where House of Marley was stashed during the official press event at CES, and a big part of that was due to their Bag of Rhythm dock — the Marley PR people carried it around slung on their shoulders, and it just rocked, man. Appropriately, the BoR’s 1″ [...]

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VooMote Zapper Universal Remote Appcessory: One Remote To Rule Them All! [Review]

Eli Milchman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:01:17 +0000

Oh, sure. The idea of being able to reach out from across the room and dramatically direct your mighty will to zap stuff on, off, up, down, or cause the very Air to shimmer with Play is intoxicating — that is, until those nine remotes you’ve been using to control all your magical devices become [...]

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Apple intern thesis bears on porting Darwin to ARMv5 chips

Kelly Hodgkins — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Two years ago, Tristan Schaap joined Apple's Platform Technologies Group as an intern. During his 12-week stint with the Core OS division, he worked on a project to get a piece of Mac OS X running on an ARM processor, says a report by iMore. Most peop...

Another reason why Apple may be limiting Siri to iPhone 4S

Chris Foresman — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:00 +0000

Siri, Apple's widely advertised voice-activated "intelligent assistant," has so far been limited to the latest iPhone 4S hardware after Apple's acquisition. Though observers have come up with various reasons for the re...

Google reportedly hires Apple executive to work on secret project

Kelly Hodgkins — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Simon Prakash, an Apple veteran with eight years of service, has left the Cupertino company to join its rival Google. Prakash most recently served as the senior director of product integrity and was responsible for product quality across all Apple pro...

SkyLight combines iPhones and microscopes

Kelly Hodgkins — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:00 +0000

We've seen lots of photo accessories that let you add filters and lenses to your iPhone, but SkyLight is the first to let you add a full-fledged microscope. It's a platform that attaches to a microscope and aligns the phone's camera with the eyepiece...

LifeProof Unveils a Whole Line of Adventure-Crazy iPhone 4/S Mounts

Eli Milchman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:54:13 +0000

Some gadgets love the rugged outdoors; the iPhone, with its sensitive, water-fearing innards, is more of a house gadget. Awww. Then LifeProof stepped in to change that when it launched its $80 water-, dirt-, snow- and shockproof case last summer. Now, the company has unveiled a line of four modular mounts that fit the LifeProof [...]

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Belkin’s Bluetooth Keyboard Folio for iPad 2 Is Almost Near Perfect [Review]

Kelly Keltner — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:11:53 +0000

I’m actually typing this review using Belkin’s Bluetooth Keyboard Folio for iPad 2 ($100). There are a few keyboard cases out there created to both house the iPad 2 as well as provide an alternative to the iPad’s digital keyboard, but this keyboard case’s keyboard is an iPad-toting writer’s dream. The Good: The keyboard part [...]

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Runkeeper Adds Nine More Partners in Its Quest for Complete Fitness Domination

Eli Milchman — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:03 +0000

Fitness buffs love Runkeeper (and its accompanying iPhone app) for its ability to gather data from a wide variety of cloud-based services and gadgets they might use, so it can be stored and viewed in a central location; we haven’t exactly counted, but it’s a good bet that the all-knowing fitness service can import data from [...]

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Apple lists iPhone 4S as "in stock" in most online stores

Steven Sande — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Those TUAW readers who haven't yet caught Siri fever and purchased an iPhone 4S won't have to wait if they finally decide to buy one. Electronista reports that the device is finally listed as "in stock" at the Apple Store for most countries. As recen...

Music for The Masses: Budget Earphone Shootout [Review, Shootout]

Eli Milchman — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:06:20 +0000

There are those faithful who will never surrender their little white Apple earbuds. To them we say: Wear proudly. But for the rest, for those who don’t want to deal with sub-par sound, earbuds flopping around and having to hunt for foam covers, come with us — and we’ll show you a world of possibilities. [...]

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Apparent announces WiFi-powered Doxie Go scanner

Dave Caolo — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:45:00 +0000

Apparent has announced a new model of its popular Doxie Go scanner with Wi-Fi support. The tiny appliance can be charged up, slipped into a bag and carried around for on-the-go scanning of documents, receipts or other slip of paper you want to digitiz...

MEElectronics A151 Earphones: Where’d The Sound Go? [Review]

Eli Milchman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:02:09 +0000

I distinctly recall a bit of maneuvering when Joe Daileda, head of sales and marketing at MEElectronics, contacted us about reviewing some of their earphones. Joe seemed particularly keen on getting a pair of their ceramic CC51Ps in our hands, but I wanted none of it — being the armature junkie I am, I was [...]

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Results of Thailand floods still affecting tech industry

Kelly Hodgkins — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +0000

Last year, Thailand was rocked by floods that devastated the country. It destroyed cities and towns and put a severe dent in Taiwan's manufacturing industry. Hard drive manufacturing was hit the hardest and shortages in the supply of drives started t...