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NOAA drops BlackBerry, embraces iPhone and iPad

Steven Sande — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

The Loop is reporting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is taking RIM BlackBerry devices off of the list of officially supported mobile devices. What's taking the place of the trusty old BlackBerry? iPhones and iPads runn...

Apple “politely” accepts iPhone protestors’ petitions in NYC

Erica Ogg — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:42:10 +0000

The scheduled delivery of petitions asking Apple for better treatment of workers in factories that produce iPhones and iPads happened on schedule in New York City on Thursday morning. Observers say there were far more press in attendance than protestors.

Hackers target iPhone manufacturer to protest harsh working conditions

Dan Goodin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:49:00 +0000

Hackers protesting harsh working conditions at iPhone manufacturer Foxconn dumped what they said were megabytes of private data belonging to the outsourcing giant. "Note: The passwords inside these files could allow individuals ...

Want To Sell Your Next Phone? It’s Not Worth It Unless It’s An iPhone

Ryan Faas — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:32:13 +0000

Your brand new car starts losing value the second you drive it off the dealer’s lot – that an old (and very true) addage. Like a new, a new piece of technology begins to lose value or depreciate as soon as you leave the store. With cars and with major tech purchases like a [...]

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Amazon Takes Aim At Apple’s Expensive iPad In New Kindle Ad

Killian Bell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:33:56 +0000

Whether Samsung’s blatant Apple bashing adverts are actually convincing customers to buy its products is unclear, but they are at least inspiring other companies to mock Apple’s gadgets in their own ads. Amazion is the latest, with a new Kindle ad that takes aim at the iPad for its poor reading conditions in direct sunlight, [...]

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Chutzpah: Google also wants 2.25% of every iPhone sale

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:02:06 +0000

It's not enough that Google borrowed the phone's look and feel to make Android?

From Google's IEEE letter. Source: FOSS Patents. Click to enlarge.

It took a Techmeme news cycle for the import of Google's (GOOG) letter to the IEEE -- the nonprofit organization that sets technical standards for everything from AC/DC converters to Wi-Fi networks -- to sink in.

Early reports praised the company for joining Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) MORE

Amazon’s back just in time for summer with their ‘can’t read an expensive iPad in the Sun’ ads

Jake Smith — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:01:55 +0000

Related articles Supposed iPad 3 case compared to iPad 2, suggests bigger battery and different screen and camera (9to5mac.com)

App usage doesn’t drop during Super Bowl — except during halftime

Mike Schramm — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Mobile advertiser Flurry's latest report, on app usage during the Super Bowl, is fascinating for those of us who have been following the "second screen" phenomenon: The tendency of mobile device users to use their devices while also watching televisi...

Siri may speak and understand Chinese, Japanese, and Russian by March

Chris Rawson — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:30:00 +0000

According to Chinese tech site DoNews (sketchy English translation here), Apple plans on bringing support for Mandarin Chinese to Siri as early as March of this year. Other dialects of Chinese, such as Cantonese, will remain unsupported for the time b...

Is your smartphone a good investment? If it’s an iPhone, yes

Erica Ogg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:21:04 +0000

Priceonomics, which keeps track of the resale value of items like cars, bikes and gadgets, published a report Wednesday that shows how the value of iPhones, Android phones and BlackBerrys hold up over time. Short answer: iPhones, even years-old models, retain their value the longest.

Creating An App Store For Your Company Just Got Easier… And Free

Ryan Faas — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:27:09 +0000

Apple’s concept of the App Store works well for consumers. Search for whatever apps you want or need and buy or download them with one-click shopping in iTunes of the App Store app on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. That system starts to break down when it comes to iOS devices in the workplace, [...]

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Supposed iPad 3 case compared to iPad 2, suggests bigger battery and different screen and camera

Seth Weintraub — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:12:28 +0000

(Updated with higher res image. Click to enlarge) Repair Labs (via MacRumors) said it got ahold of an iPad 3 case that has numerous differences from an iPad 2—listed below: A. You can see here that the mounts for the logic board are very different, which means the logic board shape will be different allowing for . . . [...]

Daily Update for February 8, 2012

Steven Sande — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:00 +0000

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple s...

Apple hoping to secure standardized royalties for 3G wireless patents

Chris Foresman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:35:00 +0000

Apple is attempting to stop the used of "standards essential" patents on 3G technology as legal bludgeons against smartphone competitors. To make its case, the company has gone directly to the standards body behind 3G wirel...

iOS 5.1 To Drop On March 9th [Rumor]

Alex Heath — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:07:45 +0000

We’ve all been wondering when Apple will release the next update for iOS 5, with many speculating we won’t see 5.1 until the next-generation iPad is unveiled. According to a new discovery in the iPhone’s carrier operator profiles, Apple could be set to drop iOS 5.1 on Friday, March 9th. The discovery was made by YourDailyMac: [...]

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