AppleInsider: After a number of fake Apple retail stores in China gained publicity online, Apple appears to have taken legal action, undoubtedly looking to shut down the counterfeit locations designed to look like its own operations. Apple has gone on … Continued
∞ Apple No. 1 in worldwide smartphone shipments
Market research firm IDC on Thursday released its worldwide smartphone market numbers for the second quarter of 2011 and Apple is in the lead.
∞ Graphic: How Apple changed phone design, except with RIM
My good friend Matthew Panzarino at TNW sent this to me today. Pretty much sums up what I’ve been trying to say. Apple innovated; everyone else followed; RIM stayed the same.
∞ Seven years of BlackBerry: This is why RIM is in trouble
Take a look at these photos. The 8700c was released in 2004 (I have one of these) and the 9900 was released this week. RIM had seven years to change the design or do something, but they look pretty much … Continued
∞ RIM customers try to save the PlayBook
A forum user at CrackBerry.com made a suggestion to fellow PlayBook owners to help save the device.
∞ Study: 67% of BlackBerry users want an iPhone
Ed Sutherland at Cult of Mac: The good news for Apple came in a study of 216 smartphone users by Piper Jaffray Apple-watcher Gene Munster. The study found 67 percent of BlackBerry owners plan to buy an iPhone as their … Continued
∞ HP TouchPad gets another price cut
Ina Fried: Earlier this week I noticed the 32GB model at Costco for $479 — $120 off the standard $599 price. Then, a few minutes ago, while watching ABC’s “Modern Family,” I caught an HP TouchPad ad touting that the … Continued
∞ Getting guitars in time with drums using Pro Tools
A great video from Russ at the Air Users Blog on how to use Beat Detective and Elastic Audio to bring guitars and bass in time with the drum kit.
∞ Instagram sees 150 million photos shared
Instagram: On October 6, 2010 we launched Instagram in the App Store as a way for people to easily share their lives through photos taken on their iPhones. Since then, we’ve seen more than 7 million people from all around … Continued
∞ Google says Apple, Microsoft trying to 'strangle' Android
David Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer: But Android’s success has yielded something else: a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through bogus patents. They’re doing this by banding together to … Continued
∞ Time to bring 21 magazines to iPad
AppleInsider: Publisher Time Inc. announced on Wednesday that all 21 of its magazines will be available on Apple’s iPad this year, including currently unavailable titles like Entertainment Weekly and InStyle. In addition to the iPad, Time’s magazines will be available … Continued
∞ Apple looks to buy another $5 billion in patents
Bloomberg: InterDigital’s engineers invented some of the technology for high-speed mobile phone networks now used by the world’s biggest handset makers. The King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based company may fetch more than $5 billion, according to analysts at Algorithm Capital and … Continued
∞ Apple sued for using copyrighted photo in TV ad
New York-based photographer Taea Thale is suing Apple for using one of her copyrighted photos in an iPhone television ad.
∞ Steve Jobs still regularly involved with Apple's decisions
Tim Bajarin on Steve Jobs: They tell me he calls in regularly. He talks to Tim, he talks to the top guys, he talks about the Apple stores,” Bajarin said. “But while he used to micromanage everything in ways that … Continued
∞ iPhone rules Internet usage on airplanes
Apple leads in almost every market it enters these days, and now you can add another metric to the list: connecting to the Internet while flying.
∞ Images of iCloud calendar, contacts, mail, documents
In addition to releasing iCloud storage prices on Monday, Apple also released a few images of what its Web services will look like. You can view them all on Apple’s Web site.
∞ Apple outlines iCloud storage pricing
Apple on Monday updated its iCloud Web pages, detailing how much it will cost for users to purchase more storage on the service.
∞ iPhone 5 in October, not September says Paczkowski
John Paczkowski: Sources with knowledge of the situation say reports claiming AT&T has blacked out employee vacations during the last two weeks of September in preparation for the retail debut of the next iPhone are misinformed. I thought September, but … Continued
∞ iTunes lets you re-download TV shows from your purchased page
Apple has added the ability to re-download TV Shows to its iCloud service.
∞ SecureMac releases MacScan 2.9 with support for Lion
SecureMac on Monday updated MacScan, the company’s anti-spyware privacy and security software, adding support for Apple’s recently released OS X Lion.
∞ Adobe releases HTML5 Web Motion and Interaction Design Tool
Adobe on Monday released a new tool called Adobe Edge that will allow Web designers to bring animation to Web sites using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS.
∞ Judge stops double-dipping patent lawsuit against Apple
AppleInsider: Apple was ordered by the U.S. District Court in Eastern Texas early this month to pay damages to Personal Audio. Within weeks, the non-practicing entity had filed a second suit seeking damages for alleged infringement of Apple’s iPhones and … Continued
∞ Apple apologizes, refunds customers charged multiple times for Lion
When OS X Lion was released earlier this month, some users were inadvertently charged multiple times for the purchase.
∞ T-Pain sues Antares Auto-Tune
AIR Users Blog: In an attempt to promote his new venture, this PR stunt is being done in the hope of distancing his name from the brand that helped make the T-Pain effect so famous. He is asking for $1 … Continued
∞ Software and patent trolls
NPR: Patents are a big deal in the software industry right now. Lawsuits are proliferating. Big technology companies are spending billions of dollars to buy up huge patent portfolios in order to defend themselves. Computer programmers say patents are hindering … Continued
∞ Spotify sued for patent infringement
Techdirt: The actual patent in question, 5,636,276, is for a “Device for the distribution of music information in digital form.” Sound broad? Of course, as the patent attorneys in the audience will tell you, it’s not the title of the … Continued
∞ iPad could reach 100 million sold faster than iPhone did
Matt Richman: I think Apple will sell 36.89 million iPads during the first and second quarters of next year. If I’m right, then Apple will sell 100 million iPads in 2.25 years — 55% faster than it took the iPhone, … Continued
∞ Lion one week later
Washington Post: The same goes for a myriad of mobilized gestures that can get confusing, even for power users. Do I use the three-finger double-tap or the two-finger double-tap to zoom? (It’s the latter — a three-finger double-tap pulls up … Continued
∞ FOSS Patents back online after a short outage
Florian Mueller at FOSS Patents: There was some speculation on Twitter about it in light of the fact that I’m vocal about the intellectual property issues facing Android and WebM — just like I’m vocal about issues involving and concerning … Continued
∞ Adobe looking for creative pros using Android tablets
Adobe’s John Nack: Using an Android tablet for creative work? Let’s talk. If you use an Android tablet and use it (or would like to use it) for creative imaging, photography, etc., please drop me a line. We can’t let … Continued