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Canon unveils two AirPrint printers, thinks you should print more stuff from your iPad

Ahmet — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:32:00 +0000

Want to print stuff from your iPad, but hate drivers and cords and stuff?

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Canon unveils two AirPrint printers, thinks you should print more stuff from your iPad

Globe and Mail reveals early details on Apple iTV: Siri wants to hear you shout at the big game

Ahmet — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:15:00 +0000

iTV rumors continue to swirl around the shady backwaters of the internet, but it’s not often national papers of record decide to wade in — Canada’s, no less. According to an anonymous source who spilled the beans to the Globe and Mail , Apple’s TV set will include Siri-powered voice control, with the virtual assistant also helping in those ever-pressing “programming choices’

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Globe and Mail reveals early details on Apple iTV: Siri wants to hear you shout at the big game

iBooks Author gets new EULA, aims to clear writer’s block

Ahmet — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:03:00 +0000

We’ve waxed lyrical about iBooks Author at the technological level, but a good self-publishing platform counts for nothing if authors are put off by its terms and conditions.

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iBooks Author gets new EULA, aims to clear writer’s block

Google hires Apple Senior Director for “secret project”

Ahmet — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:29:05 +0000

While Eric Schmidt and Steve Jobs may have had a “no poaching” agreement before, it seems like it is no longer in place. According to Venture Beat , Google has just hired Simon Prakash, Apple Senior Director of product integrity

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Snow Leopard update wreaks havoc on Rosetta, luddite users contemplate running with Lion (update)

Ahmet — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:21:00 +0000

Normally updates are meant to better your OS, delivering necessary tweaks and performance improvements. But this latest batch out of Cupertino’s managed to do just the opposite for users running the Lion 10.7.3 package , as it’s caused many applications to force crash and bewildered users to restore Time Machine backups.

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Snow Leopard update wreaks havoc on Rosetta, luddite users contemplate running with Lion (update)

Apple TV gets into video discovery, adds movie and TV show Genius Recommendations

Ahmet — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:16:00 +0000

Apple added a new wrinkle to its hobby overnight, as AppleInsider reports the Genius recommendation feature added in iTunes 8 now offers up suggestions for movies and TV shows. The new Apple TV feature appears to have been switched on from the back end servers with no firmware update, displaying the new Genius option under Movies and TV Netflix-style as shown above. We’re not sure you really needed anyone else telling you it’s definitely time to check out The Wire or Breaking Bad , but with competitors like Google already taking aim at improving content discovery and recommendations it’s a logical next step for whatever Apple’s living room ambitions ultimately become

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ComScore: Android and iOS gallop ahead, US smartphone usage approaches 100 million

Ahmet — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:03:00 +0000

The latest report is in from ComScore , and as you might expect, the news is sunshine and roses for the crews at Google and Apple. Both companies platforms charted some worthwhile month-over-month gains, as Android is estimated to account for 47.3 percent of smartphones in the US, while iOS runs a strong second with 26.9 percent

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Canalys: More smartphones than PCs shipped in 2011

Ahmet — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000

2011: the year Smartphones supplanted computers, at least according to the bundle of spreadsheets that just arrived from Canalys Research . Vendors shipped ( shipped , not sold) 488 million of the devices, compared to 414.6 million “PCs,” which erroneously includes Tablet PCs of all shapes and sizes.

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Apple broadens Australian patent lawsuit with 278 claims against Samsung

Ahmet — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:51:00 +0000

Its legal fortunes may be souring in Germany today, but that hasn’t stopped Apple from launching an all-out assault in Australia, where the company has just ramped up its ongoing patent battle against Samsung.

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Avid Studio rolls onto iPad, treads on iMovie’s toes (video)

Ahmet — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:43:00 +0000

There may be a number of options for budding iPad Scorseses, now you can add Avid’s “Studio” to that list.

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