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Samsung argues 4G Galaxy Tab not in direct competition with Apple's 3G iPad 2

Sat, 26 May 2012 19:10:00 -0700

Samsung is fighting Apple's requests for a preliminary injunction against its Galaxy Tab with the argument that the 4G capability of its tablet means it does not directly compete with Apple's 3G-equipped iPad 2.

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A fix for those "Pairing Record Missing" errors

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:00:00 -0800

Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone

Here's an annoying problem with a surprisingly simple solution. After upgrading to 1.1.3, many users found they could no longer properly sync their iPhones. If your iPhone or iPod touch develops a missing pairing record problem, you can fix things by...rebooting your computer. If this saves anyone else an hour or two of head-scratching, tech support and google-fu, then my job is, as they say, done.

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Apple, SimpleAir settle patent lawsuit

Sat, 26 May 2012 18:00:00 -0700

SimpleAir, which filed a lawsuit against Apple, Research in Motion, Facebook and other companies in 2009, has settled its part of the case against Apple. As a result, Apple has entered into a licensing agreement with SimpleAir for use of its patents.

SimpleAir is a licensing company that has been labeled as a patent troll. The four patents in question involved data transmission and contact alerts.

[Via Computerworld]

Apple, SimpleAir settle patent lawsuit originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Facebook Launches New iPhone App Dedicated to Posting and Sharing Photos

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:18:00 -0700

Facebook today released a new standalone iPhone app dedicated to posting and sharing photos on the 900-million strong social network. Facebook Camera aims to make using photos on Facebook "faster and easier", according to a press release.

The app, much like the Facebook Messenger app launched last year, is designed to streamline a single Facebook feature that users are constantly interacting with, rather than using the clunkier Facebook iOS app. Photos are such a large part of Facebook that the company recently spent $1 billion to purchase photo sharing service Instagram.

Facebook built the app to make it much easier for mobile users to share multiple photos to the network -- something that is cumbersome in the standard Facebook app. Facebook Camera, made by a dedicated Photos team, streamlines browsing photos that friends have posted, a task which is all many users want to use Facebook for. From All Things D:

Facebook seems to have learned a heck of a lot from Instagram. Photos in Facebook Camera are full-bleed, spanning the entire width of the iPhone?s screen (which was probably tested when Facebook tweaked the photo experience for mobile last week). You?re able to comment and like photos directly from the stream. And of course, there are filters (albeit ones with names nowhere near as fun as Toaster or Valencia).

More than this, it?s very lightweight. The app moves much faster than browsing photos within Facebook?s proper app. And by introducing a separate camera app, it?s another way of bypassing the cumbersome, clicky process of adding pictures via the main Facebook app.

Instagram and Facebook Camera may seem like competitors -- and within Facebook they will be, sort of. Ellis Hamburger reports for The Verge:

The Facebook Camera team has been working on the app for months, and Mark Zuckerberg reportedly kept his desire to purchase Instagram close to the vest, as if he almost impulse-bought it. Had the Instagram deal never occurred, Facebook Camera wouldn't really be much of an Instagram competitor anyway, lacking any mobile-only social circles and hashtagged sharing around specific topics. "Enhancing the Facebook photos experience on mobile is long overdue," Facebook's Derick Mains told me. "We really had to step up our game, and we're committed to building Instagram independently."

Facebook Camera is available free on the App Store. [Direct Link]

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Catch a glimpse of an iPhone assembly line

Sat, 26 May 2012 16:00:00 -0700

Chinese news site ifeng has managed to boldly go where few, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, have gone before -- inside of the Zhengzhou Foxconn facility to get a peek at how iPhones are made. There's nothing new that we haven't seen on ABC's Nightline regarding the factory, as The Verge points out, but the video does provide a good sense of how big one of these factories are and offers a glimpse into how iPhones are produced. Check out the full video below, but no English subtitles are provided.

Catch a glimpse of an iPhone assembly line originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 26 May 2012 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Has adaptive design failed? Of course not

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:00:14 -0700

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Conceptual Clocks Explore Our Perception Of Time

Sat, 26 May 2012 21:00:17 -0700

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Ad-skipping DVR prompts fight for the future of TV

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:19 -0700

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Solar Impulse plane prepares to go intercontinental

Sat, 26 May 2012 08:00:15 -0700

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Facebook is hiring Apple iPhone hardware and software engineers to build its own phone

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:00:14 -0700

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Use your phone as a train ticket: New app will allow travellers to pay via tap technology

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:00:24 -0700

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iBackFlip Somersault: A versatile high-quality bag for your iPad

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:00:00 -0700

Back at Macworld | iWorld 2012, TUAW editor-in-chief Victor Agreda had a chance to talk with the creator of the iBackFlip Somersault (US$89.95). Now that this iPad bag has been in the wild for a time and has gone through a few design revisions, we thought it would be a perfect opportunity to review the Somersault. Be sure to read through to the end of the post for details on entering to win an iBackFlip Somersault in a TUAW giveaway.

Of all of the myriad bags that we receive at the TUAW Labs, I have to say that the iBackFlip Somersault is one of the most unique I've seen. At first glance, it appears to be a sling-type backpack just big enough for an iPad or perhaps a MacBook Air. It can actually carry both of those Apple products (up to a 13" MacBook Air) at the same with no problem.

The real difference shows up when you open the main fold-out pocket on the Somersault. On one side is a slide-in holder for an iPad, complete with a hole for the rear-facing camera (more about that later) and not one, but two stylus holders. In that same pocket are two thin straps that can either be unlatched so that the iPad can be folded out flat for TSA inspection or folded over to sit on your lap or a desktop, or latched to let the case hold your iPad as if it's on a portable desk in front of you.

Gallery: iBackFlip Somersault

This is the killer feature of the Somersault, and the thing that really makes it stand out in the crowd. Who would use something like this? Let's say you're in the oil business and you're using an iPad to look at well logs (yes, there's an app for that) -- while you're standing near a drilling rig, you can be looking at the logs hands-free. Or you're taking surveys at a theme park using an iPad. You can be standing with a customer talking to them, and typing with both hands on the iPad entering data.

I can see where the Somersault would be even more useful in the medical field, where nurses and doctors might have an iPad with them on rounds. The iPad can be hidden away in the backpack while they're working with a patient, then flipped out to type on to take notes or check prior readings.

That cool little fold-out "desk" panel isn't the only feature of the iBackFlip Somersault, though. Starting at the front of the bag, there's a medium sized zippered pocket into which you can fit things like cables or an extended battery pack. There's also a full-sized zippered pocket that reveals a hole for the iPad camera to peek through if you need to take pictures. It's big enough to hide paperwork or a dead-tree book.

Moving beyond the iPad fold-out compartment, there's another padded full-sized zippered pocket, perfect for carrying another iPad or a MacBook Air. Even the sling strap is chock-full of useful features -- there's a zippered pocket for an iPhone, six elastic bands for either routing a cable from an iPad to earphones or to clip things to, a loop for hanging the bag from a coat hook, and two key hooks.

You might think that all of this capability would come with a big weight penalty, but the bag weighs in at just a hair under two pounds. The back of the Somersault is covered with a perforated material to keep your back cool even in muggy conditions. And if that mugginess turns into a torrential downpour, you'll be happy to know that the case is water resistant.

Conclusion

What impresses me the most is how iBackFlip managed to pack so much carrying capacity into such a slim and lightweight case. I have some back issues that have been causing me some pain when I carry a couple of iPads in a standard over-the-shoulder bag; the iBackFlip Somersault is much more comfortable, and I don't have to scrunch up a shoulder to keep the strap is going to falling off.

Sure, the Somersault doesn't have the carrying capacity of some larger bags I own that can handle two DSLRs, tons of cables and power bricks, etc... But those bags are also bulky and uncomfortable, and I don't need the extra capacity all the time.

For anyone who just needs to carry an iPad and a MacBook Air, with a few cables and accessories, and wants the ability to use their device while standing up, the Somersault is the perfect solution. It's hands-down the most versatile iPad bag I've had the pleasure of reviewing.

Giveaway

One of the great regrets of being a reviewer at TUAW is that we don't keep review items. However, our loss is your gain -- we're giving away our review Somersault to a lucky TUAW reader. Just fill out the form below (one entry per person only), click or tap Submit, and you'll be entered into our giveaway.

Here are the rules for the giveaway:

Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.

To enter, fill out the form below completely and click or tap the Submit button.

The entry must be made before May 30, 2012 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time.

You may enter only once.

One winner will be selected and will receive an iBackFlip Somersault valued at $89.95

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iBackFlip Somersault: A versatile high-quality bag for your iPad originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sun, 27 May 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Red Hat Cluster Luci Authentication Failed

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:01:39 -0800

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Astronauts Enter SpaceX Capsule

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:00:16 -0700

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Choose your OS! (a guide)

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:22 -0700

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Apple apparently censoring the word "jailbreak" in US iTunes Store

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:30:00 -0700

Developers, musicians, and probably any other content provider in the U.S. iTunes Store have a new Apple policy to deal with this morning; you apparently can't use the term "jailbreak" in a product description or name. If you do slip up, or happen to be like 70's rock band Thin Lizzy and have a hit song and album by the name of "Jailbreak", you'll find that it has been censored by Apple.

Apple appears to be blanking out the word "Jailbreak" as J*******k in many cases where it appears on iTunes. Some Americans we're talking to are not seeing the censorship, but we're assuming that's due to caching issues.

It's not only in the music category; "jailbreak" is being censored on the App Store (above), in listings for TV episodes (including a G-rated episode of The Roy Rogers Show from 1951 -- below), and even on a podcast on iTunes U about the Andy Griffith show. We're not certain why Apple has chosen to do this -- it could be that it's an unintended outcome of trying to ban the use of the word on the App Store that went a little overboard. When the word "jailbreak" is outlawed, only outlaws will "jailbreak"...

Apple apparently censoring the word "jailbreak" in US iTunes Store originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 17 May 2012 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AirFloat removed from the App Store

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:35:00 -0700

Airfoil Speakers Touch is not the only audio app to be removed from the App Store. Apple also removed AirFloat, the developer said on his blog. Like Airfoil Speakers Touch, AirFloat allowed people to send audio to the iPhone from a desktop machine. Cult of Mac said on Thursday that this might be because these apps could be duplicating features that are coming in iOS 6, which is what we thought as well -- however Rogue Amoeba pointed out that the timing makes little sense since there is no iOS 6 announcement yet. On Daring Fireball, John Gruber also didn't buy into the iOS 6 feature theory.

There's no word as to if these apps will make a return to the store, but the situation doesn't look good for either of them.

AirFloat removed from the App Store originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 25 May 2012 18:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iWork and iLife Apps Updated, iPhoto Now Available For iOS

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:23:29 -0800

To take advantage of its fancy new retina display, higher res camera, and boosted processor, the iWork and iLife apps for the third-generation iPad have also been updated. And since that new display will make working with photos a treat, Apple also introduced an iOS version of iPhoto. More »
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Led by iOS, mobile devices now account for 20% of all internet traffic in U.S., Canada

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:05:00 -0700

According to a report from advertising network Chitika, the share of internet-connected mobile devices has risen to 20 percent in the U.S. and Canada, a large portion of which are Apple products like the iPhone and iPad.

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Apple pushes out iOS 5.1.1 update revision for GSM iPhone 4

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:23:00 -0700

Apple on Friday released a second version of iOS 5.1.1 designed for the GSM iPhone 4, though failed to comment on what changes had been made to the mobile operating system or why it only affects one specific iPhone model.

[via http://www.appleinsider.com/]