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VNC from Anywhere With Screens 2.0

Trey Trawick — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:30:14 +0000

Edovia’s Screens for iOS and OS X has hit version 2.0, bringing a slew of new features and improvements to the already-great VNC client. VNC, or Virtual Network Computing, allows you [...]

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MyAssistant: Custom Commands for Siri

Joe Rossignol — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:30:48 +0000

There’s plenty of tweaks for Siri available that add things such as system toggles and custom responses, but they’re all separate tweaks. That’s no longer the case, however, as developers [...]

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Siri SBSettings Toggle: Enable and Disable Siri Easily

Joe Rossignol — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:13:43 +0000

Have you ever been rudely interrupted by Siri when you said a trigger word, or held your home button for too long while out with friends or on a date? [...]

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Brief Bits: Apple Retail Employee Steals 25 iPhones

Joe Rossignol — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:35:16 +0000

Apple’s new retail store at Northlake Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina hasn’t even been open for one year yet, but has already fell victim to a robbery which involved 25 [...]

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Apple Agrees to Support New Privacy Protection in App Store

Jacob Penderworth — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:21:55 +0000

There has been a lot of dissension over iOS privacy lately, starting with Path two weeks ago. Many users are disgruntled by the way Apple seems to be handling their [...]

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‘OpenIPSW’ Now Online, Provides Info About iOS Updates

Joe Rossignol — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:29:48 +0000

iFans community member Ryan Burke has launched a new online interface for openIPSW, a utility that allows you to view information about firmware files — often referred to as iOS [...]

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‘Cut the Rope’ Now Available in the Mac App Store

Joe Rossignol — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:51:09 +0000

The insanely popular iOS game Cut the Rope has made its way to the Mac App Store, released earlier today by developer ZeptoLab. The award-winning, physics-based game has new high-resolution [...]

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Watch ABC’s Exclusive Look Inside Apple’s Supply Chain

Joe Rossignol — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:00:48 +0000

For the first time ever, Apple granted a third-party company complete access to its overseas supply chain. American television station ABC was allowed to take an exclusive look inside the [...]

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Brief Bits: Steve Jobs Timeline Posted on Facebook

Joe Rossignol — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:07:42 +0000

There is perhaps no better tribute to Steve Jobs than an unofficial Facebook timeline for the Apple co-founder that was uncovered by Cult of Mac. The timeline uses images, text, [...]

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iTunes Now Offering Beatles Approved Ringtones

Trey Trawick — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:00:12 +0000

In 2010, Apple made a huge splash when they released the entire Beatles discography on iTunes, and today, the company has released ringtones cut from the 2000 compilation album 1. [...]

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iOS 5.0.1 Bug Allows Access to Contacts without Passcode

Jacob Penderworth — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:34:28 +0000

In the past few versions of iOS, there have been multiple security holes that have allowed unauthorized access into certain portions — sometimes all — of the operating system. Today, [...]

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Square Off: Adobe Flash vs. HTML5 on iOS Devices

Joe Rossignol — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:18:06 +0000

Every Tuesday, iFans picks two controversial topics to debate about in the weekly “Square Off” column. This week, we’re pitting Adobe Flash against HTML5 and other alternatives for the iPhone, [...]

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Apple Building Data Center in Prineville, Oregon

Trey Trawick — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:44:24 +0000

Apple has confirmed that they will be building a new data center in Prineville, Oregon. Their plans for the data center are unknown, but it’s likely that Apple will use [...]

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Brief Bits: Twitter Updates iPhone App with Swipe Shortcut and More

Jacob Penderworth — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:54:59 +0000

Twitter today updated their iPhone app to bring back a few highly-requested features including the famous swipe shortcut that was in Tweetie, copy and pasting ability for text in tweets, [...]

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Mac App Store Sandboxing Deadline Extended Until June 1st

Trey Trawick — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:30:57 +0000

Apple has decided to extend the Mac App Store sandboxing deadline from March 1st to June 1st in order to give developers time to take advantage of the new sandboxing [...]

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Suppliers Getting Ready for New MacBook Airs?

Joe Rossignol — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:30:35 +0000

According to the infamous DigiTimes, overseas supplier Quanta Computer is expected to see increased revenues in the future due to a new MacBook Air model that Apple is set to [...]

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Legal Loop: Proview Readying Settlement for Apple iPad Trademark Suit

Jacob Penderworth — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:00:50 +0000

AFP today reports that Proview Technology has indicated that they wish to reach a settlement with Apple on their iPad trademark lawsuit in China. The corporation hopes to gain as [...]

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Photos of iPad 3 Front Glass Surface, No Notable Changes

Jacob Penderworth — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:30:49 +0000

There have been numerous photos of proportioned iPad 3 parts in the last few weeks, but today Apple.pro provides a bit of insight into the device’s front panel. The Chinese [...]

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Photos Show iPad 3 as Thicker and More Tapered

Jacob Penderworth — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:00:33 +0000

Last night, Chinese technology blog M. I. C. Gadget has posted a summary of all iPad 3 rumors in hopes to inform readers of everything that has been taking place over [...]

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Apple to Revamp iTunes Store, App Store Later This Year?

Joe Rossignol — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:29:37 +0000

To better compete with the growing popularity of new services such as Spotify and Amazon’s online music store, Apple is expected to overhaul the iTunes Store for the first time [...]

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Brief Bits: Skype for iOS Given New Look in Latest Update

Joe Rossignol — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:16:12 +0000

As spotted by The Next Web, Skype for iOS has been updated with improvements to the design of the keypad and instant messaging interfaces… Skype’s visual refreshes in version 3.7 [...]

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Brief Bits: Microsoft Office for iPad Launching in Weeks

Joe Rossignol — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:02:18 +0000

The Daily has obtained an exclusive look at Microsoft Office for iPad, which will bring the productivity suite of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to the tablet under one app. According [...]

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Brief Bits: iPhone 4S Coming to China Telecom on March 9th

Trey Trawick — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:30:12 +0000

According to a report by Reuters, China Telecom will be adding the iPhone 4S to its list of available phones on March 9th. Preorders can be made on the 2nd, [...]

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Make Mountain Lion’s Notification Center Useful With Hiss

Trey Trawick — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:00:32 +0000

When Apple announced OS X 10.8 last week, many users were concerned that running multiple separate notification managers would be awkward, especially considering the fact that Apple is reserving Notification Center support [...]

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Macotakara: iPhone 6 Launching in Fall 2012?

Joe Rossignol — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:42:31 +0000

Japanese hit-and-miss publication Macotakara, known for reporting on a wide variety of rumors, is now calling for a Fall launch date of the so-called “iPhone 6″ handset. Citing their inside [...]

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Photo Claims iPad 3 May Contain ‘A5X’ CPU

Jacob Penderworth — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:19:18 +0000

According to the photo above, spotted in a forum post at WeiPhone, Apple’s upcoming iPad 3 may utilize an “A5X” processor, as opposed to the rumored A6 system-on-a-chip. Apple’s processor [...]

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Barnes & Noble to Release 8GB Nook Tablet on Feb 22

Joe Rossignol — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:41:05 +0000

The Verge has obtained an internal document from Walmart that suggests an upcoming launch of the Nook Tablet in an 8GB flavor on Wednesday, February 22nd. Asides from the change [...]

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iOS Hacker Stefan Esser Hints at iOS 5.1 Jailbreak Exploit

Joe Rossignol — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:21:31 +0000

Infamous iOS hacker Stefan Esser (@i0n1c) has tweeted a series of messages on Twitter that, perhaps sarcastically, hint at an upcoming iOS 5.1 jailbreak exploit. Esser recommends that users download [...]

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Legal Loop: Chinese Court Calls For iPad Ban in China

Joe Rossignol — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:22:38 +0000

According to the Associated Press, a lower court in China ruled last Friday that iPad distributors should stop selling the tablet in the country. The ruling is based on claims [...]

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iFans Week In Review February 13th – 19th 2012

Jacob Penderworth — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:50:12 +0000

So, what happened on iFans during the week of February 13th – February 19th 2012? Every Sunday, we recap all of the news and other stories on iFans over the [...]

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