Thursday, January 13, 2011

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iOS 4.3 bringing hotspot, multitouch, AirPlay functionality

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The CDMA iPhone 4 demonstrated at New York’s Lincoln Center was running iOS 4.2.5, which is wifi hotspot capable. However, Apple’s mobile software simians have been busy baking and next notable incremental release includes some significant new and extended features. With the Verizon iPhone now all but behind us, Ars Technica [...] Related Posts: The [...]

CAPCOM accused of stealing from Splosion Man devs

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There is some controversy over an iPhone game published by CAPCOM that bears a striking resemblance to Splosion Man. The developers of Splosion Man have expressed frustration towards the publisher for releasing such a game. MaXplosion, a game available in the Apple App Store, published by CAPCOM uses a gameplay formula that is eerily similar [...]

Facebook now issuing AMBER alerts

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The AMBER alert program has now been extended to Facebook, with users of the social networking site invited to become a part of the initiative to find missing children in the U.S. and beyond. Social networking and the sites which accommodate [...] Related posts: Offshore hackers issue fake Amber Alert School principal wants to ban [...]

Mass Effect 2 hitting PSN and Blu-ray at the same time

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Mass Effect 2 is finally set to release for the PlayStation 3 next Tuesday. The folks over at the PlayStation Blog dropped some interesting news about the launch of the game. According to the PlayStation Blog, the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 will be available for purchase on both Blu-ray disc at retail and [...]

MySpace cuts 500 staff – the end is nigh?

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MySpace is cutting 500 employees, that’s almost half (47 percent) of its total staff. The end is nigh for this once-towering giant of social networking, surely. It’s hard to fathom quite how popular MySpace was a few [...] Related posts: eBay buys Bill Me Later but cuts 1,000 staff to pay for it Ning cuts [...]

Verizon iPhone: No death grip issue

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Of course, once the device actually comes out you can be sure that at least one of the usual suspects — i.e. Gizmodo, Ryan Block et al — will find at least one ham-handed individual that can make the Verizon iPhone and its redesigned antenna drop bars (or exhibit some other inane non-issue). [...] Related [...]

Microsoft says Apple can’t trademark ‘App Store’

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Apple, as we know, has filed documents to trademark the phrase "App Store." Now, however, Microsoft has also filed legal documents in the matter to keep that trademark from being issued. Some time ago, Apple filed the necessary documents [...] Related posts: Cisco sues Apple over iPhone trademark – will Apple countersue? Apple and Cisco [...]

Verizon iPhone: buy it now or wait for the iPhone 5?

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It is quite possible that a lot of people have been waiting to buy the iPhone 4 because of all the rumors that the iPhone was heading to Verizon. Now that it's there, should those [...] Related Posts: Still no Verizon iPhone facts Developers can’t wait to get on the iPhone gravy train Next rumor [...]

Could Apple stock hit $1,000?

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As one who has watched with lively interest as Apple's stock price has gone from way under $100 to way over $300 in seemingly no time at all, the question has to be asked: "How high will it go?" There was [...] Related Posts: Bad stock deal cost Steve Jobs $10 billion Steve Jobs health [...]

Return of the spam

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When a four-month decline in global spam concluded with an off-the-cliff collapse at Christmas, analysts warned the low levels wouldn’t last. It appears they were right. As we noted last week, the number of unsolicited messages sent daily fell from 200 billion in August to [...] Related posts: Spam levels drop off over Christmas Symantec: [...]

Use Book Saver to turn your books into eBooks

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For those who love books and have recently gotten a new eReader like [...] Related posts: iTunes 7.7 provides ebooks for the iPhone and iTouch Amazon Kindle coming Monday: digital books takeaway Sony: eBooks to outsell physical books by 2015