Beepocalypse: How Apple could improve multi-device reminders
May 17, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comment

Today, beloved leader Victor pointed me to this write-up over at Tidbits . Although Joe Kissel’s experience with quite so many devices (nine, I believe) falls a bit into the extremes of iOS/OS X use, the problem of dealing with distributed alarms …

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OpenStreetMap gets acknowledged in iPhoto credits
May 4, 2012 – 4:00 pm | No Comment
OpenStreetMap gets acknowledged in iPhoto credits

After iPhoto landed on iOS in March, people quickly discovered the app used OpenStreetMap data for the map tiles. At the time, there was no attribution given to OSM but that has changed in the latest version …

Portfolio Pro for iPad is a solid entry-level portfolio app
May 4, 2012 – 3:00 pm | No Comment
Portfolio Pro for iPad is a solid entry-level portfolio app

We took a look at several portfolio apps a few months ago, but I’m always on the look out for new ones to try on the iPad. Gone are the days of trying to shrink large articles and projects down to an 8x…

Video shows another way Apple could implement text editing on iPad
May 4, 2012 – 2:30 pm | No Comment
Video shows another way Apple could implement text editing on iPad

As noticed by iDownloadBlog , YouTube user danielchasehooper has come up with an idea that would simplify text editing on the iPad by making it even easier to select text. Instead of tap, hold and zoom to select text, you could…

Compelling idea for moving files from Mac to iPhone
May 4, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Compelling idea for moving files from Mac to iPhone

We’ve all faced the difficulty of moving a file from our Mac to our iPhone. There’s iCloud , Dropbox and a host of other services to help us tranfer these files, but there are no solutions as elegant as the concept devised…

Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iTunes double-billing
May 3, 2012 – 9:00 pm | No Comment
Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iTunes double-billing

Apple has been hit with another class-action lawsuit for double billing customers in the iTunes store . New York resident Robert Herskowitz claims Apple charged him twice for the single “Whataya Want from Me” by Adam Lambert. Herskowitz says he contacted Apple and got an automated response telling him his…

Beoplay A3 iPad stereo dock has a unique design
May 3, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comment
Beoplay A3 iPad stereo dock has a unique design

Bang & Olufsen offshoot brand Beoplay is giving the iPad speaker dock the B&O design treatment with the new Beoplay A3 iPad stereo dock . As you’d expect from the Danish…

Apple and Samsung earn 99 percent of mobile phone vendor profits
May 3, 2012 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
Apple and Samsung earn 99 percent of mobile phone vendor profits

While the two big smartphone vendors, Apple and Samsung, are battling it out in the courtrooms, they’re still in total control of operating profits. Horace Dediu of Asymco has just published his analysis of operating profits for the top eight …

US judge tells Apple, Samsung to trim down patent lawsuits
May 3, 2012 – 5:30 pm | No Comment
US judge tells Apple, Samsung to trim down patent lawsuits

In much the way that a parent might tell two fighting siblings to quit being overly dramatic, a U.S. judge has ordered Apple and Samsung to simplify their patent lawsuits by Monday in order to start a trial on July 30, 2012. Judge…

Steve Jobs plays FDR in this old Mac sales video
May 3, 2012 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
Steve Jobs plays FDR in this old Mac sales video

It’s not often you see Steve Jobs impersonating a former president, but leave it to the creatives who made Apple sales videos to make it happen. Yes, in this never-before-seen footage (well, never…

Rock Band for iOS to remain playable after all
May 3, 2012 – 4:15 pm | No Comment
Rock Band for iOS to remain playable after all

We had the original story on this waiting in our queue for a couple of days while we hoped EA would answer the question, “Why is an app people paid for being ‘shut off’ remotely?” Unfortunately we never got an answer. To sum up: EA …