Apple this week received a second patent for its “slide to unlock” feature used with the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad. This means other device manufacturers cannot use this technology within their own products, in news first reported by Patently Apple.
The Steve Jobs biography has uncovered quite a lot about the late Apple co-founder and how he went about creating products. One of those, the iPad, was mentioned quite a bit, as Mac Rumors was one of the first to recognize.
Zinio, the San Francisco, California-based company known for its digital magazines, isn’t letting Apple’s Newsstand get it down. Instead, it’s adding to its list of interactive titles available for the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad and increasing its advertising wow.
The iPad is so popular, it could soon cost each of us more whenever we check into a hotel. This is the conclusion of a report recently published by The New York Times.
Apple moments ago posted the entire video of the October 19 event celebrating Steve Jobs’ life. The 80-minute streaming video, filmed on the Cupertino, California Apple campus is available now via Safari 4 or 5 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Lion, Safari on iOS 3 or later, or via QuickTime 7 on Windows.
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In recent years, reports have surfaced that claim long-term use of cell phones could cause cancer. Now, a new study led by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark refutes that opinion, according to the BBC.
On Sunday, one day before his highly anticipated official biography on Steve Jobs becomes available, author Walter Isaacson will appear on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” The interview will be conducted by Steve Kroft.
By now, most of us have upgraded our iPhone/iPod touch and/or iPad to iOS 5 and have begun using a few of its 200 new features. Still, many other features have gone untouched and with good reason – we didn’t even know they were there. One of those is the ability to share Reminder app to-dos with other people, a trick recently uncovered by Justin French.
Apple today announced financial results for its fourth quarter of 2011, which ended September 24. Despite recording a 54 percent increase in profits, today's announcement upset investors.
In December 2009, Steve Jobs summoned the founders of Dropbox, Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, to the Apple Campus in Cupertino, California. Over tea, Jobs indicated that he saw Dropbox as a strategic asset that Apple wanted. Instead, we got iCloud, according to a new report first published by Forbes.
In announcing the iPhone 4S, Apple made some great promises in terms of the iDevice’s battery life. However, those promises might be off the mark, according to iLounge, who tested battery life on the new handset on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon and then compared it to the iPhone 4.
Alexandru Halmagean has announced the release of two new apps exclusively for the iPhone/iPod touch and iOS 5. Slide To Buy (above) and Slide To Do are available now in the App Store. Best of all, we’ve got promo codes for each for some of our readers.
Some of our favorite photography apps happen to be free! Whether you want to shoot something different, or edit, enhance and share, you’re sure to find some apps to please you in this AppList. As of this writing, every one of these apps is free to download, so it won’t break the bank if you want to try them all.
Prior iPhones allowed users to turn 3G on or off to save battery life. With the iPhone 4S, however, this option is no longer available. This discovery comes courtesy of one of our readers, Nathan.
We’ve just received a nice infographic showing what types of people are purchasing the iPhone 4S today – in London anyway.
Last year, Apple’s PR machine went into overdrive when it had to deal with the iPhone 4 “death grip,” later known as “Antennagate." Today, we’re happy to report this issue has apparently been resolved for good, at least on the iPhone 4S.
Each iCloud user automatically receives 5GB of free storage. However, Box.net has announced it will soon offer 50GB of storage for anyone with a free Box Personal account, according to 9 To 5 Mac.
If you’re like many of us here at AppAdvice, you are anxiously awaiting the arrival of your brand new iPhone 4S. Thankfully, both Apple and its three U.S. carriers are making it quite easy to track your upcoming shipment of pure joy. So where is your new handset?
Apple’s Newsstand is officially open for business. The new Store, part of iOS 5, is available through a link in the new Newsstand app that resides on an iDevice’s Home screen.
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Samsung is hoping $2 smartphones help slow the Friday launch of the iPhone 4S. The South Korean-based company is offering its new Samsung Galaxy S II to customers in Australia for just $2 AU, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
The Oregon Trail, a classic decision making pioneer adventure game that many Apple techies grew up playing in the 1980s on an Apple II, is now available for the iPad. The old monochrome game with uppercase letters and bare graphics has been transformed into a refreshing graphical experience for the iPad.
