Apple’s WWDC kick off is almost here, and as we’ve reported multiple times Apple is expected to announce its much awaited “iCloud” service. Although many of us have speculated with the name “iCloud”, a series of rumors seem to indicate that Apple will surprise many in the music industry, once again.
Even though Amazon and Google launched “cloud locker” services, Apple’s upcoming service seems to be showing signs of a “game-changing” offering.
As we reported last week, there was an explosion and subsequent fire at Foxconn’s iPad Manufacturing Plant in Chengdu, China on May 20th, which killed three people and left 20 injured.
According to DigiTimes, Foxconn suspended production of the iPad 2 at the explosion site until a full investigation by local officials could be completed. However, Foxconn informed its upstream component suppliers that it does not expect this shut down to result in an iPad shortage.
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Earlier today, an explosion destroyed parts of an iPad manufacturing plant in Chengdu, China. The plant, owned by Foxconn, is a polishing plant designed to clean iPads once assembled, before being packaged to be shipped across the globe.
Alas, two employees were killed, and several others were injured. While the root cause of the explosion is unknown at this stage, production at the plant has been halted for an indefinite time period.
You don’t have to have a Ph.D. in neuroscience to know that some people really love Apple. Thanks to a recent investigation, it turns out that merely looking at images of Apple products causes the brains of its most ardent supporters to respond just as a religious person’s brain does when he or she views iconography.
Recently the BBC began airing Superbrands, a documentary that examines the logic-defying success of global brands such as Apple, Facebook, and Twitter. In addition to filming the “revival-like” atmosphere at a new store opening, the program arranged for neuroscientists to examine the brain of a fan so dedicated, he claims he never stops thinking about Apple.
According to the latest Millennial Media report Apple’s iOS ecosystem makes up just 28% of the total smartphone market share but remarkably generated over 50% of all app revenue.
Millennial Media’s April Mobile Device Index released earlier today showed Apple was behind Android in terms of smartphone impression share for the fifth consecutive month. Android captured a 53% impression share while Apple lingered behind with a 28% share. But counting ad impressions doesn’t tell the whole story.
Aperture on the iPad or any iOS device has been simply wishful thinking for most professional photographers, including some of us amateurs that like to take pictures and refine images to showcase our personal photography style.
However, according to the latest patent granted to Apple, professional photographers may finally get their wish granted. The patent indicates that Apple is probably bringing a version of Aperture to touch screen devices, which could include the iPad.
Earlier this year, Hugh Hefner, founder of the magazine Playboy, made a lot of noise by announcing that the March issue of the iPad version of his magazine would come uncensored, a first for an iOS app – so far, like with every apps in the App Store, the content within the Playboy iPad app was restricted.
As it turns out, the app was released as a webapp optimized for the iPad, and not a full blown iPad app, to get around the restrictions imposed by the App Store.
Attention Yahoo fans! The official Yahoo! Messenger app for iPad has been updated and has added a native iPad user interface, as well as support for voice and video calling on the iPad 2.
Previously, Yahoo users would have to rely solely on the iPhone app, but the new iOS version lets them stay connected with friends whether they are on the iPad, mobile or PC. Get ready to share photos and videos with your Messenger contacts in real-time directly from the iPad 2.
A new survey published by Business Insider has revealed some fascinating results on how iPad enthusiasts are spending their time when using their precious toy.
Much has been written about the impact the iPad has caused on netbooks sales. Compared to the iPhone the iPad seems to be carving out a niche for extensive browsing, news search, social communications, productivity, education time, as well as for video consumption, entertainment, and gaming. Now that the iPad has been in the market for over a year, has it become the ultimate device for you?
Times have changed for the Pharmaceutical industry. Gone are the days when sales reps could take physicians on weekend junkets. Thanks to voluntary industry standards, established in 2008, reps don’t even take doctors out to dinner or offer them an endless supply of promotional pens anymore. One group of health care providers, No Free Lunch, even formed a web site proclaiming their refusal to accept all gifts, even prescription samples, from the health care industry.
These changes make the few moments of face time that a pharmaceutical sales rep gets with a physician much more precious. Big Pharma’s most recent response to this sea change has been to buy iPads for its reps. Lots and lots of iPads.
Late last week, several independent iOS developers woke up to a bad surprise, as a company named Lodsys threatened to sue them over the use of in-app purchasing mechanisms, which are supposedly covered by patents owned by the company. Earlier today, another wave of legal notices from Lodsys hit several indie iOS developers, including development shops such as Iconfactory, which is behind the Twitterrific app.
While Lodsys claims that its request is valid, Apple’s legal department finally decided to investigate the issue, as after all, if iOS devs start to pony up to be able to legally use Apple’s in-app purchases mechanisms, it would most likely mean the end of it.
Late last week, several independent iOS developers woke up to a bad surprise: Lodsys, a company specialized in technology-related patents, threatened to sue them over the use of in-app purchasing mechanisms, which are supposedly covered by patents owned by the company.
The App Store, a slew of iPhone and iPad games, and the iPhone 4, have just been awarded Guinness world records.
The prestigious prize was awarded to the App Store, for being the most popular apps marketplace in the world, thanks to more than 10 billion apps served since its launch, back in July 2008.
Several independent iOS developers woke up to a bad surprise earlier today: Lodsys, a company specialized in technology-related patents, is threatening to sue them over the use of in-app purchases mechanisms, which are supposedly covered by patents owned by the company. Interestingly enough, the company is going after iOS developers, instead of going after Apple, which included the mechanisms at the heart of iOS in the first place, and requires developers to use them, for all purchases made via their apps.
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