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Evernote Buys Handwriting Recognition App Penultimate

By Juli | May 7, 2012 | 1 comment

Popular cloud syncing note app Evernote has added a new app to its arsenal – Penultimate, arguably one of the best handwritten note taking apps available in the App Store.

Ben Zotto, the developer behind Penultimate, is planning on joining the Evernote team to integrate the two apps together. While the Evernote app will likely incorporate Penultimate’s writing technology, the standalone Penultimate iPad app will continue to exist, so don’t worry – if you own the app, you can keep using it.

By Lory | May 7, 2012 | No comment yet

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Rumors have been flying around like bats at sunset lately of Apple’s upcoming full-sized television set. Today, Cult of Mac reported having a source that claims to have seen a prototype of the upcoming HDTV. He claims it will look a lot like a desktop Mac, but bigger.

By Juli | May 7, 2012 | No comment yet

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When you purchase a new Macbook or an iMac, there’s a program in place that allows you to purchase one-on-one lessons with an Apple genius, in order to help you learn the ins and outs of the OS X operating system, providing setup assistance and training.

This program, which is called One to One, is being expanded in the coming months to include several other Apple product lines, including the iPhone, the iPad, and iCloud.

By Jillian | May 6, 2012 | 2 comments

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AT&T Apparently Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive, feels that he made a mistake when he directed the company toward offering unlimited data plans. During an address delivered at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference this past week Stephenson discussed “the state of the wireless industry,” explaining that the ‘everything for one low price’ model means that those customers with lighter use are subsidizing those who consume large amounts of data.

Without those unlimited data plans, those using the data would be the ones paying for it.

By Juli | May 2, 2012 | No comment yet

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Liquidmetal. Have you heard the term before? If so, it may be because there have been rumors circulating that Apple is planning to use the substance in its next iPhone, since Apple has owned the rights to use Liquidmetal since 2010.

Just what is Liquidmetal? Business Insider had a chance to speak with one of the inventors, Atakan Peker (photo at right), who gave a rundown about the alloy, when we might see it, and how it might be used in future mobile gadgets.

By Lory | May 2, 2012 | No comment yet

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According to a new survey released by research firm Newzoo, the U.S. leads the pack in mobile gaming, growing to 101 million users by March of 2012. The majority of mobile gamers, 69 percent, play on smart phones while the tablet market takes 21 percent of all mobile gaming in the US.

Not unusual is the fact that, according to the survey, Americans spend five times more money on iOS games than on Android games in the mobile market.

By Juli | May 1, 2012 | No comment yet

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There are over 500,000 apps in Apple’s App Store, which have been downloaded more than a billion times. Many of these apps are games, and the popularity of the iPad as a gaming device has attracted many independent developers and game studios alike.

If you regularly play console or computer games, you might not think that the iPad is able to compete as a serious gaming device, but with the right accessories, the right settings, and the right apps, you might just find yourself retiring that Xbox and trading in that computer for a shiny new iPad.

By Lory | April 30, 2012 | 1 comment

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Apple Television As the months tick by, the rumors of Apple creating its own television set become less speculation and more official. There is still no word from the company itself as to whether an HDTV is actually in the works, but many analysts are claiming to have heard from supply sources that the dubbed, iTV is headed for the assembly line and will be on store shelves by the fourth quarter of this year.

Apple’s recent talks with EPIX has further fueled the fire by giving us hope that another movie streaming company will be included in the package.

By Juli | April 28, 2012 | No comment yet

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Android-based tablets have been notoriously unsuccessful in comparison to Apple’s iPad, with nearly all of them suffering from poor sales and an overwhelming lack of consumer interest.

That’s not the case with Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which has maintained impressive sales numbers since it’s late 2011 release. In fact, according to comScore’s latest Device Essentials report, Amazon’s tablet has doubled its share of the Android tablet market in the last two months.

By Juli | April 26, 2012 | No comment yet

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If you’ve visited one of Apple’s retail locations, you know that the famous stores feature a special area for kids, with low-set child-sized tables equipped with devices running games designed just for them.

The kid’s section of each Apple Store used to hold iMacs, but as discovered by iMore, those iMacs are being replaced with iPads.

By Lory | April 25, 2012 | 3 comments

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During yesterday’s second quarter earnings call, CEO Time Cook expressed his opinion of the hybrid tablet/laptop devices that are being talked about in PC circles. While the company doesn’t mind integrating operating system features amongst iOS and OS X, Cook believes that the hybrid is a bad idea.

When asked about they hybrids, Windows 8 tablet/laptops to be specific, Cook responded, “anything can be forced to converge, but the problem is that products are about tradeoffs and you begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left doesn’t please anyone. You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user.”

By Emily | April 25, 2012 | No comment yet

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“He who hesitates is lost,” particularly if he planned to go to this year’s über-popular Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and has yet to get a ticket.

According to CNET the event sold out in less than two hours after it was announced! The speed at which developers snapped up tickets bests last year’s previous record when the conference sold out in a still rapid 10 hours.

By Lory | April 25, 2012 | No comment yet

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Today, Apple announced the official date and location of the 2012 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), which includes more than 100 technical sessions with Apple engineers, as well as the popular Apple Design Awards. The tech giant has also just announced that submissions for this year’s Design Award is now open. If you haven’t sent your app to the App Store for approval yet, you’d better get to work because, just like last year, Apple will only accept submissions for apps that are in the Mac App Store or the iOS App Store by May 1.

By Jillian | April 23, 2012 | No comment yet

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If you need to create an iOS app and you aren’t a developer, there are options available. Proving that not only are they out there, but they are viable and reasonable, developers Two Lives Left have masterminded a free iPad game called Cargo-Bot that is now available in the App Store. Cargo-Bot was created entirely with a development environment available for the iPad called Codea (formerly Codify) which is available in the App Store for USD $9.99.

Cargo-Bot is the first app of its kind that was completely designed, developed and delivered using only an iPad.

By Lory | April 23, 2012 | No comment yet

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Apple recently made some additions to its website to include business related information about using iOS in enterprise including, integrating mobile devices with a company’s current infrastructure, business apps and testimonies from business leaders that have seen great success with adapting the iPad or iPhone into the workday.