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500px Photo Sharing Service Updates iPad Version with Retina Support

By Jillian | April 20, 2012 | No comment yet

Whether you are a seasoned professional with an amazing camera or a parent with a pocket full of iPhone, chances are good you have an ever-increasing library of digital photography that you would like to be sharing with your friends and family. While there are a number of services out there that will let you do this to varying degrees, few are as full-featured and affordable as 500px.

Built as a true social networking site for photography, 500px just released an update to their existing iPad app with a host of upgrades designed to take advantage of the upgraded tablet.

By Emily | April 19, 2012 | No comment yet

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Apple’s Genius Bars are about to get even smarter. The tech giant’s retail stores may be receiving iOS Sync Hubs that will allow customers to sync their iDevice data temporarily, then transfer it to a replacement device.

Apple’s customers use the Genius Bar for a variety of reasons, for problems big and small. For the unlucky, whose device has advanced hardware issues that a software upgrade won’t fix, Apple will offer a replacement device. That is where the iOS sync hub comes in, as it promises to ease the transition from the old device to the new one.

By Lory | April 18, 2012 | No comment yet

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Internet blog Royal Pingdom recently wrote about the iPad’s potential influence on how the Internet offers up images to Web surfers.

The fear is that the new iPad’s Retina display could push the average website page up to 5MB. This is assuming that Web developers and site maintainers would want to update their graphics to be Retina Display compatible.

By Jillian | April 17, 2012 | No comment yet

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has issued a warning that there are “very powerful forces that have lined up against the open internet on all sides and around the world.” His warning comes with expressions of great concern that these same forces are working against the principles of openness and universal access that the Internet was founded on three decades ago.

Furthermore, Brin does everything short of calling his competition un-American in an effort to make them out to be the bad guys while painting a white cape on Google’s back.

By Lory | April 17, 2012 | No comment yet

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Apple is always on the cutting edge of new technology, but is not one to release lackluster or unrefined innovations to the public. This is probably why the company still has not integrated 3D capabilities into any devices yet, even though there have been many patents applied for that include the technology.

It’s not like Apple has given up on 3D either. Website 9to5Mac recently came across a new posting on Apple’s job listings calling for someone with experience in the field of multi-view stereo and 3D reconstruction.

By Jillian | April 16, 2012 | 1 comment

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iPad Mini If a tree falls in the forest, will we still speculate that Apple is going to come out with a mini version of the iPad? Sure we will and you can bet Apple is watching and reading while we do it. If you had asked me 2 years ago when the iPad first launched if Apple would consider an additional form-factor for the iPad I would have sworn up and down that it will never happen.

But I’m eating those words now because I think it might just make some sense.

By Lory | April 16, 2012 | 1 comment

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The world’s most popular music streaming company has been dodging the iPad for long enough. Recently, a Swedish technology consultant was kind enough to throw us a Spotify bone by posting a picture of what looks like a beta version of an official Spotify app to Instagram with a caption that reads, “It’s getting closer!”

By Jillian | April 13, 2012 | 1 comment

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According to a new patent application, Apple has a new app in the works that will allow non-programmers to develop iOS apps for their mobile devices. This move may make it easier to get new apps to market without the need for understanding or working with actual code.

By Lory | April 12, 2012 | No comment yet

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The President doesn’t shy away from his love of technology. He is not afraid to admit that he beta-tested the iPad 2, nor does he see anything silly about having an Instagram account. His campaign has even started using Square to accept donations. Yes, there is an app for that. Our President embraces the future, so much that this early adopter gets his daily intelligence briefs sent directly to his iPad.

By Lory | April 11, 2012 | No comment yet

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Reuters has reported insider information that the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) may file a lawsuit against Apple today for alleged price fixing alongside Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Hachette Book Group, Pearson and Macmillan.

About a month ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that the DoJ had begun an investigation into whether Apple and ebook publishers had colluded to raise the price of electronic books.

By Juli | April 10, 2012 | 1 comment

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With the release of a lower cost iPad 2 and its iTunes U program, Apple’s been aiming to corner the educational market. The iPad’s popularity may give it an edge, but Apple isn’t without competition.

Google’s Chromebooks are also in the running for use in schools, and now there’s also a new entry from Intel, known as the Studybook.

By Juli | April 10, 2012 | No comment yet

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If you’ve ever wanted to play your iPad on a giant movie-style screen, Crunchy Logistics just might have a device for you. The company’s Padzilla Too video display incorporates both an Apple iPad and a Microsoft Kinect, and it runs on a screen that is 24 feet wide and 12 feet tall.

Just what do you do with a screen that large? You play Fruit Ninja, of course.

By Juli | April 9, 2012 | No comment yet

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Electronics giant Panasonic has decided to try its luck in the mobile device accessory market with the release of an all new external battery pack.

Its QE-QL301 is designed to share 10,260mAh of power with two USB devices at once. This means you can charge an iPad or an iPhone at the same time, or even two iPads, since it comes equipped with four times the power of a standard smartphone.

Panasonic plans to release a total of seven of these thin, sleek-looking battery packs, each with different features.

By Lory | April 9, 2012 | No comment yet

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Soon after Apple announced the launch of the third-generation of its “hobby” gadget, Apple TV, it was discovered that movie studios like Fox and Universal would not be available through the company’s iCloud service. The two studios were not included in Apple’s lists of movies that could be purchased on a computer and then retrieved from another mobile device like the iPad or iPhone, or even downloaded to Apple TV.

Because of contractual arrangements, HBO has preexisting deals with studios that give them exclusivity windows. Today, iPodNN reported that HBO has negotiated a deal with movie studio Universal to make their movies available in the cloud.

By Juli | April 6, 2012 | 10 comments

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Apple’s support forums are currently filled with complaints from consumers concerned with the 3G of the new iPad. Apparently, many users are having trouble connecting to 3G networks, even when the iPad displaya a strong connection signal.

Most of the complaints stem from Europe, Australia, and Asia, with just a few comments from users in the United States, which makes sense if most users in North America are connecting to 4G networks instead of 3G. Read More »