Available in app form for Windows, Mac, mobile A new version of the subscription streaming music service Rdio has launched, bringing with it a native Mac OS X application for the first time. Previous versions were web-based. The new version is available on browsers, and applications Windows, the iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 7. All [...]
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iOS Photo and Video Privacy Issues Highlighted with New Test Application
Posted by Gary on February 29, 2012
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Earlier this month, privacy issues related to the uploading of users’ address books to developers’ servers were cast into the limelight as Congress requested details from Apple on how private information is handled and protected. While Apple quickly responded to note that it would be addressing the issue by requiring explicit permission to be granted [...]
TEDxManhattanBeach – Thomas Suarez – iPhone Application Developer… and 6th Grader
Posted by Gary on December 17, 2011
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Thomas Suarez is a 6th grade student at a middle school in the South Bay of Los Angeles. When Apple released the Software Development Kit (SDK), he began to create and sell his own applications. “My parents, my friends and even the people at the Apple store all supported me,” he says, “and Steve Jobs [...]
Apple patent application implies text-to-speech features in the next iPhone
Posted by Gary on May 17, 2011
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Apple just filed a patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office that at first glance could mean future iPhones or future versions of iOS will include text-to-speech capabilities. Part of the goal, according to the filing, is to give iPhone users a way to communicate in noisy surroundings or in very quiet environments [...]
Apple Patent Application Suggests Camera-Equipped iPod Nano With Situation-Aware Screen Savers
Posted by Gary on May 13, 2011
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Patently Apple reports on an interesting new patent application from Apple describing the use of environmental sensors to generate screen saver content for mobile devices such as the iPod nano. As an example, the device could sense such environmental characteristics as motion, sound, temperature, or even camera input, using that information to provide the users [...]
3D mouses now able to work in any Mac, Windows application
Posted by Gary on May 11, 2011
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3Dconnexion’s line of “3D” mice, previously used mostly by CAD and 3D digital artists along with gamers, can now work with any application for Mac OS X or Windows — thanks to new 3DxWare 10 drivers for both operating systems, still in beta but recently updated to add functionality. The new drivers extend the usage [...]
Apple Potentially Developing Fitness Center Application for iOS
Posted by Gary on April 29, 2011
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As noted by AppleInsider and Patently Apple, the U.S. Patent and Trademark today published a patent application from Apple describing an iOS application designed to support fitness and personal training functionalities. The integrated application can provide a full fitness center experience by introducing potential new customer to a fitness center and then motivating them to [...]
Microsoft opposes Apple’s trademark application for “App Store”
Posted by Gary on January 13, 2011
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In January 2007, Apple launched the iPhone. A year later, Apple introduced the App Store which allowed iPhone customers to purchase and download mobile applications. That same year, the company also applied for a trademark of “app store” as it pertains to “retail store services featuring computer software provided via the Internet and other computer [...]