Apple on iPhone 4 Reception: Signal Strength Display Issue Only, Software Update Coming

Apple today released a public statement regarding user complaints of reception issues on iPhone 4, noting that the issue is simply a software one relating to how the number of bars of signal strength displayed is calculated. The apparent sig…

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Apple PR: Latest Steve Jobs Email Exchange is Fake

Fortune’s Apple 2.0 is reporting that the latest email exchange between Steve Jobs and a customer was entirely fake, according to statements made by Apple PR.

The conversation was published Thursday by The Boy Genius Report and link…

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iOS Game Developer Tapulous Acquired by Disney

TechCrunch reports that Palo Alto-based iOS development firm Tapulous has been acquired by Disney. Tapulous, the company beyond the popular Tap Tap Revenge series of rhythm tapping applications, was repo…

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Apple’s iAds Slowly Begin to Appear, Led by Nissan Leaf

Last week, we noted that developers had begin incorporating support for Apple’s iAd mobile advertisements into updates for their applications, with a few applications starting to show placeholder banners and test ads ahead of the program’s official l…

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Pressure Sensitive Sketching on iPad Demoed

Ten One Design, the makers of capacitive styluses such as the Pogo Sketch, have released a demo video showing pressure sensitive drawing on the iPad.

The demo uses a standard Pogo Sketch stylus and pulls additional data from t…

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Cloud-Based iTunes and Wireless Device Syncing Coming ‘Soon’?

Boy Genius Report claims to have received information from an Apple source noting that the company is finally gearing up to launch its cloud-based iTunes initiative, a program that will also included wire…

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Steve Jobs Suggests Blu-ray Not Coming to Mac Anytime Soon

Amongst the emails that Steve Jobs has been responding to, he also responded to an inquiry by a MacRumors reader Siva about future of Blu-ray on the Mac. While Blu-ray has been a long requested feature for Macs, Apple has described Blu-ray …

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AdMob: iOS Platform Continues to Lead in Mobile Data Usage, But Android Surging

As it has done on a monthly basis for the past several years, AdMob today released a new Mobile Metrics Report for May 2010. The report highlights worldwide trends in mobile requests to its ad network from over 23,000 mobile websites and application…

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Gyroscope Likely to Come in Future iPad

UBM TechInisghts recently performed a teardown of the iPhone 4 and discovered that Apple may have originally planned on including a gyroscope in the iPad first. After examining the iPhone 4 motherboard, they found that the iPad also had an e…

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Detailed Analysis of iPhone 4 Signal Strength Dropoff

Anandtech has managed to provide a detailed analysis of the iPhone 4′s potential antenna signal issue. Their analysis may shed some light on people’s experiences with the iPhone 4 and the drop-off in signal when the device is being held in hand.

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Iphone 4 – Free Incentives Found!

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theScore iPad edition – The Score

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The Score



Genre: Sports



Price: Free



Release Date: July 23, 2010


The best content from theScore.com: live box scores, news standings and player stats for the four majors plus NCAA and soccer.

Leagues
- NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, College Basketball, College Football, CFL, EPL, MLS, Serie A, LIGA, UEFA, Bundesliga

Video
Daily "original digital" video news shows including The Break (General Sports), The Basketball Jones (NBA), Cabbie on the Street (Sports Celebrity) The Morning Jones (Sports Radio) and Branded (Sports Culture)

Blogs
Informative and engaging coverage for the following sports
- NBA (The Basketball Jones)
- Soccer (The Footy Blog)
- NHL (Hockey or Die)
- NFL (Goal Line Stand)
- MLB and MMA coming soon

Podcasts
- General Sports (Tim and Sid Uncut)
- Soccer (The Footy Podcast)

We are affiliated with The Score Television Network.

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Apple Announces New Mac Pros With Up to 12 Cores, SSD Options

Apple today announced an update to its Mac Pro line, offering up to 12 cores of processing power for up to 50% greater performance than the previous generation. The new Mac Pro also ships with new ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics hardware, with …

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Free iPhone 4 Bumpers Begin Arriving

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In what is not a terribly big surprise considering that they started shipping at the beginning of the week, free iPhone 4 bumpers have begun arriving into the hands of customers. As with the first wave of shippi…

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Apple Faces Lawsuit Over iPad Overheating

Bloomberg reports that Apple is facing a new lawsuit over complaints that the company’s iPad tablet device overheats too quickly in direct sunlight.

The complaint, filed July 23 in federal…

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Pandora Radio – Pandora Media, Inc.

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Pandora Radio

Pandora Media, Inc.



Genre: Music



Price: Free



Release Date: July 11, 2008


Pandora Radio is your own free personalized radio now available to stream music on your iPhone or iPad. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a "station" that plays their music and more music like it.

Already a Pandora user? Even easier. Just log in. Pandora on the iPhone is fully integrated with Pandora on the web. Enjoy all your existing stations – and create new ones right from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

© 2008 Pandora Media, Inc.

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Movies – Flixster

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Movies

Flixster



Genre: Entertainment



Price: Free



Release Date: July 11, 2008


Movies by Flixster is the #1 movie app to watch movie trailers, find showtimes, get critic reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, and share movie ratings with your friends.

Features for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad:
- View the top box office leaders, upcoming movies and new DVD releases
- Browse a DVD catalog of over 50,000 films
- Watch high quality trailer and video clips for over 10,000 blockbuster and indie flicks
- Read movie reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
- Search for movies by title, director or actors
- Look up showtimes and buy tickets from movietickets.com (for participating theaters that sell movie tickets online)
- View maps of all theaters playing a particular movie in your area
- Find restaurants near theaters and read reviews with the Yelp app
- Buy or rent movies from iTunes right on your device


Extra Features for iPhone & iPod touch (not yet on the iPad version)
- View and manage your Netflix queue
- Create a Want-to-See list and rate and review movies
- Connect with a Facebook or a Flixster account to share your ratings with your friends
- Play movie trivia quizzes





Movies is brought to you by Flixster who also provides the #1 movie application on Facebook, Android, BlackBerry, MySpace, Google and Yahoo.

Try it now, it's free!

© 2010 Flixster

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Chess Free – HD – Optime Software

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Chess Free – HD

Optime Software



Genre: Games



Price: Free



Release Date: July 12, 2010


Are you tired of playing chess games that look like they were designed for a Commodore 64 instead of an iPad? We've got the antidote for you. Chess Free HD is the best looking chess game for the iPad, and best of all – it's free!

Chess Free HD supports both 1 player and 2 player gameplay, so you can play against friends or test your skills against a challenging computer opponent.

Chess Free HD offers a host of exciting features, including:

* Great graphics and exciting sound effects
* Configurable player names and score tracking
* Outstanding AI engine with configurable difficulty level
* Board rotation for two player games
* Undo function
* Automatic save when you exit the application

Chess Free HD is supported by unobtrusive banner advertising.

© 2010 Optime Software LLC

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White iPhone 4 Delays Due to Light Leakage?

The latest theory on the reason behind Apple’s white iPhone 4 delay comes from Scott Moritz of TheStreet, who reports that the issue stems from backlight leakage around the edges of the device’s glass and even through its white back.

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Microsoft Offers Behind-the-Scenes Look at Office for Mac 2011 Features

Microsoft today posted a blog entry talking a bit about its forthcoming Office for Mac 2011 release scheduled for late this year. A brief behind-the-scenes video of Microsoft developers talking about some of the new features included in the …

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Safari 5.0.1 and 4.1.1 Address AutoFill Security Flaw

As noted in the security documentation accompanying today’s release, Safari 5.0.1 and 4.1.1 address an AutoFill security flaw disclosed last week that could allow a malicious site to obtain a user’s Address Book information, including name, c…

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