Extending the Touchscreen with Physical Objects (Video)
May 12th, 2011Interactive Art and Technology student Mike Knuepfel has posted a teaser video for his thesis which asks if there are new ways that we can use the touchscreen to interface with tangible objects:
Touchscreens like those found on smartp...
‘iFlow Reader’ iOS eBook Store Shutting Down
May 11th, 2011BeamItDown Software, the company behind the popular iFlow Reader eBook application and store for iPhone and iPad, has announced that it will be closing down as of May 31st, citing Apple's recent enforcement of policies forcing content provide...
MacRumors: Apple Pulls iAds From Kid-Focused Apps as Advertisers Target Efforts
May 11th, 2011MacStories reports on the experience of one App Store developer who recently saw the iAd fill rate for his Dex application for iOS drop to zero, discovering that Apple has essentially disabled iAds for kids-focused apps such as Dex in respons...
MacRumors: Apple Testifies on Mobile Privacy, Location Cache Encryption Coming to iOS
May 10th, 2011
As noted last week, Apple vice president Bud Tribble today participated in a U.S. Senate panel discussion of mobile privacy, particularly as it relates to location tracking. Tribble's appearance alongsid...
Apple Finally Releases iOS 4.3 WebKit Source Code Under Pressure
May 10th, 2011Late last week, Daring Fireball's John Gruber helped draw some attention to that fact that Apple had yet to release the source code for components of its iOS 4.3 WebKit implementation as required under the Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL) due...
MacRumors: Apple’s New Data Center Focus of Nuance Voice Recognition Partnership?
May 9th, 2011Late last week, we reported on claims that Apple is in discussions with voice recognition firm Nuance Communications regarding some sort of partnership presumably linked to rumors that Apple is integrating significant voice capabilities into ...
MacRumors: Amazon Cloud Player Gains iOS Compatibility
May 9th, 2011Late last week, iFans noted that Amazon quietly made some changes to its new Cloud Player for playing music stored by users in its new Cloud Drive service, making the player compatible with iOS devices for the first time.
Whil...
MacRumors: Apple Negotiating Deal With Nuance for Speech Recognition in iOS 5?
May 7th, 2011TechCrunch reports that Apple is rumored to be negotiating some sort of deal with Nuance Communications, the speech recognition company behind the Dragon NaturallySpeaking engine that powers a number of popular applications for Mac OS X, iOS,...
Microsoft Pushing Bing Maps Integration for iOS Apps With New SDK
May 6th, 2011As noted by Business Insider, Microsoft earlier this week quietly introduced a new Bing Maps Control for iOS software development kit, making it easier for developers to integrate Bing maps directly into their applications.
Th...
Foxconn Seeking to Accelerate Start of iPad Production in Brazil to July
May 6th, 2011Last month, word surfaced that Apple's manufacturing partner Foxconn was seeking to invest as much as $12 billion in Brazil, setting up new manufacturing plants in that country to expand capacity and avoid hefty import taxes for electronics b...
MacRumors: Apple Continues to Close on Nokia for Title of World’s Top Smartphone Vendor
May 5th, 2011
Research firm IDC today announced the results of its survey of smartphone shipment data for the first quarter of 2011, following up on last week's release of data on the broader mobile phone market.
According to the new smartph...
According to the new smartph...
MacRumors: Apple Seeking New Vendor for Improved iPhone Ambient Light Sensor?
May 5th, 2011Arrow on left points to iPhone proximity sensor (Source: ReadWriteWeb)
DigiTimes reports that Apple is in discussions with two Taiwan-based integrated circuit design firms, Integrated Memory Logic (iML) and Capella Microsystems, for so...
iPad Claims 82% of U.S. Installed Tablet Market, Eating Into Other Devices
May 5th, 2011Media research firm Nielsen today announced the results of its Mobile Connected Device Report survey for the first quarter of 2011, determining that Apple held a dominating 82% of the installed base for tablets in the United States during the...
MacRumors: iOS 5 to Finally Deliver Over-The-Air Updates?
May 5th, 2011According to 9to5Mac, Apple is negotiating with Verizon about delivering over-the-air iOS updates starting with iOS 5.
Multiple sources say the new feature will debut in iOS 5, meaning iOS 5 will not come over-the-air but fol...
Original White iPhone vs Released White iPhone
May 5th, 2011NYTimes' Nick Bilton compares one of the original white iPhones that never made it to mass production to the official production run, and detailed the slight differences.
- Yellowing discoleration on the original
- Deep...