To the surprise of pretty much no-one, Samsung started the process of appealing the Australian injunction against sales of their Galaxy Tab product. Essentially, their defense of “I’m rubber, your glue” wasn’t compelling enough to convince Australian courts to stay an injunction against sales based on their alleged violation of patent and garden variety steal-it-ism.
October 27, 2011
Since the iPhone 4S release earlier this month, people have been trading in their smartphones, both Blackberry and Android alike, at a record pace according to Gazelle “Chief Gadget Officer” Anthony Scarsella.
In an interview with CNET Scarsella said:
This is “easily the highest volume of BlackBerry trades ever seen period” and that “Android trade-ins have seen an increase of 72 percent during the same time period…Android trade-ins have been on Sprint’s network, which began carrying the iPhone for the first time this month.”
Gazelle, a service that lets users sell their old technology for a profit, sells everything from Blu-Ray players to video games. It’s interesting to see the spike in other smartphone platforms since the iPhone 4S. The earlier part of the quote can easily be taken out of context, but the later part about Sprint really hammers home the fact that a lot of people in the US are still waiting to get their hands on the iPhone.
October 27, 2011
It’s update day. Apple has rolled a number of updates to their customers that address everything from iPhoto to EFI updates. If you have a Mac of any kind, you’re going to want to hit up the Software Update and patch your machines.
Here’s a listing of the updates:
Instead of listing off the boring patch notes here, we’ve linked to all of the support pages on the Apple website. Just click the appropriate link above and you’ll be redirected to the appropriate pages.
October 27, 2011
Bloomberg launched its Bloomberg TV+ app for the iPad today, which allows users to stream Bloomberg TV live to their iPads, as well as watching special featured videos, shows on demand, and it even features an interactive ticker along the bottom. Users can also create a playlist of videos from all of Bloomberg TV’s offerings, and those videos can be automatically downloaded to the iPad for offline viewing if desired.
October 27, 2011
Imagination is your limit with Scribblenauts Remix. Scribblenauts Remix is the latest iOS reboot to grace the App Store. Previously a DS create-em-up, this re-release of iOS adds new challenges, iCloud device syncing and social functionality. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, you’re tasked with working your way through challenges using a dictionary to create solutions to your puzzles.
October 27, 2011
DirecTV for iPhone is probably one of my most used apps. It allows me to schedule recordings to my DVRs anywhere with an Internet connection. I have yet to find a use for an iPad version though, until now. DirecTV just updated its iPad version of the app and it now includes live video streaming.
October 27, 2011
If you’re a designer or photographer, you know the struggle of finding a great alternative to Adobe’s Photoshop. If you’re someone who just needs a quick retouch to an image or some added text, you also may have had this experience. Thankfully, there’s a $29 Mac App that goes by the name Pixelmator. It’s said to be capable of doing 70%+ of what Photoshop does. I believe that its v2.0, codenamed Chameleon, will finally close the remaining gap. And by the way, it’s finally here. (more…)
October 27, 2011
Oh boy, do we want this. It’s no secret we love Game Dev Story and Grand Prix Story. Kariosoft, the studio behind those cutesy addiction-fests has released a new town simulator in Japan. It’s called Zaibatsu Towns and annoying it’s region locked with no indication as to whether it’ll make it to western territories.
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