Samsung get SamSlapped. Have to pay over $1B to Apple, but we are not done yet. Ouch. Samsung has to pay $1B+ to Apple in fines for violation of patents. However, Apple did not win everything. Jury voted No on on the Apple’s claim that Samsung has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by monopolizing one or more technology markets related to the UMTS standard. Another win for Samsung:… Read More
Spreading rumors through the Apple community, a clinical approach The news is moving through the blogs now, so I will assume you already know that the ‘new’ asymmetric screw was a fake. This happen quite a bit with Apple, especially around new iphone / ipad releases. But what was different about this rumor was the post analysis by the guys who started the rumor… Read More
Another very cool iPad decal. Dollar bill design Not a lot to say here except, this guy did a find job and though desired a little love. Here is more info from the post on Reddit. I had it engraved (for free!) at Maker Faire 2010. While it was going, someone else came up and asked if they could do it on theirs,… Read More
Mat Honan was hacked hard, lessons he could have used from a PC user In the great OS war between PC and Mac, its seems Mac has the upper hand with the current generation of user who can choose what OS they want to use. In general, those with Macs think they are pretty secure, at least that is what Mat Honan thought. As someone who has loved tablet… Read More
Save As will overwrite the original file in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Just read this in Hacker News. Gezz.. I think I will have to keep a much closer look at OS X 10.8. Heck, I have not even written about the battery issues yet. Ok, check this out…. OS X Lion 10.7 removed the Save As command; see Save As Command Forces Multi-Step Workaround, Data Destruction.… Read More
Best way to fix the weak MagSafe 2 power adapter on the new Mac, get an old adapter When I started messing around with a new MacBook Pro I was pretty impressed with it. Light, fast and a much better user experience then some of my less powerful predecessors. However there was one thing that bugged me. The power connector kept coming off. Now I’m pretty rough on my machines so I figured… Read More
How to opt out of Apple iOS advertizing.. Instructions from Apple. I have not really encounter this, at least yet, so I’m not bothered to do this, but then again, perhaps I do not use the type of applications that would flood me with iOS Apple ads. If you are, Apple has provided a way for you to opt out. Here are the steps and links..… Read More
Tiananmen Square? Siri is silent on the matter. At the recent World Wide Developers Conference, one of the new feature shown off the expansion of Siri’s language capabilities to Mandarin and Cantonese. Must reviews are fairly mixed; noting the sounds is mechanical and comprehension is limited to fairly basic sentences. Tienanmen Square. From VentureBeat. As China Real Time says, Siri responds to questions… Read More
Jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 is out! Absinthe 2.0.1 , 2.0.2 We have been waiting, and as promised, iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak is out called Absinthe 2.0. Its already up to 2.0.2, so check the site before updating. {update: be sure to use Absinth 2.0.2 Absinthe v2.0.2 (Win) Absinthe v2.0.2 (Mac) Absinthe v2.0.2 (Linux) } Today’s release supports all iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches except for… Read More
Siri used to think the Lumia 900 was the best phone, but she has been ‘corrected’ Love it. A few days back we heard that if you asked Siri what the smartphone (not smart phone) is, it would reply back with the Lumia 900 by Nokia. This is because the answer comes from Wolfram Alpha, a service Siri often queries. Wolfram Alpha’s answer was based on “customer review average” across the… Read More
How to know if you should upgrade to the new iPad 3 HD or whatever its called So whats new with the ipad 3, or ipad HD? Unless you have been under a rock, you know that ‘The New iPad’ launched yesterday. There were no surprises this time, pretty much what the rumor mill said would be there, was there and nothing more. So, should you upgrade to the new iPad, and… Read More
By the time you read this, iOS 5.1 will be on iTunes; too late jailbreakers If you are like me and have not bothered to update to 5.0.1 because 4.x.x is working find and you do not feel like re jailbreaking your phone and installing and setting up things, well you just missed your easy bus. I decided to do that iTunes update, *yes I know I will lose unlock,… Read More
Bubble Scoop: A Cute Multiplatform Game for iOS and Kindle Fire Mobile developer Qubop Inc. has just released a new casual game called Bubble Scoop, described as an “ice-cream themed puzzle shooter”. The object is to match ice cream scoops of the same color by firing them from a moving truck, and watching them vanish in a shower of particle effects. Each level is completed by… Read More
Why I hate Final Cut Pro X, plan to dump it, but may come back in the future This is not a new story, but most video editors I have talked to really hate Final Cut Pro X (FCPX). I started using it just as it came out and love and hate it at the same time… Mostly hate. My projects are normally not that complicated, and I publish to the web, so… Read More
DO NOT install the H1Siri hack on your iphone! Ok ok, I know you are really want to get Siri on your iphone, well short of buying a new iphone4s I mean. And you figure, its only a matter of time before a hacker cracks it. Well your right, and they have, however there is an issue. Like other jailbreak apps, Steven Troughton-Smith was able… Read More
How to convert you old taps and records to high quality digital for $25 using Apple Match I know this was never Apples intention, but with iTunes Match, you can take your analog music and convert it to high quality digital for $25. How? First, digitize your old stuff. I recommend buying an old but good quality tape player (Or record player if you have vinyl). You also need a RCA to… Read More
Unlocked iPhone4 availble online and how to get it. Actually, it was yesterday, but I was busy and did not have time to write this post, but I did order one for a friend. Here is how you order online in case you get lost, because there is a step that can be missed if you try to do this too fast. First, go… Read More
Rumor control: Seems Siri will NOT make it to older iphones in the future.. or will they? Nuts. Well it seems the rumor of Apple working on a version of Siri for older devices was just that. A rumor. According to a reply from devbugs@apple.com via VentureBeat; provided by Michael Steeber ; Apple has basically put the breaks on any hints that they are working supporting Siri on older iOS devices. I’m… Read More
We may see Siri on the iphone4 without jailbreak Last week there was all kinds of news about getting Siri to work on jailbroken iphones. Well there is news today that Apple my be working on a version to run on older iOS devices. Most likely you will still need to update your phone to iOS5 if you have not already. I have held… Read More
Porting Siri on iphone 4, its running! I just read this on 9to5mac, so I still need to research this a bit more, but once I figure out how to install Siri on my iphone 4, I’m on it! And will report back. Now its pretty much a given you will need to be jailbroken to run this, and the first few… Read More