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Employee steals 25 iPhones worth $16,000 from Apple Store
Well, it looks like an Apple store in Charlotte is the latest retail location to suffer from theft, as a total of 25 iPhones valued at over $16,000 was reported stolen, according to The Charlotte Observer. These iPhones were taken from Apple’s Northlake Mall retail store in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it’s believed to be orchestrated by an inside man. “The iPhones were stolen from the Genius Room located inside of the store,” a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police report says. “The suspect did have access to the Genius Room.” The stolen phones, which are valued at $16,425, include 22 16-gigabyte iPhone … Read more
Charles West
Viggle app pays users to watch TV
Calling all couch potatoes! Viggle is a new app for iPhone and iPod touch that actually pays you to watch television. The app determines what you are watching when you put your iOS device up to the TV and then gives you points to accumulate and unlock rewards. Viggle works similarly to IntoNow, an app acquired by Yahoo last year that uses the microphone on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to listen in on the TV show or movie and share what you are watching with friends. Viggle utilizes … Read more
George Tinari
Google optimizes Flight Search for Android, iOS
Google added Flight Search to its list of services optimized for the mobile web. Android and iOS users can access Flight Search – which Google launched last September – as a desktop-exclusive search feature the mobile version may be a much more convenient way to identify flight schedules while traveling. Just like on a computer, Google baked Flight Search right into the standard search functionality. If you were to search “flights from San Francisco to New York City” in the regular search field, flight schedules for both cities would appear … Read more
George Tinari
ING Direct uses iPads for your financial needs
ING Direct, has debut something cool for all you latte sipping San Franciscans (ahem, Marin), with the release of eight new iPad kiosks in its fresh ING Direct Cafe in downtown. This upgrade not only lets customers indulge in sugary soft drinks, but does away with the old boring way they get assistance with depositing checks or discussing their retirement accounts. The financial institution replaced its traditional teller’s window with a bar serving coffee, tea, pastries, sandwiches and salads. These newly minted iPad stations are mounted on a table below … Read more
Charles West
Storify iPad app makes it easy to tell social media stories
The folks over at Storify have released a neat iPad app which enables you to tap into social media sources to quickly and easily tell rich, full stories. I think it’s a really cool service and you can see it in action in this post, “What’s your favorite Samsung device?” The basic appeal of Storify is a powerful one: We are all creating fun stuff on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other social media sources but it’s tough to find a way to actually pull these together in a simple … Read more
Marin Perez
iPhone 4S coming to China Telecom in March
A report in Reuters confirms China Telecom and Apple have reached a deal and the carrier will start selling the iPhone next month. China Telecom joins China Unicom to become the second wireless carrier to sell the iPhone in the Asian country. The carrier will start accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 4S starting March 2 and sales will begin on March 9. China Telecom is the smallest of China’s three carriers with 113 million subscribers, while China Unicom, the other Chinese carrier with the iPhone, has 186 million. With over … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Twitter updates its iPhone and Android applications
Android or iOS owners should check their respective app stores because Twitter has a fresh, new update for you to download. It’s a modest improvement which includes support for a new, time-saving gesture that lets you swipe a tweet and then reply, retweet, favorite or share it right from your timeline. You can now swipe and view a user’s profile, too. Twitter also added a new privacy safeguard that will alert you when you select “Find Friends.” This little notification is a reminder that this feature will upload your contacts’ email … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Android overtakes iPhone market share in the UK
Android has taken over in the United Kingdom as the #1 smartphone operating system in terms of market share. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech measured smartphone usage between January 2011 and January 2012 to find that Android had a 36.9 percent share while Apple’s iPhone had 28.5 percent. In fairness, this should be expected. It technically compares software with hardware and Android is installed on hundreds of phones while iOS is only installed on the iPhone, which is divided into five different models — two of which Apple has discontinued. Keeping this in … Read more
George Tinari
Leaked photos show subtle taper, slightly thicker iPad 3 case design
MIC Gadget claims to have seen and handled the shell for the iPad 3. The part was supposedly given to them by one of their “most reliable sources.” The shots provided by the blog show a case with the familiar side volume rocker, bottom charging port, and rear-camera of the iPad 2. Some shots suggest the iPad 3 casing has the same overall same shape and size as the iPad 2, but with a slightly different taper. The iPad 3 may also be slightly thicker than the iPad 2, but that … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Microsoft Office for iPad coming in next few weeks [Update]
It looks like Microsoft has completed a version of its Office productivity software for the iPad and the app is awaiting Apple’s approval and should be available in a few weeks, according to a report from The Daily. The Daily says that the Office for iPad app enables users to create and store Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on the Apple tablet but it’s unclear if any of the other Microsoft services will be supported. It also says that this will feature the Metro-style design that we’ve seen in the … Read more
Marin Perez
Stitcher Radio iPhone app gets friendly with Facebook Timeline
I’m a big fan of the Stitcher Radio app (I have over 800 hours of usage, it tells me) and the company just released an updated iPhone app which will guarantee that my friends know how much I dig it because it now includes integration with Facebook’s Timeline. Once you download the updated app and authorize Facebook, it’s simple to share the podcasts and live radio that you listen to. Stitcher said it has worked closely with Facebook on this and that it is one of the first mobile apps … Read more