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Over the years, I’ve owned more smartphones than I care to count. From BlackBerry to webOS to Android, I’ve had just about every platform in my pockets – often two or more at a time. However, there was one smartphone and platform that has remained with me regardless of the other devices I’ve carried –…
The Apple iPhone has had many uses in the medical industry, and it looks like it will continue to make advances in the field as MIT researchers have just developed a way for the smartphone to detect cataracts. The CATRA system, developed by the Camera Culture Media Lab at MIT, is an iPhone attachment that…
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could share files between an iPhone and iPad simply by making a pouring motion from one to the other? Or by gesturing as if one is sucking up the info from the other device? It looks like that just might happen, as patents have been uncovered that show Apple’s…
Apple continues to try and keep other companies from using the term “App Store” and it just sent GetJar a cease-and-desist letter for using that term, according to the Wall Street Journal. Apple has been quite successful with its App Store, as it just recently reached more than 15 billion downloads and has been raking…
Apple’s iPhone 4 launched in June of last year on AT&T and has proven to be one of the most popular mobile phones, smart or not, to ever hit the market. Many will have different reasons for picking it up, some need to wipe the drool off their face after taking a look at the…
Before the advent of capacitive touch screen technology, many devices on the market came with the resistive variant that required strong physical presses. Such devices, usually personal digital assistants, better known as PDAs, came with an accessory called a stylus. Show one to a teenager and they’ll laugh that such a concept existed, but Apple…
The pieces are slowly coming together about Apple’s Fall plans, as a new report from Thisismynext suggests that we will see a new iPad in a few months that will be called the iPad HD. If this sounds familiar, it’s because we just heard another report which suggests that an iPad 2 Plus will be…
Apple has just announced that it plans to fix or patch an iPhone and iPad security issue, where PDF files can be maliciously used by hackers to gain access to user data, and infect their devices without their knowledge. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security warned of “critical weaknesses in iOS, and Apple has responded…
Apple recently requested an injunction against Amazon for use of the term or phrase “app store,” and filed a trademark lawsuit against the online retailer. Apple contended that it owned the rights to the “app store” name and that Amazon’s use of it would only confuse consumers. However, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton didn’t agree…
Apple set another record for its iTunes App Store when it finally hit the 15 billion download mark. Just six months ago, the store hit 10 billion downloads where a lucky woman was given a $10,000 award from Apple for being the 1o billionth download. To date, Apple has the most prolific and successful app…