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Apple’s e-book application for iOS, iBooks, was updated yesterday for both the iPhone and iPad. For those that use it and do a lot of reading, this is a ‘cool beans’ moment for sure. The update brings the application to version 1.2.1, and packs quite a few new features, including: Important stability and performance improvements…
When I was in junior-high, I played the trumpet… Horribly. While I enjoy music as much as the next guy, playing it (whether it was the trumpet, the piano or the guitar) never really added up to much for me. I was decent… but that’s where it ended. Thankfully, now that the old instruments have…
It has been just shy of a month since the Verizon iPhone was officially announced in New York City, and many Verizon customers already have theirs in hand. For the rest of us, however, today is the day we can order it online from Apple and have it shipped out ASAP. Tomorrow, it will be…
Last year, Rogers purchased the rights to become the official mobile sponsor of the Vancouver Canucks. Along with that came the naming rights to the arena (Formerly known as General Motors Place, now known as Rogers Centre)… and now, it looks like Rogers is extending their reach by launching a new (and free) Vancouver Canucks…
Are you getting tired as I am of these iPhone 4 antenna issue stories? Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: the iPhone 4’s antenna, whether it’s the GSM or CDMA iPhone model, is also its frame. When you touch that frame, you’ll have some attenuation issues whether you’re gripping it as you would when making…
Given the years of speculation and dreaming, we knew the Verizon iPhone was going to be big. In fact, Verizon says that the Apple smartphone helped set a new record in first day sales for the carrier – its biggest ever. Pre-order stock was completely sold out, and there are plenty of customers and would-be…
Path is a novel idea: you get to pick and choose a small group – 50 people at most – with whom to share your pictures. The idea is that you’re far more likely to share things you might not want the world to see on Twitter or Facebook. It was also intended to document…
An event calendar for the Moscone Convention Center suggests Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer’s conference will be held in early June. The calendar has a reservation for an unnamed meeting in Moscone West that is listed as a convention/tradeshow. Apple has held WWDC in Moscone West in the past. The calendar listing is a five day…
In classic style, iFixit took apart a Verizon iPhone and studied what makes it tick. While most of the report was standard fare, the teardown analysis does reveal a few surprises, including the presence of a Qualcomm MDM6600 baseband chip. It is a Verizon smartphone and a Qualcomm CDMA chip was expected, but the presence…
The Apple iPad might find its way into the NFL soon as a replacement for team playbooks. It’ll save on using up paper, but it could also be a more dynamic tool for teams and coaches when running plays. According to CNET: Pete Walsh, head of technology for the Cowboys, said his team and at…