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How Green is Your iPhone?

, Apr 22nd 2011 Discuss [2]

It's Earth Day, right? And I'm a dirty hippie. I think about environmental issues a lot. Like many people I like the sound of birdsong more than car horns. I actually spent half of last year canvassing with Texas Campaign for the Environment. We were fighting to improve electronics recycling throughout my home state. Being the gigantic geek that I am, I spent a lot of time learning as much as possible about these issues. Looking forward over the next twenty years our production/consumption/waste cycles are the place where we can do the most good. Dealing with our waste products, whether in the form of gaseous carbon emissions, land-filled garbage, or industrial waste is our generation's great challenge moving forward into the future. Our friends over at geekaphone released this informative infographic giving you some idea of the scale of this issue as it relates to your iPhone. Read The Full Story

9 out of 10 Doctors Prefer the iPhone

, Apr 14th 2011 Discuss [36]

A recent study by Bulletin Heathcare of the reading habits of its 550,000+ subscribers found that the vast majority of healthcare professionals use iOS based devices to read Bulletin's daily email briefings. The data was collected over a nine month period from June 2010 to February 2011. Android came in a distant second, but did show signs of growth. Read The Full Story

Does Apple iPod wireless sync require a carbon fiber case or not?

, Apr 13th 2011 Discuss [3]

Apple has been using a lot of aluminum in its iPhone and iPod devices for years now. The problem with aluminum is that it blocks radio signals making wireless syncing difficult to do. Apple gets around those issues today by putting the wireless hardware that needs to send and receive signals behind plastic of some sort. Read The Full Story

Apple’s FaceTime playing Big Brother

, Apr 6th 2011 Discuss [5]

Get out your masks! The paranoia police are out in force! A user over at Apple's discussion boards posted this about an experience she had using FaceTime.

My boyfriend and I have both recently experienced this problem several times – when one of us is calling the other via FaceTime, an old picture freezes on our screen, while the person receiving the call only sees a black screen. It’s kind of creepy, because it brought up photos of both of us at work, where I have used FaceTime a few times but he never has. We’re just wondering how/why this is happening, and if there is a fix. It’s not terribly inconvenient, but it’s definitely unsettling, where is seems that even if we haven’t taken a picture or used FaceTime, the camera is keeping images. If anyone else is experiencing this, we’d love feedback. Thanks!
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Yup, Apple’s new “If you don’t have an iPhone” campaign is out

, Mar 17th 2011 Discuss [15]

"Yup, if you don't have an iPhone, well, you don't have an iPhone." Thus end all three new iPhone commercials Apple released today. The ads show you what you are missing if you don't yet own the iconic phone. One commercial shows a lightning fast app download on the app store, another praises iTunes and the built in iPod on the phone, and the third shows the wonders of iBooks. Yup, you can see all three of these commercials after the cut. Read The Full Story

Apple iPad crushes the competition

, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [9]

Jobs announced a major win this morning while unveiling the new iPad 2 to those of us in the press. Speaking from San Francisco, he announced the release of this new tablet and spoke of the strength of the company moving into 2011. Apple's sales are more than strong. The industry giant has managed to nail the tablet market while hitting a huge milestone in the smart phone market. Steve Jobs announced this during his presentation today in San Francisco. He also presented figures on the more than phenomenal 2010 iPad sales figures. Read The Full Story

Verizon’s Unlimited Data Plan for iPhone Ending Soon

, Mar 1st 2011 Discuss [1]

Verizon will be following AT&T's footsteps and ending the $30 a month, unlimited data plan for iPhone, according to CFO Fran Shammo. At a Morgan Stanley conference in San Francisco today, Shammo said that the unlimited data plan is "not a long-term solution". Verizon may discontinue the plan as soon as this summer. Read The Full Story

Verbatim Mobile Keyboard for iPad and iPhone

, Feb 17th 2011 Discuss [5]

Verbatim has just released a compact foldable keyboard for iPad and iPhone. The keyboard works with Bluetooth, and measures 9.2 x 6.4 x 2 inches. It also has an iPhone stand which slides into the keyboard for storage. The keyboard weighs 15.7 ounces, and comes with a carrying case. Continue after the break to see more details... Read The Full Story

Report: Android App Market Outpacing iPhone Apps

, Feb 16th 2011 Discuss [13]

According to a report released today by the mobile security firm Lookout, the Android Market is growing at three times the rate of the iTunes App Store. The number of apps in Apple's store increased by 44% since August, while the number of Android Market apps increased by 127% during the same period. This is according to Lookout's App Genome Project report, based on an analysis of more than 500,000 mobile apps for these platforms. Read The Full Story

Is Microsoft’s Zune on the way out?

, Feb 15th 2011 Discuss [7]

With all the talk about Windows Phone 7 recently, many people are starting to wonder why Zune hasn't been mentioned at all. It seems logical that Zune software would be a part of a Windows phone, since Joe Belfiore, the Corporate Vice President of the Windows Phone Program Management said in 2010's keynote at Mobile World Congress “Every Windows Phone will be a Zune”. But now, nobody is talking about Zune. Is Microsoft getting ready to kill it off? Or are they just going to re-brand it? Read The Full Story

Apple’s New App Store Rules Impact Amazon’s Kindle App

, Feb 15th 2011 Discuss [41]

Apple's new app store subscription plan, specifying that Apple will take a 30% cut of all content sold within apps, will also affect Amazon's Kindle app when used on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. It will also impact other booksellers selling through apps on Apple products. Publishers and content sellers have to remove any links within their apps to outside-the-App Store purchasing options. This means that Amazon must remove the "Shop in the Kindle Store" link that it currently provides on its iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad apps. Read The Full Story

Pandora looks beyond music in IPO

, Feb 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

Plagued by costly music rights fees, online radio service Pandora looked beyond music in their multi million dollar IPO filing this week.  The online service, based on the Music Genome Project, hopes to expand to sports and talk shows to diversify traffic and build a succesful long term business for ad sales.  In addition, Pandora is looking to expand into the rapidly growing smart car niche, as well as other online devices beyond iPhone and Android smartphones. Read The Full Story
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