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- Undercover journalists take video inside Foxconn iPhone 5 factory
- Dropbox 2.0 brings a revamped UI and new photo features
- Rovio slashes all HD games in 99-cent holiday sale
- Here’s why AAPL hit 10-month low today
- Microsoft rolls out Bing social sidebar on iPads
- Walmart discounts iPhone 5 to just $127, starting December 17
- iPad mini now outselling iPad 4, 100M Apple tablets predicted for 2013
- Google+ holiday treats: better photo experience, conversation cards, more fluid UI
- Patent Race: China ahead in filings, but US leads active inventions
- Has Google just won the iOS maps war?
| Undercover journalists take video inside Foxconn iPhone 5 factory Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:45 PM PST
The walls around Foxconn’s larger manufacturing facilities are infamously well-guarded. The factories have been the source of a large amount of media criticism due to unfit working conditions, and they rarely, if ever, let press in. So the folks of Envoyé Spécial, a French 60 minute-like TV program, had to go undercover to get into the Zhengzhou iPhone 5 factory to get the answers to their long-standing questions, like: are things really improving at Foxconn?(...) "Undercover journalists take video inside Foxconn iPhone 5 factory" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Dropbox 2.0 brings a revamped UI and new photo features Posted: 14 Dec 2012 03:16 PM PST
We’ve seen a number of significant app updates over the past few days. There’s Flickr, which received new photo filters, 1Password, which got a total makeover. And this morning, Google+ received a nice little touch up. This afternoon, we’re adding Dropbox to the list. The popular cloud-based storage service updated its iOS client today with ‘a shiny new design,’ and a new Photos tab, which puts all of your photos at your finger tips…(...) "Dropbox 2.0 brings a revamped UI and new photo features" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Rovio slashes all HD games in 99-cent holiday sale Posted: 14 Dec 2012 12:31 PM PST
‘Tis the season for Angry Birds maker Rovio to step forward with its 2012 holiday promotion. Just this weekend, the Finnish mobile games developer is offering all its high-definition titles for iPads and Android devices for 99 cents each. The promotion includes major Rovio games, from every HD version of Angry Birds to Bad Piggies, an Angry Birds from the piggies’ perspective, to Amazing Alex, a physics-based puzzler which tasks you with building all sorts of contraptions. Your iTunes link and additional tidbits are right past the jump…(...) "Rovio slashes all HD games in 99-cent holiday sale" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Here’s why AAPL hit 10-month low today Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:18 AM PST
China’s influence over Apple’s financial health is growing. In fiscal 2011, the country accounted for sixteen percent of Apple’s revenues. But is Apple’s growth in China sustainable? Friday, two analyst reduce forecasts amid what one described as a ‘muted’ response to today’s iPhone 5 release in the world’s largest market. As a result, Apple shares fell 3.9 percent to a ten-month low. The decline also hurt a number of Apple’s suppliers as the firm is thought to be cutting orders in order “to balance excess inventory”. For example, Broadcom is down 3.13 percent and Qualcomm dropped 4.7 percent. As a result, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek cut his iPhone shipment estimate for the first three months of 2013 to 48 million, down from 52 million. He also trimmed Apple’s expected gross profit margin to 40 percent, down two percentage points…(...) "Here’s why AAPL hit 10-month low today" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Microsoft rolls out Bing social sidebar on iPads Posted: 14 Dec 2012 10:50 AM PST
Microsoft recently overhauled its Bing search engine around a new social bar to let desktop users “find people who are relevant to your search based on what they've shared, publically blogged or tweeted about”. Friday, the Bing team announced that the feature is now available on the iPad and iPad mini via browser support for iOS Safari. The new UI adapts to landscape or portrait orientation automatically, with the social bar on the right. If you’re a big Bing fan, this addition makes it easy to learn what your friends shared on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Klout related to what you're searching for…(...) "Microsoft rolls out Bing social sidebar on iPads" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Walmart discounts iPhone 5 to just $127, starting December 17 Posted: 14 Dec 2012 10:36 AM PST
Just in time for my birthday, retailer Walmart is shaving $72 off the entry-level iPhone 5 with sixteen gigabytes of storage. Beginning December 17, you’ll be able to purchase the device for just $127, that’s $22 less than the lowest price we could find at RadioShack, Target and Best Buy, which all offer Apple’s phone with a cool $50 discount (and some gift cards). Walmart is also offering the previous-generation iPhone 4S for just $47 and a fourth-generation iPad for $399, a $100 saving…(...) "Walmart discounts iPhone 5 to just $127, starting December 17" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| iPad mini now outselling iPad 4, 100M Apple tablets predicted for 2013 Posted: 14 Dec 2012 09:47 AM PST
When I come to think of it, technology buyers often times are an unpredictable bunch. Seven out of each ten told iDB they would never buy a non-Retina iPad mini, lots of folks appeared disappointed post-announcement and more than half told us they would never buy and iPad mini. Heck, even kids haven't fallen for Apple's advertising blitz as they want full-size iPads for Christmas. Fast forward to today, when NPD DisplaySearch estimates the iPad mini is now outselling its bigger brother as Apple doubles display panel orders with LG Display and AU Optronics to more than twelve million units, up from the previous estimate of six million holiday units…(...) "iPad mini now outselling iPad 4, 100M Apple tablets predicted for 2013" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Google+ holiday treats: better photo experience, conversation cards, more fluid UI Posted: 14 Dec 2012 09:04 AM PST
With over a hundred million active users, Google+ is, as Eric Schmidt put it, “a viable competitor to Facebook” and its nearly one billion users. This morning, the search firm is issuing new iOS and Android builds that enable a bunch of holiday treats. On the iOS side, you can now swipe through photo albums inline or tap once to see the photos full screen. New conversation cards are also available for highlighting specific content, from longer snippets to bigger photos to comments that slide in beneath each post…(...) "Google+ holiday treats: better photo experience, conversation cards, more fluid UI" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Patent Race: China ahead in filings, but US leads active inventions Posted: 14 Dec 2012 08:30 AM PST
As we head into 2013, patents – along with the legal fight to enforce and protect them – is becoming a larger part of tech companies. Just ask Apple and Samsung. Where should we look for the next patent to appear? A good bet is China, which in 2011 filed for more than 500,000 technology related patents in 2011, topping the United States. According to the United Nations, China applied for 526,412 patents last year, more than the US with 500,000 and Japan’s more than 300,000 applications…(...) "Patent Race: China ahead in filings, but US leads active inventions" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Has Google just won the iOS maps war? Posted: 14 Dec 2012 07:41 AM PST While most people consider the return of Google Maps to Apple’s App Store an all-around positive, one observer sees the move as a ‘mixed blessing’ for club Cupertino. Not only is the familiar mapping application once again available, but the Android maker Google may now overshadow Apple’s own efforts to make a difference in the increasingly competitive mobile mapping arena. As we reported yesterday, the new Google Maps for iOS is the top free app for the iPhone. Indeed, Google admits the iOS app – which adds turn-by-turn directions – is superior to the Android version from a design standpoint. But for Google, returning to iOS means it also reconnects with iPhone users and a wealth of data…(...) "Has Google just won the iOS maps war?" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
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