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- NCAA March Madness iOS app updated for 2013 tournament
- New iOS 7 concepts: actionable Notification Center, better Safari
- Apple loses iPhone trademark appeal in Mexico
- Comparison video: iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S4
- 100,000 die-hard fans want to keep Reader alive, Google wouldn’t budge
- iPad vs. Paper
- Saurik’s new jailbreak tweak lets you queue up music in the stock Music app
- Budget iPhone: colors, 4-inch screen, super-thin plastic casing mixed with glass fiber
- Dropbox acquires email startup Mailbox
- Inside 2013 Apple TV: redesigned power-savvy A5 chip, cost optimizations
- Duke Nukem II coming to iOS in April
- ‘PodSwitcher’ available on Cydia
- George Lucas-founded THX takes Apple to court
- Apple’s Tim Cook loses top CEO ranking to Facebook in Glassdoor survey
- $149 iPhone 5 now available from Strata Networks
- The state of Maine to share MacBook, iPad contract with other schools
- Zite announces new alternative for Google Reader
- John Browett tells why he sucked as Apple’s short-lived retail boss
| NCAA March Madness iOS app updated for 2013 tournament Posted: 15 Mar 2013 03:51 PM PDT
Great news college basketball fans. NCAA’s March Madness Live app for iOS has been updated today for 2013. March Madness is a two week-long affair, with 68 teams playing in a single elimination tournament to find a champion. Overall, a total of 67 games will be played over the course of the event. And with NCAA March Madness Live, you’ll be able to watch all of them on your iPhone or iPad. You’ll also be able to check scores, watch highlights, and more…(...) "NCAA March Madness iOS app updated for 2013 tournament" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| New iOS 7 concepts: actionable Notification Center, better Safari Posted: 15 Mar 2013 03:34 PM PDT What better way to sign off as my weekend starts than a fresh batch of iOS concepts which imagine the capabilities Apple should have long implemented? Above is Shaik Imaduddin’s mockup of a more interactive iOS Notification Center with actionable alerts where you could, say, delete email messages, mark them as read and send new ones, all without ever leaving your iPhone’s Notification Center. Very doable and frankly, even Android isn’t currently doing that. He’s also envisioning making phone calls, responding to text messages (existing tweaks address this) and setting alerts in Reminders to call back a person. The latter makes me wonder how on Earth Apple missed combining Reminders with the Phone app. I’ve also included a nice iOS 7 Safari mockup right past the fold…(...) "New iOS 7 concepts: actionable Notification Center, better Safari" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple loses iPhone trademark appeal in Mexico Posted: 15 Mar 2013 02:30 PM PDT
Apple’s luck protecting the iPhone name has taken a turn for the worse with Friday development that the firm has lost an appeal over its use of the iPhone moniker in Mexico, reports The Wall Street Journal. The ruling marks Apple’s second setback in Latin America after a Brazilian patent office a month ago approved the iPhone trademark to a local electronics maker IGB Eletronica SA. That Brazilian firm, better known by its brand name Gradiente, owned rights to the iPhone name since 2000, long before Apple introduced its handset. In the case of Mexico-based Ifone SA, it had registered the ‘Ifone’ trademark back in 2003 and was making proper use of it, the nation’s Supreme Court ruled Friday…(...) "Apple loses iPhone trademark appeal in Mexico" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Comparison video: iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S4 Posted: 15 Mar 2013 02:16 PM PDT
You saw this coming. Since the moment Samsung unveiled its new flagship Galaxy S4 handset yesterday, the iPhone 5 comparisons have been flying about nonstop. So a video comparison of the two devices was inevitable. This clip from the folks over at PhoneArena shows the i5 and S4 side by side, and their many differences, from display quality to build quality. It also showcases some of the the Galaxy S4′s unique new software features…(...) "Comparison video: iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S4" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| 100,000 die-hard fans want to keep Reader alive, Google wouldn’t budge Posted: 15 Mar 2013 02:03 PM PDT
A petition to keep Google Reader alive, available at Change.org, already has more than a hundred thousand signatures. After the Internet giant Tuesday shocked the tech world announcing it will discontinue the service after July 1, 2013, the petition crossed 50,000 signatures in less than 24 hours as Reader die-hards scrambled to keep the web app alive. While the decision to axe Reader might actually revitalize the industry, Google refuses to change its mind, Friday news reports indicate…(...) "100,000 die-hard fans want to keep Reader alive, Google wouldn’t budge" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:09 PM PDT As this commercial amusingly asserts, there isn’t an app for everything after all. Apple’s tablet can replace paper most of the time and assist us in almost every way but one, revealed at the very end. Meet us in comments…(...) "iPad vs. Paper" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Saurik’s new jailbreak tweak lets you queue up music in the stock Music app Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:34 PM PDT
It’s fairly rare when the mastermind behind Cydia decides to create his own jailbreak tweak, but when he does, the masses take note. That’s exactly what happened when Cyueue was dropped in Cydia recently. Cyueue is a new jailbreak tweak from Saurik, which adds a new queueing option in the stock Music app. If you’re throwing a house party, then Cyueue is the perfect answer for you. It allows you to keep the current song playing, while still queueing up the records you’d like to hear next. Take a look inside to see how it works.(...) "Saurik’s new jailbreak tweak lets you queue up music in the stock Music app" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Budget iPhone: colors, 4-inch screen, super-thin plastic casing mixed with glass fiber Posted: 15 Mar 2013 11:10 AM PDT
Apple’s budget iPhone, a rumored all-new design targeted at emerging markets where carriers rarely subsidize cell phones, will be offered in a range of colors and have a “super-thin plastic casing mixed with glass fiber”, one reliable analyst wrote in a Friday note to clients. The specs for the device were apparently decided on back in 2011 and call for a four-inch screen resembling the iPhone 5. Dismissing talk of a 4.5-inch entry-level iPhone, the report argues Apple is “unlikely to abruptly change” its stance on screen size just because Android makers are increasingly building phablets. Jump past the fold for more tidbits…(...) "Budget iPhone: colors, 4-inch screen, super-thin plastic casing mixed with glass fiber" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Dropbox acquires email startup Mailbox Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:55 AM PDT
That didn’t take long. It’s only been a few months since we first heard about Mailbox, the fresh new iPhone email client. And it’s only been about about a month since it actually launched. But it looks like they’re going to be bought out. Dropbox has announced this morning that it will be acquiring the Mailbox team. There’s no word on price yet, but it looks like all 13 team members will be joining Dropbox, and Mailbox will continue to operate as a standalone app…(...) "Dropbox acquires email startup Mailbox" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Inside 2013 Apple TV: redesigned power-savvy A5 chip, cost optimizations Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:49 AM PDT
Apple shipped five million Apple TVs last year for a nearly $500 million in additional revenue. That's a very successful hobby and while talk of Tim Cook & Co. building a standalone HD TV set remains just that – rumor mongering – Apple has quietly retooled the $99 set-top box, with most of the under-the-hood tweaks aimed at optimizing production costs. AnandTech took a peek inside the gadget and found some minor changes. The publication found a significant reduction in the new model's power consumption, directly related to the optimized A5 chip, leading AnandTech to speculate that perhaps Apple could use this chip for another device, "perhaps one powered by a battery" (hint: iWatch)…(...) "Inside 2013 Apple TV: redesigned power-savvy A5 chip, cost optimizations" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Duke Nukem II coming to iOS in April Posted: 15 Mar 2013 09:39 AM PDT Duke Nukem II side-scroller, which celebrates its 20th anniversary, is coming to Apple’s iPhone and iPad in April, Interceptor Entertainment and 3D Realms announced. The universal binary will be priced at $1.99 and include all of the 32 level from the original levels, enhanced with multitouch controls, a new soundtrack, refreshed graphics, online leaderboards and more. Above is the launch trailer above for a look at Duke Nukem 2 iOS in action and I’ve included a few more details right after the break…(...) "Duke Nukem II coming to iOS in April" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| ‘PodSwitcher’ available on Cydia Posted: 15 Mar 2013 09:11 AM PDT PodSwitcher is a jailbreak tweak available on Cydia’s BigBoss repo for $1.49. The purpose of the tweak is to allow you to interface with the stock Music app via the iPhone’s app switcher. PodSwitcher adds advanced controls that you won’t find with the stock Music controls found in the app switcher. Along with the advanced controls, you can peruse your entire music library using various built-in animations like Cover Flow, Linear, Rotary, and more. If you’ve given PodSwitcher a try, share your experience with the tweak in our comments. "‘PodSwitcher’ available on Cydia" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| George Lucas-founded THX takes Apple to court Posted: 15 Mar 2013 09:00 AM PDT
THX, a high-fidelity audio-visual reproduction standard, has filed a lawsuit against Apple before a federal court in Northern California, alleging patent infringement, Bloomberg reported yesterday. THX was founded by the famous Star Wars producer George Lucas, who used to control the company through his Lucasfilm enterprise between 1983-2001. THX is now independent and no further details, including a copy of the complaint, were available at press time. Neither Apple nor THX would comment on the news…(...) "George Lucas-founded THX takes Apple to court" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple’s Tim Cook loses top CEO ranking to Facebook in Glassdoor survey Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:30 AM PDT
It’s uncertain what caused it, but the first cracks are appearing in the honeymoon between Apple CEO Tim Cook and company employees. After being named the top CEO of 2012, Cook slipped to 18th place, behind Google and Amazon. According to employment site Glassdoor, Apple employees gave Cook a 93 percent approval rating, down from 97 percent last year. By comparison, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg jumped 14 points to land in the top spot for 2013 with a 99 percent approval rating from employees of the social networking giant…(...) "Apple’s Tim Cook loses top CEO ranking to Facebook in Glassdoor survey" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| $149 iPhone 5 now available from Strata Networks Posted: 15 Mar 2013 07:06 AM PDT
As promised last week, Strata Networks, a regional U.S. wireless carrier, finally landed the iPhone 5 today. And, in emulating fellow rural telcos, Strata is offering Apple’s device with a $50 discount compared to the asking prices at Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. Specifically, the iPhone 5 is available for $149 for the 16GB model, $249 for the 32GB model and $349 for the high-end model with 64 gigabytes of storage. The iPhone 5 is available in all Strata stores in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming. They don’t mention web sales, though Strata did update its web site this morning to reflect the devices’ availability. The carrier is also selling the iPhone 4S for $49 and the iPhone 4 for free, with a qualifying contract. Would-be subscribers should be pleased to know that the iPhone 5 is compatible with Strata’s 4G LTE network that the company started deploying ahead of Christmas 2012…(...) "$149 iPhone 5 now available from Strata Networks" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| The state of Maine to share MacBook, iPad contract with other schools Posted: 15 Mar 2013 02:51 AM PDT
The U.S. state of Maine plans to make available to other schools its contract for buying students MacBooks and iPads. Although the offer could provide some guidance for educational institutions, perhaps most eye-opening are the low prices state officials were able to get from an eager Steve Jobs. The contract – originally from 2000 – lets the state pay $217 for an iPad and $273 for a MacBook Air. Although other states are unlikely to strike a similar bargain with Apple today, the Cupertino, California company has expressed interest in putting its iDevices on the desks of US students…(...) "The state of Maine to share MacBook, iPad contract with other schools" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Zite announces new alternative for Google Reader Posted: 15 Mar 2013 02:43 AM PDT
Since Google announced earlier this week that it would be shutting down its Reader service this summer, we’ve seen no shortage of other companies step in to try and fill the void. Seriously, we made a list of them. Today, Zite—the popular news magazine app—has announced that it’s joining the fray. It says that it’s built a viable replacement for Reader that does not utilize Google’s infrastructure, and it’s ready to use today…(...) "Zite announces new alternative for Google Reader" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| John Browett tells why he sucked as Apple’s short-lived retail boss Posted: 15 Mar 2013 02:01 AM PDT John Browett became Apple’s head of retail in January 2012, two months after the Apple Store father Ron Johnson had left the company for a CEO position at JC Penney. His stint at Apple was a brief one: Browett would last on the job a little over six months. Partly responsible for the silly Apple Store campaign, Browett single-handily alienated retail staff after proposing layoffs in a bid to prove his worth to the bosses. “We messed up,” he admitted, but it was already too late for apologies. Having tarnished the Apple brand, the former Dixons boss quickly fell out of favor with CEO Tim Cook, who fired Browett alongside iOS boss Scott Forstall in a major August management shakeup. Finding a new role as CEO of Monsoon Accessorize, UK’s low-cost women fashion and accessory retailer, Browett now reflects on his experience as Apple’s short-lived retail boss. He told attendees of the Retail Week Live conference that he is a "kinder person" now and admitted he just couldn’t fit within the iPhone maker’s demanding corporate culture and work ethos…(...) "John Browett tells why he sucked as Apple’s short-lived retail boss" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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