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- AT&T lights up LTE in new Texas, Alabama markets and more
- Texas firm suing Apple over call forwarding feature found in iPhone 4S/5
- Rdio responds to iTunes Radio with new Song Stations feature
- Previously unseen 1994 video has Steve Jobs talking legacy
- AT&T installing solar-powered charging stations around New York
- Readdle’s premium Calendars+ app goes free for 48 hours
- Apple’s IP chief leaves for patent troll Technicolor
- Feedly opens RSS web app to everyone ahead of Google Reader shutdown
- Default iOS hotspot passwords can be cracked in under a minute
- In a blow to Microsoft, Apple wins $30M LA school iPad contract
- Apple TV update enables WatchESPN, HBO GO, Sky News, Crunchyroll and Qello
- Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour ‘Meltdown’ update explodes into the App Store
- How much is too much for mobile games?
- Capture and share short videos with Lightt
- How to make the stock Camera app read QR codes
| AT&T lights up LTE in new Texas, Alabama markets and more Posted: 19 Jun 2013 04:21 PM PDT
Folks with an iPhone 5, iPad mini or any other LTE-enabled device with AT&T will be happy to hear that the carrier has activated the popular 4G service in several new markets across the United States today. If you have an AT&T-flavored LTE device, and live in one of the following areas, you’ll definitely want to check to see if you’re now aboard what PC Mag calls the fastest Long Term Evolution network in the US…(...) "AT&T lights up LTE in new Texas, Alabama markets and more" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Texas firm suing Apple over call forwarding feature found in iPhone 4S/5 Posted: 19 Jun 2013 03:43 PM PDT
Apple’s no stranger to being on the defendant side of patent infringement lawsuits. In addition to its ongoing court battle with Samsung, there are a number of smaller companies hoping to squeeze some money out of the tech giant via patent suits. And today, we’re adding another one to the list. Texas-based Bluebonnet Telecommunications filed a lawsuit against Apple yesterday in an [surprise] Eastern District Texas courtroom, claiming that the call forwarding feature found in the company’s iPhone 4S and 5 handsets infringes on one of its patents it has owned for over a decade…(...) "Texas firm suing Apple over call forwarding feature found in iPhone 4S/5" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Rdio responds to iTunes Radio with new Song Stations feature Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:02 PM PDT
Apple sent shutters through the music streaming industry last week when it confirmed rumors that it had been working on a new radio service. The still-in-beta service allows users to create custom radio stations based on their favorite songs, genres, artists or albums—similar to Pandora. iTunes Radio won’t be available to everyone until the fall, but early positive feedback has some music services scrambling to respond. And today, Rdio issued its response in the form of an app update that includes Song Stations, a feature that allows you to create custom radio stations…(...) "Rdio responds to iTunes Radio with new Song Stations feature" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Previously unseen 1994 video has Steve Jobs talking legacy Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT
A rare, never-before-seen footage has been uncovered on the Interwebs, dating as far back as 1994. In it, a young Steve Jobs talks about his legacy. It’s peculiar in how back then Jobs thought he would be forgotten by history (go figure). And who could blame him: the interview was conducted during Jobs’s wilderness years, at a time when he’d been running NeXT, his other startup. The clip amusingly shows us a young Jobs wearing a beard without looking like an axe murderer…(...) "Previously unseen 1994 video has Steve Jobs talking legacy" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| AT&T installing solar-powered charging stations around New York Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:39 PM PDT
This is quite interesting. It appears that AT&T has begun installing charging stations in parks throughout New York to help keep smartphones and other mobile devices up and running. The stations are solar-powered and capable of charging a wide range of gadgets. The carrier says that the new Street Charge project was born out of its work during the recovery from Superstorm Sandy. After the hurricane ripped through most of the eastern US, AT&T setup charging stations in the blacked out areas. And now it’s expanding on the idea…(...) "AT&T installing solar-powered charging stations around New York" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Readdle’s premium Calendars+ app goes free for 48 hours Posted: 19 Jun 2013 11:12 AM PDT
Eagle-eyed readers will remember Readdle back in March released a free version of its awesome Calendars+ application on the App Store. Naturally, the free download omits several major features present in the more advanced paid version. For example, multiple event reminders, recurring appointments, event invitations and a few other biggies meant for power users remain the exclusive realm of the paid Calendars+ app. If you wanted to take the plunge but were put off by the app’s high asking price of seven bucks, good news: Readdle has decided to drop the premium Calendars+ app to zero bucks. The promotion runs over the next 48 hours only so download Calendars+ now before the price goes up back again…(...) "Readdle’s premium Calendars+ app goes free for 48 hours" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple’s IP chief leaves for patent troll Technicolor Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:28 AM PDT
After sparking its long-running patent war with Samsung, Apple’s intellectual property chief has left to head a similar job at a French media company. Boris Teksler, who in 2012 testified Samsung was copying iPhone technology, left his job of four years Wednesday. Teksler had no immediate comment on why he left to become president of the Technology Group for Technicolor, a media and entertainment company based in France. Technicolor’s CEO said the former Apple IP chief was well-suited to the firm’s plans for expanding use of patents…(...) "Apple’s IP chief leaves for patent troll Technicolor" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Feedly opens RSS web app to everyone ahead of Google Reader shutdown Posted: 19 Jun 2013 09:45 AM PDT
Following Google’s disappointing announcement that its Reader service will be retired on July 1, after running for eight straight years, Feedly back in May announced work had started on a clone of Google's RSS API to help user transition from Google Reader to Feedly. Today, the startup shed more light on the subject by announcing a new Application Programming Interface (API) along with a lineup of first third-party apps that will leverage the Feedly Cloud platform. In addition, they’ve opened the Feedly RSS web app to everyone…(...) "Feedly opens RSS web app to everyone ahead of Google Reader shutdown" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Default iOS hotspot passwords can be cracked in under a minute Posted: 19 Jun 2013 09:15 AM PDT
You may want to reconsider using a default password iOS provides for hotspot functionality as researchers at a German university warn of the weaknesses that let attackers crack any default iOS hotspot password in under a minute. Although Windows Phone uses even weaker passwords and some Android vendors weaken their device’s security by modifying the Wi-Fi-related components, Apple’s problem is that iOS generates “random” hotspot passwords using a dictionary of only 1,842 different entries…(...) "Default iOS hotspot passwords can be cracked in under a minute" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| In a blow to Microsoft, Apple wins $30M LA school iPad contract Posted: 19 Jun 2013 08:15 AM PDT
Apple again is flexing its muscle in classrooms. Every student in the Los Angeles Unified School District will receive an iPad, a contract worth $30 million. Apple has received the nod from the nation’s second-largest school district as students and teachers overruled Microsoft, which argued its tablets better prepared school kids for the workplace. In a unanimous vote, the LA school district board approved the contract to pay $678 per Apple tablet, one member telling The Los Angeles Times newspaper that the deal is “as big as they come.” The contract is just the latest sign schools with tight budgets are opting for less-expensive tablets over traditional PCs for the classroom…(...) "In a blow to Microsoft, Apple wins $30M LA school iPad contract" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Apple TV update enables WatchESPN, HBO GO, Sky News, Crunchyroll and Qello Posted: 19 Jun 2013 07:19 AM PDT
Apple on Tuesday announced that users can now stream ESPN and HBO to their television through the $99 Apple TV set-top box. Available as a free software update for the second and third-generation Apple TV, the just-released Apple TV software version 5.3 enables the popular iOS apps, WatchESPN and HBO GO, on your Apple TV, as well as an additional three content providers, UK’s Sky News, anime site Crunchyroll and music concert streaming service Qello…(...) "Apple TV update enables WatchESPN, HBO GO, Sky News, Crunchyroll and Qello" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour ‘Meltdown’ update explodes into the App Store Posted: 19 Jun 2013 07:11 AM PDT
True to its promise, French developer Gameloft today unleashed a massive content update to the fourth installment of its popular wartime shooter franchise, Modern Combat. The ‘Meltdown’ content pack, as they’re calling it, is of course free to players who’ve previously purchased the game. The download brings with it three new maps, two new weapons – the portable 40mm Thor GLP grenade launcher and the SFS CTK-12 sniper rifle - two new game modes, a brand new Demolition specialization and a whole host of goodies aimed at balancing the gameplay…(...) "Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour ‘Meltdown’ update explodes into the App Store" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| How much is too much for mobile games? Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:00 AM PDT
I was going to write this post when everything was raw, soon after the news had developed and the internet was awash with people seemingly frothing at the mouth. Frothing, apparently, for one of two reasons. Firstly, we had the people frothing because “ZOMG, 20 dollars for an iPad game!!!!.” Apparently anything the wrong side of free is just about the developers trying to squeeze money out of their hard work. Because, well, it’s their living. Then secondly, there were the polar opposites. People screaming back, apparently oblivious to the fact they were wasting their time, claiming that developers deserve to be paid and that free to play games have ruined the App Store, caused world hunger and possibly even kicked a kitten once. The truth though, as is so often the case, is somewhere in-between…(...) "How much is too much for mobile games?" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| Capture and share short videos with Lightt Posted: 19 Jun 2013 04:00 AM PDT
Micro video sharing has become a huge hit with the launch of Twitter's popular video app Vine. While Twitter is not the first company to come up with such technology, it certainly made it famous. Lightt is a video upload app that turns mini movies into a social experience. You can make stop motion animation shorts similar to the features of Vine, or you can make a one-minute unedited movie to share with others…(...) "Capture and share short videos with Lightt" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
| How to make the stock Camera app read QR codes Posted: 18 Jun 2013 08:12 PM PDT
I can probably count on one hand how many times I’ve used a QR Code reader over the years. The fact that such functionality isn’t built into iOS pretty much ensures that this tech will always be dead to me. Yet, a new jailbreak tweak is trying to change that by incorporating the ability to scan QR Codes directly from the stock Camera app. NativeQR is the name of the tweak, and not only will it allow you to scan QR codes, it also allows you to share contacts using QR codes as well.(...) "How to make the stock Camera app read QR codes" is an article by iDownloadBlog.com. |
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