Category: Apple

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Office for iPad review: three beautiful apps, each with strong competition

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANA WOLLMAN After loads of leaks — and some serious denial from Microsoft — the company has finally released a version of Office for iPad. It’s not surprising, in a way, given that Microsoft already has Office Mobile for iPhone. And yet, this new trio of apps (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) isn’t at all what we expected. In fact, it’s a lot better. You see, rather than simply blow up the current iPhone app to iPad-sized proportions, the…

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Latest Apple TV rumors have it teaming up with Comcast for streaming

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As reported on Engadget. BY RICHARD LAWLER Rumors Apple will launch a new TV-connected device/service seemingly never die, and now the Wall Street Journal reports it’s in talks with Comcast (and that rumored discussions with Time Warner Cable over a “Project Jupiter” team-up stalled when TWC became a takeover target). With interesting timing, the rumors focus on an aspect of the deal that would give Apple’s device(s) streaming of live TV and cloud DVR recordings over a “managed connection”…

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Apple Application Culture

GarageBand on Mac now lets you export songs as MP3s… again

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As reported on Engadget. BY EDGAR ALVAREZ As meaningful as GarageBand’s mobile life is to Apple, the tune-making app is still considered a valuable piece of real estate on the desktop. However, last yearGarageBand for Mac lost MP3 exporting as a feature, something which unsettled some of its users. The good news: today’s release brings that back, once again allowing you to export those music creations as MP3 files. Additionally, Apple’s thrown in a few Drummers and drum packs from various genres, including songwriter,…

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Apple kills iPad 2 in favor of 4th-gen Retina display model

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANIEL COOPER When Apple launched the iPad Air, it swiftly kicked the fourth-generation iPad to the curb, but kept the iPad 2 around as an “entry level” option. At the same time as the company has tweaked the iPhone lineup, it’s also pulling a switcheroo in the tablet space — dumping the iPad 2 and replacing it with the Retina-and-Lightning model. The unit is back on the Apple store for the same price as the Retina iPad Mini,…

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Apple Design

Apple’s Jony Ive: ‘We’re surrounded by anonymous, poorly made objects’

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As reported on Engadget. BY MAT SMITH In a rare interview, Apple’s VP of Design offers at least a little insight into both his thinking and how Apple makes its products. Apparently, it all starts with Jonathan Iveimagining what a new kind of product should be and what it should do. After that, the process moves on to what it should look like. Inspiration here apparently comes from, well, everywhere, from candy manufacturers to metalworkers in Northern Japan. It’s…

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Is Jawbone Apple And Google’s Biggest Threat?

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As reported by TechCrunch. by Leena Rao Long before there were wearable devices, there wasJawbone. The brainchild of founder and CEO Hosain Rahman, the hardware and gadgets manufacturer is now a multi-billion-dollar company that is becoming a personal electronics powerhouse and brand. Which is why we’re thrilled to announce that Rahman will be speaking at Disrupt NY in May. There’s been more attention on Jawbone of late as wearables gain traction among consumers — the company just released its high-powered…

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Apple announces CarPlay: in-vehicle voice and touch access to notifications, maps and music

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As reported by Engadget. BY MAT SMITH Apple has officially announced CarPlay, its new in-car interface that’ll be compatible with new Ferrari, Mercedes and Volvo cars unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show this week. Designed “from the ground up” to bridge the gap between your iPhone and your auto, it will offer touch and Siri-based voice navigation of your smartphone services, including contacts, voicemail, notifications, map directions and music cueing — it will even support third-party apps…

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Apple, If Samsung And Sony Can Make A Waterproof Phone, So Can You

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Matt Burns Just this week Samsung revealed the Galaxy S5. It’s water-resistant. Sony also announced theXperia Z2, the waterproof successor to the also waterproof Z1. So where’s my waterproof iPhone? The technology and demand are here. Water-resistant or waterproof, Samsung and Sony’s latest flagships are waterproof enough that a drop in the toilet will not destroy the device. That’s what the iPhone needs. It needs to be toilet-proof. The iPhone has long been a…

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Apple Security

Apple explains how the iPhone’s fingerprint sensor keeps your info secure

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS If you’ve ever wanted to know how the iPhone 5s’ Touch ID fingerprint security works beyond a basic overview, you’ll be glad to hear Apple has just delivered a motherlode of new details. An updated version of its iOS Security white paper (PDF) explains much of what happens to your finger data after you touch the sensor. In short, your information may be more hack-resistant than it seems at…

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Apple issues fix for major security flaw on OS X

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As reported on TechCrunch. By Jacob Kastrenakes Apple has released an update to OS X that patches the large security vulnerabilityidentified last week. The flaw stemmed from an erroneous line of code and meant that certain apps on Macs, iPhones, and iPads were susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks, potentially allowing a hacker to pose as a trusted website or service. Johns Hopkins cryptographer Matthew Green called the flaw “seriously exploitable” after it was identified last week by Apple…

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