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Last thoughts: Today (the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge)
The Positive Page

Today: I finally made the Smartphone leap! – © 2010 Karina Chapman “Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.” – Mark Twain As always, the Friday edition combines a quote with a favorite photo. I tailor these to the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge theme, which this week is “Today”. Today’s photo is all about “Today”. Whatever photo it is that we share, it has to be taken today. However, the main thing I did today, other than working out at Planet Fitness and making homemade pizza, was to finally get my very first Smartphone. And, in keeping with the Apple theme in this household, I chose to get an iPhone 4S. I can’t describe how much I love this phone. To say it’s revolutionary is an understatement; I’m already used to the iPad and iPod Touch, but to have a phone that does so much boggles my mind. I love this iPhone! – © 2010 Karina Chapman Of course, as any Smartphone user knows, the initial setup takes time. There are

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CoBook – Smart Mac Address Book
The OTC Space

For Mac users out there, this free App looks to be a great add-on. Check the video at the link below, or purchase via the AppStore. CoBook puts a menu bar icon in reach, where adding a contact is much quicker. It also lets you search LinkedIn and Twitter for each persons profile and photo too. It’s free, and for me, makes accessing contact data a mite quicker. AppStore link here Story: Cobook 1.0 Hits the Mac App Store – The Smart Address Book for OS X | MacTrast.

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Recent ITV Player 2.0 gives Live access of UK TV to iPad, iPhone
All On Internet

Recent version of ITV Player 2.0 gives live access to UK TV Channels to iPhone & iPad by Wi-Fi and 3G. Excellent graphics, content switching has been updated. It also provides live shows coveragethat are not covered by channels.  You can search more on Apple in our Apple Category. Follow us on our Facebook page to keep updated.  You may also like this: iPad Books read in Web Browsers by Inkling Nest Thermostat from Apple Online Store Apple CEO Tim Cook meeting with USA Congress leaders New Update v1.9 of Flipboard for iPhone and iPad supports audio and accessibility features This Week: Launching of LG Optimus LTE 2 in Korea Google Android infringed Oracle Java, Jury Says Android Net Loss in 2010 Cool Android Designer Applications

It’s Time to move to iCloud.
MACNATICO
Smartphones and Tablets in Business
Business and Technology Commentary
IOS 6 to Bring Redesign to iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore {RUMOR}
TechnoCrz!
Judge bars Apple from turning court into reality distortion field
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DirecTV: Apple TV won’t “obsolete our technology”
GigaOM
Netflix gobbles Apple share to take lead in U.S. online movie business
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Why Apple Doesn’t Build Products in the U.S.
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As the (Retail) World Turns
Love. Think. Speak.

It’s been a month since the news broke, and I still haven’t been able to find a reasonable explanation for why Target stopped carrying the Amazon Kindle. The only thing anyone seems to be able to say about it is that they pulled it because of a “conflict of interest.” One theory I keep seeing pop up in both blogs and professional journalism which makes no sense to me is that Target was essentially forced to “choose” between Amazon and Apple. If this is true, Target unquestionably made the right decision for two huge reasons: 1. Amazon is more of a direct competitor. It’s no secret that cheaper online sales are severely hurting the traditional retail industry. I always found the status of e-readers being sold in retailers pretty unusual in the first place. Having stores like Target, Walmart, and Best Buy carry products made by Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble really seems counterintuitive to me. 2. Apple is a much bigger deal in the tech indust

My Top 10 Apple Questions: Warning I’m past 60.
My Life in my 60's

These are some questions I have after spending 3 hours trying to get my computer to speed up. My poor Apple genius is going to have to answer these questions when I go in Monday. 1. Why do computers only have a life of several years? We kept our TV’s and stereos for eons. If you’re under 30, you’re probably asking “What’s a stereo?” 2. Why do they tell you to upload software, and then tell you, “Oh,  you don’t have enough gigabytes? So, why didn’t you tell me that before I bought new programs for $50.00 and downloaded them. 3. What is a gigabyte exactly. Where is it, and what does it look like? 4. Why don’t these computers come as a self-cleaning devices, like say an oven? 5. Are there little people inside the computer, fixing it up when you clean it? Okay, I know there aren’t any, but I feel like there are. 6. Who reads the messages I send to apple? 7. What’s the best way to co-ordinate all this stuff on the compu

Apple Warns Users That MobileMe Ends June 30th
TechnoCrz!

Apple has sent users of its MobileMe service a warning via email and push that it will no longer be available after June 30th. The core services provided by MobileMe have been completely rewritten and are now part of iCloud. MobileMe will no longer be available after June 30, 2012. To continue to have mail, contacts, and calendars kept up to date automatically and free of charge, and to enjoy the new services that iCloud provides, MobileMe members must move their accounts to iCloud before June 30, 2012. You can learn more about transitioning to iCloud via the Apple support document from this Link.

Digital Video Content
aucontrary

I know from past experience, that Apple really is not interested in pretty much anything their users have to say.  They dictate, and we meekly accept whatever they deign to allow us to do. But at least for the short term, there is a huge problem (from a consumer standpoint, not so much for Apple) with the way they are making video available. Video on the iTunes store is HUGE! I was in Vegas on a business trip.  The hotel I stayed at had pay per day Internet, and it was per device and was not WiFi. I brought my Verizon MiFi with me, so opted not to pay the $14 per day for in-room Internet. This was fine for everything except getting a new movie on my iPad for my trip home.  My trip home was going to take 10+ hours, and I would have actually preferred 2 movies, but there was a problem with that. Video on the iTunes store is HUGE! I watched Iron Man on the way out, so I decided to get Iron Man 2 for the trip home. There is an Apple store in the Forum Shops at Ceasars, so I went over there

Bold Call: Microsoft To Pass Android, Grab No. 2 Spot In Tablets Behind Apple
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Morgan Stanley analyst Kathryn Huberty upped her sales projections for the tablet computer market Thursday, and argued that Microsoft will grab the number two spot in the market, after Apple iPad and ahead of tablets running Google‘s Android software, with the launch of Windows 8 later this year. Huberty and the tech team at Morgan Stanley are now estimating shipments of 133 million tablets in 2012, up 57% from their original estimates; and 216 million tablets in 2013, up 112%. No surprise there, tablet sales have been growing fast — despite high-profile stumbles by Hewlett-Packard and Dell — thanks to demand for Apple’s iPad tablet computer. The bold call: Microsoft will grab a substantial chunk of the market with the introduction of Windows 8 later this year. “Our survey suggests 25% of users expect to buy Windows 8 tablet and Office is a key feature, especially for those considering their first tablet purchase,” Huberty and her team wrote in an analysis of the market released Thursd

Supercharge the iPhone/iPad springboard with DashboardX
The Voice of Reason

Dashboard widgets are a feature that Android has enjoyed for a while. And why not? They’re a great idea, and they add tremendous functionality to the screen. DashboardX is a jailbreak tweak that bring this functionality to your iOS device. In fact, DashboardX allows you to use your Notification Center widgets either on a separate dashboard, or on the home screen among your application icons to brighten up the boring home screen. Dashboard X gives you the ability to add Notification Center widgets directly to the home screen among your application icons. The widgets do not interfere with the placement of the application icons, nor vice versa. Even though they don’t interfere with each other, they will layer over each other, meaning that it’s a good idea to rearrange the icons so they are away from the widgets. You can rearrange and delete widgets from the home screen exactly the way you do with application icons, holding down on them to enter jiggle mode, dragging them

Make sure your Mac doesn’t catch a “social” disease: 3 social engineering threats
GigaOM

As Apple’s(s AAPL) market share continues to grow, we are beginning to see a simultaneous growth of security threats such as Flashback and MacDefender. Apple has been slow to respond to threats in the past and continues to that pattern (kudos to Apple for eventually updating OS X Leopard). Eugene Kasperksy claims Apple is “10 years behind” Microsoft(s MSFT) on security, and as someone who fights Windows viruses every day, here are my thoughts on potential threats we could see on the Mac platform, and how to defend against them. 1. Tricking the user by hiding documents This is the “hot” trend right now in the PC world and usually occurs with a ransomware scare. A piece of malware claims there is a problem with your hard drive or operating system and for proof it adds a “hidden” flag to all your files so it appears your desktop, your documents and pretty much everything you care about is gone. You are convinced the only way to get it back is to run this repair utility.

Mophie Juice Pack Boost
JGR PRESENTS

Just bought this mophie juice pack boost for my iphone. For a person like me whos on their phone 24/7 needs a back up external charger. I don’t usually leave home unless my phone is charged up to 100%, but my phone battery never last me a whole day. I chose this between the other models because I don’t really like using iphone covers. It’s a distraction when taking pictures and I believe that without an iphone cover, an iphone takes better lighting photos. I got inspired by this from my friend Stephanie, she had the energizer version from thailand. Pretty much a good sale price for $34.99 ($49.99 original price) and also comes in black. 

IOS6…widgets
Generally about iOS stuff

I’ve touched on this before…widgets…but let’s have widgets for the pull down bar…. Apple give us an API to do it ourselves! I’d love to be able to create some nice widgets for apps….no doubt if Facebook does integrate then it will have a notification widget ! Of course, if you look further down the page you’ll see I looked at widgets as options on the home screens…..still think that would be interesting as well.