Daily Archives: February 23, 2012

Chinese writers double damage demands in App Store lawsuit

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A group of nine Chinese writers have amended a December court filing against Apple to almost double the amount of damages sought, according to Macworld. Having previously sought 11.9 million yuan in their App Store piracy case, the group — operating as the China Written Works Copyright Society — is now asking for 23 million yuan, or about $3.65 million. As explanation the CWWCS says it has discovered another 26 infringing products on the App Store…. Continue reading →

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NuForce debuts Air DAC for CD-quality audio streaming

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Users who have either Apple mobile devices using the 30-pin dock connector or other audio devices using USB ports can now stream high-quality audio without latency or interference using NuForce’s Air DAC Wireless System. The two-part hardware system uses a transmitter and receiver that allow for easy creation of streaming audio networks using the 2.4Ghz radio band. Multiple receivers can be used to pipe audio wirelessly around a room…. Continue reading →

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Report: Apple’s iPhone 4 was most purchased smartphone in 2011

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ComScore’s annual report reveals iPhones as the top-selling smartphone models, though Android Continue reading →

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Spotify adds gapless playback, crossfades, and more

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The music service Spotify has answered a few of its more common missing features with a desktop app update. The latest version brings gapless playback and track-to-track crossfading to its subscribers on both Macs and PCs (free, OS X, Windows). The new update also incorporates several performance enhancements…. Continue reading →

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Apple posts EFI updates for iMacs, MacBooks, Mac minis

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Apple has released four separate EFI firmware updates for Macs. These include Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.6, iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.9, MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.4, and MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.7. In all cases, the downloads deal with the same core problems…. Continue reading →

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Cook, Apple’s success take center stage at annual shareholder meeting

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At Apple’s annual shareholder meeting, the focus was again on CEO Tim Cook, who addressed the company’s fortunes (and fortune), with some corporate-governance changes thrown in for good measure. Continue reading →

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Perth, Australia to get second Apple Store

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The western Australian city of Perth will get a second Apple Store later this year, sources for ifoAppleStore say. In particular, Apple is said to be planning a shop in the suburb of South Perth, only a short distance from the current Perth City outlet downtown. Because there are no large malls in South Perth, it’s thought that Apple will build another street-level location…. Continue reading →

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Chinese writers double request for damages in Apple piracy suit

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In a revision to a December filing, nine Chinese writers claiming that Apple has been selling pirated versions of their work on its App Store nearly doubled the amount they are demanding from the company, and now seek a compensatory payout of over $3.6 million. Continue reading →

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The BYOD struggle: From writing custom apps to defining security

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Companies are grappling with the question of whether and how to let employees use their own smartphones and tablets at work even as a huge push is being made to set up internal “app stores” of approved and custom-built corporate mobile apps. Continue reading →

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Apple Releases EFI Firmware Updates for Mac Mini, iMac, MacBook Air and Pro [Mac Blog]

Posted on February 23, 2012 by admin

Apple just released new firmware updates for the full range of Macs released in 2011, which apparently all fix the same issues. This update improves the reliability of booting from the network, addresses an issue that can prevent HDCP authentication after a reboot, and resolves an issue with boot device selection when a USB storage device is hot-plugged. The software updates are: – Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.6 – Mac mini (Mid 2011) – iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.9 – iMac (Early 2011) – MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.4 – MacBook Air (Mid 2011) – MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.7 – MacBook Pro (Early 2011) and (Late 2011) Continue reading →

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