Daily Archives: April 1, 2012

Ashton Kutcher claimed playing Steve Jobs in biopic

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Despite the April Fools’ Day timing, Variety has made serious claims on Sunday that Ashton Kutcher will play Steve Jobs in an independent movie. The Five Star Institute-produced title Jobs is expected to enter production in May, during Kutcher’s break from Two and a Half Men. The project will reportedly focus on Jobs’ early days on his way to founding Apple…. Continue reading →

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The Macalope Weekly Special Edition: Fools of the Year

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Has it only been a year since the last Fools of the Year edition? These people make it seem longer. Continue reading →

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Apple increases developer revenue in iAd to 70%

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Apple has announced to developers that it has increased developers’ share of revenue in iAd from 60 percent to 70 percent. Continue reading →

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Girls Around Me maker says exit voluntary, defends app

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The developer of controversial girl tracking app Girls Around Me, i-Free, has issued a statement on Sunday defending the app. It told the Wall Street Journal that it withdrew the app voluntarily after the Foursquare block rendered the app inactive. The Russian firm argued that, despite a heavy marketing focus on messaging and tracking women, that there was a “serious misunderstanding” of what the app was meant for…. Continue reading →

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News: Kensington Keyfolio Expert Giveaway

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iLounge and Kensington are giving away ten (10) KeyFolio™ Expert Multi Angle Folio & Keyboard ($109.99 value) and a Virtuoso™ Signature Stylus and Pen (Silver) ($29.99 value) . For more information visit Kensington.com. Enter now by filling out the form below. Good Luck! {exp:freeform:form form_name=”keyfolio_expert_form” form_id=”freeform” return=”contest/success” required=”name|street1|city|state|postalcode|phone1|email” notify=”giveaway@ilounge.com”… Continue reading →

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Kensington Keyfolio Expert Giveaway

Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin

iLounge and Kensington are giving away ten (10) KeyFolio™ Expert Multi Angle Folio & Keyboard ($109.99 value) and a Virtuoso™ Signature Stylus and Pen (Silver) ($29.99 value) . For more information visit Kensington.com. Enter now by filling out the form below. Good Luck! {exp:freeform:form form_name=”keyfolio_expert_form” form_id=”freeform” return=”contest/success” required=”name|street1|city|state|postalcode|phone1|email” notify=”giveaway@ilounge.com”… Continue reading →

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iPad Hungry Hungry Hippos and Other April Fools for 2012

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It’s April 1st again — also known as April Fools’ Day . Today also represents Apple’s 36th anniversary, having been founded on this day in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Here are a couple of the more ambitious pranks floating around the internet today: Hungry Hungry Hippos for iPad ThinkGeek has introduced a modernized version of the classic Hungry Hungry Hippos game for the iPad, but now with “capacitive-padded heads.” Electronic Hungry Hungry Hippos iPad Game is everything you remember about HHH. All four hippos are present and hungry, except this time, the hippos fit over your iPad and the game board is an app! Readers will remember that ThinkGeek first introduced the iCade as an April Fools prank that later became a shipping product. Google Maps for NES Google has created an 8-bit version of Google Maps for the NES platform – a cartridge based game console from the 1980s. You can explore it yourself on Google’s maps site . Continue reading →

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Judge upholds most of Apple touch patent vs. Motorola

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Apple landed a key decision in its civil lawsuit against Motorola in the US after Judge Richard Posner upheld the majority of a patent central to the case late this week. He mostly agreed with Apple’s interpretation of its touchscreen heuristics patent, limiting complaints mostly to the lack of specificity for certain gestures. Motorola made arguments to invalidate the patent that were unpersuasive, including an odd insistence that a patent construction claim was only valid at a 27-degree angle of touch that had only been used as an example…. Continue reading →

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Judge affirms vital Apple touchscreen patent in case against Motorola

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Judge Richard Posner has issued an order upholding some of Apple’s patent claims against Motorola Mobility that one analysis believes will likely result in a finding of infringement on Motorola’s part. Continue reading →

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