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Remains of the Day: By design

Whenever Apple escapes one lawsuit, the universe launches another one. Elsewhere, the epic battle for the nano-SIM comes to a head, and HP would like you to know it invented keyboards in a hard candy shell. Continue reading

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iPhone Apps: Instacast, iTV Shows 2, Eros Defense

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Ask iLounge: iTunes Match only partially matching some albums

Q: Since signing up for iTunes Match, I have a lot of albums that have a mix of matched and uploaded tracks. I don’t understand how iTunes can match only two or three tracks from an album and force me to upload the rest. Shouldn’t the Match feature do complete albums? Also, when I’ve looked for some of these albums on the store, I can’t find them, yet iTunes Match definitely does match at least some of the tracks. Any idea… Continue reading

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Ask iLounge: Using iTunes Match to convert protected tracks from other iTunes accounts

Q: My girlfriend has purchased a lot of music from the iTunes Store. using two different Apple IDs. She has quite a few protected, pre-iTunes Plus tracks which are incompatible with her Sonos music player – of course these are related to the older Apple ID that she no longer uses. If I use the procedure you described to use iTunes Match to upgrade protected/low-bitrate iTunes Store tracks, will it only apply to the tracks bought under the Apple… Continue reading

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News: WWDC 2012 sells out in record two hours

Just announced this morning, Apple has already sold out of tickets for its 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference. According to a notice on Apple’s official WWDC website, tickets are sold out, roughly two hours after they went on sale. “We’ll be posting videos of all our sessions shortly after the conference, so everyone can take advantage of great WWDC content for free,” reads a consolatory message. Last year’s conference… Continue reading

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News: Sprint activates 1.5 million iPhones in Q1 2012

Reporting its first quarter fiscal results, Sprint today announced that it activated 1.5 million iPhones during the March quarter. According to the company, 44 percent of those were sold to new customers. While the activation number may appear low compared to AT&T’s 4.3 million activations and Verizon’s 3.2 million, the 1.5 million number actually accounts for roughly 5 percent of Sprint’s total postpaid subscriber base of 32.8… Continue reading

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News: Realikety lets users “Like” Reality

3D Magic has released Realikety, a new augmented reality social networking app that lets users “Like” real world places and objects. Designed to take the concept of social networking beyond the online space of websites, photos and videos, Realikety allows users to capture and “Like” anything they can see with the iPhone camera. Likes are counted and displayed in real time and users can comment and share with other Realikety… Continue reading

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News: iHome ships iDM5 Executive Work Station

iHome has announced that it is now shipping its iDM5 Executive Work Station. First unveiled at the 2012 CES, the iDM5 features a built-in, full-size QWERTY Bluetooth keyboard, built-in speakers, a microphone for speaker functionality, two USB ports for device charging, an auxiliary input, and an integrated keyboard cover that doubles as the back to a built-in stand. iHome’s iDM5 is available now and sells for $130; for more information, see… Continue reading

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News: Parrot FreeFlight adds video recording for iPhone 3GS users

Parrot has released a minor update to its FreeFlight app for the AR.Drone iOS-controlled Quadricopter adding support for video recording on the iPhone 3GS and third-generation iPod touch. This release follows a major update to FreeFlight earlier this month that added a redesigned user interface and high-definition video and photo support for newer iOS devices. Today’s update provides lower-resolution 360p video recording for iPhone 3GS and third-generation… Continue reading

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News: Chinese official claims Proview owns iPad trademark

Yan Xiaohong, deputy director of China’s National Copyright Administration, has said that the government regards Proview as the rightful owner of the iPad trademark, according to an Associated Press report. “The dispute between Apple and Shenzhen Proview concerning the iPad trademark is going through the judicial process,” Yan said in a news conference, adding that “according to our government’s laws, Shenzhen Proview… Continue reading

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