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Canon intros three Pixma printers, two with AirPrint

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin

Canon has introduced three all-in-one Pixma printers, the MX372, the MX512 Wireless and the MX432 Wireless. The two wireless enabled devices both support AirPrint allowing users to print directly from an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. The printers are also accompanied by a companion mobile app, Canon Easy-PhotoPrint that is available for both iOS- and Android-based smartphones and tablets and now allows users to print PDFs created directly on the devices, not just photos as previously…. Continue reading →

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Jawbone’s super-sized Big Jambox speaker shows at FCC

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

Jawbone’s plans for a bigger Bluetooth speaker were given away late Thursday after an FCC filing showed a new device. Just called the Big Jambox, the diagramming hints that it might represent a literal upsizing of the brick-shaped audio device. Not much is hinted at in directly by the filing besides the inclusion of Bluetooth…. Continue reading →

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News: Apple wins round in patent dispute with Samsung

Posted on January 23, 2012 by admin

Apple won the most recent round in its ongoing patent dispute with Samsung as a German judge ruled in favor of Apple in a patent infringement complaint. Forbes reports that Mannheim Regional Court judge Andreas Voss ruled that Apple did not infringe on what is believed to be a Samsung patent relating to a “turbo channel encoding/decoding device for a CDM communication system”. Samsung has the option to appeal to the Higher Regional… Continue reading →

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Apple Expected to Adopt 802.11ac 5G Gigabit Wi-Fi This Year

Posted on January 23, 2012 by admin

AppleInsider claims that Apple is planning on incorporating support for the new faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi specification into products this year. The new 802.11ac standard achieves much faster wireless networking speeds than the existing 802.11n specification (in use on the latest Mac, AirPort and iOS devices) by using 2 to 4 times the frequency bandwidth (from 80 to 160MHz), more efficient data transfers through sophisticated modulation, and more antennas (up to 8; existing standards support up to 4, while Apple’s Macs currently use up to 3). This “Gigabit WiFi” offers speeds 3 times as fast as existing 802.11n wireless networks can with speeds of over 1 Gigabit per second. Despite the specification not being finalized, Broadcom has already announced a family of chips supporting 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The final specification is expected to be certified in the second half of this year. Apple and other manufacturers have been known to deploy un-finalized wireless technology in the past. Apple deployed 802.11n in new AirPort base stations years before the official standard certification. Continue reading →

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News: Apple posts streaming video of education event

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

Apple has posted a streaming video of this morning’s education event on its website. The video, which clocks in at roughly one hour long, features Apple executives Phil Schiller, Eddy Cue, and Roger Rosner introducing the company’s new textbook and education initiatives, which include iBooks 2.0, the new digital textbooks section of the iBookstore, iBooks Author for Mac, and the new iTunes U app. For more information on the event, check… Continue reading →

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Article: Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iBooks 2.0

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

Announced in January 2010 alongside the iPad—but deliberately offered as a standalone download—Apple’s iBooks has grown from being a simple e-Reader application to include support for PDF files, more interactive elements, and even compatibility with the iPad’s smaller siblings. Today, Apple redefined what’s possible from iBooks content with the release of iBooks 2.0. Joined by a new Textbooks section of the iBookstore… Continue reading →

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News: Apple announces iTunes U App

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

At today’s education event, Apple also announced an overhaul of its iTunes U service with the debut of a new iTunes U application for the iPad. Designed to provide a new and more interactive way of accessing the previously podcast-based iTunes U curriculum, the new application allows users to not only download course material but also interact with teachers and professors by providing access to assignments, updates, course notes, lectures and… Continue reading →

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News: iBookstore adds new Textbook category for interactive textbooks

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

During Apple’s education event today, the company announced a new Textbook section coming to the U.S. iBookstore to showcase a new collection of interactive textbooks that will be supported by iBooks 2. In addition, Apple has partnered with three leading textbook companies that are collectively responsible for publishing 90% of textbooks including McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Pearson. Apple has also published a new, free iBooks… Continue reading →

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News: AT&T announces new data plans for iPhone, iPad

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

AT&T has announced new data plans for smartphone and tablet customers that will affect both iPhone and iPad users. The new smartphone data plans include AT&T Data Plus 300MB, which includes 300MB of monthly data for $20, AT&T Data Pro 3GB, which offers 3GB for $30, and AT&T Data Pro 5GB, which offers 5GB for $50 and also includes mobile hotspot tethering. Customers on the latter two plans can pay $10 per additional gigabyte, while… Continue reading →

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News: Apple education event to focus on content, K-12 market

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

Apple’s education event, scheduled for tomorrow in New York City, will focus on broadening the education content available for the iPad, with an emphasis on the K-12 market, according to a new report. Citing two people with knowledge of the announcement, Bloomberg reports that Apple will announce a set of tools to make it easier to publish interactive textbooks and other digital educational content. In addition to making more content available,… Continue reading →

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