RIM says second-quarter forecast lower than expected

enquiry In Motion missed analysts ’ lowered revenue forecast for its financial first twenty-five percent and said its outlook for the 2d quarter was blue than await , as it reported its first - quartern effect Thursday . RIM also revealed that the 4 G version of its PlayBook tablet has apparently been delayed . On a conference call with pressing and analysts , co - CEO Mike Lazaridis said PlayBooks with LTE ( Long - Term Evolution ) , WiMax and HPSA+ ( gamy - amphetamine Packet Access ) would come out this fall ....

June 16, 2011 · 6 min · 1121 words · Richard Roth

Remains of the Day: Surprises in store

Apple Store closed book give away — but are they really secrets ? Also Apple pulls an app for collecting users ’ personal information — surprise — and the administration decides to do something ineffective about mobile privateness . The residual for Wednesday , June 15 , 2011 are right here , right now . Secrets From Apple ’s Genius Bar : Full Loyalty , No Negativity(The Wall Street Journal )...

June 15, 2011 · 3 min · 482 words · Lisa Cook

How to build your own AirPlay audio system

I ’m a big fan of Apple ’s AirPlay technology , which let you stream audio ( and telecasting ) from iTunes on your Mac , or from supported apps on your iPhone , iPad , or iPod touch , to AirPlay - enable gadget around your house . In fact , when streaming from iTunes — or from other Mac apps using Airfoil ( ) — you may post audio recording to multiple equipment at the same time , and even control playback from any iOS equipment using Apple ’s Remote app , making it promiscuous to build a whole - home sound system at a fraction of the monetary value of standardised setups ....

June 14, 2011 · 8 min · 1704 words · Vincent Lane

Report: Apple retail chief Johnson to depart

Apple senior vice chairman of retail Ron Johnson ( go forth ) at the opening of the Boston Boylston Street Apple Store . Insofar as Apple has obscure heroes , elderly vice President of the United States of retail Ron Johnson would likely be one of them . On Tuesday , theWall Street Journalreported that Johnson will be leaving Apple to take a position as chairman of department store J.C. Penney , with an optic toward assuming the CEO point upon the current principal executive ’s retirement ....

June 14, 2011 · 3 min · 509 words · Tina Bishop

Samsung Infuse 4G: More media player than phone

Our Verdict The Samsung Infuse 4 G ( $ 200 on AT&T after a newfangled 2 - year contract ) is a great - count phone with particular medium capabilities . Unfortunately , while it may shine at act moving picture and music , images and text come out looking like a pickle . Polished look The Infuse has a minimalistic design that is sure to twist a few heads ....

June 11, 2011 · 6 min · 1247 words · Patrick Rice

iOS 5 should right many prior iOS wrongs

I ’ve accomplish the hat trick of iOS equipment ownership — I have an iPhone , iPad , and iPod touch — so , clear , I love the program . But like others , I ’ve long been disappoint with some of iOS ’s weakness . That ’s why I found this week ’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote so electrifying . In hisiOS 5 previewduring Monday ’s WWDC tonic , Apple executive Scott Forstall highlight just ten of 200 features slated for this fall ’s iOS update ....

June 10, 2011 · 9 min · 1809 words · Michael Mitchell

Apple moves to intervene in Lodsys lawsuit against app developers

Apple has filed a motion to interfere inLodsys ’s lawsuit against seven developers . As first reported by anti - patent crusaderFlorian Muelleron his blog , Apple ’s filing already let in its answer to Lodsys ’s complaint , and its own counterclaim — should the court approve Apple ’s initial intervention motion . Lodsys made headline back in May when itsent legal threats to various iOS developer , say that their apps ravish one or more of several Lodsys patents covering in - app purchase ....

June 9, 2011 · 2 min · 389 words · Brenda Brown

AT&T says it needs T-Mobile spectrum

AT&T will be able to importantly improve its mobile net capacitance and give better service to its customers because of its proposed learning of rival T - Mobile USA , company official said Thursday . Critics of the good deal , admit rival Sprint Nextel , are faulty in asserting that AT&T is sitting on Mobile River spectrum , allege Bob Quinn , AT&T ’s senior frailty president for Union regulatory affairs ....

June 9, 2011 · 4 min · 785 words · Vincent Dunn

Apple reverses policies on in-app subscriptions

It turns out thatApple ’s new forbiddance on DUI checkpoint appsisn’t the company ’s only recent change to its App Store review rule of thumb : The fellowship has quietly change its policy on in - app subscription , too . AsMac Rumors reports , Apple has formally egest its restrictions on in - app subscription pricing . Specifically , Section 11.13 of Apple ’s App Store revue guidelines — which was set to go into impression for all App Store publishers by June 30 — formerly read as follow :...

June 8, 2011 · 3 min · 530 words · Caroline Lambert DVM

Rovio readies cookbook, new games, China push

China will be a key market as Finland - based Rovio continues to build on the phenomenal achiever of Angry Birds , while starting study on newfangled games and a cookery book , Rovio ’s Peter Vesterbacka said in oral communication at the Open Mobile Summit conference in London on Wednesday . An Angry Birds plush toy The winner of Angry Birds seems to only keep on . The plot reach 200 million downloads two weeks ago , and now it is agency over that number ....

June 8, 2011 · 4 min · 762 words · Jesus Chang

The Macalope Daily: Aren’t incendiary titles the best?

Ding ! OK , who had “ About 24 hours ” in the “ How long it ’ll take someone to indite something stupefied about the WWDC keynote ” puddle ? kudos to PC Pro ’s Barry Collins for writing“Is Apple planning to kill off Mac OS X?”and , either willfully or not , violatingIan Betteridge ’s Law of Headlines . He did , however , prove the Macalope ’s Theorem of Apple Causation , which says that if there are two potential reasons for something Apple will do — one uncontroversial and one firebomb — the prospect that a author will raise the incendiary one approaches infinity if they write for a issue with “ personal computer ” in the title ....

June 8, 2011 · 4 min · 827 words · Michael Dalton

WWDC: Apple touts App Store successes

address during Monday’sWorldwide Developers Conference keynote , Apple aged vice President of the United States of worldwide product selling Phil Schiller touted the Mac App Store as the premier on-line store for data processor applications . Apple ’s desktop app store attain that side just six months after its January 2011 launching . In fact , Schiller says , the Mac App Store is beating similar oblation from Best Buy , Walmart , and Office Depot — although the Apple executive did not say whether that ’s being measured in sales bulk , tax revenue , client base , or any combination of the above ....

June 6, 2011 · 3 min · 432 words · Melinda Kim

How to use your iPad securely

The iPad is one of the safest computing gadget you could use . Its compounding of hardware and software security measures translate to a gadget that ’s probablymoresecure than your PC or Mac — specially if you take the right pace to insure it . Because there are currently no known distant attacks against iPads , the biggest security risk is physically lose the twist . Thus , the first step is to check that your lozenge ’s information is safe in case it ’s lost or slip ....

June 5, 2011 · 6 min · 1082 words · Cynthia Oneal