Apple needs to get its head in the cloud

When those who follow these sorts of things address of Apple and its strengths and weakness , the S and Ws often break down along these lines — strong point : Just about everything ; weakness : The Web . Though some may argue with the first , very few will deal that Apple ’s done a bang - up line on the latter . Apple ’s history in Internet Service not concerned with clicking a button to grease one’s palms something has been litter with loser and half - hearted forays — eWorld , iWork....

May 9, 2011 · 8 min · 1513 words · Jerome Acevedo

iSuppli: Smartphone shipments fell from Q4 to Q1

With the famous elision of Apple ’s iPhone , smartphone shipments dippedin the first quarter compared with the former twenty-five percent — a type of decline that has n’t happen for a couple of years , according to iSuppli . earpiece makers send 97.2 million phones in the first fourth , down 1.5 percent from the 98.7 million ship in the fourth quarter . Though many electronics merchandise confront a falling off early in the yr following holiday sales in the fourth quarter , smartphones have n’t experienced such a decline since the beginning of 2009 , iSuppli said ....

May 9, 2011 · 2 min · 397 words · Phyllis Griffin

Privacy groups support new do-not-track bill

Several concealment and civil rightfulness groups voice support for an on-line do - not - track bill preface in the U.S. Senate Monday , saying the legislation would give Web user ensure over their personal data . Senator John “ Jay ” Rockefeller ’s bank bill would create a national do - not - data track mechanics , a “ of the essence civil liberty protection for the twenty-first century , ” said Chris Calabrese , legislative counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) ....

May 9, 2011 · 4 min · 698 words · Michele Rivera

White iPhone sparked skirmish at Beijing Apple Store

The farsighted wait for Apple products in Beijing turn ugly over the weekend when a skirmish erupt outside one of the companionship ’s storage , resulting in a broken meth door and harm to client and one employee . Apple ’s iPad 2 had just gone on cut-rate sale , but it was the white iPhone 4 , released a hebdomad to begin with , that caused the trouble ....

May 9, 2011 · 3 min · 558 words · Erik Gonzalez

Drawing on the iPad: 12 touchscreen styluses reviewed

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict See how these 12 compare to other styluses : Check out our in - profoundness iOS stylus charts . Steve Jobs may hate the idea of using a style on his touchscreen devices , but the fact stay that some consumer just favour an intermediary accessory for fundamental interaction . Whether it ’s too moth-eaten out of doors for direct contact , you ’re worried about touchscreen microbe , or you need a sketching shaft , sometimes a stylus can be a good affair ....

May 6, 2011 · 24 min · 4955 words · Brandy Mack

Remains of the Day: Dance like nobody’s watching

Apple sends one of its top men to speak before Congress , jumps almost twenty spots on the Fortune 500 , and strikes a deal with another major newspaper publisher — all before noon . Guesssomeoneate theirWheaties . The balance for Friday , May 6 , 2011 are part of this complete breakfast . Apple ’s Bud Tribble to prove before Judiciary Subcommittee on Mobile Privacy(The Loop ) The office of Senator Al Franken ( D - MN ) has unloosen the list of ethnic music giving testimonial at next workweek ’s Congressional auditory modality on mobile privateness , breed by the late iPhone location to-do ....

May 6, 2011 · 3 min · 440 words · Emily Webb

Apple orders spur growth for Taiwanese parts makers

Two Taiwanese business firm that make touchscreen control board for Apple have reported sharp first - quarter revenue gains , which analysts tell came from soaring demand for iPhones and iPads . Formosan business firm supplying components for Apple ’s mathematical product will continue to see strong revenue growing this year , these psychoanalyst say . Wintek ’s revenue shot up 181 percentage to NT$21 billion ( US$ 717 million at the exchange rate on the last day of the quarter ) compared to the same period of 2010 ....

May 5, 2011 · 3 min · 430 words · Thomas Gonzalez

Eye-Fi connects to iPhone, gets more useful

The Eye - Fi app receive images at once from my photographic camera . I’ve been using the Eye - Fi series of Wi - Fi - enable computer storage card for a brace of age now . But I have to admit , they ’ve always been cool on newspaper publisher than in practice . Yes , they countenance your photographic camera connect to a Wi - Fi web and upload photos to picture - sharing military service and even back to your Mac , and there ’s some Wi - Fi - based geotagging capableness ....

May 5, 2011 · 4 min · 665 words · Gabriel Chang

Apple releases iOS 4.3.3 to patch location bugs

Underpromise and overdeliver — always a good scheme . Apple say it would take a few weeks to issue an Io update to gear up a handful of germ related to the storage of location data , but it ’s take just seven days between that announcement and the show of Io 4.3.3 . Io contains a stash of location information , picture above , that was also synchronize to Macs and microcomputer via iTunes ....

May 4, 2011 · 3 min · 444 words · Victoria Russell

Remains of the Day: Mystery spot

Has the mystery of the white-hot iPhone ’s time lag been solved ? Mayhaps . But the mystery of when the iPhone 5 will arrive is still up in the air , and the iPad is perplexing members of our governing . The remainders for Wednesday , May 4 , 2011 are a secret wrapped in a brain-teaser inside an enigma . White iPhone Versus White iPhone(New York Times )...

May 4, 2011 · 4 min · 646 words · Steven Wilcox

New Mac Trojan horse masquerades as virus scanner

By and big , Mac users have been able-bodied to escape the onset of malware that their Windows counterparts suffer from . But every once in a while , a art object of nastiness slips into the wild . The latest offender is a Trojan horse by the name of MAC Defender , which purport to be a computer virus - scan software . In fact , it does little more than encourage users to give up their credit menu entropy ....

May 2, 2011 · 3 min · 503 words · Nicholas Patton

HTC Droid Incredible 2

Our Verdict The HTC Droid Incredible was a vast success in the United States when Verizon launched the smartphone last spring , so it pee-pee sense that Verizon and HTC would team up again to deliver the next generation , the unbelievable 2 . The unbelievable 2 does n’t represent a drastic service of the original Incredible ’s design or specs , but I find some nice nonaged upgrades and refinements in excogitation throughout the phone ....

April 30, 2011 · 8 min · 1682 words · Christina Lamb

Apple’s unique brand of crisis management

Steve Jobs on leg during Apple ’s iPhone 4 antenna press group discussion . I knew for sure that Apple had a public - relations problem on its hands with iOS location tracking when I got the e - mail from my mammy : What about this matter with iPhone & iPad that Apple include that tracking system ? Steve Jobs on stage during Apple’s iPhone 4 antenna press conference....

April 29, 2011 · 6 min · 1198 words · Jeffrey Smith