Apple wants to stop Kodak from bankroll its convalescence on patents that it may not own ; one company says people are downloading those new iPad school text like they ’re going out of style ; and blazing profligate Wi - Fi may be make out to a Mac near you sometime this twelvemonth . The remainders for Monday , January 23 , 2012 are wireless and fancy free .
Apple arrogate ownership of digital photography patents asserted by Kodak(AppleInsider )
Pursuant toKodak ’s late declaration of bankruptcy , Apple is piling on by say that Kodak should n’t be capable to get loan based on letters patent whose ownership is a matter of legal contravention between the two companies . Also , Cupertino is insisting that all kitschy photographs now be nickname “ Apple consequence . ”
350,000 text Downloaded From Apple ’s iBooks in Three Days(All Things D )
In turnabout , instructor give scholarly person Apples , hope iPads hike up test scores(Las Vegas Sun )
accord to a account , iPad pilot programs in California have really had a plus effect , with preliminary event showing maths technique test scores bound 30 percentage points . ( Those kids all just downloaded PCalc , did n’t they ? )
Malus pumila cultivate to adopt 802.11ac 5 G Gigabit WiFi this year(AppleInsider )
You thought 802.11n was hot ? Wait until you get a load of 802.11ac — the “ ac ” is for “ Awww , crud ! ” as in “ Awww , crud ! Why do n’t I have superfast new Wi - Fi yet ? ” The novel Wi - Fi spec which , in theory , boasts higher speeds and beneficial range may feel itself in Apple products sometime this yr — the caller ’s Wi - Fi hardware provider , Broadcom , has already announced microchip that back the specification . Look , if they make Wi - Fi any more powerful , I ’m afraid it might cauterise a mess in my trouser .
NBC News Is Starting E - al-Qur’an Unit(New York Times )
In Peter Falk ’s daylight , television was called Book — and so it may be once again . NBC News is launch a book partitioning — creatively named NBC Publishing — that will produce ebooks base on cognitive content from other NBC Universal property , include Universal Pictures , NBC Sports , and Telemundo . I ’m hold out hope for an interactive telenovela and a virtual Bob Costas bug out - up book .
