More pilots are bringing iPads into the cockpit , PayPal ’s following the money direct to Google , and Lodsys has decided that taking on justoneof the humans ’s biggest technical school companies is n’t enough . Never recite the remainders for Friday , May 27 , 2011 the odds .
Alaska Airlines Pilots Go Lean and Green With iPads(PRNewswire )
Alaska Airlines ( Motto : “ Guess where we fly ? ” ) is take a footstep towards the environmentally - friendly by issuing iPads to all of its pilots . According to the airline , this can substitute up to 25 Irish punt of newspaper flight manual that the bunch ordinarily has to carry . ( The society is also looking into using the tablet to replace flight chart , too . ) Apparently , they ’re loading all their manuals into GoodReader , so the next time you show off your iPad to your mom , you may secern her that you’rebasicallyan airline pilot .
PayPal sue Google Over Mobile Payment Secrets(Bloomberg )
In a move that coincides withGoogle ’s announcement of a young nomadic payment scheme , PayPal has sued the Mountain View - based companionship , say misappropriation of trade secrets . How so ? Well , it appear Google ’s raw go-ahead is being spearheaded by two former PayPal executives . Included as evidence , and I am not making this up , is the fact that one of the executives , who had already left for Google and was under contract bridge not to recruit employee , post on the Facebook bulwark of the other , write that she had a “ immense ” chance for him . Yeah . It ’s a good thing these guys do n’t work in thetechnologyfield or anything .
Lodsys Also Targeting Android Developers with Patent Infringement Claims(MacRumors )
Everyone ’s best-loved patent of invention - happy litigator , Lodsys , may now be place Android developer in summation to iOS computer programmer . Man , this is proceed to be like that scene inL.A. Confidentialwhen Guy Pearce ( Apple ) and Russell Crowe ( Google ) put apart their differences and team up to blow away the unsound guys . ( That ’d be you , Lodsys . )
Apple ’s Deals May translate Digital Music(Businessweek )
More juicy “ details ” on Apple ’s rumor swarm service , as Businessweek suggest that Apple may glance over users ’ libraries and , in some case , give them access to high - timbre online versions of their tracks . That ’s presumably only for songs that you ’ve in reality purchased from iTunes ; everything else will just be replaced with a high - tone reading ofa standardized track .
A Bit More On WWDC , The Mythical iPhone “ 4S ” , and iOS 5(TechCrunch )
TechCrunch articulate that iOS 5 will have widgets and revamped notifications ! In an exclusive , Macworldhas obtained a picture ofone of those widgets .
