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Deals: Three Photo Effects Apps Worth $215 For Just $35!

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Everyone wants to be an amazing photographer now days. That’s the reason why Apple updated the iPhone’s camera right? Unfortunately, taking breathtaking photos isn’t as easy as buying the new iPhone 4S and taking random pictures of the sun behind trees changing colors with the season. Don’t worry though, Cult of Mac is here to help you take your photography skills to the next level.

Whether you’re wanting to make a serious dent in the photography universe, or just trying to impress your friends on Instagram and Facebook, we got three amazing apps that will pour life into your photos. Best of all, the Mac Photo Effects FamilyPack Bundle gives you five licenses of FX Photo Studio Pro and five copies of ColorSplash Studio so you can spread the joy and give a couple copies to your friends so their pictures can look great too.

So what all is in this bundle worth $215 that you can get for $35?

The Passcode Lock On Your iPad 2 Is Useless If You Use a Smart Cover

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A Colorado man believes Apple's Smart Cover infringes his patent for a portable computer case.
A Colorado man believes Apple's Smart Cover infringes his patent for a portable computer case.

I’ve got a passcode lock on my iPad 2 so that it cannot be accessed by individuals who weren’t given permission to play with it. However, I also use an Apple Smart Cover, and thanks to a security flaw in the iPad’s iOS software, my passcode lock is now useless, because anyone can use my Smart Cover to gain entry to my iPad.

Steve Jobs Had His DNA Sequenced In Bid To Beat Cancer

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Steve Jobs was one of only 20 people in the world to have his DNA sequenced as well as the DNA of his tumor, Walter Isaacson’s upcoming biography reveals.

After Jobs delayed treatment for cancer for nine months while he tried alternative cures (including eating vegetarian dishes at a San Francisco restaurant with Dr. Dean Ornish), he went all in with the best treatments modern medicine can provide.

Because of the experimental gene therapy, Jobs said he’d either be one of the first to beat cancer, or one of the last to die of it.

V-Moda Vibrato Remote Earphones: The Rockstar [Review, $100 IEM Week]

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I always feel like I should be wearing diamond-studded sunglasses, walking around in a silk bathrobe or drinking Cristal from actual Bohemian crystal whenever I sink a pair of V-Moda’s babies into my ears. This doesn’t have anything neccessarily to do with how they sound, but rather because V-Moda has a knack for creating earphones with exotic looks and a luxurious feel to them that also appeal to the other senses. And so it goes with the V-Moda Vibrato Remote earphones ($130).

Steve Jobs Was a Closet Republican?

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In a conversation with President Obama last year, Steve Jobs sounded like an out-and-out Republican, according to another excerpt from the upcoming official biography.

During President Obama’s trip to Silicon Valley in the fall 2010, where he met several business leaders, Jobs complained about regulations, taxes and the teachers unions. I always thought Jobs had a liberal bent, but he sounds like a member of the Tea Party.

He told Obama he would be a “one-term Presidency” unless he became more friendly to corporations.

AT&T: We’re Seeing “Tremendous, Tremendous Demand” for the iPhone 3GS

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Apple recently revamped its iPhone lineup with a 8GB iPhone 4 for $99 and a free iPhone 3GS with a two-year contract on AT&T. The iPhone 4S was made available on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint at the regular $199 starting price.

CEO of AT&T Mobility Ralph de la Vega held a conference call with analysts today to discuss consumer demand for Apple’s cheaper iPhones. AT&T is seeing “tremendous, tremendous demand” for the iPhone 3GS.

Photographer Sues Apple for Nicked Pics in iPhone Apps

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The details are a little blurry, but it could be an interesting case so here goes: a photographer is suing Apple claiming that two apps in its iTunes store have ripped off 80 of her pics.

Shanti Deva Korpi filed a suit on Oct. 18 in Texas for copyright infringement. That much we know. In the complaint, Korpi is described as an “avid photographer and artist” who regularly posts to Flickr groups.

The Avengers Was Partially Shot Using An iPhone! [Video]

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On May 4th 2012, Marvel is scheduled to culminate its last four years of superhero movies with The Avengers, the Joss Whedon helmed ensemble super hero movie starring Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Chris Helmsworth as Thor and Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow.

But did you know that parts of The Avengers were shot on an iPhone? Yup. Apple Fans Assemble!

Apple Announces iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour Schedule

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Ever since Apple started them in 2008, Apple’s iPhone Tech Talk World Tours have been wildly popular with developers… little mini-WWDC’s that travel the globe where Apple reaches out to devs, answers questions and facilitates in networking with all the app makers who make iOS great.

Hot on the heels of iOS 5’s release, no surprise, then, that Apple’s launching another one. The iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour 2011 will be held across Europe, Asia and America starting next month and continue until January in the following cities: Berlin, London, Rome, Beijing, Seoul, Sao Paolo, New York City, Seattle, and Austin, Texas.

That’s a pretty good line up of cities, making it likely a Tech Talk will be within driving distance from most devs. Even better is the price: unlike the $1599 ticket required to attend WWDC, the Tech Talks are free.

Register today here.

Coldwell Banker: iPads ‘Perfect for Luxury Clients’ [iPad @ Work]

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Coldwell Banker's Real Estate App for the iPad.
Coldwell Banker's Real Estate App for the iPad.

The real estate chain Coldwell Banker, the iPad is the perfect tool. Soon after the first iPad was unveiled, the company ordered the tablet for both its company and the many field personnel selling home across the country. Today, there are about 50-75 iPads in use internally with every field office using the iPad, along with a customize app displaying videos of available homes.

Big Lens Allows You To Blur The Backgrounds In Your iPhone Photos

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Thought the iPhone 4S’s new camera is impressive, to say the least, it does share one issue with any other camera phone or pocket digicam: the tiny sensor means it simply can’t deep focus, making the background artistically blurry while the subject is kept crystal sharp.

If you want shallow depth-of-field like a SLR while using your iPhone, consider giving Big Lens a try. It will allow you to give your iPhone photos a super depth of field, just like those fancy pants pros use.

How To Hack Siri To Use Twitter, Facebook Or Google+

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Siri’s an amazing advancement in the way that we interact with out iPhones, but it doesn’t exactly do everything you want it to do out of the box. In fact, three conspicuous abilities absent from Siri’s feature set include the ability to make a Facebook status update, send a message to Google+ or even tweet… doubly absurd given iOS 5’s native Twitter integration.

Don’t worry, though. It’s easy enough to hack any iPhone 4S to Tweet, Facebook or Google+ through Siri. Here’s how.

Apple.com Removes Steve Jobs Tribute, Launches RememberingSteveJobs.com

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With yesterdays memorial ceremony to Steve Jobs comes some semblance of closure, and so it is back to business. This morning, Apple removed the Steve Jobs in memoriam from its official home page, with the only mention now made to Apple’s charismatic and iconic co-founder being a link at the bottom of the page to Apple’s now domain, rememberingstevejobs.com, which collates all of the messages Cupertino received from grieving Apple fans around the world after Steve’s death two weeks ago.