We’ve written earlier this year how the iPad is replacing the cash register at smaller shops. Now retail giants such as Lowe’s and Home Depot are dumping the traditional till for the tablet.
Apple’s iPad Replacing Cash Registers at Major Retailers
Cydia Creator Files Lawsuit In a Bid for Cydia.com Domain
Having previously requested ownership with no success, Jay Freeman, known to the jailbreaking community as Saurik, the creator of Cydia, has now filed a lawsuit in a bid to obtain the Cydia.com domain from its current owner.
iPad Will Dominate The Tablet Market Until At Least 2017… With Some Help From Android
If you want to offer a tablet not powered by iOS or Android, you might want to cool your heels until the next decade. Apple’s iPad and various Android-powered tablets will control 90 percent of the market through at least 2017, researchers announced Monday.
United Airlines Hands Out 11,000 iPads To Its Fleet Of Pilots
Delta was the first U.S. airline to deploy the iPad, with 22 devices replacing weighty flight bags for a number of its pilots. Now United Airlines is also taking Apple’s device to the skies, but with a slightly larger roll-out that will see 11,000 of the tablets handed out to all United and Continental pilots.
Add a Second Hard Drive to Your New Mac Mini With This Kit from iFixit
Following the launch of the new Mac mini earlier this year, the guys over at iFixit performed their customary teardown and revealed that the eradication on the system’s optical drive leaves room for a second hard drive. In order to make installing your own a great deal easier, iFixit has launched an awesome little kit that provides everything you need for the job.
Apple Sales Continue to Defy Gravity as MacBook Airs, Lion Boost Sales
The beat goes on for Apple as the tech giant continues to increase Mac sales amid declining PC demand. The release of a new MacBook Air and the long-awaited Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” software pushed U.S. Mac sales 26 percent higher during the first portion of the three-month September quarter, Wall Street experts say.
iPad 3’s Retina Display Will Come from Three Major Suppliers
Despite a rumored delay to the launch of the third-generation iPad, Apple is continuing to piece together its iPad 3 supply chain, which is now said to include three primary LCD makers that will supply the device’s much-anticipated Retina display.
Gesture Your Way Through Safari Browsing History In Lion [OS X Tips]
Although we could use gestures to navigate in earlier versions of Safari Mac OS X Lion shipped with Safari 5.1. The new version of Safari added a new two-fingered gesture for navigating through browser history.
Apple to Launch Cheaper 8GB iPhone 4 Alongside iPhone 5 Next Month
Further information surrounding that rumored ‘budget iPhone’ continues to surface as we approach the launch of the fifth-generation device, and according to two sources for Reuters, it could be in the form of a cheaper 8GB iPhone 4. Surely that gets your mouth watering?
Dual-Mode iPhone 5 With Support for CDMA & GSM Networks Appears in App Developer Logs
Since launching the CDMA iPhone for Verizon back in February, Apple has been producing two models of the iPhone 4: one for AT&T, and one for Verizon. A dual-mode iPhone 5 with support for both CDMA and GSM networks seems like a no-brainer next time around, then, and according to at least one iOS app developer, the device is all but confirmed by logs that show a dual-mode device in testing.
Get Wind of These Hurricane Tracker Apps
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As hurricane season enters its most active time, tracking those storms can be a breeze with apps for the iPhone and iPad.
iFingerpainters Unite: Mobile ArtCon II to Hit New York
The iAMDA (International Association of Mobile Digital Artists) is gearing up for the second MobileArtCon taking place at the New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and other big apple locations, September 30 – October 2.
Apple Releases iTunes 10.4.1 With Bug Fixes
Apple has just released a minor update to the latest version of iTunes. Update 10.4.1 is now available in Software Update, and it fixes several minor bugs and compatibility issues.
The iPhone is the Best-Selling Smartphone in the US [Report]
In case you needed any more confirmation: yes, the iPhone is doing very well in the US. Research firm NPD has published its Mobile Phone Track report for Q2 of 2011, and the iPhone 4 and 3GS tank as the top two best-selling smartphones.
Even during the current economy, consumers are still opting for the Apple tax. What’s even more interesting is that the iPhone 3GS is the second best-selling smartphone, and the 3GS has been on the market for over two years.
Intel: Apple Switching MacBooks To ARM Is A Very Real And Scary Threat For Us
It’s been a long-standing rumor that Apple will switch to its own, proprietary ‘A’ series of ARM-based chips in its MacBook and desktop machines. Currently, Apple relies heavily on Intel to provide processors for its computers — the MacBook specifically.
In terms of the MacBook, a recent interview with the director of Intel’s Ultrabook group shows that Intel sees Apple switching to ARM processors as a very real threat. There could very well be a day when all Apple products run on the same series of chips — and that series will be exclusively made by Apple.
Restore Missing OS X Features On New Macs [Video How-To]
After buying a new 27″ iMac last week, I was surprised to find a few missing features that I’ve been accustomed to in OS X Lion on other machines, including the removal of many desktop wallpapers. In this video, I’ll show you how to get back features in OS X Lion that you may be missing on a new Mac.
Best Buy Is Giving Away Free iPhone 3GSes Today Only With 2 Year Contract
Just a reminder: as we mentioned on Thursday, Best Buy’s giving away the 8GB iPhone 3GS for free with a two year AT&T contract today only. The iPhone 3GS is a couple years old, but it’s still a hell of a phone, so if you fancy a free handset and need a carrier, you know where to go. Anyone going to take the plunge?
Evernote for iOS Gets A Great Update: New iPad Interface, Shared Notebooks and Rich Text Support
If you love Evernote as much as I do, this’ll delight you: a chunky update has just been released adding rich text support, shared notebooks, a redesigned UI for iPad and more.
This Little Dongle Is The ShamelessTrademark Infringing SD Card Reader Your Mac Deserves
Remember the darling little iHub that MIC Gadget used to sell, complete with a glowing little Apple logo that ended up getting them kicked so hard by Apple’s legal team that MIC Gadget ended up gargling their lower intestines?
Well, the iHub’s spiritual cousin is back with this cute Chinese SD card reader, and if Apple’s legal team can find them, we’re sure they’ll get C&Ded too in due course. In the mean time, it’s just $10 bucks at K.O. Gadget, and given the fact that my MacBook Air doesn’t have an SD slot, I’m about to take the plunge. If you’re in a similar pickle, you might want to get in on this before the Leviathan wakes.
[via 9to5Mac]
Lenovo Says Apple’s iPad Will Eventually Be Destroyed By The Competition
PC Maker Lenovo just released their first would-be iPad killer, the IdeaPad K1. It is, of course, a piece of junk, with This Is My Next calling it “chunky and cheap-feeling” with software that is “unstable to the point of being unusable.”
You’d think that would damp anyone’s aspirations in the tablet game: HP pulled out of the tablet market despite garnering much more positive reviews for the TouchPad. Nevertheless, Lenovo not only thinks that Apple will lose dominance of the tablet market, but that Lenovo itself will become “one of the strongest… players in this area.” Now that’s pie-eyed optimism.
The WINGStand Clamps Your iPad to Your Wireless Keyboard And Turns It Into A Laptop
The WINGStand has to be one of the nicest accessories for an iOS device I’ve seen for some time. It takes your iPad or your iPhone and marries it to your Apple wireless keyboard with two simple plastic clamps to provide you with the most comfortable typing experience.
Techspansion Releases Free Lion Update To VisualHub After Bizarre Copycat Saga Ends
Despite the fact that it’s been abandoned for years, Techspansion has released a free update to its popular VisualHub and AudioHub apps, making them fully compatible with OS X Lion. What prompted them to dust off the moribund software after so long? A weird altercation with a Californian company that was trying to sell the same patch for $5 a pop!
Apple Put Twitter in iOS 5 Because Steve Jobs Thinks Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Is A “F**king A**hole” [Report]
Ever wonder why iOS 5 features built-in Twitter integration but not Facebook, the largest social network on Earth? It’s because Steve Jobs thinks Mark Zuckerberg is a “f*cking a**hole,” according to tech evangelist Robert Scoble.
Verizon Wants To Sell You 300MB Data Plan For Your iPhone for $20 Per Month
Verizon Wireless introduced a brand new data plan late last week that gives customers 300MB of data for just $20 per month. It’s available to customers in the mid-Atlantic region from August 18 to September 30, but is expected to roll-out permanently by this holiday season. For those who aren’t massive data consumers but would like to get a little bit of browsing for their bucks, it seems to be a great deal.
Apple Is Working On Bringing A New, Radically Different Species Of Mac To Market By Christmas [Rumor]
According to our own dear Mike Elgan, Apple is through creating new devices and will continue to coast on the product categories they currently have.
Not so fast, though! According to a Japanese site, component suppliers are gearing up to help Apple create new Macs that are “absolute different from current products,” with a debut as early as the end of the year.