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Facebook Pulls Camera App Out of Its Hat as Instagram Deal Pends

Friday - May 25, 2012

With some hoopla, the Facebook Camera app hit the iTunes App Store on Thursday. A fairly simple app, it syncs with a user's Facebook account, offers a variety of Instagram-like photo editing tools, and allows for the upload of multiple photos at once. It also geotags photos and collects all of the photos uploaded by friends in one stream that's viewable within the app. The app's editing tools allow for cropping and adding effects like "coffee," "highlight," "neon" and "bright." Before or after they've been edited, the photos can instantly be posted, either one at a time or in groups, to Facebook. [More...]

IPAD APP REVIEW
Taking Axis for a Spin: New iOS Browser Is a Sweet Ride

Friday - May 25, 2012

"Exciting" hasn't been a word linked to Yahoo for a long time, but if the moribund company has more surprises like Axis up its sleeve, that may change. Axis is a combination iOS app and browser extension that creates seamless browser connections among devices. What's more, it does it with visual elan. [More...]

iPad-vertising Is Taking Off

Friday - May 25, 2012

Tablets are now a solid fixture in the mobile ad ecosystem, according to a new report. However, the format hasn't been fully exploited yet, in spite of the tablet's strong presence in the mobile world, thanks to Apple's iPad. Non-phone mobile devices -- primarily, tablets -- accounted for 20 percent of all impressions for Q1 2012, compared to 15 percent in the first quarter of 2011, according to Millennial Media's latest mobile advertising report. [More...]

Apple to DoJ: I Know You Are, but What Am I?

Thursday - May 24, 2012

Apple on Thursday struck back against the United States Department of Justice's charges that it joined several major publishers in an effort to fix the prices of e-books. In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Apple contended that the government's complaint against Apple is fundamentally flawed as a matter of fact and law. [More...]

OPINION
How Apple's Product Cycles Torture Customers Into Loving It

Thursday - May 24, 2012

Apple MacBook Pro rumors, and to a lesser extent iMac, MacBook Air and Mac Pro rumors, have been flying around fast and furious these days, and all it's doing is stoking my fire for a new MacBook Pro. Every Tuesday, which seems to be Apple's favorite day of the week for announcing new products, I anxiously wait to see the Apple Online Store go down and a press release to appear. [More...]

IBM Makes Siri Wait Outside

Wednesday - May 23, 2012

Enterprises are grappling with the growing trend of employees bringing their own devices for use at work and the security and other issues that gives rise to. However, IBM has implemented a simple solution: Prevent the use of certain apps on employees' mobile devices in the workplace. The company disables Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant, on employees' iPhones. [More...]

CUPERTINO BUSINESS REPORT
The 183 Billion-Dollar Brand

Wednesday - May 23, 2012

Apple was named the most valuable brand in the world in a study released Tuesday by research agency Millward Brown. It's the second year in a row the tech giant took the crown. The company raised its brand value over the past year by 19 percent to a $182.9 billion, Millward Brown reported. IBM, Google and Microsoft were among the top five. [More...]

Apple Runs Galaxy Tab Blocking Play

Tuesday - May 22, 2012

Apple filed a motion for an injunction against a familiar patent sparring opponent Friday, requesting that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 be banned from sales in the U.S. The company made a similar bid last year as part of the ongoing and many-faceted legal battle between Apple and Samsung. [More...]

APP REVIEW
A Slap to the Interface: 3 Apps for OS X Window Management

Tuesday - May 22, 2012

Features that Apple has added to OS X over the years, like Mission Control and Spaces, have given users more options for laying out their work areas. Each time another edition of OS X comes out with new interface abilities, the desktop feels more manageable, less constricted. However, there are still a few window management tricks and functions that OS X can't do on its own. [More...]

IPAD APP REVIEW
Beautifully Dark Design Makes Up for 'Crow's' Gameplay Shortcomings

Monday - May 21, 2012

Every two or three months, an iOS game manages to snag more than a brief glance and actually inspires me to buy and download it. "Crow" is one of those games. The icon for the game implies a lot -- it's got a wicked darkness to it, is slickly designed, and it evokes the idea that there's trouble somewhere. [More...]

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