In a five-page Southern District of New York court filing dated yesterday, and signed by attorneys for both parties, Papermaster agrees to check in with Big Blue whenever he’s not sure whether he’s about to tread on confidential information. According to the document, the two sides reached the settlement last Friday.
Great news for iPhone development, as Apple now allows apps to communicate with each other. Here’s how it works.
Get more from this author Apple has ordered the developer of the iPhone Wobble application to remove the words “boobs” and “booty” from his publicity, despite selling more than 20000 copies of the epically pointless app.
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Review: Gloves with fancy fingers for iPhone use
The Associated Press – 12 hours ago MONTREAL (AP) – Winter tests the patience of many iPhone users. After all, Apple Inc.'s device, like other gadgets with touch-screen technology, will work only with the touch of an uncovered finger. Gloves have fancy fingers for touch-screen use Salt Lake Tribune New gloves for touch-based smartphones Sync all 71 news articles |
Every year Apple rolls out another version of iLife. While iPhoto and GarageBand got major updates, some apps, like iWeb and iDVD, ended up being nearly forgotten about. Still, with updates come new features to figure out and a navigation that’s changed ever so slightly.
An anonymous reader writes “Professional digital photographer and website publisher Rob Galbraith has performed both objective and subjective tests on laptop displays, finding that the late-2008 Macbook Pro glossy displays are ‘deep into the not acceptable category’ when used in ambient light environments. The Apple notebook came in dead last for color accuracy, and second to last in viewing angles (besting only the Dell Mini 9). He concludes: ‘Macs are no longer at the top of the laptop display heap in our minds.'”
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Review: Gloves with fancy fingers for iPhone use
The Associated Press – 6 hours ago MONTREAL (AP) – Winter tests the patience of many iPhone users. After all, Apple Inc.'s device, like other gadgets with touch-screen technology, will work only with the touch of an uncovered finger. Gloves have fancy fingers for touch-screen use Salt Lake Tribune New gloves for touch-based smartphones Sync all 66 news articles |
The legal battle between IBM and Apple over the hiring of Mark Papermaster has come to an end, as Papermaster has been cleared to begin work at Apple starting on April 24, 2009.
An anonymous reader writes “Professional digital photographer and website publisher Rob Galbraith has performed both objective and subjective tests on laptop displays, finding that the late-2008 Macbook Pro glossy displays are ‘deep into the not acceptable category’ when used in ambient light environments. The Apple notebook came in dead last for color accuracy, and second to last in viewing angles (besting only the Dell Mini 9). He concludes: ‘Macs are no longer at the top of the laptop display heap in our minds.'”
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Apple and Palm kicked a lot of dirt at each other last week — acting Apple CEO Tim Cook flatly told analysts “We will not stand for people ripping off our IP” when asked about competition like the Palm Pre. However, looking at some of Palm’s patents, we can pretty much say that Apple’s got some ‘splainin to do. This is an in-depth comparison.
