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Facebook wants your pictures, really badly.
It was national news when Facebook bought photo sharing app Instagram for a whopping billion dollars but today Facebook expands its photo enhancing arsenal. After quietly enhancing the mobile version of its applications yesterday Facebook hired the two-man-team behind the popular Android photo sharing app Lightbox. The service will be shut down a [....]
Mobile, News
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iPad Announcement – March 7
Today Apple sent out invitations to various media outlets informing them that the rumored March 7th keynote is, alas, no longer a rumor. The invitation sports an iPad, assumably a third generation device, with as you will see in the image below (from commenter “maclook” on the MacRumors article) a higher resolution screen. Of course Apple is know for their [....]
Entertainment, News, Rumors, Updates
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Nightline: Inside the iFactory – My Thoughts
The shot heard round the world; an ABC Nightline Special going inside of the Foxconn factory in the heart of Shenzhen, China. Now before I start I want to bring something we all subconsciously think about to everyone’s attention. When you see that shiny g6old sticker that denotes a products country of origin to the all too familiar location [....]
News
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BodyGuardz for the iPod nano – Small Size yet Remarkably Important
Coming from someone who learned the hard way that glass, even on something as small as the iPod nano, can be easily shattered the importance of a screen protector is immeasurable. So for my second ride on the roller coaster I decided to play it safe and get a screen protector for my iPod. [....]
Reviews, Software / Hardware
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Mac App Store Hits 100 Million Downloads
It’s been less than a year since the Mac App Store was launched by Apple, back in January. Already, the technology giant is celebrating a relatively significant milestone, being 100 million downloads. In comparison to the iOS app store, the number is completely diminished, but considering that Macs have a much smaller [....]
News
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iPhone 4S Review
October 4, 2011 was a day that everyone was anticipating. On that day, Apple held their “Let’s Talk iPhone” event and people were expecting the much hyped, iPhone 5. Based on numerous case leaks and mock ups of the next iPhone, it showed that it could’ve had a significantly thinner design and the [....]
Reviews
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BodyGuardz Review – Screen and Body Protectors
Quality and Appearance The BodyGuardz protectors are touted to be made out of the same material used to protect cars from the scratches and general wear and tear. In comparison to a more common screen protector the BodyGuardz is thicker and made of a softer plastic material. These two factors combine to form [....]
Cases, Reviews
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Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac Review – Virtualization Just Got Even Better!
Virtualization has been around for quite some time now, but it was slow to get in the consumer market. Sure, we have some “advanced” solutions like VMware ESXi that are mainly for businesses, but consumer virtualization took off much slower compared to the business market, especially on the Mac. Parallels are known for two [....]
Reviews, Software / Hardware
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Siri on the iPhone 4 – Updated
When Apple announced the iPhone 4S, one of it’s highlighted features was Siri. As we all know, Siri is essentially an assistant that understands real conversations. The most puzzling thing about Siri is that it’s exclusive to the iPhone 4S. Many people wondered why and thought that it would run perfectly on the [....]
News
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The End of An Era: Steve Jobs
Today, the day after the company he co-founded back in 1976, released the next generation of their mobile devices Steve Jobs has died. It is a rare and unfortunate time where we are able to look back at all the world has gained due to such a person’s contributions. Jobs recently laid the [....]
News
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iPhone 4S Announced!
Today, Apple announced the continuation to the iPhone line. The iPhone 4S was unveiled, after tons of rumors and speculations. The iPhone 4S is just like the iPhone 4 in design, being just that it’s a slight difference in weight. It’s also featuring the fabulous A5 processor, and an 8 megapixel camera. The [....]
Mobile, News, Software / Hardware
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iPhone 5 Event Announced
Apple finally announced the iPhone 5 event date and honestly I can not wait for it! Apple has the date scheduled for October 4th at 10AM at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif. campus. It’s very clear that the event is all about the iPhone as you can see in the invite that they sent out. So [....]
Mobile, News
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In Germany, Apple Owns You
While this isn’t exactly latest news, it’s something that has sort of always bothered me since the moment I heard it. If you’re not  100% sure what I’m talking about, allow me to back track. As we all know, the iPad is basically God right now in the tablet ecosystem, as the iPhone [....]
General
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Steve Jobs Resigns from Apple
Effective today, August 24th 2011, Steve Jobs, the guy behind the Apple empire, will be resigning. He has been deemed the Chairman of the Apple board and named Tim Cook, the previous Apple’s Chief Operating Officer. Now in his resignation letter he stated that “I have always said if there ever came a day when [....]
News, Updates