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Feb
India’s $35 tablet faces backlash after quality complaints
Plans by India’s government to roll out the $ 35 Aakash tablet were thrown into turmoil Wednesday after the country’s Human Resource Development Ministry cast doubts on whether the Android device would survive the second wave of adoption. Despite hopes of providing a rough equivalent to the iPad for education, contracted supplier DataWind was no [...]
Feb
Apple, Proview meet in Shanghai court
It’s a battle of David and Goliath as near-bankrupt Proview International fights world-leader Apple over rights to the iPad trademark in China. The two companies met in a Shanghai court on Wednesday to argue why each one should retain ownership of the highly coveted iPad name. According to reports from the New York Times, Reuters [...]
Feb
Giveaway: iPhone Wallet
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Feb
Google makes Flight Search iOS (and Siri) friendly
In September of 2011, Google introduced its Flight Search service. The service provides information on upcoming flights to specific destinations, providing schedule, price, and airline information. Now Flight Search has become iOS-friendly, perfect for those who want to check on flight availability and pricing on the go. What Google did is to make Flight Search [...]
Feb
Could Apple Help Cure Cancer in Corporate America?
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been invited to participate in a roundtable discussion at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s (NCCN) annual conference on clinical practice guidelines and quality cancer care. The topic of the discussion is Cancer and Corporate America: Business As Usual. At the moment it isn’t clear if Cook will attend (NCCN lists [...]
Feb
5 reasons why Apple is embracing clean power for its data center
The big news in clean power this week is that Apple will build a 20 MW solar farm and a 5 MW fuel cell farm at its data center in North Carolina. Here’s 5 reasons why I think Apple is embracing clean power right now: Apple
Feb
ABC’s iFactory report shows life at Foxconn
I just finished watching the ABC Nightline report cleverly named iFactory: Inside Apple. ABC’s Bill Weir was given unprecedented access to Foxconn, where iPhones, iPads and Macs are assembled. If you’ve been following this saga for a while, there wasn’t that much new here. It was good to see ABC provide some context as to [...]
Feb
Popular ‘Things’ To-Do App Finally Gets Cloud Sync With Public Beta
After nearly a year of private beta testing, Cultured Code has finally implemented cloud sync in its popular to-do app Things. Now available as a public beta for the Mac, iPhone and iPad, Things Cloud can be enabled and tested for free by any customer. When task management apps started adding cloud sync over a [...]
Feb
On Facebook’s recommendation, Apple purchases 160 acres in Prineville Oregon for a “green” data center
As Apple has ramped up its Maiden, NC data center over the past few years, it has been clear that it is looking to expand even further. Late last year there was a report that Apple was looking in the vicinity of Prineville Oregon, just a quarter mile from Facebook’s massive datacenter, for a plot of land. The plan [...]
Feb
What schools need to know about OS X Mountain Lion
Many school districts are rolling out student programs, where most computing is done with the iPad. By more closely integrating with iOS, the upcoming OS X Mountain Lion release should help in schools that make heavy use of iPads and still want to use Macs. Apple