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Just how good is the iPhone 4S camera?
Yes, the iPhone 4S is pretty darned good for a smartphone camera, but people are getting a bit too misty-eyed over the quality. We've been flooded with well-meaning comparison images, some pitting the...
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Skobbler updates its $0.99 nav app with mixed results
I first took a look at the Skobbler crowd sourced GPS app for iPhone back in June of 2010. I found it uneven in quality, but it was free, and if you weren't going to spring for one of the big boys...
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Zite adds personal profiles to its iPad news app
If you find yourself fighting over the iPad with your significant other to get your fix of news from Zite, there is finally a happy ending to the debate. Since Zite learns what you like to read and...
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Former Compaq CEO now loves his Mac
Forbes is reporting a fun story about former Compaq CEO Ben Rosen. Seems Steve Jobs and Rosen met in 1999, and Jobs tried to convince Rosen, then at Compaq, to license the Mac OS. It never happened,...
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Steve "finally cracked" the TV puzzle, says bio
We're seeing an unending stream of tidbits from the new biography of Steve Jobs to be released tomorrow. Author Walter Isaacson, who interviewed Jobs extensively has this interesting passage as quoted...
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Localscope for iPhone adds tight navigation integration
I liked this 'where am I and what's around me?' app when I first looked at Localscope earlier this year, and it's only gotten better. The latest version of this US$1.99 app adds integration with...
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iPads, Angry Birds to travel to International Space Station
iPods and iPhones (in Airplane Mode? Spaceship mode?) have traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) via American and Russian launch vehicles. Now you can add the iPad to the list of iDevices...
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DirecTV adds live video streaming on iPad
The DirecTV app for iPad got a significant bump in capabilities today by adding live streaming to giving you essentially a portable TV you can take to any room of your house. You have to be on the...
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Forrester does a 180 on Macs in enterprise, finds most productive staffers...
I'll bet a lot of us have fought the Mac wars in our own companies. I won some, I lost some, so it's especially gratifying to see Forrester Research urging IT to get over itself and enthusiastically...
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TeleNav offers a sort-of free GPS solution for iOS
As we continue our survey of GPS apps for iOS, I have to mention the TeleNav family. The company, which is also behind the AT&T Navigator subscription app, offers a free entry level app that is...
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Plex 2.0 for iOS ramps up video streaming; Plex 0.9.5 for Mac/Windows...
[Updated to clarify version numbering. iOS Plex app is at 2.0, Mac app is at 0.9.5 or 0.9.5.1 beta.] Plex is an advanced Media Server that runs on your Mac and manages and distributes your audio and...
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Aelios Weather app for iPad gets more features, retains beautiful look
I took a look at Aelios Weather last spring and loved the idea of a weather app that looked like a crafted physical object rather than a bunch of techno dials. Aelios has just been updated, and it...
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Livestand from Yahoo! adds a slick magazine for iPad
Livestand was released for iPad today and I have to say it is pretty impressive. The free app strives to provide you with a personalized magazine drawn from Yahoo! and other content sources like...
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Perfect Photo editor for iPhone is free this weekend
Perfect Photo is a photo editor for the iPhone that was easily worth the US$2 asking price, but this weekend you can grab it for free. Perfect Photo has 28 tools including red-eye removal and a...
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Found: Apple sneaks in a very cool Apple TV 2 screensaver
Apple is sometimes known for adding little features and not giving them much notice. A case in point is the recent 4.4 update for the Apple TV 2. Noodling around the other night, I noticed a new...
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BiKN will turn your iPhone into a homing device
There's an interesting hardware software product coming from Treehouse Labs next year that is a kind of reversal on the Find my iPhone service. It's called BiKN, pronounced like "beacon," and it...
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iOS 5.0.1 upgrade may not fix your battery woes (Updated)
iOS 5.0.1 seems a bit of a mixed bag for users, and that's probably a charitable description. Apple support boards are filling up with page after page of reports from users that their iPhone battery...
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Logitech drops Google TV
Logitech Chief Executive Guerrino De Luca says his company's dance with Google TV was a "big mistake" and says it will stop producing the set top box. The Verge website quotes De Luca as saying the...
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Navigon 2.0 for iPhone offers new name, download options (Updated)
Updated to include force-quit fix for missing favorites. If you're already a Navigon GPS app owner you'll find a significant free update at the app store today. If you haven't chosen a GPS navigation...
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For the holidays and beyond: INRIX Traffic
Think about the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US and you think of travel to see family and friends, and fighting congested highways and roads. It's a holiday fact of life. Here's a suggestion for a...
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