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Samsung’s Request To Lift Ban On U.S. Tablet Sales Denied By Judge
Last week, Apple was issued a ruling granting the company's request for a preliminary injunction banning sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the U.S. Today, an appeal made soon after the ruling by Samsung to lift this ban on its tablet sales in the region has been denied by the U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose,...
Apple 2012 Q3 Earnings Call Set for July 24th: Will Revenue Top $34B?
Apple updated its Investor News page yesterday to indicate their 2012 Q3 earnings call will take place on July 24th. Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its third fiscal quarter on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. PT. During the 2012 Q2 earnings call, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer noted...
Quick Reply for Messenger – Quickly Reply to Facebook Messages and Chats
Making our iOS experience more streamlined and more efficient is something a lot of us strive for. The "quick reply" method for replying to texts, messages, and tweets is a great way improve your iOS usage, as it lets you reply to your messages without leaving your current task. We recently saw Quick Reply for WhatsApp...
Upcoming ‘Food & Drink’ Category in App Store Will Help Find Delicious Apps
Soon you’ll be able to more-easily find Apps that will help you stuff your face. Developers of existing iOS applications were informed by Apple (via e-mail) that the App Store will soon have a new “Food & Drink” category. The change should be implemented “in the next few weeks,” according to the source. There is currently...
iCloud Beta Updates Calendar, Notes, Reminders and Find My iPhone for Developers
Apple has updated iCloud.com Beta for developers and the new login screen reveals 'beta' labels for Calendar, Notes, Reminders and Find My iPhone web apps (as noted by MacRumors). Notes and Reminders are new to iCloud.com, as previously leaked back in May. iCloud.com allows users to add/edit Notes, Reminders and Calendar entries that will sync across...
This Promo Code Allows Switching to Rogers LTE 6GB/$30 Data Plan
According to a thread over at RedFlagDeals, a unique promo code has been able to offer users the option of switching their 'normal' 3G data plans over to the 6GB/$30 LTE data plan without a 3 year commitment renewal. Rogers has continued to expand their LTE coverage across Canada, and with rumours of an LTE-capable...
comScore May 2012 Smartphone Marketshare: Apple and Google Rise, RIM Continues to Decline
comScore has released their May 2012 report on the state of the US mobile industry, a key area that reveals how the smartphone wars have played out. The comScore MobiLens service noted both OEM and smartphone share from over 30,000 mobile subscribers. In terms of the top handset manufacturer, Samsung led the way with 25.7%...
Thor – Turn On WiFi Automatically When Opening an App [Cydia Tweak]
Some iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users will keep their WiFi turned off until it's needed, either to save battery, avoid annoying pop ups letting you know when you're near a hot spot, or some other reason. Then when they do need WiFi on, they have to manually go into the Settings app and...
V Télévision iPhone App Updated with AirPlay and Interface Enhancements
The Quebec-based V Télévision (formerly TQS) has updated their iPhone app with AirPlay and interface enhancements. Along with minor bug fixes, the update will now save the last position of formerly watched video. The app's television experience is powered by Telus and allows viewers to get engaged and comment on what they are watching in real...
Apple Looking To Tweak The Genius Bar In Order To Increase Capacity
According to a report by MacRumors (via ifoAppleStore), Apple is testing a redesigned Genius Bar for at least some of its retail stores in order to increase capacity at the busy support location. A photo of the new layout published by ifoAppleStore shows that the entire Genius Bar will be turned by 90 degrees to provide stools for customers...
Dominance Of iOS Over Web Marketshare Surpasses 65% In June
Latest NetMarketShare report for mobile, browsers, operating systems, search engines and social media reveals that the dominance of iOS over web marketshare has continued in June and has now surpassed 65%, which is an almost 15% increase year-over-year as noted by 9to5Mac. In contrast, Android currently sits at 20%, with the dying BlackBerry just under 2%. It is believed that huge sales...
Apple Pays $60M To Settle ‘iPad’ Trademark Dispute In China
A couple of months back, we published a story regarding claims of some senior Chinese officials who said that "Proview Technology is the rightful owner of the iPad trademark, not Apple", in the light of which the Cupertino giant was expected to lose the disputed ‘iPad’ trademark to Proview in China. Looks like that day has...