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Apple testing Notification Center-style banner alerts on iCloud.com

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Apple appears to be in the early -- yet strangely public -- stages of testing Notification Center -style banner alerts on iCloud.com, the web portal they provide for remote email, calendar, and contact access. Apple introduced both Notification Center (as part of iOS 5 ) and iCloud at WWDC 2011 and have since added Notification Center to the OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion developer preview. Given Apple's recent push towards providing a more consistent user experience across their platforms, it makes sense for the web to be included in the mix

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Apple details security updates covered in iOS 5.1.1 update

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Apple has released information on the security updates that were covered in the recent release of iOS 5.1.1 .

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Taptu updates their BlackBerry Playbook app with user accounts and more

Monday, May 7th, 2012

In February, Bla1ze let everyone one know about Taptu , which allows users to “DJ their news” in a sense. This news reader application not only gives you access to a plethora of news sources, but does so brilliantly by giving you the means to tweak and add your favourite content via personalized streams.

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Apple releases iOS 5.1.1 for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad

Monday, May 7th, 2012

Apple has pushed out iOS 5.1.1, a free software update for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad users. The minor point release focuses, as usual, on bug fixes and performance enhancements

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Apple progressing with iPad trademark negotiations in China

Monday, May 7th, 2012

Proview lawyers recently said that Apple has had a change of heart and are discussing settlements with the LED manufacturer over the use of the iPad name in China. One of Proview’s attorneys said in an interview: We feel that the attitude of Apple Inc.

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Apple fighting for control of iPhone5.com domain

Monday, May 7th, 2012

Apple has filed a case with the World Intellectual Property Organization to gain access to the web domain iPhone5.com. Currently, the site is a modest fan forum. While Apple’s action here might give us a hint as to what they’re going to call the next iOS smartphone, it could just very well be protecting the world at large from scams which would target unwary Apple fans.

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Apple stealthily extends free iCloud storage bonus for MobileMe users from June to September, 2012

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

When Apple announced their free iCloud service at WWDC 2011 , users of the previous, paid, MobileMe service were given a temporary boost in storage. The extra storage was previously set to expire in June of 2012

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Sprint CEO cuts his bonus by $3.5 million after shareholders complain about iPhone costs

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

According to P.T. Barnum, no one ever went broke overestimating the stupidity of the American public.

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SwipeSelection for jailbreak brings iOS text editing concept video to life

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Once again proving the velocity of jailbreak , no sooner did Daniel Hooper’s concept video for an overhauled, gesture-based, keyboard-board iPad text editing update get reported, but it’s now been coded up by Kyle Howells as SwipeSelection. Hooper’s concept involved a combination of single and double finger gestures and a Shift key modifier to make text selection faster when doing heavy duty editing.