Earlier this month, it was reported that Apple would be launching a standalone podcast app in iOS 6. Instead of waiting for the next version of iOS, Apple posted the Podcast app on the App Store today. Podcasts app is the easiest way to discover, subscribe to and play your favorite podcasts on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. …
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Review – new MacBook Air has great performance improvements, no design changes
You have to give it to ars technica, they write the best, most in-depth reviews. If you’re interested in buying the new MacBook Air the whole 4-page article is worth reading. But, to cheat, I skipped to the last page and copied the conclusions below: Conclusion The 2012 MacBook Air doesn’t look any different …
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Universal Music Catalog – just a few years away
With the announcement of Amazon’s new Cloud Player iPhone app, the Universal Music Catalog is one step closer. For years I have dreamed of this Star Trek-like device, where I can find any song I want and listen to it, from anywhere. Preferably this will be an app on a device I already own (smartphone), …
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Best free kids apps for iPad
PBS Kids Video The free PBS KIDS Video app brings all your child’s favorite shows right to your iPad. Curious George, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, Dinosaur Train, SUPER WHY!, Sesame Street and Wild Kratts and are all here and ready to entertain and educate. Download Now
Apple’s WWDC 2012 Conference Preview – iOS 6, new Macs, iCloud update
This Monday, June 11, Apple will host one of its biggest events of the year, WWDC, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. First thing in the morning will be the famous Keynote presentation where Apple’s top brass takes the stage to preview the latest treasures in their chest. Here are just a few …
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Apple turns over its inventory once every 5 days!
Apple turns over its inventory once every five days. That’s part of why a new report from the technology research firm, Gartner, ranked Apple’s supply chain the best in the world. And it’s pretty amazing when you think about it. This is a company that sells hundreds of millions of hardware gadgets all over the …
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Welcome to Apple – the inspirational note employees receive on their first day
// Thx – A Simple Guy, The Next Web
Sir Jonathan Ive – Apple’s chief designer is knighted
Jonathan Ive – the British designer responsible for Apple’s iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad – has been knighted at Buckingham Palace. The 45-year-old said the investiture in front of the Princess Royal was “really thrilling and particularly humbling”. Now based in the US, Apple’s senior vice-president of industrial design flew in to the UK with …
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Google takes a big step towards becoming a (smart) encyclopedia – look out Wikipedia!
“We’re in the early phases of moving from being an information engine to a knowledge engine” – Google That’s a quote from the video below where Google explains a new panel they are adding to search. Called the ‘knowledge graph’ it is basically a mini-encyclopedia. See the panels in the images below. This …
Apple goes on hiring spree in Israel, Ireland (to start domination of Europe?)
Apple is to hire 500 people in Ireland. The consumer electronics giant will increase the headcount at its European headquarters in the southern city of Cork over the next 18 months from 2,800 at present, a spokesman for the company said. He said the jobs would “support our growing business across Europe.” The Cork operation provides …
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