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14:47
New MacBook Air EFI update fixes problems with Boot...

Apple has issued a new EFI firmware update for the MacBook Air, v2.7. The patch is aimed explicitly at 2013-model Airs, and copes with a bug that caused black screens to appear when trying to install Windows 7 or 8 using Boot Camp Assistant. The problem was triggered if both an external optical drive and a USB stick were connected at the same time. Simultaneously, Apple has tweaked the firmware to ensure a Mac will boot into OS X by default after Windows 8 is installed....
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14:30
Apple looking to hire BlackBerry employees

On September 19, BlackBerry Ltd. announced that it was going to cut up to 40 percent of its workforce "across all departments." Now comes word via the Financial Post that Apple was quick to set up a recruitment drive about 12 miles away from the company's headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario.

In the Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre on Sept. 26, located in Cambridge, Ont. on the outskirts of the Kitchener-Waterloo region where BlackBerry was born, the iPhone maker invited local talent with the aim of luring them to their Silicon Valley operations.

The report further relays that invitations sent out to prospective employees indicated that most positions will be based out of Cupertino, noting that "relocation and immigration assistance will be...

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14:00
Apple to open first retail store in Turkey in...

As it stands today, there are 416 Apple retail stores around the world spread out across 13 countries. Soon, that number will be 14 with word that Turkey will be graced with its first Apple retail store in just a few months.

Set to open up at the Zorlu Center in Istanbul in January of 2014, the retail space will be 2,000 square meters which equates to about 21,000 square feet. The retail space will be located in the "most visible" portion of the shopping space and will be lodged between two other high end retailers: Burberry and Louis Vutton.

News of the impending Apple store in Instanbul first appeared in The Wall Street Journal early on Thursday and was...

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13:39
Jonathan Ive, Marc Newson talk design in new...

Designers Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson talk about their trade in a new issue of Vanity Fair. The pair were recently involved in selecting or designing over 40 objects -- such as a custom Leica M camera -- for an upcoming auction benefiting Bono's Product (RED) charity. "We are both fanatical in terms of care and attention to things people don't see immediately," says Ive, better known as Apple's senior VP of design. "It's like finishing the back of a drawer. Nobody's going to see it, but you do it anyway. Products are a form of communication ó they demonstrate your value system, what you ca...
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13:30
Apple patent suggests devices could protect...

Your iPhone probably wasn't cheap, and if you're relying on a budget case (or, worse yet, nothing at all) to protect your investment, there's a good chance a long fall will do some serious damage. But what if your device was smart enough to protect itself from damage in the event that you knock it off your kitchen table or drop it during a spirited run in the park? That's exactly what a new Apple patent is suggesting.

The patent is titled simply "Protecting an electronic device," but the technology behind it is anything but ordinary. The description details a number of ways that a future iPhone could protect itself from a fall by orienting itself in relation to the ground.

In the event of a drop, your phone would sense that an accident is happening and then turn itself so that it lands on an edge, where damage to the screen would be the most unlikely...

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13:30
Briefly: Inlet outlet with USB port, Locca GPS...

LivingPlug has released its latest electrical outlet accessory, the Inlet. Installed over a conventional home outlet, Inlet extends its utility with the inclusion of three tamper-resistant electrical outlets, as well as a 2.1a USB port for device charging. A 'UnPlug' button is also included, which allows users to stop energy loss from devices that are connected, but not in use. An optional anchor screw is included, for parents to secure the Inlet more permanently to the standard outlet so children cannot access the non-tamper resistant wall outlets underneath. Able to cover a duplex outlet ent...
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13:26
Apple’s Jony Ive and Bono settled U2 iPod deal

In a new interview, Vanity Fair talks to both Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design in Jony Ive and designer Marc Newson before their upcoming Sotheby’s (RED) auction, in which the designers have teamed with Bono to benefit The Global Fund. The two discuss design, and Ive’s…

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13:25
Apple issues MacBook Air EFI firmware update with...

Today, Apple has issued a firmware update (via MacRumors) for the latest MacBook Air models. The update focuses on fixes revolving Boot Camp and the installation of Windows:

This update addresses an issue which may cause a black screen to appear when installing Windows 7 or Windows 8 using Boot Camp Assistant if both an external optical drive and USB thumb drive are connected to the system.  This update also ensures that the system will boot by default into OS X after installation of Windows 8.

Earlier this month, Apple issued a pair of updates that focus on fixing...

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13:15
MacBook Air (2013) Firmware Update Fixes Issues with...

Apple released MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.7 for mid-2013 MacBook Air models. The update addresses issues with installing Windows 7 and Windows 8 in Boot Camp, as well as another Boot Camp issue.


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13:15
Daily Update for October 10, 2013

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world.

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Daily Update for October 10, 2013 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:15:00 EST. Please see our...

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13:14
Universal Audio’s API Vision Channel Strip plug-in

Comprised of five API modules — including the famed 212L Preamp, 225L Compressor, 235L Gate/Expander, 550L EQ, and 215L Filters — the API Vision is UA’s most colorful channel strip plug-in to date, allowing you to inject your tracks with all of the warmth and personality of API’s flagship analog console.

UA’s plug-ins are the best. Period.

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13:00
How to defeat the 'Great Firewall of China...

Visitors to China are often perplexed to find that they can't access Twitter, Facebook or other sites. The reason isn't that they don't have access to cellular or WiFi networks; instead, it's state censorship and surveillance courtesy of the Golden Shield Project, aka "The Great Firewall of China." Roman Loyola at TechHive recently visited Beijing and used the trip as a research opportunity to see how visitors with iPhones can bypass the Great Firewall and tweet their trip to friends back home.

It turns out to be somewhat easy; you just need to have an unlocked GSM iPhone and then purchase a SIM card when you arrive in China. Before you leave, though, you also need to sign up for a virtual private network (VPN) service. Loyola highlights two in particular --...

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12:53
Poll: Which iWatch concepts are you a fan of?

Earlier this year, we reported that Apple is engaging in a push to hire talent to work on wearable devices (an “iWatch”). Since then, we noted that Apple hired two notable wearables specialists from Nike: Jay Blahnik (a consultant on the Fuel Band) and Ben Shaffer. Based on these hires, we believe that the iWatch will hit the market within the next couple of years.

iWatch concepts are constantly...

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12:45
Apple hosts recruiting event aimed at BlackBerry...

On September 26th, Apple hosted a recruitment event aimed explicitly at BlackBerry workers, says Canada's Financial Post. The event took place at the Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre in Cambridge, Ontario, a little over 14 miles from BlackBerry's Waterloo headquarters. To attract people the company is said to have sent out invitations to BlackBerry employees via LinkedIn....
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12:30
iPhone 101: Deleting numbers in the iOS Calculator...

With over 9 million iPhones sold in just three days, and undoubtedly millions more since Apple first announced the impressive sales figure, there are likely many people experiencing iOS for the first time.

That being the case, here's a quick Calculator app tip that maybe even seasoned iOS users will find new and useful.

It's not readily apparent, but the Calculator app in iOS has a hidden gesture that enables you to delete numbers from an entry if you happen to input a number by accident.

As a quick example, let's say I'm trying to input the number 5,964 but accidentally type in 596,487.

Is all hope lost? Do I have to start over from scratch?

Not at all!

To erase a number, digit by digit, simply swipe to the right on the number display and the most recently entered digit will disappear. This handy trick is a lifesaver if you happen to...

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12:24
As BlackBerry lays off 40% of workers, Apple sees...

Less than a week after BlackBerry announced plans to slash 40 percent of its workforce, Apple hosted a recruitment drive near the company's corporate headquarters in Canada.
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12:12
Apps: Flickr 2.30, Foursquare 6.4, TripAdvisor 8.0...

Flickr (free) from Yahoo! updated to version 2.30.1503, enabling auto upload in iOS 7. Users can now automatically save their photos in Flickr’s 1TB-per-user storage space in full resolution. The app also now features auto straighten, letting users automatically straighten photos using the Flickr editor. Google sign-in issues have…

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12:06
Synaptics buys Samsung partner Validity to take on...

Touchpad vendor Synaptics has announced plans to acquire Validity Sensors, a primary remaining fingerprint sensor vendor following Apple's acquisition of AuthenTec last year, and a reported supplier involved in Samsung's delayed efforts to match the iPhone's Touch ID fingerprint sensing technology.
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12:01
Bose SoundTouch home audio: a refreshingly easy but...

Bose invited us to New York City this week to preview their new ‘SoundTouch’ speakers and corresponding apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows.  We were recently turned from Bose haters to fans by Bose’s Soundlink Mini Portable Bluetooth Speaker so we took them up on the offer.

The knee-jerk thing to do is to compare the SoundTouch idea to Sonos/app because on the surface, Bose’s app...

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12:00
iTunes Radio briefly made available in Canada and...

This past September, Apple released iTunes Radio in the United States, marking the company's first foray into the world of music streaming. But what about the rest of the world? What about our friends in the Great White North? The answer seemingly came earlier this week when we reported that Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand would be getting the service sometime in 2014.

But then something strange happened earlier today. Reports started coming in on Twitter that iTunes Radio was suddenly available for some Canadian and UK customers before being quickly removed.

9to5Mac was able to confirm first hand that the service was available in Canada, while readers wrote in via Twitter to say they had...

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11:30
Dragon's Lair 30th anniversary now available...

Has it been 30 years? Wow! Dragon's Lair is a classic video game that arrived way back in 1983 featuring animation by former Disney animator Don Bluth. The original game kept its extensive graphics on a LaserDisc, the now dead optical disc format that was replaced by DVDs.

The game had plenty of limitations. LaserDisc players started to fail under the strain of gameplay, as early players were really designed just for movies. The game moved to the arcades, and was one of the earliest games to charge 50 cents. I have dim memories of waiting in long lines to get a crack at it.

The game is one of only three that sits in storage at the Smithsonian Institution, along with Pong and Pac-Man.

Today, the game hit the App Store at US$4.99. The Dragon's Lair app includes all...

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11:14
How to factory reset a Mac

If you are selling or donating your old Mac, be sure to secure your data and properly set it up for the new owners.

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11:10
How-to: Customize and use Notification Center in iOS...

Notification Center in iOS is a panel that keeps track of all of your incoming notifications so you can easily access them. It has been around since iOS 5, but it has been completely redesigned in iOS 7. In this article, you’ll discover how to increase enjoyment of your iOS device by customizing Notification Center. First, you’ll learn how to change the way certain apps show notifications. Then you will learn how to set Notification Center to show only the notifications you want in a customized view.

First, there are a few important settings you’ll want to pay attention to. On your iOS device go to Settings, Notification Center and scroll down to the bottom. Confirm that under Government Alerts, both AMBER and Emergency Alerts are ON. Both of these settings are optional, but they are potentially life saving…

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11:09
Bose launches SoundTouch wireless speaker system...

Bose is taking on Sonos by making a version of its SoundLink speakers that are designed for home use. The SoundTouch range of wireless home audio speakers consists of three speakers that all connect over an existing Wi-Fi network, and are able to pull audio from song libraries on the local network as well as over the Internet....
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11:06
The Loop Magazine Issue 12: Making Music with iOS

In this issue, Tom Ellis looks at some tools for creating music on iOS; John Moltz looks at being a freelance writer and the need to have health insurance; Charles Perry investigates app localization; Chris Steimel is tired of hearing the same old songs on traditional radio; and David Chartier takes off on a train to get some writing done.

∞ Read this on The Loop

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11:05
Gazelle raises cash payouts on old iPads as leaked...

The nation?s largest electronics buy-back service saw nearly a twofold jump in the number of customers who locked in cash offers to sell their old iPads immediately after Apple leaked the Oct. 22 date for this year?s iPad introductions to a major media publication.
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11:00
Listen to Pearl Jam's new album 'Lightning...

Apple executive Eddy Cue wasn't joking around when he said that Apple was going to leverage streaming album premieres on iTunes Radio. Not only do advance streams of upcoming albums help generate lots of pre-orders via iTunes, it also helps people dial in to iTunes Radio in the first place.

Apple yesterday notified iTunes users that it would be streaming Pearl Jam's upcoming album, titled Lightning Bolt, on iTunes Radio. The album isn't scheduled for release until October 15, so that's a solid six-day lead time for Pearl Jam fans to get acquainted with Eddie Vedder and Co.'s latest release.

To access the album, you can either click here to launch iTunes Radio on your desktop or head on over to iTunes Radio on your iOS device where you can find the album prominently featured under...

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10:51
Daily Deals for October 10, 2013, featuring the...

It's time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring exclusive TUAW Deals, a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked iOS and OS X selections.

TUAW's Daily Deals

The SuperStacked Mac Bundle [On sale for $19, down from $98]

It's another big mac bundle form TUAW Deals with an emphasis on entrepreneurs, designers, and developers. Pricing starts at $35, but will increase by $1 each day. The bundle contains the following apps and services:

  • xScope ($30) - A indispensable UI tool for designers and developers - 5 Star App Store Review
  • Painter Lite ($69) - Ease into the world of digital art
  • ColorSchemer Studio 2 ($50) - Professional color matching app for Mac
  • CSS Hat ($30) - Instantly turn Photoshop layer styles to CSS3
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10:51
First Turkish Apple Store to open in January

The first Turkish Apple Store will indeed open in January, says the Turkish edition of the Wall Street Journal. The outlet, still under construction, is situated between Burberry and Louis Vutton outlets on the grounds of Istanbul's new Zorlu Center. Apple's space is said to measure over 21,000 square feet, and include a cubic glass ceiling....
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10:30
How the iPhone took Nokia down

The once-mighty have fallen. Nokia's Symbian smartphone OS was, not too many years ago, the platform of choice. Now, says Daniel Eran Dilger at AppleInsider, the company is being sold off for scrap. He relates how a Finnish journalist for Helsingin Sanomat wrote a letter to the company in 2008 noting that a recently acquired Nokia E51 smartphone was almost impossible to use compared to an iPod touch purchased after seeing a friend's device.

Journalist Lauri Malkavaara's missive to Nokia stated that "I ordered my own iPod touch, turned it on, and knew immediately how to use it. I have used the device now on a daily basis for over six months, and I have not even thought about any manuals. The logic of the device opens up right away. It is no wonder that it is a huge success all over the world."

Malkavaara then went on to describe...

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10:16
Fitbit unveils Force fitness tracking wristband with...

The quantified self movement met the smartwatch market on Thursday as Fitbit took the covers off their new Force wristband, combining activity and sleep tracking with wrist-borne notifications over Bluetooth.
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10:10
T-Mobile bringing global data coverage to 100...

T-mobile has announced that it will roll out free 2G data coverage in over 100 countries, reports AllThingsD. The move is in an effort to make the carrier more attractive to frequent travelers -- and address an issue common with US carriers: high data roaming charges. As AllThingsD reports:

"There's just so many pieces of data that suggest to us this is a huge issue and pain point, but also a huge opportunity," T-Mobile CEO John Legere said in an interview, noting that Americans take 55 million international trips per year. However, he said, 40 percent of customers turn off their phones to avoid high charges, while many others get stuck with high bills when they return.

Under T-Mobile's new plans, which don't carry an extra fee, T-Mobile offers unlimited 2G data and texting in 100 countries, with voice calls in those same places costing 20 cents per minute...

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10:04
iPhone 5c production being cut in half, reports claim

Apple is halving production of the iPhone 5c from 300,000 units per day to 150,000, reports say. No reason for the shift has been given. While Apple could simply be ramping down from launch-level production figures, it may also signal that stocks of the phone are overabundant. The latter idea may be supported by changes in the Chinese gray market....
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09:57
Jony Ive and Marc Newson talk collaboration and...

Earlier this week, we reported on some details and photos of the one-off Leica camera designed by Apple’s Jony Ive and Marc Newson for the Product(RED) campaign. Leica originally shared some interesting tidbits about the functionality and development process of the camera, but now, Vanity Fair has published an extensive interview with Ive and Newson about the process. The report provides an interesting look into Apple PR’s process of organizing interviews of its executives:

We were meeting in the Royal Suite partly because Ive was staying in a more conventional room down the hall, but just as much, I suspect, because that is how Apple does...

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09:46
Apple Store reopening in Nanuet, NY draws cheering...

Apple's newly relocated retail store in Nanuet, N.Y., reopened Thursday morning, drawing a crowd of cheering enthusiasts who were there for the festivities.
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09:45
Microsoft taps iTap as basis for remote desktop apps

You may not always need to access your Windows computer from your Mac or iOS device, but when you do, you might have turned to Austria’s HLW Software, which offered mobile clients for both Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and the Virtual Network Computing (VNC) standard.

Earlier this week, though, the Vienna-based company announced that it had discontinued the iOS, Android, and Mac versions of iTap mobile (along with the rest of its apps), and advised users to instead await official solutions from Microsoft itself, which it said would be “available in app stores later this month.”

That timing seemed more than fortuitous, so we reached out to Microsoft; a spokesperson for the company told us that “Microsoft did acquire specific IP assets from HLW Software Development GmbH (HLW). This was used as a base for development, on top of which we implemented, amongst other things: RDP 8, RemoteApp support,...

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09:33
Apps: Little Snitch, ForkLift, Default Folder X


    


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09:30
Apple receives clearance to sell iPhone 5s and...

Apple yesterday announced that both the iPhone 5s and 5c will be launching in more than 25 countries on Friday, October 25. Just one week later, more than a dozen additional countries will be getting the iPhone treatment as well.

You can check out a full list of those countries over here. While the list includes countries from all across the globe, from Albania to Moldova and everything in between, one country conspicuously missing from the iPhone launch festivities is Brazil.

That, however, may soon change.

ZDNet is reporting that the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) recently granted the requisite authorization for Apple to sell its new iPhone lineup in the country.

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09:17
iTunes Radio beginning to reach Canada and UK...

iTunes Radio is already rolling out in Canada and the UK, according to anecdotal reports. Until this week, the service was only accessible in the US. The timing beats out predictions by Bloomberg sources, who suggested that Canada and the UK would only get Radio in early 2014. There is no word yet of Australia, New Zealand, or various Nordic countries getting access; the Bloomberg sources suggested those regions would be joining Canada and the UK in roughly the same timeframe....
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09:15
The Week in iOS Apps: You've got the look!

You've got the look!

This week's roundup of new and updated iOS apps includes new ways to make images—both still and video—look great. Now, everything you produce will have a professional sheen.

U-verse

Good news for subscribers to AT&T U-verse: Live TV is now available through the company’s iOS apps. This week’s update to the app—which already featured video-on-demand options—also features a number of bug fixes and a small update to the user interface. But it’s the ability to watch your favorite shows in real time on your iPad or iPhone that should geneate the most joy among the app’s users.

Cameo

Cameo for iPhone is kind of a cross between Vine and other, more extensive video-editing apps: You can only shoot six seconds of video at a time, but you can...

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09:00
Foursquare rolls out real-time recommendations for...

Foursquare has begun rolling out real-time recommendations to some iPhone users. The recommendations will share tips with users when they arrive at a certain location. For example, a user could show up at a restaurant and have the Foursquare app share the most popular thing on the menu or highlight a deal on appetizers.

In a blog post announcing the news, Foursquare said:

Real-time recommendations // When you arrive someplace, we can tell you something great there (like the best thing to order, or a money-saving special). With this release, we're turning real-time recommendations on for a small batch of people who use Foursquare on their iPhone (and expanding to more every day). It's been live for some people on Android for a bit, and we...

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08:40
iOS 7: Getting Slow Motion Video off of your iPhone...

The iPhone 5s has a cool feature in the Camera app that lets you capture slow motion video, and it works really well. What doesn't work so well -- or at least isn't very obvious -- is how to get that slo-mo video off of your iPhone. Read on to learn how.


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08:35
Simple, Jumio showcase new mobile payment systems...

The iPhone gained two innovative mobile payment systems Thursday as virtual banking service Simple teased their new Bluetooth-enabled cash transfer system 'MoneyDrop' while credential management startup Jumio showed off Passbook-based PORT.
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08:22
Fortune's Most Powerful Women List Has Lots of...

Given all the focus on females in top leadership in tech recently — due to the worthy (and it is most certainly that, no matter how much some misguided people might say it is not) debate over the lack of a woman director on the soon-to-IPOed Twitter board — it’s worth a gander at Fortune magazine’s annual list of 50 powerful women in business.

As usual, it has a big group from tech, and mostly from Silicon Valley — pretty much the same group that was named last year — including IBM CEO Ginni Rometty at No. 1 for the second straight year, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg at No. 5, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer at No. 8, and Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman at No. 9. Also on the...

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08:22
Fitbit Force revealed, updates Flex with OLED screen...

Fitbit has launched its second wrist-based activity tracker, following on from the Fitbit Flex. The Fitbit Force, leaked last week in promotional materials, updates the Flex's design by adding an altimeter and a small OLED display that provides more detailed information than the five-dot LED light system used in the original....
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08:16
Apple’s first retail store in Turkey set to open in...

As previously announced by Tim Cook earlier this year, Apple is preparing to open its first retail store in Turkey with a new store currently under construction in Istanbul. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has picked up around 21,000 square feet of space inside the Zorlu shopping center between Burberry and Louis Vuitton stores.

The store is expected to open in early 2014 and would make for the 13th country that Apple currently operates at least one retail store in. Apple now has over 400 retails stores worldwide and previously announced plans to open 30 new stores this year along with relocating 20 stores to bigger properties to accommodate customers.

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08:08
iOS 7 update brings more Wi-Fi issues for some...

iPhone 4S owners have taken to Apple's support forums by the hundreds with complaints that iOS 7 has caused a new round of problems with the phone's Broadcom Wi-Fi and Bluetooth controller, echoing issues that reared their head during iOS 6's release.
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08:08
Fitbit intros Force Fitness Band with Altimeter

Fitbit is expanding its wristband fitness tracker lineup with the new Fitbit Force. The Force tracks your activities much like the Fitbit Flex, including steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned, and sleep patterns. Like the Fitbit One, it includes an altimeter for more accurate tracking the number of floors climbed, and uses Bluetooth 4.0 to wirelessly sync to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. It also sports an OLED display for showing more details about your daily activities. The Fitbit Force is prices at US$129.95 and will be available in the next couple weeks.


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08:04
BMW i3: The company’s first electric car

Top Gear:

If the i3′s range fits your life, here’s what you get. A car, a gadget, a suite of furniture, a greener option, a talking point. And a slower heart-rate.

∞ Read this on The Loop

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08:00
Roll your own iBeacon with a Raspberry Pi and a...

Developers who want to start experimenting with iBeacons don't need to wait for hardware to show up on the market or design their own. Radius Networks has published a quick "how-to" for developers that shows how an inexpensive Raspberry Pi and Bluetooth LE dongle can be set up in a few minutes for experimentation purposes.

The post, courtesy of James Nebeker and David Young, provides detailed step-by-step command-line instructions on setting up the RPi, downloading the necessary libraries, configuring the Bluetooth dongle, and creating the necessary start and stop scripts. And with that, you can start designing the future...

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07:56
Brazilian telecoms agency approves iPhone 5s, iPhone...

Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency -- also known as Anatel -- has granted regulatory approval for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, reports say. The agency states that the iPhones to be sold will be built at Foxconn's Jundiaí factory, near São Paulo. Documents also show that they will run on Brazil's native LTE frequency, 2600MHz; previous iPhones and iPads available in Brazil have only operated in the 700MHz band....
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07:46
Launch Center Pro reinvented for iOS 7

Launch Center Pro 2 <3

David Barnard’s Contrast (previously App Cubby) shipped a massive update to the quick shortcut app Launch Center Pro for iPhone today.

Launch Center Pro 2 delivers an iOS 7-inspired user interface and a gorgeous new icon as well as several new features including Dropbox backing up and restoring, various themes, action sharing, and more.

People often ask why anyone would need a separate app to do what their home screen does...

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07:37
High-quality part pictures purport to preview...

The fifth-generation iPad in silver and "space gray." SonnyDickson.com

Apple CEO Tim Cook said last year that Apple would be "doubling down on secrecy" with respect to new products, but so far Cook's Apple has proven itself unable to control part leaks from its supply chain. There have been plenty of misdirections and fakes, but we saw so many colorful plastic shells and fingerprint sensor parts in the lead-up to the iPhone 5S and...

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07:31
iRig BlueBoard

Just when you start to wonder what IK Multimedia is going to come up with next, they deliver a pedalboard to control your Mac and iOS music apps wirelessly.

∞ Read this on The Loop

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07:23
T-Mobile offers global data coverage at no extra...

T-Mobile has announced it will begin offering global data roaming coverage at no extra charge, starting Oct. 20 for new customers, and Oct. 31 for existing customers. The unlimited data coverage will be available in more than 100 countries, with free texting and 20 cents-per-minute calls. According to T-Mobile’s…

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07:20
Brazil gives Apple Early Approval for iPhone 5s,...

Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency has completed the approval process that will allow Apple to sell its new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c in the country. The approval has come earlier than expected since the new iPhone models have been available in the United States for only three weeks, and Brazil's approval process often takes months.

The Mac Observer Spin:
Apple is aggressively pushing to get the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c into new markets as quickly as it can. Getting approval in Brazil means it'll be able to start sales in the country earlier than it has with previous product launches.


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07:15
AOL to discontinue iCloud account support for its...

If you weren’t enchanted with AOL before, then this won’t help win you over.

According to 9to5Mac, AOL has informed applicable users that it will be dropping support for accessing email from Apple’s iCloud service from its recently launched Alto webmail client. Alto is a web-based mail client that intelligently sorts and integrates email from services such as iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL. AOL has informed iCloud users who have logged into Alto that support for iCloud...

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07:13
Dropcam Pro takes quick & easy Wi-Fi-based home...

Dropcam on Thursday announced its new Dropcam Pro camera, adding sharper video, improved audio, greater zoom, a wider viewing angle, and support for both Bluetooth Low Energy and dual-band Wi-Fi to its ever-popopular wireless video monitoring system that works remotely with your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
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07:07
Symbolic App for traveling

What a great idea. When you’re traveling, you can communicate with people using symbols.

∞ Read this on The Loop

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07:02
Apple job listing points towards partnership with...

It’s the job postings that show where Apple’s headed…

Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Bloomberg, a new...

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07:00
Dropcam intros Pro camera with upgraded optics, zoom...

Dropcam has introduced an upgraded version of its Wi-Fi video monitoring camera. The next-generation Dropcam Pro brings a long list of improvements, centering around a new six-element all-glass lens with a 130-degree field of view. Better optics are paired with a larger image sensor that is claimed to provide 2X sharper video during the day and a seven-fold sharpness improvement in low-light conditions or at night....
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Dropcam powers up connected video with new Pro camera

Do you have pets or family members you enjoy checking in on remotely? Or a home that makes you nervous when you're not physically in it, worrying about your stuff? When you think about ways to soothe your anxiety and keep an eye on the things you care about, the mountable, networked, USB powered, Wi-Fi connected cameras of Dropcam are there to help.

Today the camera and cloud video company is announcing its revamped, souped-up camera: Dropcam Pro. The improved unit takes the features of the older Dropcam HD (now renamed to just "Dropcam") and improves video, audio (two-way talk), wireless connectivity, night vision -- even adding Bluetooth LE support to position the Pro as a potential hub for the connected home. The iOS Dropcam apps have been revamped too, with direct setup for cameras and a Hollywood-style "zoom and enhance" mode that has to be seen to be believed....

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06:51
Rumor: Best Buy to open new iPhone 5s, 5c incentive...

Never doubt the power of an incentive program.

Per AppleInsider and TechnoBuffalo, electronics retailer Best Buy appears on the verge of kicking off another trade-in program aimed at getting iPhone 5s and 5c customers through its doors, this time offering a minimum of US$100 toward the purchase of one of Apple’s two new phones in exchange for any working smartphone.

The new trade-in...

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06:46
How to: Use a password manager to have strong,...


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Evernote, Adobe, even Apple … just a few of the companies who have found their user data compromised by hackers in recent times. The possibility of a hacker being able to access one of your web accounts is worrying enough – but if you use the same email address and password for almost all the websites you use, the risk becomes huge.

The first thing a hacker does when they get hold of a list of usernames and passwords is to use...

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06:40
Fitbit launches new Force fitness tracking watch...

Fitbit has premiered the new Force fitness tracking watch as its new flagship product. The biggest differentiator for the Force is the new OLED display, wrapped in Fitbit’s signature water-resistant rubberized bracelet design. Instead of simply depicting steps taken as dots, the new Force can bring you detailed tracking information including steps, distance, calories burned, active minutes, and floors climbed.

Fitbit Force is the first and only in its category to be able to capture and display all of these stats on your wrist, as well as wirelessly and automatically sync them to leading Apple & Android smartphones and your computer, helping you push further to achieve your fitness goals.

The...

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06:40
iOS 7: Set Turn-By-Turn Voice Volume in the Maps App

Turn-by-turn navigation in Apple's Maps app on the iPhone is a great feature, but changing the volume so you can better hear those directions hasn't been exactly an easy process -- at least it wasn't until iOS 7. Now changing the voice volume for Maps navigation is fairly simple. Read on and Michael Johnston will show you how.


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06:27
Microsoft’s $7.2 billion Nokia bet not luring apps

Uh-oh.

Consider Tommy Palm and Jeff Smith. Palm, who oversees development at smartphone-game maker King.com, and Smith, who runs music-application maker Smule Inc., have long avoided building apps for devices using Microsoft’s Windows Phone software. Closer ties with Nokia haven’t swayed them. Both say even after the acquisition closes, Microsoft still won’t have enough users to make it worth the time and money.

You could see this coming a mile away, but still, uh-oh.

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06:24
Review: 1Password 4 for Mac makes managing all your...

Passwords stink. Password policies vary widely from the many sites you choose or have to use, and satisfying them all is hard, and hard to keep up with. That's why 1Password is an invaluable application ??and the new 1Password 4 qualifies as a worthy update.
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06:07
Foursquare for iPhone Update makes Finding Friends...

Foursquare is always on the hunt for new ways to keep its location-based social networking service interesting, and its just released app update for the iPhone and iPod touch aims to do that by making it easier to see when your friends are nearby. The version 6.4 update also shows the most recent checkins for your friends, lets you quickly see their previous checkins, and more. Foursquare 6.4 is a free download at Apple's iTunes-based App Store, and requires a free Foursquare account.


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06:01
T-Mobile announces free global data roaming, texts

If you travel internationally, this is a game changer. Global roaming charges are outrageous. My hope is that this pushes other carriers to match T-Mobile.

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Supply chain visit makes analyst 'confident...

Sources in Apple's supply chain have reportedly indicated that Apple is on track to release a new iPhone with a larger screen next year, according to one analyst.
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Review & Giveaway: Dropcam Pro Wi-Fi video...


Dropcam has been around since 2009, but only truly became a player in the app-enabled home security space early last year with the release of the Dropcam HD Wi-Fi video monitoring system. It separated itself from the normal cast of IP video cameras by offering an insanely easy setup process, beautiful software, and effortless mobile device integration (iOS/...

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06:00
Simple teases iPhone instant personal money...

A group of us here at TUAW are huge fans (and customers) of Simple -- it's an online bank that revolves around a debit card linked to a powerful, free iPhone app. On Wednesday, the company announced an upcoming feature for those who are using iPhone 4S and newer devices -- MoneyDrop.

MoneyDrop will make it very easy for Simple customers to send money to each other, instantaneously and with no fees involved. Rather than using email addresses or account names, MoneyDrop uses Bluetooth LE to identify Simple users near you, at which time you can use an AirDrop-like interface to shift money to those people. It's a great way to split lunch bills or buy a used car -- just as long as the other parties are also SImple customers.

Simple currently has only about 65,000 customers, with 100,000 on a wait list and thousands of invitations being sent out every week. Simple...

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Ikea or death metal band? Take a quiz and test your...

Is that word an Ikea furniture item or a death metal band from Norway?

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05:40
iOS 7: New Unified Mailboxes

Remember back when iOS 4 got a unified Mail inbox all those years ago? Before that, we poor users had to trudge through our devices—uphill both ways!—to read emails sent to all of our accounts. Well, hold on to your pants, because with iOS 7, you can now enable unified sent, drafts, and trash mailboxes to see those messages all in one place, too, and we're gonna tell you how.


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05:27
James Sherry Nirvana interviews, on the net for the...

If you are a Nirvana fan, these are a fantastic find.

Here we have three separate Nirvana interviews conducted by Sherry; all together, they add up to nearly an hour. The interviews catch Nirvana at three very different stages of their career. In November of 1990 Nirvana was riding the modest success of Bleach; in the summer of 1991 they were ready to release Nevermind and they knew they had something special on their hands; by 1992 they had already become superstars and were dealing with that. By the time the last interview rolled around, Nirvana had been named Metal Hammer’s “Best New Band,” which was just really amusing. Among other things, they discuss their willingness to pursue an idea that had been floated in 1991 of touring with Guns N’ Roses.

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05:22
Amazing new parking tech, park your car while you...

This is pretty cool. Ford is not the first to bring this parking tech to production, but they are definitely the first of the big car makers to do so.

FAPA uses ultrasonic sensors to scan for an open parking space at speeds as high as 19 mph (30 kph). When the car finds a suitable spot it alerts the driver, who can stay in the car or get out and use a remote to finish the parking job. The car then backs itself in to the parking space.

Amazing. The car scans for available parking spaces in real time, as you drive. The car alerts you that it found a space, you get out, and the car parks itself. The future!

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05:20
US Mac sales down as PC decline stablizes, but...

US Mac sales fell year-on-year as part of the global decline in the PC market as consumers switch to tablets, phablets and smartphones – but the two major market analysts produced wildly differing estimates of the size of that fall.

IDC has a dramatic drop of 11.2 percent, from 2.14M in the third quarter of 2012 to 1.9M in the same quarter this year, while Gartner shows a much more modest decline of 2.3 percent from 2.2M (close to IDC’s number) to 2.1M. The only point on which both agree is this is the first Q3 decline in Mac sales since 2002, a quarter usually assisted by the back-to-school market …

The credibility of the numbers doesn’t improve when you look at overall US sales across manufacturers: down 0.2 percent according to IDC, while...

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05:13
PC market falls 8%, Apple year-over-year market...

Gartner and IDC released their quarterly PC shipment numbers. No tablet data, no phone data, just personal computers. Lots to chew on. Some highlights from Gartner’s US numbers:

  • The big winner in all this seems to be Lenovo. They trail Apple in units shipped, but increased their market share by 24.6%.
  • Apple’s year-over-year market share fell 2.3% to 13.4%.
  • Apple’s 3rd quarter market share showed growth over Q2, going from 11.6% to 13.4%. 3rd quarter numbers are traditionally stronger, as it is the back-to-school quarter.
  • To me, there are two big takeaways from this. First, tablets are cannibalizing PC sales. No big news there. Second, I see any decline in Apple sales as a sign of the aging of Apple’s Mac line. The iMac and MacBook Air refreshes are recent and the Mac Pro and Macbook Pro lines are due, hopefully soon. My instinct here is that we’ll see a nice bounce in the numbers, starting with Q4.

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    Apple, Oct. 22 and the Fading Element of Surprise


    Apple's traditional autumn iPad announcement event is slated for Oct. 22 this year, and while we don't know exactly where the event will go down, it seems pretty clear to just about any Apple-watching newshound that Apple will announce new iPads with the new 64-bit A7 processor. Some are claiming Apple will slim down the current iPad, retaining the screen size, while others believe Apple will jam a Retina display into the iPad mini.

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    The top 100 inventions from the last 100 years

    I love lists, and this is definitely a fun one. I suspect that you will find fault with this list, have a few inventions that you think should be on it, see some that perhaps should not be. That’s just the way with lists though, no?

    My biggest complaint is that the first Apple product listed is the iPod in 2001. What? No Macintosh? No Apple II? Both of these were game changers.

    That said, I still enjoyed your article, Ellie Zolfagharifard.

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    Review: Popular translator app iTranslate gets...

    The popular language translation app iTranslate has been completely reimagined for iOS 7. Just like iOS 7, the app is heavily gesture-based. Because the new version features so many new gestures, a tutorial has been added that walks users through all of the new ways to interact with their translations.

    Click to view slideshow.

    At first glance, iTranslate does not feel as intuitive or as easy to use as the previous version. It takes a while to get acclimated to the changes, and to understand how to properly trigger the gestures, which can be a bit difficult at first. For example, when swiping, you have to swipe...

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    Best Buy to give minimum $100 trade-in on any...

    A screenshot revealed by TechnoBuffalo indicates that Best Buy will be running a trade-in promotion where any undamaged, working smartphone will get you a minimum $100 gift card to use toward the purchase of a new iPhone – enough to cover the down payment on an iPhone 5c.

    That’s interesting because Best Buy sells Android smartphones off plan for around $50 so even if you don’t want to give up your old iPhone, you could walk into the store, pick up a cheap Virgin...

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    How Apple's iPhone rapidly destroyed Nokia...

    In 2008, a journalist in Finland wrote a letter to Nokia complaining that its smartphones were difficult to use, prompting a confidential response acknowledging desperate efforts to catch up with Apple's new iPhone. One year later Nokia announced MeeGo, and the following year it made plans to shift to Windows Phone. The company is now being sold off for scrap.
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    Brother debuts compact multi-page scanners for SOHO...

    Printer and accessory maker Brother has debuted a new line of scanners aimed squarely at small-office and home-office (SOHO) users, combining the compact footprint and price point of a portable scanner with more advanced functions normally associated with desktop workgroup devices. The flagship of the line is the ADS-1500w, which offers simplex or duplex color scan speeds of up to 18 pages per minute (ppm), a 20-sheet capacity feeder, Internet connectivity and mobile scanning compatibility....
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    Briefly: Photo FX app Snap Art 4, doctor visit app...

    Alien Skin Software today announced its upcoming release of Snap Art 4, an artistic natural media application for photographers. Featuring a redesigned UI and improved speed, Snap Art 4 can render hundreds of styles and media, such as oil paint, pencil sketch, et cetera, to mimic the technique of human artists on a photo image. Emulating brush strokes and drawing lines, its masking tool can bring out extra detail in a photo. Snap Art is compatible for integration with many popular photography editing software tools, such as Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Apple Aperature, and can also be launc...
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    20:27
    Canadian carrier Rogers suffers nationwide outage

    Canadian carriers suck. Bad.

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    Foursquare update brings real-time recommendations

    Popular location-based social networking app Foursquare saw an update on Wednesday that brought a number of new features, including the ability to check which friends are nearby a user at a given time.
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    19:35
    Best Buy promotion offers $100 for smartphone trade...

    Best Buy retail locations are launching another promotion on the iPhone 5c and 5s. A screenshot of an internal Best Buy document shows that the retailer will allow customers to trade in selected -- and completely functional -- smartphones for a minimum of $100 in credit towards purchase of a new device on a two-year contract between October 13 and 19....
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    19:05
    Microsoft Office 2011 14.3.8

    Security-minded maintenance release closes an Excel-related vulnerability. (Free update, 113 MB)

     

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    SpamSieve 2.9.9

    Adds compatibility for 10.9 Mavericks. ($30 new, free update, 10.8 MB)

     

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    ClamXav 2.6.1

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    Design Quality and Customer Delight as Sustainable...

    I’ve been thinking about this piece by Ben Thompson, “What Clayton Christensen Got Wrong in His Theory of Low-End Disruption”, since he published it two weeks ago.

    The business buyer, famously, does not care about the user
    experience. They are not the user, and so items that change how a
    product feels or that eliminate small annoyances simply don’t make
    it into their rational decision making process.

    Again, though, Christensen’s research is tilted towards business
    buyers. Critically, this includes the PC. For the most of its
    history, the vast majority of PC purchasers have been businesses,
    who have bought PCs on speeds, feeds, and ultimately, price. […]

    The attribute most valued by consumers, assuming a product is at
    least in the general vicinity of a need, is ease-of-use. It’s not
    the only one — again, doing a job-that-needs-done is most...

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    18:14
    Canadian carrier Rogers suffers nationwide...

    [Update: service restored after five hours] In an unusual national disruption, Canadian cell carrier Rogers -- the country's largest carrier by subscriber base -- has suffered a near-countrywide failure of wireless voice communications, though 3G and LTE data appears to be unaffected. Between Rogers Wireless and its subsidiaries Fido and Chatr, the company controls about 34 percent of Canada's cell phone market. Customers from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Victoria, British Columbia say they have been without service for much of the evening, while some report partial service....
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    18:00
    Final Fantasy VI headed to iOS, VII may not be far...

    Several classic Square Enix RPGs have already seen new life thanks to iOS ports, and now the company has confirmed to Kotaku that Final Fantasy VI will indeed get the same treatment. The game will be a modified version of the RPG that originally appeared for the SNES back in 1994. The game will be tweaked for touchscreen devices with a refined battle system and sharper graphics.

    Square Enix director and producer Takashi Tokita also shed some light on the future of Square titles on mobile platforms. Now that Final Fantasy I thru VI are taken care of, the next logical step would be to port the beloved PlayStation classic Final Fantasy VII to smartphones and tablets, but Tokita stopped short of making any promises...

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    17:59
    Best Buy trade-in offer to take any working...

    Electronics retailer Best Buy appears on the verge of kicking off another trade-in program aimed at getting iPhone 5s and 5c customers through its doors, this time offering a minimum of $100 toward the purchase of one of Apple's two new phones in exchange for any working smartphone.
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    17:48
    T-Mobile offers free international data plan,...

    T-Mobile tonight announced that it is expanding limited-speed home data coverage for most Simple Choice customers to include more than 100 countries, at no extra charge. Starting October 31, Simple Choice individual and business customers automatically get unlimited data and texting in more than 100 Simple Global countries worldwide, and will only pay a global flat rate of 20 cents per minute for voice calls when roaming in the same countries....
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    17:37
    ACM 225: Apple’s October 22nd Media Event and Office...

    In this week's episode of The Apple Context Machine podcast, Jeff and Bryan talk about what's in store for Apple's rumored October 22nd media event. They also dissect Microsoft's plans to bring Office to the iPad (two years too late) and look at Microsoft's prospects in the tablet industry. Rapid Fire topics include the Nest Protect, Qualcomm's mea culpa about Apple's A7 processor, and the new Samsung Galaxy Round. Good stuff!


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    17:30
    Cameo enters the social video world with a clever...

    Cameo is a new free social video app that aims to compete with the likes of Vine and Instagram. The app sports some powerful features and has enough advantages that people who love to share videos will want to give it a shake.

    The app allows you to take as many videos as you want. All the videos are rendered in the cloud at 720P, and a copy is saved to your iPhone so it can be uploaded to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr.

    One clever feature is the ability to share videos in real time with friends, so if, for example, you're both in different places at a sporting event, you can share each others clips and build them into your own video creation. Like Vine, clips are limited to 6 seconds, but you can combine those clips into a video that lasts as long as 2...

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    17:22
    Save up to $44 on current Airport/Time Capsules at...

    The updated AirPort Extreme and 2 TB Time Capsules announced earlier this year are now available as refurbished units on Apple’s online store. Unfortunately it seems you’ll have to wait a bit longer if you were hoping to get the newer-model 3 TB Time Capsule at a discounted price. While refurb models of the old version are available, the new version with 802.11ac support is nowhere to be found for the time being.

    Be sure to follow 9to5Toys to keep up with the best gear and deals on the web: TwitterRSS Feed...

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