Apple is eyeing ways to make its Mac keyboards more colorful and more informative. A company patent (number 20100306683) for user interface behaviors for an input device with individually controlled illuminated input elements has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office.
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By Greg Mills
iOS 4.2.1 folder bugApple is working on recreating the iOS 4.2.1 disappearing folder bug. The bug has been reported to me by six readers, so far.
The steps that may or may not result in the folders disappearing are.
° Load the new iPad iOS 4.2.1 on to your iPad.
° Sort apps into folders
° Download app updates to some apps in folders over Wi-Fi before syncing iPad with iTunes.
° All Folders disappear and apps are spread out randomly.
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Apple wants you to iCruise with your iOS device. A patent (number 20100306075) for systems and methods for accessing cruise services using a portable device has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office.
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Apple may revamp — or perhaps replace — its MagSafe connector for its laptop line. An Apple patent (number 7841776) for a magnetic connector with optical signal path has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office.
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No Starch Press has released “My New iPad, Second Edition” by Wallace Wang. The 384-page, US$24.95 book is for “new iPad owners in need of guidance.”
The book shows readers how to do useful and entertaining things with their iPad, like surf the Internet, send email, listen to music, take notes, read ebooks, and play with photos. This second edition has been updated with a chapter on troubleshooting and revised to cover the new features introduced in iOS 4.x, including multitasking, folders, printing, and much more.
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