Do you watch live TV on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad? One research group is dubious that many of us do.
Eager to fend off the threats of non-traditional distribution platforms such as Hulu and Netflix and remain relevant, US pay TV providers have recently begun launching their own iPad apps — allowing subscribers to access their recorded and video-on-demand content from a tablet device.
Read MoreiOS 5, when it arrives this fall, will sport iMessages. Could it also be a Growl replacement of sorts?
As described by Apple, iMessage is a new messaging service for iOS 5 users. You’ll purportedly be able to send unlimited text messages via Wi-Fi or 3G from your iOS device to anyone with an iDevice.
iMessage is built into the Messages app, so you can send text, photos, videos, locations and contacts. You can do group messaging. You can track your messages with delivery receipts and optional read receipts, see when someone’s typing and encrypt text messages.
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An Apple patent (number 20110142016) at the US Patent & Trademark Office shows that Apple is working on a new social app. The patent is for methods, program products, and systems for ad hoc networking based on content and location are described.
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According to a new Apple patent (number 20110141219) at the US Patent & Trademark Office the company is working on a way to use face detection as a metric to stabilize video during a video chat session.
Read MoreRecently, DC Comics announced that on Aug. 31 it will launch a “historic renumbering” of the entire DC Universe line of comic books with 52 first issues — and that digital versions will appear alongside print versions.
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