Apple patent (number 20110099519) for a menuing structure for media content has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It involves the Apple TV and its on-screen menus and its interaction with Macs on a local network.
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Yesterday Apple released a 10 point information sheet and did an interview that addressed a lot of concerns iOS users had regarding location logs. It turns out that while the outrage has largely melted away with rational explanations for what Apple was doing, they did admit there were “bugs” in the data logging portion of the iOS, that are going to be fixed soon. Apple’s explanation mitigates my concerns, but doesn’t reassure me that mobile data is as secure as it ought to be.
Read MoreApple should take a hint from Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending and implement such a capability for its iBook/iBookstore app/technology for iOS devices.
The Kindle Lending Library is a new feature launching later this year that will allow Kindle customers to borrow Kindle books from over 11,000 libraries in the United States. It will be available for all generations of Kindle devices and free Kindle reading apps (http://www.amazon.com/kindle).
Read MoreBy Andrew Eisner
If you could upgrade your phone right now without paying a penalty, would you go ahead and get that new iPhone or Android smartphone? If you answered yes, you wouldn’t be alone, in fact Retrevo recently discovered that a large number of U.S. phone owners say their phone is either currently out of date or will be soon. The fact is, consumers are justified in feeling their phones are obsolete and frustrated by the fact that they can’t upgrade them more frequently than every two years.
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By Greg Mills
Sort of an admission and a defense rolled up into one page…
1. Apple denies ever tracking iPhone or iPads but the explanation doesn’t mention the detailed location files with timestamps reported by
some researchers. Apple claims the file amounts to sort of a map of cell towers and WiFi sources. More information on the details of the Location logs needs to be given.
2. Users are confused? Thanks a lot Apple, I will try not to hold my iPhone or iPad wrong.
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