The Gartner research group says Nokia Oyj, the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, lost market share, while Google’s Android platform overtook the iPhone as demand for smartphones surged, reports “Bloomberg” (http://macosg.me/2/ow).
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By Greg Mills
I was shocked, as were many other Apple observers that an Apple patent application sported an obvious rip-off of the user interface of an iOS app on the Apple App Store called “Where To?” Apple files hundreds of patent applications on everything they do.
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Matt Swain has written a Safari extension called KeySearch that adds a new way of searching the Internet to Apple’s web browser. It uses short keywords to allow you to search any site you want from the toolbar.
So you might type “map New York to LA” to search Google maps, or “wiki mac os x” to search Wikipedia. It comes with a selection of ready-made keywords, and you can add your own for any search engine you want. You can check it out at http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/keysearch/ .
Read MoreReggie Ashworth has updated AppDelete (http://reggie.ashworth.googlepages.com/appdelete), an application deleting app for Mac OS X, to version 3.1.3. The new version fixes an issue where Chinese fonts might not display properly, along with other localization edits and miscellaneous optimizations.
Via drag ‘n drop, AppDelete will delete any chosen app with all of its associated items that belong to that application. You’ll no longer have to hunt through their system to find and delete these items manually.
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Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
AT&T has dialed up its AT&T U-verse Mobile App for Apple’s idevices. The free app gives U-verse subscribers the ability to download and watch popular TV content on their iPhone so they can take their U-verse TV experience with them, wherever they go. AT&T says it’s the first TV provider to offer an integrated mobile app that allows you to both manage your DVR and download and watch select shows.
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