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Apple Removes Download Options From Quicktime Trailers Website

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:09:03 +0000

It appears that Apple has begun quietly phasing out its trailer download options from the trailers.apple.com website, effectively eliminating 1080p trailer availability. Previously, the site gave users the ability to stream trailers in 480p or 720p, along with providing download options for 480p, 720p, and 1080p. Trailers uploaded to the site after an approximate date of May 22 no longer have any download options and can only be streamed in-browser at 480p or 720p.

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Apple Posts New iPhone TV Ad ‘Music Every Day’

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:12:21 +0000

Apple started running a new iPhone ad this evening called ‘ Music Every Day ‘, the second in a series that launched last month with a spot entitled ‘ Photos Every Day ‘. Both ads in the campaign focus on people actually using the phone, rather than just the phone itself. Every day, more people enjoy their music on the iPhone than any other phone In a series of colorful clips, the iPhone is used by owners to listen to music at school, in the shower, at the gym, at a club, at a swim meet and more.

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Corning Pits Gorilla Glass 3 Against Sapphire, Plans Reflection Reduction and Antimicrobial Technology

temp — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:59:30 +0000

Following Apple’s adoption of sapphire crystal as a strong and durable covering for the rear cameras on the iPhone 5 and fifth-generation iPod touch late last year, rumors of expanded uses for the material have gained some traction. Back in March, we covered a report suggesting that sapphire could see wider adoption as coverings for displays on mobile devices, and just last week a sketchy rumor claimed that Apple is planning to use a sapphire-covered capacitive home button with integrated fingerprint sensor for the iPhone 5S. Amid these discussions of the potential of sapphire, Corning has published a feature outlining why its latest Gorilla Glass 3 is in fact already a better option than sapphire for mobile device displays, citing greater strength, lower weight, less energy cost in production, and significantly lower pricing.

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Excerpts of Apple Executives’ Senate Committee Testimony on Tax Policy

temp — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:29:05 +0000

Three Apple executives, CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and head of tax operations Phillip A. Bullock, appeared in front of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation earlier today, testifying about Apple’s tax policies.

Yahoo’s Flickr Gets Major Design Overhaul, 1TB of Free Photo Storage Space

temp — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:22:02 +0000

Following this morning’s acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo today hosted an event in New York City to detail changes to its popular photo sharing site Flickr . Flickr on the web has been given a major design overhaul, with a focus on full resolution pictures. In addition to eliminating much of the white space on the site, Flickr is now displaying in-line photo streams that encompass the majority of the screen and detailed photo-centric profile pages

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Yahoo’s Flickr Gets Major Design Overhaul, 1TB of Free Photo Storage Space

U.S. Senators Claim Apple Has Avoided Paying Billions in U.S. Income Taxes Ahead of Tim Cook Testimony

temp — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:52:19 +0000

A Senate subcommittee has released a 40-page memo accusing Apple of not paying billions of dollars in federal taxes through “extensive tax-avoidance strategies”. Apple CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and Apple’s head of tax operations Phillip A.

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U.S. Senators Claim Apple Has Avoided Paying Billions in U.S. Income Taxes Ahead of Tim Cook Testimony

Tightening MacBook Air Supplies at Resellers Hint at Upcoming Refresh

temp — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:31:22 +0000

As noted by AppleInsider , MacBook Air supplies are beginning to dry up as Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference approaches. Currently, the 13.3-inch 256GB 1.8Ghz MacBook Air is out of stock at Amazon.com, with a listed one to two month waiting period.

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Apple Blames Book Publishers in E-Books Antitrust Lawsuit

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:26:14 +0000

Reuters is reporting that Apple has responded to the Justice Department’s accusations that the company colluded with publishers to increase e-book pricing, saying that it negotiated with the publishers separately and reached different agreements with each. But Apple said the publishers had decided, independent of Apple, to eliminate discounts on wholesale book prices of e-books, to sell lucrative hardcover books first to bookstores in a practice called windowing and to take other measures to push Amazon to raise prices. In a court filing dated April 26 but released on Tuesday, Apple said it had approached publishers to create an online bookstore that would eventually become the iBookstore and had demanded a 30 percent commission, that publishers would not undercut prices paid to Apple, and that “windowing” be scrapped

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Messaging App LINE Ordered by Apple to Remove Paid Sticker Gifting

admin — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:11:35 +0000

Popular free messaging app LINE was forced to remove one of its key sticker features today, eliminating the ability for its users to purchase and send sticker sets as gifts to friends.

PayPal Executive Looks for Apple to Adopt Fingerprint Sensors, Lead Charge Away From Passwords

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:09:33 +0000

CIO reports on an Interop keynote presentation yesterday by PayPal chief information security officer Michael Barrett in which he discussed the future of account security and suggested that passwords and PINs will soon be a thing of the past. Barrett currently serves as president of the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance that is seeking alternatives to these traditional security methods. The FIDO Alliance protocol allows users a choice of authentication method while shifting control to providers who can make authentication user-transparent and limit the risk of fraud

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