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Dave Hamilton: So…I think the best place to start is with what we were chatting about a little while ago, an app called Senuti. Brittany Tarvin: Sure. I met my co-founder, Whitney Young, who’s the original creator of Senuti when we were in college together. So, he was kinda doing that on the side. And…

The Time Capsule lets users back up data over their local Wi-Fi network via OS X’s built-in Time Machine feature. “The defect with the Time Capsules, which invariably destroyed the stored data, amounts to a fundamental and total breach of contract,” Perminder Tung said in his filing with the court. “The alleged ‘Time Capsule’ did not…

The decision to get into the tablet space with its own hardware is a reversal of Microsoft’s previous stance where the company said it would partner with hardware makers instead of competing with them.Microsoft’s own tablet could look something like thisIf that sounds vaguely familiar, it should because Microsoft made a similar promise to portable…

______________ Dave Hamilton: I’m here with Glen Aspeslagh from Ecamm Network at WWDC. So, Glen, you’ve been developing apps for a long time for the Mac — and, as history goes, for a long time for iOS now too. And it seems like your niche is doing things that people wouldn’t otherwise think to do…

_________ Last year, I launched the initial discussion of this conversion process in “In Search of New Web Site Tools to Replace iWeb, Part I.” In that article, I pointed to Apple’s FAQ that shows which legacy services would migrate to iCloud and which would not. iWeb publishing is not on the migration list. That…

“I think HTC did the right thing. I never believed that its first complaint against Apple had merit,” said Florian Mueller of Foss Patents. “HTC could certainly have afforded to continue with the appeal, but it would only have annoyed the CAFC and the ITC.”HTC drops appeal in ITC ruling on iPhone patent infringementApple and…

Samsung gets to sell its Galaxy SIII smartphone in the U.S.Judge Koh’s decision, according to Reuters, doesn’t imply that Apple can’t get an injunction; instead, it’s simply a matter of timing. With only a week to review all of the information in the case, she doesn’t have enough time to work through all of the…

Apple’s iOS 6 Maps app will get some help from WazeTechCrunch noted that Waze was listed in the legal notices in iOS 6’s code, as were several other mapping-related companies. Along with TomTom and Waze, Getchee, Localeze, Urban Mapping, DMTI, and MapData Sciences were also listed.Apple showed off its Google-free map system on Monday during…

The Cryo E40 from NZXT is a most unusual notebook cooler. There is a top and a bottom and in between those two pieces are two 80 mm moveable fans that are held in place by low-powered magnets. The user locates the two fans so that they pinpoint the hotspot locations for their specific computer. The fans…

The NOAA Radar US app for iOS shows the local terrain and weather radar images. Colored quadrilaterals outline regions of watches and warnings. The app is a must in stormy weather. Recently, in the Denver region, we’ve had some very bad weather — tornados and hail storms. I found myself wanting more specific information about…

Apple to pay $2.5 million settlement in Australian iPad false advertising lawsuitApple found itself on the wrong end of the law after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accused the company of misrepresenting the third generation iPad’s wireless data capabilities by including the term “4G” in product advertising. The country’s cell carriers don’t support the 4G…

“I just don’t have the human bandwidth [for the escalating complaints between the two companies],” Judge Lucy Koh said, according to Bloomberg. “I wanted to give some notice that I cannot be an Apple v. Samsung judge.” Josh Krevitt, an Apple attorney, said that Apple was being aggressive with its ban requests because Samsung’s tactic…

Currently, Chinese customers can download a separate app for the Baidu search service. The new arrangement would likely make it an optional, but probably not the default, search service for iPhones and iPads. Similarly, this past February, Apple added Baidu search service support to its latest upgrade of the Mac operating system. Baidu would provide…

__________________________________ For various technical reasons and because the Internet is running out of assignable addresses, the Internet community has decided to move from what’s called IPv4 with 4.3 billion addresses to IPv6 which has more than 1038 addresses. To find out more and how this may affect you, refer to “A Layman’s Guide to the…

WWDC banners tout great ideas and great thingsWWDC is Apple’s annual event to give iOS and OS X developers details on the company’s roadmap, and also offers developers the opportunity to work directly with Apple engineers for a few days. The event will include over 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers, and 100 hands-on…

Apple’s WWDC 2012 Invitation “We are expecting some significant new information to be released regarding new products and further developments around the Apple Ecosystem – the ‘glue’ that sustains its momentum in our view,” the analyst wrote. He added, “We believe it is important to see how excited developers are to make products on the…

Judge Koh is overseeing the mobile device patent infringement battle between Apple and Samsung. She told both sides she won’t have jurisdiction to issue a preliminary injunction until the U.S. Court of Appeals finishes its process, so for now Apple must wait, according to Bloomberg.Judge: No Galaxy Tab injunction for Apple… yet.The Court of Appeals…

The seller, talking with Wired anonymously, said, “I don’t know if it was stolen from Apple, or if the person who was working with it kept it. Judging by how Apple works, it’s most likely stolen, but I’m not sure about that.”The mystery seller said he expected Apple to contact him about the prototype, but…

Apple to MobileMe users: It’s time to move to iCloudThe launch of iCloud on October 12, 2011, started the countdown to the end for MobileMe. iCloud replaces the service, although it doesn’t offer all of the features that were included with MobileMe.iCloud kept MobileMe’s me.com and mac.com email accounts, along with calendar and contact syncing,…

This week, we’re taking a look at The Mac Observer’s Co-Founder and Co-Publisher, Bryan Chaffin.All of Bryan’s articles, analyses, and creative endeavors take form on his primary workstation, a 2008 8-core Mac Pro running at 2.8GHz with 18GB RAM and an upgraded Radeon HD 5770 GPU. Two displays are connected to the Mac: a 27-inch…

“While a lot of anticipation and focus has been on potential new hardware announcements including new Macs,” the analyst told clients in a research note obtained by The Mac Observer, “we believe the bigger news could be around new iOS and OS X software features including enhanced Maps and photosharing.” Mr. Wu said this his…

Gartner looks product supply chains and buying patterns to estimate how quickly companies burn through their available inventory. In Apple’s case, that works out to once every five days.The research firm said,Maintaining its record in the Number one slot was Apple, delivering total solutions to its customers through tightly integrated design of hardware components, firmware,…

ETSI stated,The fourth form factor (4FF) card will be 40 percent smaller than the current smallest SIM card design, at 12.3mm wide by 8.8mm high, and 0.67mm thick. It can be packaged and distributed in a way that is backwards compatible with existing SIM card designs. The new design will offer the same functionality as…

According to CNet, Judge William Alsup issued a narrow ruling that he made sure could applied only to this specific case. Earlier in May, the same jury had ruled that Google had not infringed on patents owned by Oracle. From the judge’s ruling: So long as the specific code used to implement a method is…