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There is no doubt that companies who want us to buy their products formulate plans on how to influence our decision making process. But when it comes right down to making a decision, we tend to deny that we’ve been influenced and instead fall into a false sense of security about our objectiveness. Apple understands…

“KCR is currently investigating potential problems with the release of iPhone 4,” the lawfirm states on its Web site. “If you recently purchased the new iPhone and have experienced poor reception quality, dropped calls and weak signals, we would like to hear from you.”Some iPhone 4 users have been complaining about an issue where holding…

Los Gatos is one of the smaller towns near Cupertino that make up the area locally known as South Bay. It has a number of multimillion dollar mansions in the hills overlooking the town proper, and is the home of Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak. The Apple Store in Los Gatos is located on Santa Cruz…

That said, that last drop landed in a different way than the first three, and it’s just as possible the test could have taken one drop or 100, depending on how it landed, but the video makes for some heart-rending viewing, especially if you’re one of those standing in line waiting for their own iPhone…

The iPhone 4 line in Boulder, ColoradoLike other Apple product launch lines, people brought along their laptops and iPhones to stay occupied while they wait for the store doors to open at 7AM. One person even brought a 32-inch flat panel TV, DVD player and some movies.The FlatIron Crossing Apple Store in Broomfield iPhone 4…

i-Got-Control IRB1 is the third in a series of universal remote control hardware/app combinations I’m reviewing. Like the first two I tested, it can control most of your electronic entertainment devices — televisions, AV receivers, cable boxes, and such — as long as they use an infrared remote control. Compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch,…

The documents, obtained by iClarified, show that customers pre-ordering iPhone 4 units on the 24th will pay a US$50 deposit, just like early pre-order customers. New pre-order customers will go to the bottom of the company’s first-come-first-served list.Best Buy will be opening early on the 24th to handle pre-order customers, but won’t have access to…

Mr. Teece: The second choke up point that I saw was when Mr. Jobs showed the commercial for the new iPhone, and at the moment in time when they showed video conferencing, they had a deaf couple, sharing a moment on the iPhone 4. The audience spontaneously erupted in applause and goosebump appreciation of that…

TMO: Let’s start off with what your company does. Mr. Teece: Well, we’ve got a couple of companies. We-Envision.com is a partnership between my Project A and Open Door Networks. We develop software for the iPhone, the iPod touch and the iPad now. We-envision.com has over a hundred apps in the App Store, mostly for…

Mac Rumors noted that Dropbox for the iPhone and iPod touch now supports iOS 4’s fast app switching feature that Apple touts as a multitasking option. iOS 4’s other multitasking features include background audio, Voice over IP, background location, local notifications, task finishing, and push notifications.The multitasking features in iOS 4 require an iPhone 3GS,…

TMO: I’m here with Paul Kafasis from Rogue Amoeba Software, LLC. So… you’ve been a Mac developer for how long? Mr. Kafasis: Rogue Amoeba is almost eight years old now. TMO: I want to talk a little bit about the apps that you do. You guys are … audio maniacs. [Pause.] In a good way!…

For those not familiar with TextExpander, it allows one to assign shortcut keystrokes, snippets, to a longer string. After typing the snippet, text, a logo or even a photo will be inserted automagically into the text, saving a lot of typing and potential errors. Many apps on the Mac and iPhone (using TextExpander touch) support…

The new version of Hotmail cashes in on Microsoft’s decades of experience with e-mail. In almost Jobsian fashion, Microsoft lists the three biggest customer frustrations with e-mail and then offers technical solutions. Too much spam Can’t send large attachments Junk mail cluttering up my inbox In order to solve the problem of spam, Microsoft makes…

O2 will charge subscribers £20 for each month left on their current iPhone contract when they upgrade to an iPhone 4, and they’ll waive the usual 14-day window where they can back out of the deal.The new contracts O2 will offer customers do away with unlimited data plans in favor of capped plans ranging from…

Apparently the list of accounts includes some 114,000 names and was stolen with the help of a script that took advantage of a security vulnerability in AT&T’s servers. The hackers made off with account names, email addresses, and SIM card identifier numbers.A group calling itself “Goatse Security” claims to be behind the data security breach…

TMO: I thought that was a solid keynote. Have you been to a WWDC keynote before? Mr. Cheng: No, we’ve aways watched it afterwards, streamed. This is the first time we’ve been to one in person. It’s a lot of fun.Albert Cheng TMO: Tell us about the ABC app for the iPad. Mr. Cheng: First,…

New Potato Technologies’ FLPR (Fast Learning Programmable Remote) for the iPhone and iPod touch running OS 3.0 or higher is a hardware/app combination for controlling electronic devices via infrared remote. In a nutshell, it worked better for me than the POWER A Universal Remote Case I reviewed recently (click here to read), but had a…

“So what did [Steve Jobs] talk about? He talked about iPads, and the App Store, and iBooks, and videogames. He talked about the new iPhone 4, with new video-chat software called FaceTime and a gyroscope that lets you shoot missiles into outer space and take pictures of Saturn or something,” Mr. Lyons said in his…

Mr. Dellinger also helped develop the webOS application framework, served as the visual and interaction designer for webOS, and was a webOS engineer. He also created the Mojo application framework’s CSS structure and defined the HTML layout and structure.Now that Mr. Dellinger is working for Apple’s interface design team, he’ll most likely be involved with…

Lightroom 3 includes updated noise reduction tools that help keep images sharp without washing out colors, along with a new sharpness filter produces a more natural look thanks to updated algorithms. The previous sharpness filter is still available for users that want to stick with the look the older version offers, or for images that…

The new iPhone is over 20 percent thinner than the iPhone 3GS, includes an A4 processor and substantially higher resolution display, 5 megapixel camera along with a front-facing camera, built-in Flash, quad-band support, 802.11n Wi-Fi networking, and more. It will be available on June 24 in several countries and Apple will begin accepting pre-orders on…

WWDC is a once-a-year event where developers have an opportunity to learn more about developing for the Mac and iPhone, and can also meet Apple’s own developers face to face.The event falls at the early end of Apple’s typical window for introducing new iPhone models, which has led to speculation that the company will use…

Verbatim’s TUFF-‘N’-TINY 16GB USB Drive is very small.  TUFF-‘N’-TINY™16 GB USB Drive This sturdy little 16GB drive measures 1.9” x 0.5” x 0.6”. It comes with a little key ring lanyard to help you keep up with it. According to Verbatim it is resistant to dust, water and static discharges. It’s also very fast.I loaded…