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The Lifehacker Guide to the iOS Long Press
Lifehacker has a pretty useful little guide on all the things that a long tap (or a tap-and-hold) on the screen can do in iOS 5. I think it’s a great theme for a help post, since touch screen controls are not always the most obvious – especially if people …
Apple Seeds: The Benefits to Working at Apple, iPad/Tablet Shipments in Q4 2011, More
Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news: Apple To Offer Steep Discounts on Macs and iPads to Employees It is being reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook will …
Apple (Barely) Passes Android in Q4 U.S. Smartphone Sales
Reuters (via MacRumors) is reporting that Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, a research firm, found that Apple barely squeaked past Android in U.S. smartphone shipments in Q4 of 2011. It was very close, with the iPhone taking 44.9% of the market, and Android taking 44.8% of the market. They also claim that …
Apple Prepping iPhone 5 Production for Summer Launch Timeframe
9to5Mac is reporting that they have received information which claims that Apple’s manufacturing partner, Foxconn, is preparing to begin production of the iPhone 5, with a launch for this summer. Of course, this would suggest that Apple would be attempting to return to their mid-year release cycle for their iPhone …
Contest: (5) $10 iTunes Gift Cards, and (5) Free Promo Codes for Crystal War: Blood Field ...
(5) $10 iTunes Gift Cards, and (5) Free Promo Codes for Crystal War: Blood Field To Be Won Contest Deadline: Saturday, January 28th – 8:00 PM US Eastern Time for an awesome giveaway! Today at iSource we’re running a contest for (5) $10 iTunes Gift Cards and (5) free promo …
Review: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: Deluxe Storybook for iPad
I’ve taken a look at several of Disney’s storybook, comic, and interactive apps over the past year, and I have always come away very impressed. Some have been better than others, but I’ve never had any reservations recommending any of them to the parents of young children, whether they are …
How I Write on my iPhone and iPad
Federico Viticci of MacStories tweeted about the distinction between using note apps for “notes” and for “long [form] writing” and got me thinking about how I work on iOS. I agree that this distinction exists — that the app that rocks for viewing notes isn’t always the same as the …
My Absinthe Was Very Smooth on the iPhone 4S – How ‘Bout Yours?
It’s been a little while for me on the jailbreak front, but I have to say the Absinthe jailbreak on my iPhone 4S has been one of the smoothest I can remember. I did not do a restore or anything special prior to applying Absinthe (I had a relatively recent …
Apple Seeds: Over Half of Verizon’s Smartphone Shipments in Q4 2011 were iPhones, In...
Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news: Virgin America Names One of Their Jets After Steve Jobs Here’s something kinda cool: 55% of Verizon’s Q4 Smartphone Sales Were …
Apple Announces Best Quarter Ever in Q1 2012 with $13.06 Billion in Profit
Apple has announced their financial results for calendar Q4 of 2011 and Q1 of 2012, wherein the company announced revenue $46.33 billion and net profit of $13.06 billion in profit. That works out to be $13.87 per diluted share. This compares to $26.7 billion in revenue, and 6 billion in …
Apple HQ Has a Room Dedicated to Testing Product Packaging
NetworkWorld is reporting on an excerpt from from the forthcoming book, Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky, which illustrates the lengths at which Apple goes even for their product packaging. Specifically, Apple has a room dedicated to testing the different product packaging designs. Here’s the except: One after another, the designer …