Apple has released an update to iBooks for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch adding support for illustrated books, AirPrint and organizing PDF files. iBooks 1.2 now supports fully illustrated books such as children’s picture books and art books which are now available for download from the iBookstore. The new version also allows users to…
Month: December 2010
Grant access to your Gmail accounts with ‘Email Delegation’
If you wanted to give someone access to a Gmail account, perhaps a common one that your family uses, you used to have to give out the username and password. In addition, if you wanted to check that account, you either had to sign in with another browser, or sign out and in on the…
Apple Updates ‘iBooks’ With Illustrated Books, Collections, and AirPrint
Apple today updated its iBooks application [App Store], adding a number of new features including enhanced support for illustrated books, a new “Collections” feature for organizing books into categories, and AirPrint compatibility for printin… Read the original post by The Toronto Star
Olympus Tough-3000 12MP 3x Waterproof Camera Kit for $130 + free shipping
Today only, Staples offers the Olympus Stylus Tough-3000 12-Megapixel Waterproof Digital Camera Kit in Red, model no. 227632, for $129.99 with free shipping. (Proceed to final checkout to see this price.) That’s $30 under our mention from four days ago (which also included a $25 Staples Gift Card) and the lowest total price we’ve seen…
Review: Monster Beats Pro, Solo HD + Studio Headphones
These days, Monster’s huge Beats lineup is impossible to ignore. The base model has been rebranded Studio, and still sells for $350, a princely sum by headphone standards. Active noise cancellation is built into this headset, literally requiring you to keep twin AAA batteries inside the left earcup at all times, and a power switch…
Western Digital 1TB Portable USB External Hard Drive for $100 + free shipping
Today only, Dell Small Business offers the Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1TB Portable USB 2.0 External Hard Drive in Black, model no. WDBABM0010BBK-NESN, for $99.99 with free shipping ($0.10/GB). That’s the lowest total price we could find by $19, although it was $10 cheaper on Cyber Monday. Sales tax is added where applicable….
Google, Apple Vie for Nortel 4G LTE Patents
Google and Apple are eyeing 4G LTE patents that will become available from Nortel as part of its bankruptcy filing. The rivals would improve their respective Android and iOS platforms. – Google and Apple are believed to be gunning for some of the more than 4,000 patents Nortel is auctioning off for its bankruptcy filing,…
A-DATA 8GB Class 6 microSDHC Card w/ Adapter for $13 + free shipping, more
Meritline offers the A-DATA 8GB Class 6 microSDHC Card with Adapter, model no. AUSDH8GCL6RA1, for $14.95. Coupon code “MLC116310121513NL1″ cuts it to $12.95. With free shipping, that’s $1.62/GB, $1 under our Black Friday mention, and the lowest total price we could find by $1. (It’s also tied for the lowest price we’ve seen for an…
Are next-generation games the next iPhone killer app?
One look at the games being released for this season and it’s easy to think we’re entering into the next great generation of iPhone (and iPad) gaming. Infinity Blade has brought Epic’s Unreal 3 Engine to iOS in grand fashion, with spectacular, real-time environments, fun gameplay, and character models and motion that would have blown…
Are next-generation games the iPhone killer app?
One look at the games being released for this season and it’s easy to think we’re entering into the next great generation of iPhone (and iPad) gaming. Infinity Blade has brought Epic’s Unreal 3 Engine to iOS in grand fashion, with spectacular, real-time environments, fun gameplay, and character models and motion that would have blown…
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is iPhone bound
FROM GAMERTELL – A direct port of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is coming to iDevices tomorrow. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Appletell. | Comment on this Article » Read the original post by NEWS
Adobe’s Flash Player 10.2 to Offer Up to Ten-Fold Improvement in CPU Efficiency
Adobe’s John Nack notes on his blog that the company’s Flash Player 10.2, currently in beta testing, can offer up to a ten-fold improvement in CPU usage under certain circumstances by taking advantage of new “Stage Video” functionality to more fully … Read the original post by The Toronto Star
USB MicroSD / M2 Memory Card Reader for 39 cents + free shipping
Meritline offers this USB 2.0 MicroSD / M2 Memory Card Reader for $1.99. Coupon code “MLCK253736121580NL1″ knocks it to 39 cents. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $4 and the cheapest USB flash card reader we’ve seen since June. It features a USB 2.0 interface and accepts microSD, microSDHC,…
News: Apple grabs top 5 spot in Japanese cellphone market
Apple has risen to fifth place in the Japanese cellphone market, according to new data from IDC Japan. Citing the data, The Mainichi Daily News reports that Apple grabbed a 12.2 percent share of the Japanese cellphone market over the July-September period, good for fifth place behind local companies Sharp, Panasonic, Fujitsu, and Kyocera, the…
Time Magazine names Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ‘Person of the Year’
Time Magazine has named Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg its 2010 “Man of the Year.” The popular vote, not the editors’ vote, would have been for Wikileaks’ Julian Assange. Read the original post by Andy