Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: fixing a major Verizon iPhone 5 bug, the enormous task of improving Maps, decrease in work hours for Apple suppliers, App Store changes in iOS 6, and more. Read more »
Looking for a wireless iPad keyboard? There are plenty of choices on Kickstarter and this one has a slick feature: The hinge rotates 360-degrees allowing the device to double as a stand for touch input. If you want in, there’s not much time left! Read more »
The European Union’s head of the Justice Commission is asking member countries whether Apple has properly been advertising EU shoppers’ right to a two-year warranty with purchase of its products. This follow’s Italy’s aggressive enforcement of the same practice. Read more »
The iPhone 5′s new camera lens isn’t a gigantic improvement. But where Apple does make more significant advances is the software. My tests shots show the iPhone 5 has faster photo capture, better low-light performance, and improved noise reduction. Read more »
Apple CEO, Tim Cook, has already apologized for the quality of Maps in iOS 6, which certainly acknowledges the issue. But how big of an issue is it? According to data from Snappli’s iOS app, people quickly adopted Apple Maps only to leave it even faster. Read more »
Apple’s most important product this year, the new iPhone 5, continues to draw lines of buyers. The device went on sale for the first time in 22 new countries Friday morning, just as Apple’s CEO was apologizing for releasing a disappointing Maps app. Read more »
Cook apologizes to users for the mapping debacle touched off by the iOS 6 launch last week. In an open letter Friday he points customers to other mapping products to use until Apple’s maps data gets better. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Eric Schmidt says something nice about Apple, the cost of charging an iPhone 5, Apple’s China problem, iOS 6 issues include Wi-Fi, and more. Read more »
Apple doesn’t often make a formal appearance at trade shows or conferences outside of its own. But it looks like getting engineers for its iCloud may have preempted that policy since the device maker has a sleek presence at the Surge Conference in Baltimore. Read more »
The new iPhone 5 comes packed with improvements and changes to its basic interface and function, but one of biggest ones has developers scrambling to catch up: the larger screen size. Read more »
App developers are the cornerstones of the multibillion-dollar app market, but the overall community remains largely unknown. As app downloads increase, organizations that can bring tools, resources, and a collective voice to this group will be an important factor in the evolution of mobile-app development. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Apple’s copywriters are freaking out linguists; Samsung, Google meet to talk Apple; guilt over buying iPhones made by exploited workers; accessibility features in iOS 6, and more. Read more »
Google is working on a new Maps app for iOS 6, but there are a couple of things that have held up development, according to the New York Times. Google claims it was surprised by Apple’s move away from its maps app. Read more »
For the first time Google has purchased wind power to directly power a data center in Oklahoma. Previously Google has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into clean power projects, but had yet to power its data centers directly with clean power. Read more »
Barnes & Noble’s new Nook HD tablets, priced starting at $199, aim to stand out from the pack with reader-centric features and enhanced reading experiences for magazines and catalogs. The company’s goal is to drive book discovery and purchasing through the tablets in new ways. Read more »
Using the app for what it’s advertised for — scanning barcodes — works as intended. But getting to that point was more complex than it should be. In all, the app feels incomplete and perhaps rushed. In other words, it doesn’t feel like an Apple product yet. Read more »
Apple finally released the 4-inch handset I’ve been waiting nearly two years for. But the new iPod touch has the larger screen too, plus other key upgrades that got me to swap my iPhone 4S for a new iPod touch that complements my Android phone. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Google’s standoff with Apple over maps, a potential miscalculation of where iPhone buyers shopped, life in a Foxconn factory, and details on the iPhone 5′s Lightning adapter. Read more »
Intelligent and simple design is the key solution to creating meaningful experiences out of the connected world. Come hear from our speakers on this topic at RoadMap, including the CEOs of Instagram and Tumblr, designers Yves Behar and Tony Fadell, and former Twitter CEO Evan Williams. Read more »
Is it possible to build a better smartphone for consumers that costs less to produce? Apparently so, if you’re Apple. A preliminary teardown of the iPhone 5 shows that the most expensive iPhone this year is cheaper for Apple to make than the iPhone 4S. Read more »
Welcome to the fast-growing world of work media, a class of social tools oriented toward the needs of enterprises. Their emergence is due to the shifting expectations of an increasingly social workforce and the sense that older approaches to work like email are arguably approaching obsolescence. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
With the launch of Nook Video, Barnes & Noble will begin selling digital movies and TV episodes across devices. The company plans to release Nook Video apps, and the service will be available in the US and UK. Pricing and other details are unclear. Read more at paidContent »
The New York Times article on data center power consumption got a few things wrong but a couple things really right. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Apple is targeting Google Maps developers for help with its maps app, iPhone 5 stock, games could be harder to find in iOS 6 App Store, and more. Read more »
Apple, this morning announced that there are 100 million iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices that are using the latest version of its iOS – version 6, that was released last week. That is an incredible uptake, especially when compared to the previous version iOS 5.0. Read more »
Factory shutdowns due to worker protest are becoming more common in China. Such an event could pose a serious risk for Apple should these kinds of riots or protests hit a factory producing critical parts for an iPhone 5 or the next iPad. Read more »
The iPhone 4S sold 4 million devices in its opening weekend. Apple said Monday that it sold 5 million iPhone 5 models since Friday. Expectations for this launch were high, so some are a little disappointed by this weekend’s numbers. Read more »
The iPhone 5 just arrived and if you’ve been to an Apple Store, you know that cases are hard to find right now. A few manufacturers have confirmed cases available starting Friday online and provided samples for review. Here are some great choices. Read more »
In the past, you may have considered swapping out the SIM cards to swap numbers during an upgrade. The iPhone 5 uses a nano-SIM card, however, and the older SIM card that comes with previous model iPhones will not fit. Read more »
TomTom, one of the companies supplying mapping information for Apple’s Maps app, defends the quality of its data. There’s been much mockery of the new Maps app since iOS 6 arrived Wednesday, and TomTom suggests that Apple’s integration of its data is the problem. Read more »
The crowds outside Apple stores worldwide today, combined with the online orders Apple has already taken — some 2 million iPhones were pre-ordered in the first 24 hours last week — mean this is shaping up to be the biggest iPhone sales debut yet. Read more »
While some may be surprised by the seeming lack of quality control over the new Maps app from Apple, this situation is something of a tradition when the company rolls out a new service. Apple still isn’t as good at services as it is at hardware. Read more »
According to The Guardian, Google has already begun working on a Google Maps app for iOS 6, and it “will appear in time” on Apple’s App Store. But when? Apple new Maps app is attracting a ton of criticism and has seriously disappointed new iOS 6 users. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: App Store traffic goes through the roof, alternatives to Apple maps, Retina support finally comes to Office, yet another patent troll targets Apple, and more. Read more »
iOS 6 has some great features but the maps are not one. Thankfully there are good alternatives available right in Apple’s own App Store for detailed directions and points of interest. Also a bonus tip: how to turn an old iPhone 3GS into a standalone GPS. Read more »
Samsung is facing the possibility of being forced to pay Apple more than $1 billion in damages from its previous patent fight. So it’s not surprising that the company is looking for leverage wherever it can. The LTE-capable iPhone 5 presents one possibility. Read more »
With the ebook pricing settlement recently approved, and the Department of Justice’s trial against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin set to begin next June, Apple has subpoenaed Amazon in a Washington State court. Read more at paidContent »
Whether it’s the iPhone 5, the importance of LTE, or BYOD trends disrupting the enterprise, there are always technologies, trends, and companies changing the way we define mobile. Here are some noteworthy segments to watch in the coming months, from location-based shopping to apps to wireless networks. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
The update contains the promised Facebook integration that was not yet available when the software was initially rolled out in late July. Other additions help Mountain Lion keep pace with new features rolled out in iOS 6 Wednesday. Read more »
Siri had some major weaknesses in its first iteration released last year. In iOS 6, there are some great new additions to Siri’s capabilities. However, the software is still not perfect. Here are my experiences with the new Siri. Read more »
