With an early March launch of the iPad 3 looking more and more feasible, parts suppliers and third-party resellers are adding rumors on a daily basis to possibly help shape the look and feel of Apple’s next-generation tablet. iLab Factory Today’s rumor involves an alleged photo of Sharp’s Retina Display, widely believed to be included …
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According to a new rumor, Siri may gain support for Japanese, Mandarin, and Russian as early as next month. Image composite by Joe Aimonetti The news comes from a Chinese technology news site, DoNews (via Penn Olson), claiming to have spoken to an Apple engineer working on the Chinese-language version of Apple’s voice-controlled personal assistant, Siri. The source told DoNews …
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According to a report by the New York Times, nearly 25 percent of the traffic handled by search engine Wolfram Alpha comes from Siri, Apple’s voice-controlled personal assistant software. Apple Apple announced a partnership with Wolfram Alpha in October when it released the iPhone 4S and introduced Siri. Wolfram Alpha differs from other search engines in that its results are …
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As if Buffalo Wild Wings wasn’t already great enough, the popular sports bar is now testing iPads as on-table ordering systems for its restaurants, giving customers the ability to choose their meals and pay for them without having to wait. Image Composite by Joe Aimonetti The iPads are being tested in Toronto and soon Minneapolis. Apple’s tablet is encased in …
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If you were still wondering whether the iPhone had made a significant mark on society, news that London’s Kensington and Chelsea College has a course offering students the ability to learn iPhoneography (the art of taking photographs with your iPhone) should be enough to answer the question. The new evening course will be entirely devoted to teaching students how to …
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According to a report from AppleInsider, oil field services provider Halliburton has decided to drop Research In Motion’s BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple’s iOS for its workforce. An internal newsletter outlined the plan for the nearly 70,000 employees who work for Halliburton in more than 70 countries. “Over the next year, we will begin expanding the use of our …
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The iPhone 4S launch in China did not go quite as Apple had planned. Throngs of people are a norm for new product launches at Apple, but the gaggle of scalpers trying to hustle the system caused Apple to delay sales, earning its stores an egg wash and plenty of animosity. Now, after implementing a lottery system for ordering the …
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In what many will surely take as a “no way!” story, a lucky guy strolls into a Goodwill and finds a brand-new, in the box, fully functioning iPad 2 with a price tag of merely $65. This is what a $65 iPad 2 from Goodwill looks like. Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti/Reddit user djrjr Let us review. iPad 2. Brand new. …
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Apple’s dealings in China have been all over the Web lately due to an eye-opening New York Times report blaming Apple for extremely subpar working conditions in its manufacturing plants in southeast Asia. That story has cast a nasty shadow over Apple in China, and now there’s some more news of a deal to bring the iPhone 4S to China …
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In a classic story of greed, manipulation, and sweet retribution, a lawsuit between the state of Wisconsin and Microsoft found that Microsoft had overpriced its software and deceived consumers, and now has inadvertently become the source of funding for Madison’s school system to purchase 1,400 iPads over the next two years. Apple Back in 2009, according to a report from …
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