Apple Planning To Make Fuel Cell Powered MacBooks (REPORT)

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Apple Might Be Working On NFC-Based Mobile Payment System

With Google already embraced NFC for mobile payments, Apple fans were expecting an NFC enabled iPhone which certainly didn’t happen as iPhone 4S has got no such hardware to support it. Though Apple is behind its competitors’ to launch an NFC enabled iPhone, they are certainly not sitting around!


According to PatentlyApple, the US Patent and Trademark office published 31 newly granted patents for Apple and NFC is one of them. Which means Apple is leading the market from behind, letting Google do all the work, and that is really very clever of them! Besides, as you all are aware of that Apple has recently introduced self-checkout in store, which is might be the first step to bring NFC technology in their next iOS devices.
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Apple Is Working On Crack-Resistant Glass For Future Devices (PATENT)

The iPhone, since its launch back in 2007, has received a lot of praise thanks to its software, high-resolution camera, display screens, ease of use and more but there has been one thing that disturbs iPhone users, the fast damage of its front and back glass panels. Apple actually is working on solving this problem.

According to PatentlyApple, it has been revealed that Apple is currently working on developing crack-resistant glass for future devices. The patent describes the method of developing crack resistant glass solutions for iPhone, there are many ways to do thing but only a couple work.

iDownloadBlog gives a quick description:

The first one involves disposing a tunable shock mount between the cover glass and the main body. This would dampen the blow of a drop because it isolates the glass from the rest of the device. It would also help protect against water damage.

The second method is more complex, and pertains to a retractable glass cover that can sense when the device has been dropped. Using an actuator, control module, and sensors, the cover glass would be able to retract itself in the event that it detected a drop.

Hope this comes to the iPhone 5.

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Apple Fails To Silence The Voice Of Siri

It is a known fact that Apple tends to keep its technology and future developments a secret from the outside world until they decide themselves that the people should know about them. Mr. Jon Briggs reportedly got a call from Apple’s public relations representative who warned him against talking about Apple products in public, saying that Apple employees are not allowed to do so.

Mr. Jon Briggs replied that he was not under any contract with Apple and that the voice overs that he did and that are being used in Siri were done with another company by the name of Scansoft. He did the voice overs about six to five years ago.

He further said that he came to know that Apple was using his voice when he first saw a demonstration of Siri on the television. Though he was not told beforehand about his voice beings used, he is nevertheless a fan of Apple products and is happy that the work he has done can live forever.

(Source: WSJ)

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Apple Releases Java Updates For OS X Lion And Snow Leopard

It’s a new day with a new update. As of Tuesday, Apple has released Java Updates for the Mac OS X Lion and Snow Leopard users.

Java for Mac OS X 10.7 Update 1, updates the software to version 1.6.0_29 which offers the Mac OS X Lion users better dependability, protection and compatibility.

Users who the earlier version of Mac OS X installed i.e. Snow Leopard (10.6.8) should look for the Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6. It will also provide you with the similar improvements as of the Mac OS X Lion updates.

The Java update fixes some bug issues related to the security issue. The previous version of Java used to execute codes outside of the Java Sandbox. For further information and details on the update you can visit the Sun’s Website and look for security content.

The software can update can be downloaded via you Software Update installed on both of the Mac operating systems or alternatively you can visit Apple’s Support Downloads website.

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Apple Secretly Seeding iOS 5.0.1 To End Users Fixing The Battery Life Issue

Releasing the software update earlier to the developers to test out applications and improvements in battery life and Siri, the new update iOS 5.0.1, is now being seeded to selected customers of the iOS for testing. Some customers who have complained about the battery issue are now being seeded a software update of iOS 5.0.1 through the Apple’s AppleSeed Program.

Apple has also warned the people taking part in the program of the situation not being able to downgrade to the previous iOS 5. However they will be able to upgrade to the final version which is expected to release in few weeks.

In addition to the new update being secretly tested; the Apple Retail Stores have received a memo on how to deal with the battery life issue. For now the employees at stores are advised not to replace any phone and to tell the customers on waiting for a few more days until software update is available. So if you are facing such issues. Just Wait!

(Source: 9to5mac)

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Apple: “We Currently Have No Plans To Bring Siri To Older Devices”

Most of you have read the news about that Apple is testing Siri on older iOS devices and that has been confirmed by 9to5mac yesterday but the site claimed that Apple won’t be releasing Siri for iPhone 4. If you had any doubts, just get them away.

Apple today confirmed to Michael Steeber, the founder of MSComputerVideos, that they have no plans to bring Siri to older devices.

Steeber contacted Apple about bringing Siri to other devices by releasing an iOS software update, and Apple replied back by saying “we currently have no plans to support older devices.”

Here’s Apple’s reply:

Engineering has provided the following feedback regarding this issue:Siri only works on iPhone 4S and we currently have no plans to support older devices.

9to5mac added:

That doesn’t mean however that developers won’t continue to work on building Siri for later iOS device — like the iPhone 4 and 3GS.

As previously told, and now confirmed, Siri won’t be enabled on iPhone 4 and other older devices except when an iPhone 4S jailbreak comes so now let’s hope hackers get it soon.

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Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 To The Public, Jailbreakers Stay Away!

Apple today released the final version of iOS 5.0.1 for public for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The iOS 5.0.1 software update fixes battery issues on iPhone 4S and bring back multitasking gesture to the original iPad.

You can get the update either by downloading the firmware IPSW file official from Apple or it’s also offered by over-the-air (OTA) feature for those of you who already running iOS 5.0. You can get it by tapping on Settings, General, Software Update.

The update also contains a fix for the security flaw discovered by Charlie Miller. That’s why hackers are warning jailbreakers from upgrading to iOS 5.0.1. If you’re looking forward to getting future untethered jailbreak, iPhone 4S jailbreak and iPad 2 jailbreak, then it’s better to wait.

MuscleNerd also warned from upgrading to iOS 5.0.1 since you won’t be able to downgrade from iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 5:

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Apple Updates The ‘Apple Store’ App To Support Self-Checkout System For Retail Stores

Apple has recently updated its app ‘App Store’ which runs on the iOS. The update has been done to support the new self-checkout system at the retail stores allowing buyers to purchase items in Apple’s retail stores without the need for a clerk to take their payment.

The App Store 2.0 now comes with the following new features:

Personal Pick Up:  Buy in the app and choose to pick up your order at any Apple Retail Store. Most in-stock orders are available for pickup within an hour.EasyPay: Purchase select accessories in store quickly by scanning the barcode and completing your transaction right in the app. (U.S. only, requires iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S)Track your stuff: View the status of current and previous orders from the order status section in the More tab.

The App allows customers to walk-in the store, pick up an item from the shelf, scan the barcode with their iPhone’s camera and pay for it online through the EasyPay option. This reduces the need to find a in store sales clerk to help process the transaction.

With the new iPhone 4S being sold out in minutes this has become a great facility for consumers to pre-pay for their order and be notified when the item is available.

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Apple Replaces Your First Generation iPod Nano Due To Battery Issue

Apple Inc, which is the leading multination corporation of electronic hardware and software, has opened a replacement program for the first Generation iPod nano. The reason of this replacement is that these iPod nano’s are causing serious overheating problems.

Originally these components were sold between the months of September and December in the year 2005. According to Apple, the overheating problem is not on a large scale if the battery of these iPods is newly built but as these iPod nano’s are already five years old the chance of overheating are very high.

This is why, Apple started this replacement program in which it is telling people to stop using their first generation iPod nano and replace it with another one free of charge. This program is applicable through Apple’s website. The person, first have to write the serial number of his iPod to move forward then after filling the complete replacement page the user have to wait for six weeks.  After this break of six week, replacement unit for the first generation iPod nano will be sent to its user.

The important thing about this program is that first it is only for the first generation iPod nano and second after the break it will not replace the product of late informers. You can get additional information from any Apple retail store or an Apple authorized service provider.

(Via 9to5mac)

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Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 To The Public, Jailbreakers Stay Away!

Apple today released the final version of iOS 5.0.1 for public for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. The iOS 5.0.1 software update fixes battery issues on iPhone 4S and bring back multitasking gesture to the original iPad.

You can get the update either by downloading the firmware IPSW file official from Apple or it’s also offered by over-the-air (OTA) feature for those of you who already running iOS 5.0. You can get it by tapping on Settings, General, Software Update.

The update also contains a fix for the security flaw discovered by Charlie Miller. That’s why hackers are warning jailbreakers from upgrading to iOS 5.0.1. If you’re looking forward to getting future untethered jailbreak, iPhone 4S jailbreak and iPad 2 jailbreak, then it’s better to wait.

MuscleNerd also warned from upgrading to iOS 5.0.1 since you won’t be able to downgrade from iOS 5.0.1 to iOS 5:

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Reasons Behind Motorola’s Restriction Against Apple In Germany

It is a true phrase that “As you sow so shall you reap”. The real life example of this phrase has been given by the Apple. Every one knows how Apple tried to ban Samsung over the matter of patents. Apple has humiliated Samsung on these matters but still it didn’t have the last laugh. It is famous all over the world that all these multinational corporations try to sue each other only to get ahead of the competition. Some of them succeed while some fail.

It is recent news that on Friday 4th of November 2011, Apple, the same company who tried to ban Samsung on the matter of patents, was sued by Motorola on the same matter. Motorola won the primarily injunction against Apple at Germany.

In the court, the conclusion didn’t mention any Apple products by name, but said that the Apple can’t offer any mobile devices that violate on two Motorola patents related to wireless technology, that makes the iPhone and iPad the most likely to be affected. The court also says that if Apple did not respect this judgement, then it may have to pay a €250,000 on court’s decision.

The only reason why Apple got in this situation was because its representatives never show up in the court and didn’t care about its judgment. So in the end, Apple was not worried about this case as they have already won many cases of patents around the world.

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Apple Again Erasing Developers’ iTunes Match Libraries Tomorrow — Launch Imminent?

Apple has notified the developers who are testing the prerelease beta of iTunes Match service that the matched libraries will be erased for another time on 12 Nov. The erasing has been planned to prepare for the forthcoming launch of iTunes Match. The service which was scheduled to be launched in October but missed its debut is yet to be confirmed for being made publically available.

Developers have been asked to shut off the iTunes Match on all iOS devices and computers as Apple has announced to delete all current iCloud libraries on 12nd November at 10 AM Pacific Time. The iTunes match can be turned off by choosing ‘Turn Off iTunes Match’ under the ‘Store’ menu in iTunes on PC or a Mac. On iOS devices, open the native “Settings” application, choose “Music” and turn off iTunes Match. The songs on the computer would remain unaffected as mentioned in a note from Apple.

iTunes Match is still advertised under “Coming Soon” . It is expected to support music collections of around 25000 songs from $24.99 per year when it becomes publically available. Personal music libraries will be scanned by the service and matched with tracks sold on the iTunes store.

The subscribers can re-download any of the matched songs on other enabled iDevices. Even if the original files are of lower quality, those downloads will be 256 Kbps ACC files.

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Apple Confirms iOS 5.0.1 Have NOT Fixed Battery Issues (REPORT)

After release of iOS 5.0.1 yesterday, many users are still reporting battery issues on their iOS devices after the first update of the iOS 5.0 mobile operating system have been designed particularly to counter the complaints of battery life issues.

AllThingsD has been provided a statement by Apple that it is still investigating the complaints regarding the battery life to find out the root cause of the issue. This was the statement issued by Apple.

The recent iOS software update addressed many of the battery issues that some customers experienced on their iOS 5 devices,” the company said in a statement. “We continue to investigate a few remaining issues.”

Already working on a follow-up update for any problems yet to discover and incorporating fixes for it, Apple is still to commit on any near term iOS update to resolve any unknown additional issues.

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Apple Store App v2.0 Brings Personal Pickup And EasyPay

As expected, Apple has released a new version of its Apple Store app with support for self-checkout and personal pickup at the Retail stores.

According to the what's new section, the latest version of Apple Store app includes the following features:

- Personal Pickup: Buy in the app and choose to pick up your order at any Apple Retail Store. Most in-stock orders are available for pickup within an hour. (U.S. only)

- EasyPay: Purchase select accessories in store quickly by scanning the barcode and completing your transaction right in the app. (U.S. only, requires iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S)

- Track your stuff: View the status of current and previous orders from the order status section in the More tab.

As we had explained last week, here's how the new changes will work:

EasyPay:

after you find the item you want to buy, like an accessory, you launch the Apple Store app on your iOS device and there will be an option to buy a product in the store. You scan the product with the camera on your device in the app, click purchase, and it will charge whatever credit card is associated to your Apple ID. You then just walk out of the store. Yes, we have been told that Apple will not be checking purchases which seems hard to believe, but this self check-out option will launch Thursday worldwide at all Apple retail stores.

Personal Pick-up: If a customer places an order for an in-stock product, then the product will be available for pickup in about 12 minutes. That's apparently enough time for the Apple Store to receive the order and for retail store employees to set the product aside that was ordered.If a customer places an order for a product that a retail store does not have in stock, then the customer will receive a delivery date after the purchase is completed. Once the order arrives at the Apple Store and is available for pickup (the 12 minutes time frame as mentioned above will apply in this case as well), the customer will get a push notification through the Apple Store app, to inform him or her that the order is ready for pickup.Everything that is picked up from Apple Retail store comes with free shipping.Apple will offer customers the option to return items purchased online to retail stores.It will be only available in the U.S. for now.Apple hopes that most of the customers will pick-up their online orders from Apple retail stores.

EasyPay and Personal Pick-up are quite significant changes that should improve the experience while purchasing Apple products.

If you're in the U.S. then you can experience it first hand by downloading the Apple Store app using this iTunes link or downloading the update from the App Store app on your iOS device in case you have already installed it.

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Apple May Change LED Backlight Design For iPad 3 With Retina Display

Apple is widely speculated to launch iPad 3 with Retina display like iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S next year.

Taiwanese Publication - DigiTimes reports that Apple is also planning to change the backlight design for the next generation iPad with Retina display.

DigiTimes reports:

With the next-generation iPads expected to adopt LCD panels with resolutions higher than 2048 by 1536, the current single LED light bar designed for the iPad 2 has to be modify in order to maintain or strengthen the brightness of the panels, the sources explained.

According to DigiTimes, the LED backlight unit vendors have offered two alternative backlight solutions for the next generation iPad.

One of the new LED light bar designs has proposed to keep the light bar in a single-bar form factor but with two LED chips inside; the other has suggested using dual-LED light bars, the sources indicated.

Apple is likely to adopt the design using dual light bars, as the backlight unit vendors have solved issues related heat dissipation and battery consumption for the dual light bar design.

For more details about what to expect in the next generation iPad, checkout our iPad 3 category page.

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Despite Multiple Lawsuits Samsung Still Blatantly Copying Apple

Apple's major problem with Samsung has been over how the Korean company copied not just their products, but their packaging and branding as well.

After getting into the tablet market, post iPad launch, Samsung moved on to create a product on the lines of the iPod touch. The product called the Samsung Galaxy Player, runs Android and comes with a larger screen.

As Obama Pacman points out, Samsung not only copied the initial pricing of the iPod touch ($229), they also ripped of the official product image.

Saw how the white earphones coil around the devices? Too much of a coincidence, right? [Obama Pacman via Cult Of Mac]

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Motorola Wins Injunction Against Apple Inc. In Germany; Won’t Stop Apple From Selling Its Products

On Friday last week, Motorola Mobility won an injunction against Apple in Germany. A German court, in a default judgement, barred Apple Inc. from selling any of its mobile products that infringe two Motorola Mobility patents.

Although at first this may seem like a huge blow to Apple, it doesn't immediately translate into any sort of ban on Apple products in Germany.

Motorola Mobility filed two separate cases against Apple, one against the global parent company Apple Inc., and the other against its German subsidiary Apple GmbH. Apple's German subsidiary is fighting the case, while Apple chose to let the case against Apple Inc. slide.

Since Apple products are sold in Germany through Apple GmbH and not Apple Inc., the injunction won't result in any ban immediately. Apple's statement in response to the judgement said the same thing:

"This is a procedural issue and has nothing to do with the merits of the case. It does not affect our ability to do business or sell products in Germany at this time."

Motorola Mobility had this to say on the default judgement:

"As media and mobility continue to converge, Motorola Mobility's patented technologies are increasingly important for innovation within the wireless and communications industries, for which Motorola Mobility has developed an industry leading intellectual property portfolio. We will continue to assert ourselves in the protection of these assets, while also ensuring that our technologies are widely available to end-users. We hope that we are able to resolve this matter, so we can focus on creating great innovations that benefit the industry."

There is some confusion as to whether the injunction against the parent company has any affect over product sales, if not in the short term, then some time in the future. While The Verge's Nilay Patel says the victory is nothing more than symbolic, FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller argues that the injunction could have an affect on Apple's operations in Germany:

(the court) could even seize Apple's apple.de domain, which belongs to Cupertino but is registered in Germany, if all else failed.

[..]

The injunction doesn't allow Apple Inc. to "deliver" any goods to Germany. That would include shipments to Apple GmbH.

Apple will nonetheless file an appeal to suspend the injunction, which most German lawyers believe Apple would be successful in.

There would be two more hearings in the Motorola-Apple case in Germany, scheduled for November 18 and December 2.

[via FOSS Patents]

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Researcher Reveals Security Vulnerability in iOS; Demos It In Apple Approved App; Gets Booted From App Store

Security researcher and a former National Security Agency analyst - Charlie Miller has revealed that he has found a major security vulnerability in iOS that could allow malicious code to be executed on the iOS device, which could be used by the attacker to steal the user’s photos, read contacts, make the phone vibrate or play sounds etc.

Forbes reports:

Miller became suspicious of a possible flaw in the code signing of Apple’s mobile devices with the release of iOS 4.3 early last year. To increase the speed of the phone’s browser, Miller noticed, Apple allowed javascript code from the Web to run on a much deeper level in the device’s memory than it had in previous versions of the operating system.

The researcher soon dug up a bug that allowed him to expand that code-running exception to any application he’d like. “Apple runs all these checks to make sure only the browser can use the exception,” he says. “But in this one weird little corner case, it’s possible. And then you don’t have to worry about code-signing any more at all.”

Miller also developed an app to show the vulnerability, which was briefly approved by Apple:

Miller, a former NSA analyst who now works as a researcher with consultancy Accuvant, created a proof-of-concept app called Instastock to show the vulnerability. The simple program appears to merely list stock tickers, but also communicates with a server in Miller’s house in St. Louis, pulling down and executing whatever new commands he wants. In the video below, he demonstrates it reading an iPhone’s files and making the phone vibrate. Miller applied for Instastock’s inclusion in the App Store and Apple approved the booby-trapped app.

Apple has quickly removed the app from the App Store and also terminated his developer license for breach for developer agreement.

“This letter serves as notice of termination of the iOS Developer Program License Agreement…between you and Apple,” the email read. “Effective immediately.”

This is not the first time Miller has found a security flaw in iOS. In 2009, he had discovered a security vulnerability in iPhone's messaging system.

Apple has a week's time to fix the security flaw as Miller plans to present his findings at the SysCan conference in Taiwan next week.

Do you think Apple has done the right thing by booting Miller out of App Store? Are you worried about the security vulnerability?

[via Forbes]

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