by Julie I admitted in a recent post that I had yet to purchase an iPhone. while I got the occasional accolade, for the most part people snickered and belittled me for not yet entering the 21st century. Bear in mind I already had an iPad and an iPod and various other electronic items that should have …
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Mercedes-Benz integrates Siri in A-Class
Mercedes-Benz A-Class drivers will be able to use Siri’s natural language voice commands to access approvediPhone features and applications. Mercedes' Digital DriveStyle App and Drive Kit plus for the Apple iPhone tightly integrates the iPhone with the vehicle's electronics platform. (Credit:Mercedes) Mercedes-Benz is making Apple the core of the A-Class’ infotainment system by integrating iPhone …
iPhone ‘Tank’ case tested with hammers
NEW PRODUCTS: Phone case designed with the principles of a motorcycle helmet in mind BikeBiz has plenty of iPhone cases flagged up to us as being cyclist friendly, often with much justification – Case Mate’s Tank is an exception, however. Having been tested with hammers (says the manufacturer), it’s safe to say the polycarbonate exterior …
Request for FTC Investigation of Apple, Android App Flaws Fuels the Privacy Fire
Concerns about software applications for mobile devices that download user data without authorization seem to be hitting critical mass. or at least had generated enough publicity to prompt an influential member of the U.S. Senate to push for an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. The privacy transgressions amounted to a hat trick …
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Of OS Wars & App Wars
A long time ago, in a tech galaxy far far away, the personal computer operating system war came to a close. Standing on top of the heap, victorious, was Microsoft Windows. For a time, it appeared that Windows would emerge as the only remaining OS, its ruthless assaults having obliterated every other competitor. But Apple, …
Sonastand Aluminium iPhone Amplifier Dock (video)
Sonastand is a new amplifier dock which has been created for the iPhone that uses no batteries or electronics to amplify the smartphones audio. Instead the Sonastand aluminium amplifier captures the sound from the speaker, and re-directs it outwards with enhanced clarity and volume. The Sonastand has even been especially shaped to allow you to plug …
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Altair Semiconductor finds a place among mobile innovators
BARCELONA — Altair Semiconductor, based in Israel, is a smaller company that showed off its LTE radio chips — and the tablets and routers they’re being installed in — at a small booth at Mobile World Congress this week. Among the thousands of companies exhibiting at the event here, Altair is a prime example of …
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Ask LH: What iPad Apps Does A Student Need?
Dear Lifehacker, With the university semester fast approaching, I’d like to invest in some iPad apps. In particular, I need a good word processor and an app to annotate and edit PDFs. the selection on the app store is pretty overwhelming, and I don’t exactly have the cash or time to try them all. So …
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