- Apple Publishes '2014 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report'
Apple has published its ‘2014 Supplier Responsibility Progress Report’ detailing how the company’s suppliers have performed in Education and Empowering Workers, Labor and Human Rights, Health and Safety, Environment, Accountability, and Audits.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Comcast to Acquire Time Warner Cable for $45.2 Billion
Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable today announced that their Boards of Directors have approved a definitive agreement for Time Warner Cable to merge with Comcast. The agreement is a friendly, stock-for-stock transaction in which Comcast will acquire 100 percent of Time Warner Cable’s 284.9 million shares outstanding for shares of CMCSA amounting to approximately $45.2 billion in equity value.
Each Time Warner Cable share will be exchanged for 2.875 shares of CMCSA, equal to Time Warner Cable shareholders owning approximately 23 percent of Comcast’s common stock, with a value to Time Warner Cable shareholders of approximately $158.82 per share based on the last closing price of Comcast shares.
The new cable company, which will be led by President and CEO Neil Smit, is said to generate multiple pro-consumer and pro-competitive benefits, including an accelerated deployment of existing and new innovative products and services for millions of customers. American consumers will reportedly benefit from technological innovations, including a superior video experience, higher broadband speeds, and the fastest in-home Wi-Fi. The transaction also will generate significant cost savings and other efficiencies
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Verizon Launches New 'MORE Everything' Plans With More Data, 25GB Cloud Storage
Verizon Wireless has announced that starting today, its Share Everything wireless plans transition to MORE Everything plans, a new option that increases data allowances, adds unlimited global text messaging and more, without raising rates.
Some customers currently on Share Everything plans will see their data allowance automatically increased for the same monthly rate. For example, the 500 MB plan becomes 1 GB, the 1 GB plan becomes 2 GB and the 2 GB plan becomes 3 GB.
In addition, MORE Everything gives customers a large amount of free, cloud-based storage—25 GB per device up to 10 devices—to back up contacts, photos, videos and files. VZCloud storage makes upgrading to a new device simple.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - New iTranslate Voice 2 App With iPad Support Released for iOS 7
A new iTranslate Voice 2 app has been released for iOS 7 featuring a redesigned interface, iPad support, faster translation results, and more.
The magical voice-to-voice translator, has been redesigned and reimagined for iOS 7, including new features such as support for iOS7 offline voices, universal binary for iPhone and iPad, and much more!
Can you imagine talking into your phone in one language and immediately hearing yourself in another language? That’s exactly what iTranslate Voice does. Just speak into your phone and it immediately replies in one of our 42 languages.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Rovio Announces Angry Birds Stella
Rovio has announced a female Angry Birds character named Stella who will debut along with some friends this fall.
Get ready to meet Stella and her friends! Stella may be pink, but she’s definitely one of the Angry Birds, a fierce and a feisty character with a great group of friends. Of course no story is complete without some interesting (fr)enemies!
Angry Birds Stella will open a door to a part of the Angry Birds universe you’ve never seen before! There will be plenty of fun and adventure, but the bunch of passionate pals will also have to deal with some serious issues in order to protect their friendship and the environment they live in. Luckily, Stella and her friends are good at finding creative solutions!
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Steve Jobs' Lisa Mouse Recovered From 30-Year-Old Time Capsule
In 1983, Steve Jobs gave a talk at the Aspen International Design Conference discussing various technologies and used his Lisa mouse to navigate through the presentation. After the talk, Jobs and other conference attendees donated various items to a Time Capsule that would be buried as the ‘Aspen Time Tube’
Jobs decided to donate the mouse he used during the presentation to the time capsule, and as a result, it became known as the ‘Steve Jobs Time Capsule.’ Organizers and attendees looked forward to one day excavating the Time Capsule, but unfortunately it was lost after a major landscaping project went underway near the burial location.
The National Geographic TV Show Diggers got together a group to track down and unearthed the time capsule in an Aspen field which was supposed to be dug up in 2000. They eventually found in last September.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Apple Seeds New Build of OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 to Developers
Apple has seeded developers with a new build of OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 after releasing the initial beta back in December.
The first beta of 10.9.2 included FaceTime Audio and was build number 13C32. Subsequent betas brought the ability to block certain iMessage or FaceTime users.
Today’s 10.9.2 beta is build number 13C59. Its focus areas include Mail, Messages, Graphics Drivers, VoiceOver, VPN and SMB2.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Pandora Radio Gets Sleep Timer for iPad, Offers Personalized Updates via Push Notifications
The Pandora Radio app has been updated with a Sleep Timer for iPad and it now offers personalized updates via push notifications.
Great music discovery is effortless and free with Pandora. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs, genres or composers and we will do the rest. It’s easy to create personalized stations that play only music you’ll love.
Tap into an entire world of music, including almost a century of popular recordings – new and old, well known and obscure. Create up to 100 personalized radio stations with your free account.
If you want the music and nothing but the music, you can also subscribe to Pandora One:
• No Ads everywhere you listen to Pandora
• Higher Quality Audio
• Desktop Application
• Custom Skins
• Fewer Interruptions
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - iPhone 6 Prototype Leaked? [Update: Fake]
Photos have leaked of what is allegedly an iPhone 6 prototype.
The images were first posted to Twitter by @mornray886. Sonny Dickson, ?who has a track record of authentic leaks, has also been posting photos online. Apparently they were first leaked by someone in China who claimed that they show the ‘iPhone 6’.
The device clearly has a larger display, a thinner profile, and a curved edge design more similar to the iPad. Current rumors have Apple releasing the iPhone 6 in 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch configurations. MacRumors was able to estimate the width of the display at 2.6 inches compared to the iPhone 5s display which is 2.31-inches wide.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - iOS, Android Accounted for Nearly 96% of All Smartphone Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2013
Android and iOS accounted for 95.7% of all smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2013, a 4.5% jump from the same period a year ago. Android held 78.1% of market share for 4Q13 shipments, while 17.6% shipments went to iOS.
The smartphone market passed an important milestone in 2013 when worldwide shipments surpassed the 1 billion mark for the first time, driven by continued momentum from Android and iOS. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android and iOS accounted for 95.7% of all smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), and for 93.8% of all smartphone shipments for the year. This marked a 4.5-point increase from the 91.2% share that the two platforms shared in 4Q12, and a 6.1-point increase from the 87.7% share they had in 2012
“Clearly, there was strong end-user demand for both Android and iOS products during the quarter and the year,” says Ramon Llamas, Research Manager with IDC’s Mobile Phone team. “What stands out are the different routes Android and Apple took to meet this demand. Android relied on its long list of OEM partners, a broad and deep collection of devices, and price points that appealed to nearly every market segment. Apple’s iOS, on the other hand, relied on nearly the opposite approach: a limited selection of Apple-only devices, whose prices trended higher than most. Despite these differences, both platforms found a warm reception to their respective user experiences and selection of mobile applications.”
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - iPhone 6 to Feature Much Lighter Frame, Upgraded LED Backlight
The iPhone 6 will feature a slimmer design, a much lighter frame, and upgraded LED backlight specs, says LEDInside.
According to sources from Apple supply chain, the iPhone 6 is likely to be released in June 2014, and will have larger monitor size of 4.7”. Industry insiders also projected the iPhone 6 will have a much lighter frame, which will lead to upgrades in LED backlight specs. In the previous generation, the iPhone used 0.6t side-view type LED, in contrast the new iPhone will probably be adopting 0.4t side-view type LED.
Notable the industry believes there will also be a new larger 12-inch iPad that will sport 0.6t side-view type LED instead of the current 0.8t side-view type LED.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Facebook Paper App is Updated With Smoother Setup Experience, Bug Fixes
The Facebook Paper app has been updated with a smoother setup experience and some bug fixes.
Explore and share stories from friends and the world in immersive designs and fullscreen, distraction-free layouts. Paper includes your Facebook News Feed and sections about your favorite topics.
Features:
· Browse stories from your Facebook News Feed in beautiful new layouts.
· Customize your Paper with sections about your favorite themes and interests.
· Unfold beautifully designed article covers for news and stories from trusted sources.
· Tilt the screen to explore vivid high-resolution photos and see details up close.
· Watch fullscreen videos that come to life and fill the screen.
· Use simple, natural movements to thumb through Paper uninterrupted.
· Craft your own stories and see exactly what your posts will look like before you share them.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - Apple's App Store Usage Numbers Place iOS 7 Adoption at 82%
The iOS 7 adoption rate keeps climbing and this time, and according to Apple’s App Store numbers 82% of mobile devices are using iOS 7. The previous number Apple had given out was 80% — so the rate has jumped 2% in just a couple weeks.
iOS 6 fell 2% to 15% and devices running at or below iOS 5 remained at 3%.
These numbers come straight from Apple’s own developer support page, which gives information on App Store review times, percentage of users using a particular iOS version, and much.
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube - 500px App Now Lets You Upload Photos
The 500px photo app has been updated to let users upload photos.
500px is an online platform for photographers to share their work and be inspired by their peers. Every month, millions of people visit 500px.com and our mobile apps to find the world’s most inspiring photography and learn techniques to develop their own skill and appreciation of the art.
Features:
? Stay up to date on your friends’ activity using our innovative Flow timeline.
? Explore the Popular, Editors’ Choice, Upcoming and Fresh feeds, as well as other feeds of amazing photography with the swipe of a finger.
? Tap on any photograph to see it in full-screen mode for an immersive viewing experience. Tap again to display details, comments or other activity on each photograph.
? Interact with the community by commenting on photos, liking them, or adding them to your favorites for later viewing.
? Learn more about your fellow 500px users by visiting their Profiles. You can see their photos and other 500px activity, as well as their contact info and even which photography gear they use.
? Sets! You can now see all the public sets that a user has created, in a beautiful mosaic-like layout. Sets can be found in a user’s profile. Sets are a way to group and present photos together.
? Get notified when community members interact with you and your photos; and if one of your photos makes it to Upcoming, Popular, or Editors’ Choice, you’ll be the first to know!
? Enjoy amazing photography surrounded by a beautiful interface made for iOS 7 with blur effects, transitions, and other details. We always put the photos first.
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