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Watch this: iQi wirelessly charges iPhones without the bulky case accessory [feedly]
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Watch this: iQi wirelessly charges iPhones without the bulky case accessory
Last week, I noted an Indiegogo campaign for the iQi: A super-thin wireless charging accessory for iPhones and iPod touch devices that use Apple's Lightning port. This week, I received an iQi review unit and wireless charging puck. After using it for two days with my iPhone 5s, I can tell you it works as advertised. But you have to see it to appreciate how it works: The iQi is only 0.5 millimeters thin, adding wireless charging without adding bulk.
Because the iQi is so thin, you need to use a soft case or cover with your iOS device in order to wirelessly charge it. Nobody would ever know the capability was there.
And the device probably works best with the Koolpuck charging pad because Qi charging is very particular where you place a device on a charging pad. I like how the Koolpuck sends audio feedback when your iPhone isn't quite lined up right for charging. Of course, the iQi works with any Qi charging pad as I demonstrate in the video.
As of now there are still four days left for the iQi Indiegogo campaign, so you can get a iQi for $25. Early bird deals for the iQi and Koolpuck priced at $50 are sold out, so they now cost $65. After using the iQi, I'm sold, mainly because of how well it works and the fact that I prefer very thin cases for my iPhone — if I have to use a case at all, that is.
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Western Digital Releases New Hard Drive Software After Mavericks Data Loss [feedly]
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Western Digital has released a new version of its WD SmartWare hard drive software following extensive reports of data-loss on Western Digital drives after the installation of OS X Mavericks.
The MacRumors Forums, Western Digital's forums, and Apple's Support Communities all had threads about lost data after connecting Western Digital external hard drives to computers after updating to Mavericks.
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Western Digital Releases New Hard Drive Software After Mavericks Data Loss
Western Digital has released a new version of its WD SmartWare hard drive software following extensive reports of data-loss on Western Digital drives after the installation of OS X Mavericks.The MacRumors Forums, Western Digital's forums, and Apple's Support Communities all had threads about lost data after connecting Western Digital external hard drives to computers after updating to Mavericks.
WD is happy to announce the release of WD SmartWare Version 1.3.6 for Mac 10.5-10.9.The WD SmartWare update is available for download from Western Digital's website.
Fixed an issue related to reports of some customers, under certain conditions, experiencing data loss when updating to Apple's OS X Mavericks (10.9).
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Flipboard用戶眾多變現難:欲轉型電子商務破局 - 數碼 - 新浪網 [feedly]
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2013年11月29日星期五
蘋果新專利：屏幕也能識別指紋 [feedly]
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蘋果新專利：屏幕也能識別指紋
據Engadget網站報導，日前，據蘋果提交世界世界知識產權組織（World International Property Organization）的專利申請文件顯示，該公司計劃進一步拓展TouchID感應器技術將Home鍵轉變為觸控板，類似於黑莓舊款手機Curve。 引入指紋識別功能的iPhone 5S，確實為用戶帶來了新的使用體驗：只需在Home鍵上刷一下指... Sent from my iPhone
Pinterest進軍旅遊業第一步：Place Pins [feedly]
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Pinterest進軍旅遊業第一步：Place Pins
我們報導過Pinterest將上線為從旅行規劃到訂票的一站式旅行服務，今天Pinterest正式宣佈進軍旅遊業，並將推出名為Place Pins的服務。用戶不僅可以隨時隨地發現身邊有趣的Place，它還提供導航服務。 Pinterest在其官方博客中提到： 人們每天貼的關於旅行目的地的圖片已達150萬張，這類圖片總量更是高達7.... Send from my iPad.
iPhone 5s production in numbers: 500K phones a day, 600 workers per iPhone [feedly]
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iPhone 5s production in numbers: 500K phones a day, 600 workers per iPhone
A WSJ piece on Foxconn ramping up production of the iPhone 5s to meet demand provided an interesting glimpse at some of the numbers involved.
Foxconn operates 100 production lines, which are now operating at maximum capacity 24/7 to turn out 500,000 iPhones 5s handsets per day according to the report. Each iPhone represents the combined work of around 600 people. The unnamed Foxconn source said that this amounted to 100 people more than for the iPhone 5c due to the increased complexity of the high-end phone …
For the iPhone 5C or the iPhone 5, we only have 500 workers per production line as the assembly procedure is less complicated.
While the relationship between Apple and Foxconn is a crucially important one to both companies, each side is reportedly looking to reduce its reliance on the other – Apple looking to diversify its supply chain, and Foxconn keen to retain capacity for other clients. Apple currently represents around 40 percent of Foxconn's revenue.
Availability of the 5s was initially heavily constrained, especially the gold model whose popularity appeared to take Apple by surprise. It was suggested yesterday that supplies may have almost caught up with demand, but we wouldn't recommend relying on this if you plan on buying one as a holiday gift.
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Bitcoin payments with a simple tap? Multi-purpose nio Card gets added functionality [feedly]
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Bitcoin payments with a simple tap? Multi-purpose nio Card gets added functionality
A British startup called Bluenio has revealed what it claims is the world's first Bitcoin payment smartcard – or at least it will be if no others have popped up by the time it ships in March.
Bluenio is already in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign for the nio Card, which was initially pitched as a security chain for helping to cut down on the loss of smartphones and wallets. It still does that – it does a few things, actually — but on Friday the company said it would also function as a Bitcoin wallet-slash-payment-card that can transfer money "in a single tap" using near-field communication (NFC) technology.
Easier Bitcoin payments
"It's a cool way to provide secure Bitcoin payments in a way you currently can't do," Bluenio co-founder Ben Hounsell told me. "The way of making a Bitcoin payment right now can be a little bit convoluted, or certainly not as easy as making a traditional chip-and-PIN payment or a tap. You have to scan a QR code, read it in, validate the payment, enter private keys… it can be quite irritating."
You can already get Bitcoin wallet apps for Android devices that allow funds to be paid and received via NFC. However, nio Card allows owners of iOS devices, which unlike most modern Android phones do not have built-in NFC technology, to enjoy the same convenience.
Ultimately, Bluenio would like the nio Card to be able to replace traditional payment cards, Coin-style, but the company hasn't struck the necessary deals with the banks yet. Europe largely uses chip-and-PIN cards, which are more advanced and secure than the magnetic-strip norm over the U.S., but that means you can't simply swipe in any old card and have the device replace it, as you can with Coin.
Starting with security
The nio Card is in many ways an evolution of Bluenio's nio tag, which you can attach to things you don't want to lose. It sets up a Bluetooth connection with your smartphone, so if the connection is lost an alarm goes off, and it also has an anti-theft motion sensor.
On top of that, its pairing with the smartphone means it can be used to authenticate the user in the context of sensitive data – one of Bluenio's own suite of apps is a secure digital wallet for storing passwords and bank details, for example, and then of course there will be the Bluenio Bitcoin app.
The nio Card is essentially like a nio tag that you can stick in your wallet (depending on the wallet, as it's 4mm thick). It also adds 2GB of built-in secure storage, a temperature sensor and that crucial NFC functionality.
New applications
And the nio Card also has applications beyond payments and making it harder to lose your phone or wallet. "Because it has NFC built in, you can program functionality from your smartphone onto the device via Bluetooth," Hounsell said. That means it can be used for keyless entry systems that have smartphone apps, for example.
It's also a fitness tracker when used with Bluenio's nio Fit app. The firm also offers a software development kit (SDK), so third parties can create new use cases.
It's a promising-sounding device, though at £59.99 ($98, about the same as Coin will retail for) it's not particularly cheap. That said, those throwing £40 ($65) into the Kickstarter campaign will get one as their "perk".
The campaign has 11 days to go and is only £13,080 (at the time of writing) towards its £35,000 goal. I daresay the addition of Bitcoin payment functionality will help it meet that goal in time with ease.
By the way, in case you're wondering if the functionality was added at this point to give the campaign a boost, Hounsell told me it's always been the plan but testing only finished this week. "We've been stung by other Kickstarter projects which made claims they couldn't live up to so we're very careful about that sort of thing," he said.
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Video of Steve Jobs with his NeXT team circa 1985 [feedly]
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Video of Steve Jobs with his NeXT team circa 1985
Seeing as this week is generally slow on Apple news (aside from Black Friday sales, of course), I thought it might be a good time to highlight an interesting video of Steve Jobs during his early days at NeXT. And by early, I mean just a few months into the company's existence.
The video below was filmed as part of a broader documentary and highlights two company brainstorming sessions amongst Jobs and the first NeXT employees. The video includes footage taken in December of 1985 and in March of 1986. Note that NeXT itself was formed in September of 1985.
The video provides an interesting look into the early days of NeXT (whose employees at the time included many folks who worked on the original Mac), the pscyhe of Jobs, and some of the more general problems and issues that accompany the launch a new startup venture.
One particularly interesting moment in the video is when legendary graphic designer Paul Rand unveils the NeXT logo to the team for the first time. Rand, whose portfolio at the time included corporate logos for the likes of IBM and UPS, was paid $100,000 by Jobs to come up with the NeXT logo.
Video of Steve Jobs with his NeXT team circa 1985 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 29 Nov 2013 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s an iPhone-controlled paper airplane – of course I want one
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It's an iPhone-controlled paper airplane – of course I want one
There are some ideas so silly they're irresistibly cool. An iPhone-controlled paper airplane? Of course I want one!
The Kickstarter project has already quadrupled its $50,000 goal with 57 days to go.
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Review Recap: The iOS and Mac Games of November 2013 [feedly]
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Review Recap: The iOS and Mac Games of November 2013
Games are flourishing across all active Apple platforms, and each month brings a bevy of new iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch titles, not to mention an ever-growing array of exciting Mac affairs. As a result, we're reviewing more games now than we ever have in the past, and while we hope you're keeping up with our many new weekly content additions, it's possible that some of our recent appraisals didn't catch your eye.
Our monthly recap looks back at the games we reviewed during November, with a total of 25 iOS and Mac games presented here in bite-sized, to-the-point encapsulations. And if you want to read more, simply click the link on each slide to read the full, scored critique and find the link to purchase each game. We covered a great array of entries this month, including big-name affairs like Star Wars: Tiny Death Star and Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies — plus Mac add-ons/expansions for BioShock Infinite and XCOM: Enemy Unknown — along with under-the-radar gems like The Shivah and Pathogen.
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How the NSA could bail out BlackBerry [feedly]
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Apple is back in business! [feedly]
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報告稱 Apple 公司iOS應用營收為Android五倍 [feedly]
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報告稱 Apple 公司iOS應用營收為Android五倍
新浪科技訊 香港時間11月30日消息，美國科技博客Business Insider旗下市場研究機構BI Intelligence最新數據顯示，儘管Android設備保有量遠高於iOS設備，但對於開人員而言， iOS平台仍比Android平台更賺錢。 BI Intelligence數據顯示，iOS開發者通過應用下載每獲得1美元，Android開發者僅獲得0.19美元。這意味著iOS平... Sent from my iPhone
PowerUp 3.0 Is A Bluetooth Module That Turns A Paper Plane Into A Lean, Mean App-Controlled Flying Machine [feedly]
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PowerUp 3.0 Is A Bluetooth Module That Turns A Paper Plane Into A Lean, Mean App-Controlled Flying Machine
There's something intrinsically appealing about a choreographed blend of low and high tech. To wit, meet PowerUp 3.0: a Bluetooth 4.0 device that turns a bog-standard paper airplane into, well, a smartphone-controlled lean, mean flying machine. Or so its makers claim. And if those claims stack up pranking your teachers is about to get a whole lot more sophisticated.
What exactly is Power Up 3.0? It's a Bluetooth module that connects to a paper plane to act as both frame, propulsion/steering device, and Bluetooth communications hub - meaning the user can control the plane via their smartphone. The Micro-USB charged module is apparently good for 10 minutes of flying per charge, and has an 180 feet/55 metre comms range (i.e. between it and you, piloting it via Bluetooth link to your smartphone). Max speed is 10mph.
So far PowerUp 3.0′s aviation enthusiast makers have a working prototype and an iOS app but they've taken to Kickstarter to get the project off the ground (ho-ho). The campaign launched on Saturday and blasted past its $50,000 target in just eight hours, according to inventor Shai Goitein, so there's clearly considerable appetite for disruptions to paper-plane throwing mechanisms.
Or for a lower cost way of bagging yourself a remote-controlled airplane, which is basically what this is - albeit, not an 'all weathers' aircraft. Soggy paper planes aren't going to go anywhere, app or no app.
At the time of writing PowerUp's Kickstarter funding total is soaring north of $135,000 (and climbing steadily) - if they reach $150,000 an Android app will also be baked.
The basic PowerUp 3.0 package costs $30 but all those pledge levels have been bagged by early backers, so the kit now costs from $40 - or more if you want extras like rechargeable power packs.
The current iOS app, which has been in the works for more than a year, includes a throttle lever for ascending/descending, and a tilt to steer function - which manipulates a small fin on the rear of the module to shift the plane's in-air trajectory. There can't be a paper-plane folding kid in the world that hasn't wished for such trajectory bending magic.
The module's frame is made of carbon fibre, so it can survive the inevitable crash landings - as well as be light enough for flight.
Backers of the PowerUp 3.0 can expect to be disrupting their lessons come May next year, when the kit is due to ship. After the Kickstarter campaign, Goitein says the plan is to sell the module via retail outlets from June next year, with an RRP of $50.
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