Apple has filed a patent that could see the iPhone and iPod touch interfaces adjust the size of their elements in response to motion.
The filing, entitled Variable Device Graphical User Interface, describes a self-adjusting user interface that would make it easier to hit the right touch-screen commands when walking, jogging, riding in a car, or at any other time when you're bouncing up and down or swaying side to side.
For the past few months, Tim Cook has been overseeing the day to day operations of Apple. But as any fan of Apple would know, there’s no way Steve Jobs is leaving Apple be until the Summer. His last resort was to take time off, so he’ll be firmly in touch with Apple, likely on a daily basis some way or another.
Although most iPhone users seem satisfied with the smorgasbord of applications delivered by Apple's iPhone App Store, power users yearn for more. Copy and paste, video recording and streaming, Internet tethering, and content search are just a few features third-party developers have already delivered to users hungry enough to "jailbreak" their iPhones.
Apple's iPhone 3G has been a hit with consumers, but questions still remain about whether its ready for prime time in the enterprise space. This may be slowly changing though, as some businesses have seen improved results after embracing the touch-screen smartphone, according to a new report from Forrester.
Third party iPhone App Store developers have received propositions from a scammer offering to buy large volumes of their iPhone applications and then split the resulting revenue with them, apparently using fraudulent iTunes gift certificates to make the purchases.
Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users can download a free secure web browsing tool from the firm's online App Store. The Trend Smart Surfing application was developed by security firm Trend Micro to protect Apple mobile devices from malware on the web.
The application uses Trend Micro's web reputation technology to prevent iPhone and iPod Touch users from visiting sites that may contain malware. Legitimate websites are typically used by hackers to infect visitors' computers with Trojans designed to steal personal information.
And lo, the winged horse of the Apocalypse bounded through the sky: Apple is acknowledging the white MacBook's legendary hairline cracks along the bottom enclosure, and will actually fix it, regardless of your warranty.
An internal bulletin reportedly circulated last month to service providers points out four specific areas of the case that are especially to hairline cracking: the front, under the palmrests and trackpad, around the I/O ports, near back rear corners, and around the rear vents.
It's that time again. More iPhone rumors and speculation--including predictions that Apple will release a variety of iPhone devices, and that the company will add features like video capture and video chat--have come to light.
After what has seemed to so many of us like an eternity, the wait for the Nehalem Xeon Mac Pros is finally over. When Macworld 2009 passed without any i7 or Nehalem Xeon announcement, I was worried that it would be a while before the dual-socket boards would be released. But Apple finally came through with eight cores, hyper-threading, and a speedy new frontside bus to make us masters of the deadline.
Apple on Monday afternoon released a small update to iTunes that enables HD movie rentals on a Mac or PC while also delivering improvements for syncing media to its multi-touch devices.
Prior to the iTunes 8.1.1 (66MB download), HD movie rentals were only accessible to owners of the company's Apple TV wireless set-top-box. The new update also "provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod touch," according to a brief set of release notes.
