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Apple patent for iOS device facial recognition goes live

At least your iPad will remember who you are. Per Free Patents Online, a recently published patent application shows how future iOS devices could use a forward-facing camera to recognize an individual user, whereupon the device could automatically customize applications, settings and features to a user’s personal preferences once they pick up the unit. Entitled […]

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Facebook iOS app reaches 4.1, adds Timeline feature, bug fixes

Facebook is proudly introducing its new Timeline feature across both its web site and assorted apps and the iOS variant has just arrived. Per Engadget, version 4.1 of the Facebook app has just been released and is available for both the iPhone and iPad. You will need to have already activated the timeline function on […]

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Microsoft developing Office update for Lion, Office apps for iOS

Give Microsoft time and it’ll eventually get its products to new platforms. Per The Daily, Microsoft is preparing a new edition of its Office suite for Apple’s iPad, as well as an updated Office for Mac OS X Lion users. According to the report, Microsoft is “actively working on adapting its popular software suite for […]

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Apple specifies discounts for 2011 Black Friday sales

As mentioned yesterday, Apple will be planning assorted discounts for this year’s Black Friday shopping holiday. Per 9to5Mac, the discounts are in-line with last year’s prices with only modest discounts on their products. Price drops for their core products are as follows: iPad 2: US$41 to US$61 Off iPod nano: US$11 off iPod Touch: US$21 […]

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Apple releases iOS 5.0.1 update, offer battery, security, document, speech recognition fixes

You’ve been hankering for it and it’s here. On Thursday afternoon, Apple released iOS 5.0.1, the latest version of its iOS operating system for its iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices. The update, a several hundred megabyte download, can be snagged by plugging in your respective iOS device and checking for updates in iTunes and […]