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Apple releases iBooks 3.0.2 update

Never knock a good update. Late Wednesday, Apple released version 3.0.2 of its iBooks update for its iOS reader program. The new version, a 41 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – See all your iBookstore purchases in iCloud – on your bookshelf with iOS 6. – Scroll vertically through your books using […]

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Thieves snag two pallets, $1.5 million in iPad minis from JFK airport

Because Pauly wanted a new iPad mini and to make a few bucks on the side… Per the New York Post, a pair of thieves stole $1.5 million worth of Apple iPad minis from a building at New York’s JFK airport that was also the site of a famous robbery in 1978. Details of the […]

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Apple looking into quieter “vibrate” function for future iPhone handsets

Your iPhone might get a bit quieter soon. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office and AppleInsider, Apple is investigating ways to make the iPhone’s “silent mode” truly silent by monitoring audible sound levels generated by a phone’s vibrator and adjusting the mechanism if it becomes too loud. Since the earliest days of portable […]

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Public Radio Exchange Labs locates multiple-download bug in iOS 6.0.0, says bug may be responsible for data overages

There’s a reason bug fixes exist and this might be one of them… According to the Public Radio Exchange Labs, a system-wide bug in Apple’s iOS 6.0.0 AV Foundation framework has been found to trigger multiple downloads of streaming media, such as podcasts, over Wi-Fi and cellular networks that could lead to massive data bills. […]

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Apple ships LTE-equipped fourth-gen iPad, iPad mini units, possible ETA for Friday in some cases

Your LTE-capable, fourth-gen iPad or iPad mini could show up as early as Friday. Per Mac|Life, emails went out Tuesday afternoon, alerting buyers of both tablets the devices are shipping this week. The LTE iPad mini email alerts started arriving from Apple this morning. Later the same day, word began spreading of fourth-fen LTE iPad […]