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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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Apple releases updated iOS 6.1 beta, Apple TV beta and Xcode 4.6 preview to developer community

The iOS updates, they’re en route… Per AppleInsider, a new build of iOS 6.1 was provided to developers on Monday, less than two weeks after the first beta was issued, along with a new preview of Xcode 4.6, and new beta software for the Apple TV. Sources familiar with the second beta of iOS 6.1 […]

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Adobe offers Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 as release candidate, includes Retina Display support, other fixes

This could be nifty. On Friday, Adobe sent version 4.3 of its Lightroom image editing software out as a candidate release via its Adobe Labs web site. The new version, a 410 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Full support for HiDPI displays such as Retina Display units. – Unable to upload […]

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Apple releases iOS 6.1 beta, updated Xcode beta to developers, looks to improve iOS Maps application functionality

It’s time to sort out this iOS Maps snafu in a major way. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Thursday provided developers with a prerelease version of its forthcoming iOS 6.1 update, featuring improvements to its Maps application programming interface, and also issued a beta of Xcode 4.6. Both iOS 6.1 and Xcode 4.6 are now available […]

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Assorted iPhone 4S, third-gen iPad users reporting iOS 6 Wi-Fi issues

Well, this is why they invented bug fixes and software updates… Per AppleInsider, a whopping 91-page thread on Apple’s Support Communities webpage illustrates what appears to be a significant problem with upgrading iPhone 4S and third-generation iPads to the company’s newest mobile operating system, iOS 6. Forum members report that after upgrading to iOS 6, […]