A battle of Tank on the Mac App Store

The tanks arrived in the Apple Mac shop.

The Publisher Gameloft not only of the Apple mobile platform and continues to offer new games on the Mac App Store. The latest is Tank Battles, a type of well known game that is to lead a tank and face three opponents on a map. The solo game has 50 missions and it is of course possible to make games simple against the computer or better still against other players over the Internet.

 

The game is very well done, but the hand is difficult since he is directing the tank with the directional arrows and aim with the mouse. This calls for a small time adapting to win the first parties. The Tank Battles of Gameloft game is available on the Mac App Store for less than 6 euros.

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iPhone 4: Gizmodo case without

Journalists who purchased the prototype iPhone 4 had been found innocent.

April 19, 2010, two days after the publication of a video on Engadget, Gizmodo site published a complete article on the iPhone 4. Later, they learn that the iPhone 4 in question was purchased in a particular. The phone had been lost in a bar in Redwood City by engineer Apple Gray Powell. As a result, Apple sued the Gizmodo publishing company: Gawker, for the publication of information about this iPhone prototype which proved later to be iPhone 4.

The judge gave his verdict that whitens totally Publisher Gawker and Gizmodo journalists. The findings of the investigation do not specify the amount paid by Gawker to acquire the phone while rumours evoked but a sum of $ 5000. On the other hand, it sheds light on the origin of the phone: the iPhone has well lost by its owner. Brian Hogan and Sage Wallover, two people who found the phone in the bar, were convicted of "appropriation of property of another" and more, Sage Wallover, which sold telephone, was punished for theft.

The editor of Gizmodo, Jason Chen, who has recovered the iPhone was completely cleared. Findings indicate that damaged the prototype by unmounting and specify that Brian Lam has been in contact with Steve Jobs asked Gizmodo to the phone. The site had then responded positively subject that Apple confirms the authenticity of the prototype. Finally, Gizmodo reported the phone to Apple and Jason Chen's apartment was searched a few days later. Four computers, two servers, an iPad, iPhone, an AirPort Services Terminal and several hard drives were seized. It is also unknown if Jason Chen has recovered this material.

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Yet new gestures in Apple

Apple engineers continue to floor on gestures.

Since the release of the iPhone, Apple continues to file patents on tactile gestures to perform new operations. The last documents released by the U.S. Office of patents and trademarks show a new method of selection and transfers of several elements. Files and folders may be selected by drawing a circle and transfer to another device using the accelerometer and by "falling" towards the latter. Conversely, it will be possible to draw a circle and put documents inside to be moved.

 

The document also refers to a method to clear a way document secure. It would be to "tear apart" the document dragging three fingers from top to bottom directly on the document. Finally, to align the icons, it would suffice to shake the device.

 

Rather strangely, these documents refer to managing files and folders in a tactile way while the mobile operating system from Apple so far still refused to show the files to the user.

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Apple blocks the sale of GalaxyTab 10.1 in Europe

Decidedly, Samsung is in the crosshairs of Apple.

After the temporary prohibition of placing on the market of the 10.1 of Samsung in Australia GalaxyTab, Apple has obtained a preliminary injunction of the Court of Düsseldorf in Germany who believes that the design of the Samsung Tablet violated Apple patents. As a result, the marketing of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is suspended in Europe, the day after his arrival on the market.

For the moment, only the Netherlands can still sell the Samsung Tablet as Apple initiated a separate proceeding in that country. But in the rest of Europe, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is now unmarketable. The Korean company will therefore reach an agreement with Apple, or yet to modify the design of its Galaxy Tab 10.1. In Australia, it has also announced the arrival of a new model which is not yet available.

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Lion passes Tweaks version 1.2

The small utility continues to unlock functions for Mac OS X Lion.

Fredrik Wiker Developer continues to update its small utility for Mac OS X Lion to restore certain functions available on Snow Leopard. Dubbed the Lion Tweaks, this software allows for example to re-enable access to the user's library, to force the display of the dock in 2D, remove animations of Windows either yet of the AutoCorrect. Version 1.1 was added a few options such as the display of hidden files, disabling the Windows crash, the hit-highlighting in stack in the Dock and the change of the interfaces of iCal and addressbook of leather to aluminum.

The latest version 1.2 also brings its lot of new features with the possibility of désactiviter the times for a single application option, reactivate the FTP server and customize the wallpaper of LauchPad. In short, essential software for those who want to recover a few abandoned or absent from Mac OS X Lion functions.

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Samsung communicates on the prohibition of sale

Samsung to defend themselves.

Yesterday, Apple has obtained a preliminary injunction of the Court of Düsseldorf in Germany temporarily banning the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Samsung shelves in Europe. In the aftermath, Samsung issued a press release:

Samsung is disappointed by the decision of justice, and we intend to respond immediately to defend our rights through the legal proceedings under way in Germany, and we will continue to defend the world. The application for interim relief has been made without that Samsung is to be warned, and the decision was made without any hearing or presentation of the defence of Samsung. We will take all necessary measures to ensure that innovative mobile communication devices from Samsung are available for customers in Europe and around the world. The decision of the Court in Germany not influence any other legal procedures to the various courts in Europe and elsewhere.

The Korean company has well to defend himself, but during this time, the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is suspended as a preventive measure to prevent potential harm. Only the final judgment to permanently ban the sale of the Tablet Samsung in Europe. Otherwise, Apple will probably compensate Samsung for losses related to the withdrawal of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.

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Apple bought the Mac and PC

Apple offers to buy the computers via its partner DataServ.

The Apple company has put in place a program of buyback and recycling of computers via the Apple Store. A dedicated page to estimate the value of the machine model and his general condition. Is the German company DataServ is responsible recycling so that shipping costs are supported by Apple. It is possible to receive a package adapted, but additional charges are applied.

The mean everything, this program is not very interesting, financially speaking. Indeed, a machine recently as a MacBook Pro 13 inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz good cosmetic is saved a little more than 200 euros while it sells easily more than EUR 500 market opportunity. The old, unsaleables machines on the market of the opportunity, such as the PowerBook or iBook are resumed between 30 and 100 euros (for a PowerBook G4 17-inch, high for example). Simply, some machines are not repeated. On the PC, it is worse because a laptop 15-inch Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz processor with more than 1 GB of RAM and a greater than 60 GB hard drive is now 77 euros.

In short, this offer will only interest people who want at all costs avoid the opportunity to market.

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5.1.1 Safari compatible with iCloud

Safari provides synchronization with iCloud.

Yesterday, Apple has made available to developers version 5.1.1 of Safari. The changes are minor and mainly focus on compatibility with iCloud. Thus, the browser allows to synchronize bookmarks and the list of reading with iCloud. Vying with these elements so on devices that are synchronized on the same iOS account iCloud.

Apple continues to refine its ecosystem iCloud for output that is scheduled for next fall at the same time as iOS 5.0. Reminder, iCloud will allow to synchronize the content between several iOS devices and computers Mac: documents integrated with applications, via Photo Stream photos, contacts, emails or calendar.

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Apple is the fourth seller of phones

Apple becomes the fourth manufacturer of telephones.

If Apple is the first seller of smartphones in the world, it is also the fourth seller of phones, all types combined. According to a study by Gartner, the Cupertino firm now captures 4.6% of the market through its 19.6 million iPhone elapsed in the second quarter of 2011, an increase of sales of 92% from the second quarter of 2010. At the top of the pyramid, there always are Nokia, which is still the undisputed market leader of telephony in terms of volume with almost 98 million phones sold in the same period, it simply is 22.8% of the market, but it is also much less the year while the same period last. Indeed, in 2010, Nokia had passed 111 million phones and were 30.3% of market share.

In the second and third position, Samsung and LG capture respectively 16.3 and 5.7% of market share with 69.8 to 24.4 million phones sold. Over the previous year, Samsung has lost a bit of ground with a drop of 1.5 points while LG has increased by 2.3 points market share.

At the level of the operating systems on smartphones, Android is now the leader with 43.4% share of market in Symbian and iOS with respectively 22.1 and 18.2%. Symbian is impressive since the Nokia system still received 40.9% of the market last year, is a market share of almost halved over a year. Android is the reverse by more that doubled its market share then as Apple iOS won 4.1 points over a year. You will also notice that if Apple is the largest seller of smartphones in the world, it is greatly exceeded by Android when it combines all the smartphones Google sold by HTC, Samsung, Sony and others.

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An entry based on iCloud iPhone

A phone iCloud, why step... but beware the package data!

The idea of an entry-level with little iPhone memory storage is interesting, especially with the arrival of iCloud. The Californian company Apple might indeed offer an entry-level with little iPhone memory. Based on the design of the iPhone 4, already produced several million copies, this iPhone might still crop on some costs, replace the glass by plastic, and of course to reduce the amount of memory to 4 or 8 GB. This iPhone would share beautiful iCloud since the storage of the documents would be in the cloud, just like the music or still photos, which should not really please phone operators already complaining of the saturation of the network.

For AppleNApps, the Cupertino firm will therefore propose a building on iCloud entry-level iPhone and iPhone 5 with features revised upward. According to the author, iPhone "iCloud" would be a kind of MacBook Air then the iPhone to the final 5 would more than the MacBook Pro.

It seems inevitable that Apple expanding its range of phones, as it did a few years ago with the iPod range which had only a single model originally. The ideal would be a compact phone with a screen between 3.2 and 3.7 inches to make the iPhone even more portable, and another model, high-end, with a large screen of at least 4 inches that would fight against the new Android phones which attract more people. Finally, small vow to personal, if Apple could finally move on to 64 GB of memory without add a Micro-SD location, I would breathe a little. Between the games and applications sometimes weighing more than 1 GB (1.66 GB for Fifa 11 and 1.42 GB for Bosh Navigon France, to name only a few), photos, videos HD, the 32 GB iPhone 4 began to be more than limit.

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iPad 2: other providers of screens

The problems encountered by LG, Apple turned to Samsung and Chimei.

According to DigiTimes, Apple is about to change provider of screens for its second generation iPad. The California-based company would have been forced to review its plans because of the problems of returns to the level of the currently produced by LG Display screens, an impressive number of screens would not withstand tests quality. Apple would have suspended the monitors from LG Display commands to turn to Samsung and Chimei Innolux.

In July, LG Display would have managed to produce only 2.5 million respecting the Apple specifications while the command amounted to 4 million units. During the same month, Samsung has produced 2 million screens for the iPad 2, more than the usual delivery of one million pieces.

Chimei Innolux manufacturer could take advantage of the situation by also increasing its production of screens for the iPad 2. It is much easier that this manufacturer is close to Foxconn, the final assembler of the Apple tablet. Despite logistical problems, Apple has managed to cover demand for iPad since the Tablet is now shipped under 24 h under 1-3 days in France and the United States.

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A clone of the MacBook Air at Acer?

When Acer starts to do sexy laptops...

Acer constructor should of course propose a ultrabook upon re-entry, a new type of very fine computer lacking optical drive largely driven by Intel. The Acer Aspire 3951 will resume in outline the design of the MacBook Air with a display of 13.3-inch, aluminum hull, a black hinge, a touchpad without a button and a "chiclet" keyboard. Inside this Acer host course processor Intel Core i5/i7 Sandy Bridge, a 160 GB SSD and the Bluetooth 4.0. Finally, the laptop may wake in 1.7 seconds, according to Acer.

 

This Acer Aspire 3951 which has all of the MacBook Air will display a thickness of 13 mm and a weight of 1.4 kg against 17 mm and 1.35 kg for the MacBook Air 13 inches. The good news obviously comes from the price since this model should be sold between 770 and 960 dollars, while the MacBook Air 13 inches is shown to 1299 $ (1250 euros in France).

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iOS 5.0 Beta 5 already unbridled

The latest beta version of iOS is already released.

In the wake of the publication of the fifth beta version of iOS 5.0, the Dev Team has updated its debridement RedSn0w tool so that it supports the latest version of the mobile operating system from Apple. RedSn0w 0.9.8b9 allows therefore of jailbreaker all iOS devices using this beta version of iOS in the the iPad except 2, always more complicated to release.

Attention, this jailbreak is temporary or in English "Captifs", which means that it is unable to restart the device iOS without a computer nearby to force of the boot sequence using RedSn0w, which is extremely restrictive. The latest débridable version of permanently is iOS 4.3.3 the jailbreakme.com site. It is unlikely that hackers offer new tools for the permanent jailbreak of 4.3.4 and 4.3.5 of iOS versions. All faults safety from now are kept warm for the public release of iOS 5.0.

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MobileMe migration to iCloud

Developers test the MobileMe migration program to iCloud.

Following the publication of the fifth beta of iOS 5.0, Apple also opened accounts MobileMe migration to iCloud for developers. The process is extremely simple. In one click all the email accounts, calendar and address book data are sent to iCloud. As expected, services "Image galleries", iDisk and iWeb publishing will remain available until June 30, 2012 disappear before. Users of these services have to this date to back up their data.

Finally, the transition to iCloud leads also the loss of some functionality such as synchronization of the elements of the Dock, of the Keychain Access, accounts email, signatures, and boxes smart mailbox, widgets and preferences.

Good news all the same, the MobileMe users who currently have 20 GB of disk space will retain this ability plus the 5 GB offered by iCloud for a total of 25 GB of space until June 30, 2012. Then, the conservation of the 25 GB of data will be charged 32 euros per year. Finally, Apple says developers that receive these services to install Mac OS X beta DIO and iCloud beta 6.

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A 256 GB for the first MacBook Air SSD

When the original MacBook Air starts to level...

Active Media Products manufacturer has just announced the release of three new compatible with the MacBook Air of first generation SSD, the model of 2008 with a processor Intel Core 2 Duo running at 1.6 GHz, a subdued controller Intel GMA 3000 and an 80 GB 1.8-inch hard disk turning at 3600 RPM.

 

The manufacturer proposes to replace the hard disk by a Sabertooth ZF ZIF SSD of 64, 128 and same 256 GB. This model reaches flow of 130 MB/s read and 90 MB/s write, figures far current standards since the SSD of origin of the MacBook Air 2010 and 2011 exceeds 180 MB/s read and write. Sabertooth SSD are provided with a package 1.8 inch for the cloning of the hard disk already in place and a screwdriver for the Assembly.

The Sabertooth ZF ZIF SSD 64, 128 and 256 GB of Active Media Products are sold to the respective rates of $ 169, 289-739. If the 64 GB model can give a blow from young to old MacBook Air, the 256 GB model is bad because its price. At this rate, it is better to move to a new MacBook Air performance have clearly nothing to do.

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The Dark Meadow : un futur hit iOS ?

Mobile games are little by little in the great court.

The Phosphor Games development studio gradually unveils its The Dark Meadow game that exploits the Unreal 3 engine, which has already been proven with the Infinity Blade game available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the App Store. In the tradition of Silent Hill, this game is scary wish. It was developed by Chip Senei and Jarod Pranno to be Mortal Kombat and John Woo Presents: Strongehold, it is therefore not the first entrants in the video game universe, but this is their first experience on a mobile platform and a new registry.

 

The developers describe the game as a mixture of the maze of Pan and Fruit Ninja, is therefore expected to completely open game, unlike Rage, with a system of interaction with the Fruit Ninja for fighting. The Dark Meadow due out in August in a universal version compatible with the iPhone and the iPad. You still more to look at the video to get an idea. One thing is certain: the quality of the graphics resembles more in addition to the real console.

 

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A fifth beta for iOS 5.0

Apple refines still its mobile operating system before the public release scheduled this fall.

Apple took the weekend to publish the fifth beta version of iOS 5.0. Intended only for developers, this update can be performed directly via the Wi - Fi network, it is one of the features of iOS 5.0, updates can be made directly on the device iOS without a computer. This process is still in test phase since Apple advised to perform a backup on iCloud before restoring the system after the upgrade. The delta update weighs only 128 MB against more than 500 MB for the full version.

This fifth beta mainly focuses on the correction of bugs and adds a new mode to improve the sound quality for the hearing impaired. This option would significantly reduce the Edge reception, according to Apple.

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Apple has been the largest company in the world

For a short time, Apple has become more importa that Exxon Mobile.

As stated by experts, the stock market is very volatile at the moment. This volatility caused by the crisis of confidence in the financial markets to the capacity of States to pay off their debt leads of the sometimes surprising situations. Thus, the Apple company became, for some time, the first capitalization of the stock market on Wall Street passing Exxon Mobile.

To 7 pm, Paris time, the market capitalization of Apple reached $ 341,55 billion while that of Exxon Mobile did not exceed 341,2 billions of dollars. At the close, Exxon is ironed with a capitalization of 348.2 billion 346,74 billion for Apple. Today, Apple may take Wall Street head to stay there.

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An iMac education less than 1000 euros!

An iMac "light" and cheaper for the world of education.

To meet the world of education, Apple has added a new iMac in its catalogue. This model 21.5 inches all aboard for a Dual Core Intel Core i3 processor 3.1 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD and a graphics card AMD Radeon HD 6750 with 256 MB of GDDR5. This particular model also misunderstands Thunderbolt and simply output Mini DisplayPort, a FireWire 800 port, four USB 2.0 ports, a reader of SDXC memory cards, a Gigabit Ethernet port, exits and entries audio and DVD burner.

This model is not equipped with Bluetooth and it is also provided with a wired keyboard with numeric keypad and an Apple Mouse USB mouse. However, Wi - Fi 802 .11n ready is always the part. This iMac 21.5 inches Lite is exclusively reserved to schools and universities, it is sold to individuals or students, or teachers and we understand why.

Indeed, this model is sold the United States 999 dollars. It should logically landing in Europe to 950 euros, it is in any case, the ratio applied to the last MacBook Air 11 inches. Only, the iMac 21.5-inch entry-level sold 1150 euros all aboard a Quad Core Intel Core i5 processor 2.5 GHz processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD and an AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB graphics card. It has a Thunderbolt connector as well as an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse Magic Mouse Wireless. For students and teachers, this iMac 21.5 inches is negotiated from 1080 euros in the education store, it's much more interesting than the institutional model.

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Apple: first seller of smartphones

Apple is now the largest vendor of smart phones.

According to the latest study published by IDC, Apple would simply be the largest seller of smartphones in the world with not less than 20.3 million units sold in the second quarter of 2011. The Californian company is followed by Samsung and Nokia with respectively 17.3 and 16.7 smartphones sold in the same period. Behind the three tenors are RIM with its Blackberry and HTC with 12.4 and 11.7 million pieces sold in the past three months.

Apple grants so the biggest part with 20.3% share of market compared to 16.2% for Samsung and 15.7 per cent for Nokia. From the second quarter of 2010, Apple has recorded an increase of 141,7%, but the Palm of the growth is attributed to Samsung with a sales increase of 380,6% between the two periods. HTC is also a fine performance with a growth of 165,9% RIM stagnate with an increase of only 10.7% and Nokia fell by 30.4%. With the success of the Galaxy S II, Samsung seems to continue to grow while the arrival of the next iPhone to the re-entry would allow Apple to revitalize sales of iPhone.

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