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Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public. Enter Soulo, a software and microphone kit that can turn an iPad or other Apple device into a karaoke machine. It gives you instant karaoke in the privacy of your own home, or wherever you carry your Apple gadgets. That’s the idea, anyway.
The FBI’s 191-page file on the late Steve Jobs — released Thursday — reveals that the feds were keenly interested in the Apple founder’s character, as well as his past drug use and criminal history.
Apple is expected to hold a media event during the first week in March to introduce the iPad 3, reports AllThingsD.
Hackers claim to have breached the computer systems at Foxconn, the controversial electronics manufacturer headquartered in Taiwan that makes products for companies such as Apple, HP and several other large consumer electronics companies.
What is a PC? At first blush, it seems like a straightforward, uncontroversial question, not unlike “What is a bicycle?” But it’s actually a surprisingly tough one to answer.
Apple’s iPhone is the hottest mobile device around — so hot in fact that the major mobile service providers are willing to sacrifice their own profit margins just to carry it. The big three providers, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and now Sprint, all pay hefty up-front prices to Apple for the privilege of stocking the iPhone, which they then turn around and sell at deep discounts to customers willing to sign two-year contracts. And the carriers have little choice: the name of the game in the mobile business is subscriber growth and none of the big providers wants to be cut out of the iPhone action.
As the idea of an Apple television becomes more certainty than fantasy, one major question has come up: Where is Apple going to get its content? A new rumor suggests that it’ll come from the same companies that supply your cable or satellite TV now.
Be honest, developers: Have you ever thought about finagling your Apple App Store rankings? Hiring someone who promises to get your app into the top 10 or 20 view spots for a “fee”? You’ll want to read Apple’s latest developer dispatch before you indulge that dangerous fantasy.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday challenged schools and companies to get digital textbooks in students’ hands within five years. The Obama administration’s push comes two weeks after Apple Inc. announced it would start to sell electronic versions of a few standard high-school books for use on its iPad tablet.
On any given day, it’s not unusual to see a new Apple rumor pop up. But today is special. Today we’ve got not just one, but three Apple rumors regarding the launch of the iPad 3 and iPhone 5, plus a “Strange” event that may occur this month.
Apple is just now looking into display capabilities for an Apple television, according to the latest scuttlebutt, which means a product launch may not happen until the end of this year or early 2013.
