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Murder Witnessed through iPad Video Chat

A Massachusetts man is held in jail without bond today. He’s accused of  murdering his girlfriend Kristen Pulisciano as their daughter’s friend watched via iPad video chat. Christopher Piantedosi, 39 years old, showed up at his girlfriends home Thursday and began a heated argument. Police say the argument grew louder and their 15-year-old daughter who was [...]

11 Percent of Men Prefer the iPad 3 over a Girlfriend

Sound a bit ridiculous? Maybe. An online casino site by the name of Roxy Palace recently posted an article saying that their research shows that 1 in 10 men would rather own the new iPad than find a potential love interest. Possibly a more surprising claim is that the poll conducted also found that about [...]

The New iPad Gets a Legit Windows 7 App

The new iPad is faster and more beautiful than ever but for for most Windows-based desktop users, it’s hard to substitute one for the other. OnLive a primarily remote gaming service allows streaming of games and service so the device itself isn’t doing all the work. A while back OnLive released a virtual instance of [...]

iPad app Owners Sued Over Speak-assisted Technology

Prentke Romich’s Minspeak is a special touchscreen device that will let mute children and adults speak by using a set of buttons on-screen. When touched in sequence the device will recognize sentences and speak for the user. Minspeak, up until, now has has little competition. startup Speak For Yourself found themselves in court after Minspeak [...]

Rumor: iPad 3 May be Getting Thicker

That’s right. According to M.I.C. Gadget (a Chinese tech blog), they’ve received an early production version of the iPad 3′s rear case. The case is said to be a bit thicker and have more tapering than the iPad 2 would require. M.I.C. Gadget reports that the case suggests the iPad 3 will be 1-1.5mm thicker [...]

Apple Loses ‘iPad’ Trademark Case in China

Apple’s iPad sales in China may quickly come to a screeching halt. Proview Technology and Apple have been in and out of court for some time on the matter of who owns the ‘iPad’ trademark. A Chinese court ruled recently that Apple is not entitled to use the iPad trademark. This means that Apple will [...]

Pre-preduction Begins for the iPad 3, Impressive Display

According the reports from the Mac Observer, Apple is currently working with supplier overseas to build pre-production components for the nect-gen iPad. The key component being a 9.7-inch, 2048 x 1536 pixel display.  rumor has it that Apple has ordered parts that roughly translate to 1.5 million iPads for the next quarter year. The Wall [...]

Bogus iPads on Sale from China e-commerce Sites

With the Holiday season picking up and Apple holding the top spot as having (arguably) the best smartphone and tablet PC on the market, it’s no wonder that knock-0ff and fake iPads are trying to be past as the real deal. MarkMonitor Inc., a company that specializes in brand protection tells us that nearly 18k [...]

Analyst Suggests Cheaper iPad to Launch Early 2012

Recent analysts suggest that Apple may be working on a lower-end version of the iPad to be released early next year. Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White recounts a feeling of eminence or a foreshadow of something bad to come while visiting with technology supply chain companies at a trade show in China. Brian also spoke [...]

iOS5 Features Listed, iPhone 4S Announced at Apple Event

The features for iOS5 are in and yes, as anticipated, iOS 5 will be ready for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch soon. Some of the key features mentioned at Apple’s ‘Let’s Talk iPhone’ event are AirPlay Mirroring, which will allow you to stream the exact content shown on an idevice to a TV with Apple [...]