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TUAW Year In Review: January 2012

by Michael Rose (Jan 1st, 2013)

Welcome to TUAW's Year in Review. Month by month, we're running down the top stories of 2012, all day long on New Year's Day. Apps to kickstart your New Year's resolutions With the first day of the new year falling on a Sunday, it's a great day to organize whatever resolutions ...

TechCrunch: January's Apple event to focus on iBooks and publishing

by Chris Rawson (Jan 2nd, 2012)

TechCrunch dug up a bit more info on the media event Apple is reportedly holding later this month. According to the site's sources, the event will have less of a consumer focus (don't expect any new hardware), and it will be more about unveiling improvements to the iBooks platform to the ...

iPhone alarms work fine on 1/1 and 1/2, if you update iOS

by Michael Rose (Jan 1st, 2012)

There's two possible explanations for why Engadget's tipline was heating up this morning with emailed complaints about iPhone alarms not going off as scheduled on New Year's Day (first reported last year and fixed in iOS 5), but we haven't heard a peep about the problem. Explanation #1: The ...

Survey: Consumers are replacing other computers with iPad

by Mike Schramm (May 8th, 2010)

So, now that both versions of the iPad are out and available, it's probably time to ask the question: does a device like this replace another computer, or is it an entirely new category? Back during the announcement, Jobs was adamant that it was definitely a netbook replacement ("Netbooks aren't ...

Rumor du jour: Apple ordering 10" tablet screens

by Mike Schramm (Dec 28th, 2009)

Another week, another day, another round of tablet rumors for the now all-but-confirmed January event. The latest news bouncing around the Interwebs is that Apple has placed an order with panel supplier Innolux for a bevy of 10" touch panels to stick in the new devices, be they called iSlate or ...

Rumored tablet could include dynamic tactile surface

by Mike Schramm (Dec 24th, 2009)

As a guy who still kind of winces at the iPhone's touch surface sometimes (especially when playing games -- you don't realize how nice buttons are until you see a character die because your thumb's in the way), this is extremely interesting news: Apple's rumored tablet, which we've been hearing a ...

Rumor: Apple event in January, possible 10" tablet demoing iPhone apps

by Mike Schramm (Dec 23rd, 2009)

There's a flurry of rumors this morning that Apple is planning an event as soon as this January, though exactly what they'll be showing us is still in question. Most of the buzz (along with our buddy Gene Munster) says we will finally see the long-awaited tablet, and that after a January ...

Confirmed: iPod touch 2.0 software to include 'January Upgrade'

by Robert Palmer (Jul 10th, 2008)

In an update to their knowledge base article about the subject this morning, Apple has confirmed that the 2.0 firmware will include Mail, Stocks, Maps, Weather and Notes. There had been some speculation about this earlier this month. Also -- when it's available, Apple said the iPhone 2.0 Software ...