Apple CEO Tim Cook says he is “ outraged ” by a serial publication ofNew York Timesreports allege worker mistreatment and disuse at Chinese factory that assemble the company ’s iPhones , iPads , and other devices . The New York Times has paint an unflattering portrait of Apple ’s provision concatenation . “ We like about every worker in our worldwide supplying chain , ” Cook said in an email to Apple employees , bring out Thursday at 9to5mac....
The folks atSchneider Opticsannounced their unexampled iPro Tele Lens at Macworld | iWorld 2012 this week , an additional iPhone lens for the iPro Lens System . The 2X tele lens narrow the iPhone camera ’s orbit of sentiment by one-half , bringing the matter of your photo two time penny-pinching . I got to test out a prototype of the iPro Tele Lens at the Schneider Optics booth at Macworld , and was impressed ....
Macworld | iWorld — the annual Mac group discussion — has taken on more than a Modern name this twelvemonth , as it shifts its stress to the culture that Apple ’s Cartesian product have help foster . Perhaps it ’s meet , then , that some of the originative team behindSouth Parkheadlined the talks at Moscone Center West on Thursday . If you ’re wondering what the connexion to Apple is , consider this : every episode of the long - melt animize serial is created almost entirely on Macs ....
Our Verdict I ’ve loved Nik Software’sSnapseed iOS photo - redaction appsince its release last year , and it ’s clear that others shared the sentiment — Apple award Snapseed an iPad - app - of - the - year award for 2011 . So when Nik Softwareannounced Snapseed for Mac , I was eager to test it out . What I discovered was a Mac app with feature that are almost identical to those of its iOS opposite number , but with quite a few advantages thanks to the Mac weapons platform ....
Although Avatron is n’t reveal anything steel raw at this year ’s Macworld | iWorld effect , the society did tell me about some news regarding its Air Dictate app . Air Dictate is Avatron ’s Vocal - esque iOS app that lets you use the transcription engineering on your iPhone 4S in tandem bicycle with your Mac . You ply a helper app on your Mac , launch the Air Dictate app , and start talking ....
Google ’s decisiveness this hebdomad to apportion user data across its online services has capture the attention of eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives , with the lawmakers asking whether the changes will compromise privateness . The eight lawgiver , three Republican and five Democrats , said the move bring up question about consumer privacy . The eight , include Republican Representatives Cliff Stearns of Florida and Joe Barton of Texas , and Democrats Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Henry Waxman of California , institutionalize a letter arouse their concerns to Google CEO Larry Page on Thursday ....
Apple has emerge as the number one smartphone vender worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2011 , by a small margin , after miss ground to Samsung in the previous one-quarter , inquiry firms Strategy Analytics and IHS iSuppli pronounce . But the Korean giant has emerged as the grocery store drawing card for the first time in 2011 , the research business firm said Thursday . Samsung shipped nearly 100 million smartphones during the year ....
The latest loop of Adobe Lightroom reveals both refinement and new features . There ’s plenty of competition for top charge , but the maven of this show is how Adobe has integrated video management into the software alongside its excellent still photography prick . Now, video Lightroom 4 will allow you to import telecasting clips from digital cameras , which reside in the Grid view with pic . A refined conjuration , however , is that users can scrub through the cartridge clip by but creep over it ....
One of Apple ’s chief advantages in the personal computing market has been that its Mac electronic computer have been relatively impervious to viruses and malware , at least when compared to Windows - based personal computer . But that advantage may have been more hard to assert in 2011 — at least , harmonise toa fresh reportfrom certificate firmIntego . The company’sYear in Mac Security 2011 , released this workweek , claims that 2011“was the most active year for Mac malware since the freeing of Mac OS X....
We mentionedMacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.5 in our round - up of mathematical product news on Tuesday . But that update for mid-2010 13 - inch MacBook Pros was n’t the only firmware release to come out of Cupertino this hebdomad . possessor of the mid-2010 Mac mini and mid-2010 MacBook also have firmware updates to call their own . And like the MacBook Pro microcode acquittance , these updates enable Lion Internet Recovery ( which Apple also hollo “ Lion Recovery over the Internet ” ) on their respective Mac models ....
For the masses , January might just be a clip to embark upon — or , for the less fortitudinous of us , give up on — New Year ’s resolution , but for Apple fans and users , it ’s also synonymous with Macworld Expo , the one-year show featuring Apple - associate vendors , board intro , and conference sessions . The consequence , rebranded this year as Macworld | iWorld , kicks off this calendar week in the West Hall of the Moscone Center in San Francisco , and runs from Thursday , January 26 through Saturday , January 28 ....
In this calendar week ’s roundup of new — or newly announced — iOS accessory , we ’ve get a profound emphasis on music make . Akai Pro ’s MPC Fly Akai Pro : DJs have always been handsome fans of Apple products , including the iPad . Akai Pro ’s newMPC Flyis a double - hinged grammatical case that opens up to expose a full suite of music production hardware ....
If you ’re a rooter of audiobooks , you ’re plausibly familiar with the many option available for listening to your preferent authors . you’re able to download audiobooks from a figure of services — including the iTunes Store and Audible.com — and buy books on CD . ( An clause I write last year discusses those different pick . ) Whichever itinerary you choose , the bill can add up quickly , as audiobooks are generally more expensive than their print equivalent ....
