With another acquisition , Apple now has more maps than my daddy ’s glovebox . ( Scary ! ) Meanwhile , the company may allow in - fund purchases hail FROM INSIDE ITS APP , its technologist are investigating the spoooooky mystery of run through iPhone 4S barrage , and a couple more iOS technologies may show up on the Mac like , uh , free candy . Okay , see : The remainders for Monday , October 31 , 2011 are beget a routine too onetime for magic trick - or - treating .
orchard apple tree acquired mind - bungle 3D chromosome mapping company C3 Technologies , wait to take iOS Maps to the next level(9to5 Mac )
Way back in August , it was bruit that Apple might have acquired 3D map company C3 Technologies . Now , 9to5 Mac claim to have confirmed that Apple is indeed the business firm ’s new possessor . Combined with other former purported purchases , including Placebase andPoly9 , it would seem to put Apple on the fast track towards creating its own successor for Google Maps . Or , alternatively , the company has set its sights on finally taking down , once and for all , that pesky Rand McNally .
Apple Retail Stores to Allow Self - Checkout via iOS App for Accessory Purchases(MacRumors )
Last hebdomad , Apple launch a new in - store getaway military service . Now , it may be on its agency to letting customer bribe items right through theApple Store app , then walk out the doorway with their purchase in hand . It ’s less like going to a store , and more like going to the library . OfiPhones .
Apple engineers contacting iPhone 4S owners to solve battery lifetime puzzle(The Guardian )
Like our own Chris Breen , you may have found yourself befuddle with the teaser that is the iPhone 4S ’s battery life . Turns out Apple may be puzzled as well . agree toThe Guardian , Apple engineers have been contacting users with battery problems , trying to help them suss out what ’s causing the drain . Some reports advise that a bug in theautomatic sentence - zone settingfeature may be the perpetrator . Others have hold the top executive loss a metaphor about the current state of the economy .
Malus pumila looking to lend AirPlay Mirroring , iMessage covering to Mac OS X(9to5 Mac )
iOS 5 details(Design Archive )
You ’ve believably already readmy exhaustive iOS 5 reassessment — if you have n’t , do n’t interest , it will only take you about a week — but if you ’re looking for the true nitty gritty of Apple ’s later fluid OS update , mark this web log spot ; it goes so far as to measure the number of pixels between home screen icons in iOS 4 vs. iOS 5 . I do n’t even have a swayer that accurate .
Product News :
Plex 2.0 – Plex has revamped its iOS mass medium manager app to include a new family cover design , access to a general medium waiting line and shared media via myPlex , remote access code , good subtitle management , an audio boost , and more than 150 bug fixes . $ 5 .
Elements 2.1 – Second Gear has released interlingual rendition 2.1 of its iOS textbook editor app . It now offers iCloud synchronize support for scratchpad , show , and setting , as well as the ability to copy Markdown - generate HTML to the clipboard . The update also include a number of bug kettle of fish , and now require iOS 5 to run . $ 5 .
