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Apple to shut down iWork.com on July 31st, advises users to be ready

With MobileMe now shuttered, it’s time to move on to the other technologies due for retirement. Per AppleInsider, Apple’s next online service set to go dark is iWork.com, and the company sent out an e-mail on Monday reminding customers to download their documents by July 31. Come August, users will no longer be able to […]

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News Patents

Apple patent shows effort to develop thinner keyboards

Remember your Apple keyboard? It might just be about to go through a training montage and get thinner in the process. Per Free Patents Online, Apple may be looking to make its notebook computers and keyboard accessories even thinner and lighter with a brand new take on the classic input method. Apple’s interest in reinventing […]

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iPhone News

AT&T begins data throttling on “Unlimited” data plans at 2GB mark

Sometimes it’s as if the wireless carriers WANT you to be disgruntled with them. Per iLounge, AT&T has begun to throttle—or downgrade the data speeds of—customers on unlimited data plans that go over 2GB in data usage for the month. As AT&T customer John Cozen wrote on his blog, “I received a message during my […]

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iPad iPhone iPod Touch News Software

Skype WiFi out the door, focuses on offering cheap Internet access abroad

You asked for a cheap way to communicate on the road and Skype seems to have something to offer… Per AppleInsider, Skype on Wednesday released a new iOS application that will offer iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users access to over 1 million WiFi hotspots around the globe for a nominal pay-as-you-go basis. The Skype […]

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Accessory hard drive News

Iomega Mac Companion hard drive boasts iOS device charging port, 2 and 3TB capacities

Apple’s recent Mac OS X Lion release shows how the Mac and iOS platforms are increasingly overlapping. And third-parties are beginning to follow Apple’s platform-blurring lead: On Tuesday, Iomega rolled out an external hard drive that also features a charging port designed for Apple’s mobile devices. Per Macworld, the Iomega Mac Companion Hard Drive, which […]