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Hardware iPad News

iPad 2 left without Siri support after iPad mini launch

As nifty as the iPad 2 is, it’s getting left behind where some features are concerned. Per AppleInsider, while it was announced on Tuesday that the new iPad mini is compatible with Apple’s Siri voice recognizing assistant, however owners of the now long-in-the-tooth iPad 2 still won’t be able to access the feature. With the […]

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Hardware iPhone News Patents

Apple looking to replace IR sensors with sonar technology in next-gen devices

Look at it this way: sonar’s been around for a while. And it’s always been nifty. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an Apple patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday describes a system that may one day replace the infrared proximity sensors deployed in current iPhones with […]

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Hardware MacBook Air News

Apple announces next-gen MacBook Air notebooks, adds USB 3.0, Ivy Bridge and larger capacity flash storage

The MacBook Air may not have received a Retina Display, but it has some cool new stuff under the hood. Per AppleInsider, Apple announced the new generation of the lightweight notebook today, the new generation featuring USB 3.0 as well as Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge processors, and configurations running up to 2.0GHz in speed with […]

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Adobe releases Lightroom 4.1, Camera Raw 7.1 updates

You can’t knock a decent update. Per Electronista, Adobe is offering an official upgrade to Lightroom after an extended beta release in conjunction with an update to Camera Raw. Lightroom has been updated to version 4.1, addressing several bugs introduced in prior versions of the software, as well as introducing the ability to process HDR […]

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Final Cut Pro X customer receives refund from Apple, others pressing for their own

You can’t win ’em all. Facing backlash from customers who are unhappy with the revamped Final Cut Pro X, Apple has issued at least some refunds for the US$299 Mac App Store purchase. Per AppleInsider, carious claims of refunds have surfaced and at least one person who asked a refund from Apple had their request […]