Editorial: Apple vs. everyone

By Brad Hill posted Oct 29th 2012 4:30PM It’s a big storm, moving slowly. A gigantic span of ferocious swirl meets a front of chilly resistance. The effect of that collision is amplified by powerful tidal influence. Upheavals and surges swamp the landscape. Many people are displaced; countless others stay with the familiar. Also, in the real world, some nasty weather is happening. But I’m talking about the tech industry of...

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Pandora app gets major redesign on Android and iOS with new social features

By Terrence O’Brien posted Oct 29th 2012 5:00PM Numerically, going from version 3.2 of an app to 4.0 makes much more sense than starting at 1.7. But, Pandora won’t let a little thing like logic stand in its way. Today both the iOS and Android editions of the internet radio app are being updated to 4.0, regardless of the latter’s lagging version number. 4.0 brings with it a significant refresh of the UI which Pandora...

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Lawyer: Buyers have the right to resell copyright-protected works

U.S. residents who buy products protected by copyright shouldn’t have to worry about where those products were manufactured before reselling them, a lawyer told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday. Link: Lawyer: Buyers have the right to resell copyright-protected workscheap Texas car insurance

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Apple Introduces iPad mini

Everything you love about iPad — the beautiful screen, fast and fluid performance, FaceTime and iSight cameras, thousands of amazing apps, 10-hour battery life* — is everything you’ll love about iPad mini, too. And you can hold it in one hand. Learn more View post: Apple Introduces iPad minihealth insurance companies

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Apple executive shakeup: Scott Forstall and John Browett are leaving the company

By Darren Murph posted Oct 29th 2012 5:10PM Huge news out of Apple today, as its senior vice president of iOS software, Scott Forstall, will leave the company next year after putting in some 15 years. Furthermore, John Browett — head of Apple retail — is also on his way out. The memo was delivered late today, on a day that is littered with other news that the company may hope will bury the bulk of it — and, on a day...

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