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Apple ditches Google Maps for OpenStreetMap in iPhoto for iOS – Intomobile.com

If you downloaded iPhoto for iOS after Apple released it a couple of days ago, you may have realized something was slightly different about the maps used for things like viewing the location of a photo taken. Some speculated Apple … Continue reading

Apple TV, iOS devices now recognize DVD Digital Copies in iTunes in the Cloud – Apple Insider

iTunes Digital Copy movie files now show up under the Purchased tab of Apple TV and iOS devices and can be re-downloaded through iCloud. Apple teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox to introduce the iTunes Digital Copy format in 2008 … Continue reading

iTunes Digital Copies of movies can now be served up by iCloud – Ars Technica

Digital copies of certain movies can now by synced to and downloaded from iCloud, Tech of the Hub noted Friday. Customers who have iTunes Digital Copies of movies loaded on their iTunes will find that those movies are now also … Continue reading

Apple Brings 1080p High Definition to New Apple TV – Yahoo Finance

The new Apple TV features a simpler, refined user interface making it easier than ever to access your purchased movies, TV shows and music with iTunes Match℠ right from iCloud®. With AirPlay®, users can stream or mirror their favorite …

iOS 5.1 – Top 8 Reasons to Upgrade – International Business Times

On Wednesday, Apple unveiled its new iPad at a press event in San Francisco. At the same event, Apple announced that iOS 5.1 is available for download. Apple has always succeeded in delighting its fans by bringing innovative features in … Continue reading

Does iOS 5.1 fix battery drain? Some say yes, some say no – CNET News

A review of online comments and communities finds many iOS users enjoying better battery life, though some say the problem persists. Apple’s new iOS 5.1 seems to be getting better grades at preserving battery life. But not everyone is happy.

DxO Revs Up FilmPack – The Imaging Resource!

including Adobe Photoshop CS 5 and Apple Aperture. • DxO FilmPack is also compatible with Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and 10. • Image processing speed has increased thanks to 64-bit algorithms. • DxO FilmPack can process large files without constraint.

iPad’s display is cutting edge–and a challenge for manufacturers – CNET News

… is explained in a NPD DisplaySearch discussion about how Super High Aperture technology–by increasing aperture ratio–allows Apple to squeeze four times the number of pixels into the new display compared to the iPad 2. Apple explains it as …

iPad Retina Display features Super High Aperture pixels, double the LEDs – Apple Insider

Packing four times the pixels into the new iPad’s Retina Display has proven to be a challenge for Apple’s manufacturing partners, who are utilizing advanced technology like Super High Aperture pixel design and packing in double the LEDs for backlighting.

Google leans on developers to use payment service – msnbc.com

Google has been pressuring applications and mobile game developers to use its costlier in-house payment service, Google Wallet, as the Internet search giant tries to emulate the financial success of Apple’s iOS platform. Google warned several developers in …