Once again the week is coming to an end and that means it’s time for a roundup of the past weeks news!
Evernote For Mac Updated, Brings LinkedIn Support To Free App, Web Client – Popular and useful note-taking and synchronization app Evernote has just updated its Mac app to version 3.30.
Apple Files For Sanctions Against Samsung After Documents Released To Media – Remember the excluded Samsung documents we told you about yesterday? The ones that Samsung sent out to the media after they had been denied the ability to enter them into court?
Macworld | iWorld Asia event begins in Beijing – The second annual Macworld | iWorld Asia event has begun in Beijing this week.
Aerial Photos of Recent Work at Apple’s North Carolina Data Center – Wired has now obtained aerial photos of the site taken earlier this week, showing not only the new tactical data center but also ongoing installation of solar panels at the 100-acre solar farm across the street from the data center and what appears to be the 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility behind the data center.
iPad Outnumbers Samsung Tablets 7-to-1 in 2Q 2012 Shipments – Apple continuing to dominate the tablet market with 68% of shipments during the quarter. Google’s Android platform accounted for most of the remaining shipments, taking 29% of the market.
Apple Researching iPad Smart Covers with Secondary Displays, Keyboards, Solar Cells – Engadget points to a newly-filed patent application from Apple showing ideas for a significantly enhanced iPad Smart Cover that could contain such features as a secondary display, a keyboard, and power collectors in the form of solar cells or RF energy antennas.
Sharp President Confirms Shipments of Displays for New iPhone this Month – Reuters reports that Sharp president Takashi Okuda today made a rare public reference to an unreleased Apple device, acknowledging that his company will begin shipping displays for the next-generation iPhone this month.
Amazon Releases iPad App for Instant Video Service – Amazon has released an iPad app for its Instant Video renting and buying service and its streaming Netflix competitor, Amazon Prime Instant Video.
Mophie announces Outride, a waterproof action sports camera kit & app for iPhone – According to Mophie, the goal of its new action sports “Outride” camera kit, which integrates a wide-angle lens with 170 degrees viewing angles and a waterproof, impact resistant casing, is to eliminate “the need for a dedicated device such as a GoPro or Contour camera.”
Check out this redonkulous 300W iPhone portable DJ controller/Hi-Fi Party Machine [Video] – The Philips FWP3200D 300W Mini Hi-Fi System, often simply referred to as the “Party Machine”, is essentially a set of rotatable iPhone docks (made to look like turntables) atop a 300W speaker system that includes two speakers boxes and packs a 2-inch tweeter and a 5.25-inch woofer.
Apple reportedly readying iBookstore for Latin America launch – Publishers operating in Latin America have reportedly received “urgent” requests from a large Spanish e-book distributor to update their respective metadata, signaling Apple’s iBookstore may soon rollout in the region.
