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Federal Lawsuit Claims Apple's iPad Overheats In Minutes
Apple Sued Over Hot iPad Shutdowns
iPad Alert: Are You A Selfish Elite Or An Independent Geek?
iLiveMath Ford Cars brings 100+ Years of Cruising to the iPad and iPhone
Family Tracker App For the iPhone 4 Tracks Users 24-7
Vadique Releases Lighted Mirror 4.0 - Turn your iPhone 4 into a Mirror
The Tech Night Owl: So is the iPad a PC?
Federal Lawsuit Claims Apple's iPad Overheats In Minutes
ComputerWorld's Gregg Keizer reports:
Apple was sued last week over claims that its iPad easily overheats, then suddenly switches itself off.
In a complaint filed with an Oakland, Calif. federal court last Friday, a trio of plaintiffs accused Apple of everything from fraud and deceptive advertising to violations of California's consumer protection and unfair business practices laws by making, marketing and selling allegedly defective tablets.
For the full report visit here:
http://snurl.com/zx7yq
Apple Sued Over Hot iPad Shutdowns
The Register's Rik Myslewski reports:
Apple's iPad can shut down if it gets too hot, and Jacob Baltazar, Claudia Keller, and John Browning are as mad as hell and aren't going to take it anymore.
Those unhappy iPadders have filed suit against Apple — and they're asking the court to elevate their claim to class-action status.
Their lawsuit, filed in the US District Court, Northern District of California, alleges that "the iPad overheats so quickly under common weather conditions that it does not function for prolonged use either outdoors, or in many other warm conditions."
For the full report visit here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/27/ipad_overheating_lawsuit/
iPad Alert: Are You A Selfish Elite Or An Independent Geek?
The Register's Kelly Fiveash says:
Apple iPad owners tick all the obvious boxes when it comes to the kind of crowd Cupertino has happily been wooing with its fondle slab since launch in March this year.
They're six times more likely to be "wealthy, highly educated and sophisticated. They value power and achievement much more than others. They're also selfish, scoring low on measures of kindness and altruism." This is according to a survey carried out by consumer research outfit MyType.....
For the full report visit here:
http://snurl.com/zx7zm
iLiveMath Ford Cars brings 100+ Years of Cruising to the iPad and iPhone
[Press Release]
iHomeEducator announces the release of a new educational app for K to 6th grade. iLiveMath Ford Cars celebrates over 100+ years of auto history through photos, videos, wiki links, and interactive problem-based questions. iLiveMath Ford Cars teaches elementary grade reading, history, science, and primarily math with multimedia for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Basic addition, subtraction, multiplication are used in this app as in other iLiveMath apps. New concepts are taught including division, average, mean, median, mode, and range with problems that introduce new terms such as mpg, mph, km/h, speedometer, odometer, cars manufactured per day, per week, per year, and much more.
Here are some quotes from our reviewers of:
iLiveMath Oceans... "The brilliant photographs, are just as gorgeous as you would expect from iHomeEducator. There are over 30 types of sea creatures featured in this app! The quality sound effects create a sea-like environment that engages even the most distractible child. The word problems are ocean-themed too. Children can work through the problems, and use their imaginations to take them away on an ocean expedition while learning and having fun working through over 100,000 randomly generated math word problem questions." The Homeschool Desk
The natural language engine will use car nouns, verbs, locations, measures, quantities, and other variable metrics to formulate sentences which are associated to the photographs and the sounds. The word problems and their associated answers are nearly endless across three levels of difficulty.
Just like the previous iLiveMath apps, students and teachers can collaborate on word math problems using Twitter, email, and blogs. Questions are asked and the student selects the answer from a picker dial. The student is then provided immediate correct or incorrect feedback.
General Instructions:
(1) Review dynamically and randomly generated word problems
(2) Share your question and answer summaries on our community blog
(3) Email the questions and answers to your educator for review
(4) Tweet questions to followers and friends.
(5) Explore related educational wiki links in a kid safe browser
(6) Watch fun educational videos after you've correctly answered a certain number of questions. This can be set by the educator at a threshold of 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 correct answers before the video feature is enabled.
(*) Level 1: Basic Addition and Subtraction
(*) Level 2: Includes Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication
(*) Level 3: Advanced Includes Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Mean, Median, Mode, and Range
Universal App release advantages:
(*) Runs on iPad as well as iPhone/iPod touch
(*) Layout for the iPad fully utilizes the larger screen, new button layout, new picker popup, and new view transitions.
(*) Landscape and Portrait Mode is supported for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch.
The previous iLiveMath series apps were listed by GameClassroom as a Top 10 Educational iPad App and featured on iTunes What's Hot as well as New and Noteworthy.
iLiveMath Speed, Trains, and Ford Cars will be the first, second, and third in the transportation series. iHomeEducator plans to introduce new "fresh" and "fun" themes in the next month... please come back to visit our site for more information.
Device Requirements:
(*) iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
(*) iLiveMath apps are Universal App and therefore automatically run on the iPad.
(*) Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later
(*) Compiled and tested on iOS4
(*) 18.9 MB
iLiveMath Ford Cars 3.0 is offered at the introductory price of $2.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category.
iLiveMath Ford Cars 3.0:
http://snurl.com/zx819
Purchase and Download:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ilivemath-ford-cars/id382993148?mt=8
YouTube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zI4IkyWfbw
Sample iLiveMath Test Blogs:
http://www.ilivemath.blogspot.com/
Family Tracker App For the iPhone 4 Tracks Users 24-7
[Press Release]
After the success of their Sex Offenders Search app, LogSat Software released an update for another of their iPhone applications - Family Tracker. Family Tracker allows you to track your wife, husband, children and fiancée 24/7 using the new multitasking feature in the Apple iOS4.
The new Family Tracker runs in the background on the iPhone, constantly updating its GPS location. Spouses can thus instantly know their partner has safely reached their destination at home, work or during long trips. Parents can know if their children are exactly where they should be, and didn't sneak out without permission. The location can also be viewed from a web browser, so a parent without an iPhone can still easily locate the family members. Privacy concerns are nonexistent , as the owner of the iPhone has to give prior consent in order to be tracked. Family Tracker allows peace of mind be letting you know where all your family members are at all times.
Family Tracker for the iPhone retails for a one-time purchase of $3.99. AT&T offers a similar service that instead costs $14.99/month.
"With our busy lives, sometimes we don't have time to answer the phone and/or write an SMS text to our spouse/parents. With Family Tracker we can let them know we are "OK" by just by having our iPhone with us" says Roberto Franceschetti, developer of Family Tracker.
Family Tracker can be purchased from the website:
http://www.logsat.com/iPhone
or from the Apple iPhone App Store at:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/logsat-software-llc/id321170964
Vadique Releases Lighted Mirror 4.0 - Turn your iPhone 4 into a Mirror
[Press Release]
Vadique announces the release of Lighted Mirror 4.0, the new app for iPhone 4 that takes advantage of the front facing camera of the new iPhone 4 and turns it into a handy pocket mirror. Lighted mirror 4.0 allows users to take a look at their own reflection in the lighted mirror which is very convenient in darkened environments.
The app features the possibility for the users to swipe left or right to choose one of the available lighting styles for the frame of the mirror such as fluorescent, LED or conventional bulb depending on users' taste and external conditions. Users can adjust the level of brightness or turn the light on or off depending on what they actually need for the best results.
Lighted Mirror 4.0 is going to be an irreplaceable application for users who always need to have a look in the mirror to check their appearance or make-up.
Features highlights:
(*) The live reflection in any conditions
(*) Ability to take snapshots and share them with friends
(*) Convenience of a pocket mirror
(*) Ability to adjust lighting frames to get better results
"The idea of using a phone as a mirror has been haunting me since the first time I held the first iPhone in my hands. When we were testing the new app for iPhone 4 someone turned off the lights and this is when we realized that adding some lighting frames would be a perfect solution. I think everyone will enjoy Lighted Mirror 4.0!" - said Vadim Kokhnovitch, the developer of Vadique.
Device Requirements:
(*) Compatible with iPhone 4
(*) Requires iOS 4.0 or later (iOS 4.0 tested)
(*) 0.7 MB
Lighted Mirror 4.0 v1.0 is $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and is available on the App Store in the Lifestyle category.
Lighted Mirror 4.0 v1.0:
http://lightedmirrorapp.com/
Purchase and Download:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lighted-mirror-4-0/id379432415?mt=8
The Tech Night Owl: So is the iPad a PC?
According to the conventional wisdom, Apple is selling more and more Macs every quarter, but remains far behind on the global market, with just a slim single digit market share. The real issue, however, is whether the well-known surveys are seriously understating Apple's success.
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http://www.technightowl.com/2010/07/so-is-the-ipad-a-pc/
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