Apple picker In the end, Apple will not receive billions in compensation from Samsung, but only a little over half, the judge ruled. In today's Apple Week, you will also read about the iPad mini with Retina display, the success of the new jaiblreak or the fact that a miniature Apple TV is hidden in the Lightning to HDMI adapter...
Apple reportedly ordered retina displays for iPad mini (February 25)
There is speculation in Asia that Apple has ordered Retina displays for the second generation iPad mini from LG Display and Japan Display. Japan Display is a merger of Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba, and together with LG Display, they should now be working on high-resolution displays, thanks to which even the new iPad mini could use the Retina designation. If these reports are true, it would mean that we could see the second-generation iPad mini at WWDC in June, for example. The resolution of the new 7,9-inch display should be 2048 × 1536 pixels, i.e. the same as the large Retina iPad, but the pixel density is uncertain. We are talking about 326 or 400 pixels per inch.
Source: iDownloadblog.com
Pentagon to open its networks for iOS and Android (February 26)
From February 2014, the networks of the US Department of Defense will be open to smartphones and tablets from Apple and with the Android operating system. The Pentagon thus intends to get rid of BlackBerry and switch to an open IT policy. However, the Department of Defense does not intend to abandon BlackBerry completely, but it means that other devices will be able to be used in the Pentagon, which is one of the largest employers in the United States. Currently, the Ministry of Defense has over 600 active mobile devices – approximately 470 BlackBerry devices, 41 iOS devices and around 80 Android devices.
For now, however, the Pentagon is not going to introduce the so-called BYOD (Bring your own device) standard, only a larger number of other devices will appear at the ministry. BYOD is a long-term goal of the Pentagon, but although the technology is already needed, there is no guarantee of sufficient security.
Source: AppleInsider.com
Gold iPhone for an additional $249 (26/2)
AnoStyle offers an interesting way to make your iPhone 5 or iPad mini stand out from the crowd. Using the chemical process of anodization, it can recolor the phone in one of the 16 offered shades, among which you can also find gold or bronze. Anodizing is an irreversible process and the color should remain on the device during normal handling.
However, changing the color is not the cheapest, it will cost 249 dollars, i.e. roughly 5 CZK. Modifications can be ordered at company website from more than 50 countries of the world, including the Czech Republic. Slovak neighbors are unfortunately unlucky. It should be kept in mind that you lose the warranty with such a modification. If you're wondering which of the more famous celebrities have had their phones modified like this, they include Chumlee from the show Pawn Shop Stars (Pawn Stars) aired on History Channel.
Source: 9to5Mac.com
Another Apple patent reveals a customizable iPhone (26/2)
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has published an Apple patent, according to which the device should respond to the surrounding environment. The iPhone will then automatically set the vibration mode, volume or switch between different modes. All this would be ensured thanks to "situational awareness", which the device would be able to do thanks to several embedded sensors.
Any device based on the sensors that detect the current conditions in the surroundings will evaluate the situation and, for example, start playing music without user intervention. This can be used, for example, when running, when the phone vibrates to assess that you are running and start playing music.
Sensors can include an ambient light sensor, a temperature sensor, an ambient noise sensor, and a motion sensor. As with any patent, it is not certain whether it will see the light of day, even if it is approved. But if it becomes a reality, this technology would make our smartphones a bit smarter again.
Source: cnet.com
Apple supports gay marriage (February 27)
Apple has joined the likes of Intel, Facebook and Microsoft in openly supporting the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. This is now a topical issue that is being addressed by the Supreme Court, and Zynga, eBay, Oracle and NCR have also come out in support of gay marriage. However, in the tech world such decisions are not too surprising, for example Google paid its employees in homosexual relationships more to help them from higher taxes, since they could not marry.
Source: TheNextWeb.com
Greenlight Capital drops suit against Apple over preferred stock (1/3)
David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital has withdrawn his lawsuit against Apple, which was supposed to prevent the impossibility of issuing preferred shares. Einhorn made the decision after Apple's annual shareholder meeting and related vote removed Proposition 2, which would prohibit the issuance of preferred shares. Apple CEO Tim Cook called Einhorn's behavior a dumb show, but after the court ruling, he actually cut the aforementioned proposal from the meeting, and so Einhorn, who holds more than a million Apple shares, got his way.
Source: TheNextWeb.com
Safari blocks older version of Flash Player (1.)
Apple is strengthening the security of its operating system, especially for Internet browsers, where the biggest threats come from third-party applications. Already last week, it blocked the launch of an older version of Java, which was a security risk due to cracks. It has now started applying the same to Flash Player in Safari, forcing users to install the current version, which already has the vulnerabilities patched. As a supplement to operating system security, Apple uses its own invisible Xprotect antivirus integrated into OS X, which searches for and quarantines known malware.
Source: Cnet.com
Lightning to HDMI reduction is a miniature Apple TV (1.)
Panic, application developers Tail made a remarkable discovery for website programming. While testing the Lightning to HDMI adapter, they noticed two oddities: The maximum output resolution was only 1600x900, which is less than the 1080p (1920x1080) that the regular HDMI port supports. The second mystery was the artifacts that are characteristic of streaming MPEG, but not of an HDMI signal, which should be completely clean.
Out of curiosity, they therefore disassembled the reduction (valued at $49) and revealed that it hides unusual components - SoC (System on Chip) based on ARM architecture with 256 MB of RAM and flash memory with its own operating system. At first glance, an ordinary reducer thus contains a small computer. Apparently, the connected device sends a signal via AirPlay, a miniature computer inside processes the signal and converts it to an HDMI output. This explains the limited resolution and image degradation. In other words, the reduction is a miniature Apple TV, which compensates for the limited possibilities of the Lightning connector, which is primarily intended for data transmission.
Source: Panic.com
Of the billion in compensation from Samsung, Apple will receive only 600 million (March 1)
In the end, Apple's victory in the court battle over Samsung may not be as overwhelming as it initially seemed. Judge Lucy Koh announced that Samsung will not have to send to Cupertino original compensation of $1,049 billion, the amount was reduced to $598. Kohova also confirmed that a new trial would take place to accurately adjust the reduced amount, but advised both parties to appeal before the new court first.
The reason for the significant reduction of the sentence are two fundamental errors that Kohová found in the original judgment. First, the court used Samsung's earnings to determine how much the company owes Apple for copying some utility model patents, but such a practice is only possible when calculating compensation for design patent infringement. The error also occurred in the calculation of the time horizon during which Apple should have been damaged. Koh explained that Apple should only be compensated for the time since it told Samsung that copying was likely taking place.
However, Kohova did not dispute the jury's decision and the fact that Samsung copied Apple still stands. However, the judge herself refused to calculate the new compensation herself at Samsung's request, so everything will be recalculated before the court.
Source: TheVerge.com
14 million iOS 6 devices jailbroken, Cydia maker claims (2/3)
A month after the release of the Evasi0n untethered jailbreak, which involved well-known figures in the hacking community, iOS users have jailbroken over 14 million iOS 6.x devices. The numbers are based on the statistics of Jay Freeman, the author of Cydia, who measures access to his application. In total, over 23 million devices use jailbreak in all iOS versions.
However, Apple patched the vulnerability used by hackers for jailbreaking in the iOS 6.1.3 update, making jailbreak impossible in the latest version of the operating system. In addition to the ability to modify the system, jailbreak is also a gateway to stealing paid apps, so it's no wonder that Apple is trying so hard to fight it.
Source: iDownloadBlog.com
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Well, piracy won't be so hot anymore. Especially for casual users, who could not do it any other way than through Installous, and it has already ended.
So I think that it would be enough to download the application.ipa anywhere on the net, drag it to iTunes and it would be possible to upload it to the jailbroken phone, or am I wrong? I don't know, I don't have a jailbreak, it just occurred to me :)
but you need the information of the account through which the application was downloaded. It works. ;)
sorry, I read it wrong. That data is needed for a non-hacked device.
"for example, when running, when thanks to the vibrations the phone evaluates that you are running and starts the music" fine, when catching up on public transport - that will be an event if AC-DC plays for me:)) Otherwise, a very nice article.