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Given the at Apple Stores around the country, the FBI will assist other law enforcement agencies in an ongoing investigation. That also means that, while most of the cases have been smash-and-grab jobs, if the thieves start walking through walls or morphing into ooze, .
(Apple)
Some iOS device users are noting that FaceTime will occasionally show the wrong image when starting up--and sometimes it appears to be an image that was captured at a time that FaceTime . The call is coming from inside your phone! Get out of your phone!
(Patently Apple)
Wondering if Apple's new technology will eventually make its way to iOS devices? An Apple patent unearthed by one site shows a hybrid USB 3.0/DisplayPort connector that could fit in an iPhone or iPad--and, the thinking goes, since DisplayPort is part of Thunderbolt it could incorporate the high-speed peripheral technology as well. Great, fine, whatever. Call me when it can digitally transmit cookies and we'll talk.
(StorageNewsletter.com)
StorageNewsletter.com--motto: "We'll tell you where to put these newsletters!"--reports that Apple has ordered 12 (that's around 12,000TB) of storage from Isilon Systems. Rumors abound as to what Apple might want with all this storage--MobileMe cloud storage? Streaming media?--but we think it's pretty darn obvious: they're going to fill Scott Forstall's office entirely with hard drives.
(9 to 5 Mac)
Got your iPhone or iPod touch handy? Google 'tilt' from the search bar for a special treat. Now enjoy as you waste the rest of your day trying to figure out what else you can make it do.
- Version 2.0 of Gormaya's cooking conversion app adds tables for Imperial units, allows you to input data for conversion, and brings full support for iOS 4.3. $2.
- Hobbyist Software has updated its Mac remote control app to version 3.0, adding the ability to schedule shutdowns, updated translations, and bug fixes. $3.
- The accessory maker is bring back compatible versions of its carrying handles for the first- and second-generation of 15-inch MacBook Pros. $80.
- This video-editing and effects app by MacPhun hits version 2.0, bringing a new name, performance improvements, a new user interface, new sharing options, support for iTunes file-sharing, and more. $1, for a limited time.