(Patently Apple)
Well, with , there was little left for Apple to do but take over the rest of the Fab Four's holdings as well. Cupertino has filed a trademark for the apple logo previously used by Apple Corps, the Liverpool lads' media company. This is fallout from , which saw Apple take over all of Apple Corps's trademarks--and required that Steve Jobs be inserted onto Abbey Road's album cover as the fifth Beatle.
(CBS)
Is this man hacking Times Square video billboards with the help of just his iPhone and a couple of home-built circuit boards? It's hard to say, but it's a sad day and age when we're forced to be skeptical of random videos posted on the Internet.
(The Register)
To hear The Register tell it, Apple has planned an elaborate conspiracy to make fullscreen Web apps launched from the iPhone's Home screen run slower than their in-browser counterparts. Or, alternatively, it's a bug. Bah, we all know Apple never makes mistakes! Just ask alien Elvis, Bigfoot, and Jimmy Hoffa.
- Apple has added support for more Brother printer and scanner models to Snow Leopard.
- Apple's free Remote app has been updated, bringing improvements for connecting to iTunes or the Apple TV, a new "skip back" button for video, and improved stability.
- Timer app Due gains iPad support, the ability to specify seconds for timers, editing those timers by double tapping them, expanding title text boxes, and more.
- The 2.0 version of Boinx Software's photo-recording app adds native support for the iPad 2 and other small fixes.
- Algoriddim's popular iPad-based music program for DJs has been updated to version 1.1 with auto-looping, three new cute points, a variety of bug fixes, and more. There's also now ($10).