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Hallelujah! The FAA told the that it’s taking “a fresh look” at the use of certain electronic devices during takeoff, taxi, and landing, meaning that you may soon be able to use your iPad or your e-reader—but probably not your iPhone—throughout your entire flight. Until then, just make sure that you load up all your ebooks on that .
(iFixit)
If you’ve been waiting to see how the new Apple TV would fare under one of iFixit’s teardowns, wait no longer. The firm has disassembled the latest version of Apple’s set-top box, revealing an improved wireless chip, a single-core A5 processor, and 512MB of RAM. Shockingly, the much rumored “true” Apple TV was not found inside.
(SquareTrade)
As if taking devices isn’t bad enough, the folks at SquareTrade have recorded themselves dropping an iPad 2 and a new iPad onto a sidewalk. The results may not surprise you: They all shatter completely. Because they’re made of .
(BloombergBusinessweek)
Foxconn spokesman Louis Woo welcomed of Mike Daisey’s segment on factories in China. the company said it had “no plans to take legal action.”
- Apple released an update to Apple Software Installer for Snow Leopard which addresses an issue that may prevent certain Apple software from installing. Free.
- Flexibits has updated its calendar utility to version 1.2.2, adding a vertically resizable event list, support for searching event notes, Australian time zone support, improved URL parsing, and a number of bug fixes and minor enhancements. Free update; $20 for a new license.
- The latest updated to Evernote’s image editing and annotation software adds the ability to quickly share your pictures directly to Evernote. Free.