Tag Archives: Apps

Apple victorious in “iBooks” trademark lawsuit

So, Apple was sued again. Big surprise, right? This time it was by a small New York publishing company called Black Tower Press. Apparently the sci-fi and fantasy book publisher obtained the “ibooks” mark in 2006 after purchasing another publishing company that had been using the name. It’s worth noting that Black Tower never actually obtained…

Universal agrees to deal with Apple for iRadio

iRadio is getting closer to reality, so audiophiles, get ready. People familiar with negations claim that Apple has reached a deal with Universal Music Group, which is the largest record company in the world. Sources claim that the deal is much better than the one record labels currently have with Pandora, and the same deal is on the table for other…

iRadio put on hold after licensing disagreement

We’ve been talking about the iRadio for months but in case you missed it, this rumored music streaming service would be Apple’s answer to Pandora and Spotify. With the enormous customer base of iTunes built right in and Apple’s experience when it comes to online music, it would seem like iRadio couldn’t fail. Of course, all that is assuming that the…

Apple Maps 3D Flyover feature finally hits Paris, France

In all the chaos and controversy surrounding Apple’s own Maps application last year, you could be forgiven for missing its new and pretty awesome 3D Flyover feature. I mean, a few good looking cities isn’t going to pull attention away from the fact that Maps was labelled potentially life-threatening in Australia, or making Brooklyn Bridge look like a…

Paper for iPad update brings gallery and pinch-to-zoom

Paper for iPad, a popular iPad drawing app made by FifteeThree, released a major update today. In version 1.3.1 of Paper, developers finally added true pinch-to-zoom functionality that allows users to zoom in on a specific region of a drawing. This is a much-needed improvement over the old zoom feature, which just zoomed in on the whole…