iPad By Davis: “Twitter for Mac updated again, now supports Notification Center” plus 19 more

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• Twitter for Mac updated again, now supports Notification Center
• Clear for iPhone now lets you email lists, recipients can open with Clear app
• Ottobox buys LifeProof, two great cases that now case great together
• Twitter does the two-step (authentication) dance
• Who can you trust with your memories? iPhone photo storage options compared!
• MLB Home Run Derby review: Struck out by in-app purchases
• Zite for iPad Updated – Improved Recommendations & More
• Apple named world's most valuable brand for third year running
• Michael Gartenberg reportedly joins Apple marketing
• Just A Little Something to Make Your Hotel Stay Nicer: a Gold Plated iPad
• TripIt for iPhone and iPad review: Track flights, flyer miles, car rentals, and more in one place
• Live from CTIA 2013... it's the Verizon liveblog!
• Is the Xbox One the Apple TV we've been waiting for?
• How to share a course with iTunes U for iPhone and iPad
• All-new iMore show debuts today at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET. Be here!
• Apple Germany now accepting PayPal, gives you more ways to give them money
• Fancy Repairing Your Own iDevices? There’s a Book for That
• Next week we'll tell you all about #TM13, today we'll give you a chance to win a trip for two to NYC for the launch party!
• Deal of the Day: 40% off the Incipio Lexington Hard Shell Folio Case for iPad mini
• The Apple Store goes down, comes back up loaded for Fathers Day

Twitter for Mac updated again, now supports Notification Center Posted: 23 May 2013 02:29 AM PDT Twitter for Mac has received its second update in a matter of weeks, and this time we're treated to Notification Center support. It's been a long time in coming, especially considering the number of competing apps that already have the same support, but it's better late than never. This comes just a few weeks after the app was updated to support the Retina Display MacBook Pro. In addition to the Notification Center support, Twitter has thrown in a bunch of fixes, the most notable of which is the fix for Growl notifications not working for users in Lion and Mountain Lion. Grab a copy right now from the Mac App Store, and be sure to tell us if this latest update finally makes you happier with the official Twitter client, or if you're still happier using something else? Free - Download Now

Clear for iPhone now lets you email lists, recipients can open with Clear app Posted: 22 May 2013 11:02 PM PDT Clear, the beautiful, gesture-ridden list-keeper for iPhone, has been updated with the ability to share lists via email. Instead of just a text based email, Clear also includes an attachment that allows recipients to open the list with the Clear app. To share a list, simply shake your iPhone to bring up the email option. Realmac Software also teases of a couple new secret themes and the promise of an iPad version of Clear in the future. What do you think of the new update? The ability to share a list that can be opened with Clear is very cool. I'm also very excited about the idea of an iPad version. Are there any other features you'd love to see added to Clear? $1.99 - Download now

Ottobox buys LifeProof, two great cases that now case great together Posted: 22 May 2013 09:09 PM PDT iPhone and iPad accessory maker Otterbox has announced that they're buying iPhone and iPad accessory maker LifeProof. "OtterProof" -- as I'm sure someone will be calling them since "LifeBox" is probably taken? -- CEO Brian Thomas had this to say: The joining of OtterBox and LifeProof is a way to combine two great brands and provide customers with even more great products, services and choices for smartphone accessories. Both companies are successful because we foster an environment where everyone takes pride in being part of a culture that knows how to identify opportunities and grow them quickly. Our goal in this acquisition is to create more value for our customers than we ever could have generated while operating individually. I love both companies' products, and we our accessory division sells both companies' products in the iMore store so here's hoping they become greater than the sum of their parts and put out even more spectacular products post-merger. Anyone else looking forward to a sleeker, slimmer, even more rugged OtterProof Defender? Or are you already lamenting the deal? Source: Otterbox

Twitter does the two-step (authentication) dance Posted: 22 May 2013 03:50 PM PDT Twitter announced Wednesday that it is offering a form of two-step authentication for security-conscious users who want to make sure that their accounts are protected from unauthorized use. The new feature is described in a post made by Jim O'Leary of Twitter's product security team on the official Twitter blog. Twitter's two-step authentication process adds a verification code validation that's sent to a mobile phone number by SMS each time you sign in to Twitter. Enter the six-digit code and you're on your way. This news comes on the heels of high-profile Twitter account hackings of newspapers, news television programs and news services. Victims have included the Financial Times, 60 Minutes, and perhaps most infamously, the Associated Press. The hacked AP account produced a phony tweet saying the White House had been bombed, which set off a brief stock market drop, caused by a reaction from automated stock trading systems that track news keywords. Many of the recent high-profile Twitter hijackings have been credited to the "Syrian Electronic Army," an anonymous group of hackers loyal to the regime of Syrian president Bashar al Assad.

Who can you trust with your memories? iPhone photo storage options compared! Posted: 22 May 2013 02:47 PM PDT Comparing the best online photo storage options from Flickr, Google+, 500px, Dropbox, Amazon, Instagram, Facebook, and more! We've talked on numerous occasions about how great of camera you have included with your iPhone and have taken a look at some great photography apps to accompany it, but once you take all those photos and edit them to perfection, where are you going to store them? You can store them locally on various devices and hard drives, but what about in the cloud? Other than Photo Stream, what are other cloud storage options for all those memories you're accumulating? Facebook, Instagram, Twitpic, and other non-options Before we jump into the various great options out there, let's first discuss the fact that posting to Facebook, Instagram, Twipic, and any other little photo sharing service is not good enough. It may be easy to think "oh, I posted that to Facebook, so if anything happens, I know I can always retrieve my photo from there." Well, yes, as long as you don't cancel your account or do something that gets you banned, your photos are there, but even though Facebook has a "high resolution" option, it's not actually full resolution. The max size Facebook will save your photos is 2048px along the longest side. A photo taken with an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 is larger than this. The quality of your images saved on services such as Instagram, Twitpic, and other "little" sharing services is even worse. You should not consider these as good options for storing photos. So if Facebook and Instagram aren't good choices, then what are? Between Flickr, 500px, Dropbox, Google+, and Amazon Cloud Drive, you're sure to find a great option to meet your needs. Flickr Flickr just updated with an enticing new overhaul that includes 1TB of free storage. Yes, 1 terabyte. For free. Flickr also features a gorgeous new interface and an established community of users. In addition to just storing your photos, you can also publicly share them and join groups and discussions. If you're serious about photography or simply just looking for a place to save your images, Flickr is an excellent option and completely free (with upgrade options). Flickr Flickr for iPhone - Download now 500px 500px is a unique choice in that, in addition to being a place to store photos, you also have the option to sell your photos in the 500px market. It's also a social network where you can follow specific users and like and comment on their work. 500px does have more of a "professional" vibe that markets towards quality photography, so if you identify yourself as a photographer, 500px will likely be a great fit. A free account allows 20 uploads per week, and accounts with unlimited uploading begin at $25/year. 500px 500px for iPhone and iPad - Download now Google+ Although Google+ is primarily a social network, it also offers a solid option for photo storage. With the Google+ app, you can even choose to automatically upload your photos from your iPhone to Google+ so that you don't even have to remember to do it yourself. However, when uploading from your iPhone, Google+ will store them at "Standard size" which is a max of 2048 pixels on the longest side. If you want to store full size images, you must upload from your desktop. Full size uploads count against your Google Drive storage quota which starts at 15 GB with a free account. Paid accounts begin at $2.49/mo for 25 GB, but may be changing in the coming weeks. Google+ Google Drive Google+ for iPhone and iPad - Download now Dropbox If you're not into the social integration associated with Flickr, 500px, and Google+, Dropbox is another excellent choice for storing your photos. It's not a social network, but strictly a storage service; however, if you do wish to share your photos, you can share a link to your folders and Dropbox will nicely display them for you. You can also set up the iPhone and iPad app to automatically upload your photos when you launch the Dropbox app. A free Dropbox account includes 2 GB (with the ability to reach 18 GB), and "Pro" accounts start at $9.99/mo for 100 GB. Dropbox Dropbox for iPhone and iPad - Download now Amazon Cloud Drive Amazon Cloud Drive is a storage service that's similar to Dropbox, and with the Amazon Cloud Drive Photos companion app for iPhone, you can easily upload and view your saved photos. A free Amazon Cloud Drive account includes 5 GB of storage with paid plans starting at $10/year for 20 GB. Amazon Cloud Drive Amazon Cloud Drive Photos for iPhone - Download now Your favorite way to store photos? These are just a few of the different options available for storing your precious photographs, and if we missed any good ones, we want to know. Do you use a different service that you believe to be superior to these? Or do you not trust your memories in the hands of a 3rd party and back up onto external hard drives, instead? We want to know your system! Personally, I'm going to start using Flickr to store everything that's important to me and 500px for photos I'm particularly proud of and value as art. What about you?

MLB Home Run Derby review: Struck out by in-app purchases Posted: 22 May 2013 02:36 PM PDT Ahead of the All Star game in New York in July, MLB has released a new game into the App Store; MLB Home Run Derby. I love Baseball, despite being British, so as soon as I saw this in the App Store I had to take a look. It's a free download, and bases itself solely around one of the fun-to-watch extras of the All Star weekend, the Home Run Derby. So, a perfect casual game for the Baseball fan? Let's find out. I'll start with the best part. The graphics are really good. My first thought was that it looks very similar to the gameday view in the main MLB At Bat application. There's only one stadium to play in, Citi Field the host for the All Star game, and it looks fantastic. With this being the Home Run Derby, you only have to worry about one thing -- hitting it out of the park. There are two different control methods, a drag and release to aim and swing, or aim with your left hand and tap to swing with your right. Home Run Derby has two different game modes, arcade and The Derby. Arcade mode is playable as many times as you like, and is done against a one minute time limit. You have a series of targets around the ground to aim for to increase your score, and the further you hit the ball the more points you get. Simple. Points means prizes, in the form of coins that are useable in the game to buy certain things with. The Derby follows the run of the real thing, so 10 outs and you're done. There's no time limit, you just keep going until you're all out of chances. To win, you have to progress through two rounds to get to the final. That's the good stuff. It's a fun little game to play, and if you hit a bigger home run that 457ft, then you've topped my best so far. The bad stuff is the in-app purchases. Sadly, the overriding feeling is that the game is designed around the purchases, and not the other way around. The first example; you get three 'tickets' to play the Home Run Derby. Once these are gone, it's a matter of hours before the next ticket arrives. You can make this quicker, and get more tickets, by paying. The in-game currency can be won, but you have to do well in the Home Run Derby several times before you have enough to really buy anything. The green notes aren't won in the arcade mode. Another example; You start out with one batter. More batters means more tickets to The Derby, and that means paying for them. Again, you either have to play and do well a lot over some time, or stump up the cash. You can improve your batters performance by way of a purchase, but you have to also purchase an additional slot to add this performance boost too. So, a double purchase. Whether it's your real money or your in-game currency, there is far too much emphasis on having to buy things to progress and ultimately get more out of the game. I'm happy enough slugging away in arcade mode personally, but it's sad that a fun little game feels so held back by the freemium model. More worrying too is that the App Store listing says "download free for a limited time only." If you think you might want this, I strongly recommend grabbing it right now while it's free. As a paid download I think I'd have a hard time recommending this. If the in-app purchases are overhauled, then it could be a different story. The Good Excellent graphics Simple, easy to pick up controls Authentic players, stadium and rules The Bad Too much emphasis on in-app purchases tarnishes the experience Glitches from time to time where menus stay visible over gameplay Apparent limited time offer on free download considering the level of in-app purchases The Bottom Line MLB Home Run Derby is a freemium game done wrong. Instead of building a game where in-app purchases boost progress, too often it feels like not paying up hurts. Three goes at the main Derby mode just isn't enough when it takes so long for another ticket to appear to play again. Thankfully, the Arcade mode isn't so constrained and is plenty of fun on its own to play. I like it though, really I do. I just don't like the way the in-app purchases have been implemented. Free - Download Now

Zite for iPad Updated – Improved Recommendations & More Posted: 22 May 2013 01:42 PM PDT The Zite app for iPad has been updated today, to Version 2.3. Zite is one of the leading news magazines apps for the iPad and learns from your interactions and tailors the content for you as you go along using it. I've seen many apps that claim to do this sort of thing, but Zite is by far the most effective at it. This latest update is focused on further improving the app's recommendation engine and tweaking the UI to make it even easier to use and to find the best content more quickly. Here are the new features listed for the 2.3 update: · We've made huge improvements to our recommendation engine to ensure that the stories we deliver are a good match for your interests. · Articles that you've read before will be greyed out (synced across all your devices). · We've enhanced some articles with pull quotes. You can see an example of the new greyed out... Read the whole entry... »         Related Stories Price Drops: Flickr Studio for iPad Free Today Only Best Free iPad App of the Week: Google+ Notable New iPad Apps: MLB.com Home Run Derby   This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Apple named world's most valuable brand for third year running Posted: 22 May 2013 12:32 PM PDT Apple continues its streak as the most valuable brand in the world, outperforming Google, IBM, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola, with Google surpassing IBM to become the second most valuable brand. The BrandZ report, which names the 100 most valuable companies in the world across several categories, says that Apple's brand value increased 1% as the entire technology sector remained declined slightly from last year, lacking a surge of growth from both Apple and Facebook. Without the surge in Apple and Facebook brand value that helped drive category growth, Technology declined 1 percent in the BrandZ™ 2013 ranking, after five years averaging 8 percent annual category growth. Other notable placements include Microsoft, which fell from number 5 to number 7, and Yahoo, three years absent from the list, returned at 92. Samsung, Apple's chief mobile hardware rival, which jumped from 55 to 30, experiencing a surge in growth. Apple remains at the top, however, well ahead of the rest of the list, in both technology and overall. Their growth may have slowed over the last year, but if the exciting new products on their way later this year make a splash, there's little doubt that Apple will remain on top for a long time to come. Source: Millward Brown This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Michael Gartenberg reportedly joins Apple marketing Posted: 22 May 2013 12:27 PM PDT Highly respected tech industry analyst Michael Gartenberg has reportedly left his previous employer, Gartner, for a position on Apple's marketing team. Forbes' Connie Guglielmo writes: Gartenberg didn't immediately reply to a voicemail message left at his office at Apple asking him to talk about his new role for the Cupertino, California-based company. He is working on the marketing team under Apple's global marketing chief Phil Schiller, according to sources. Gartenberg is terrific. He and Apple are lucky to have each other. Here's hoping Gartenberg's fresh set of eyes, and tremendous industry savvy, help Apple do an even better job than they're already doing, given the increasing competition. Congratulations, both. Source: Forbes

Just A Little Something to Make Your Hotel Stay Nicer: a Gold Plated iPad Posted: 22 May 2013 10:08 AM PDT The heck with stealing the towels – at this hotel you're going to want to leave the towels and sneak out with a gold-plated iPad. As Business Insider recently reported, the Burj Al Arab hotel, touted as one of the world's most luxurious hotels, is offering gold-plated iPads as a luxury amenity. When guests check in, they'll be given their own gold iPads, which will serve as a "virtual concierge" that offers information on everything from the hotel's restaurant menus and spa treatments to housekeeping and butler services. The iPads are given to the guests for the duration of their hotel stay. If they grow attached to them they can be bought in the hotel's boutique. I couldn't find the price for these gold-plated iPad 3 models at the hotel site or the manufacturer (Gold & Co)' site. I guess that puts them firmly in the 'If you have to ask…'... Read the whole entry... »          Comments My lord. Can you say, "high class"? I wish I could ... by James McAllister Related Stories Fancy Repairing Your Own iDevices? There's a Book for That Battle of the Bulge Lite (free) for iPad Out Now, Full Game on Sale Too iPad Basics: How to Change the Font in the Notes App   This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

TripIt for iPhone and iPad review: Track flights, flyer miles, car rentals, and more in one place Posted: 22 May 2013 10:26 AM PDT If you're planning on taking a vacation anytime soon or in the near future, you're probably already aware that there are typically lots of documents and information involved. Everything from boarding passes to rental car reservations to hotel reservations to anything else you may be planning. Keeping all of it straight can be a headache. That's where TripIt comes in to help you stay organized and keep everything all in one place. TripIt is basically an all in one travel planner directly on your iPhone and iPad. Not only do you have the ability to enter your flight information, but TripIt will actually auto-fill info upon arrival to your airline. Outside of just tracking flights, you can also track reservations for things such as car rentals and hotel reservations. Therefore, you eliminate some clutter from your life and gain the ability of entering all your information into one place for easy reference anytime you need it. Creating a trip in TripIt is dead simple. Just enter some basic details like where you're going and when you're returning and you're already started. From there you can enter as much or as little information as you want. Outside of organizing actual travel details, you can also enter meeting information and receive notifications when events are coming up with TripIt Pro. This makes TripIt not only good for vacations, but for business trips as well. TripIt offers a premium subscriptions called TripIt Pro as an in-app purchase for $49 a year in order to track other things such as frequent flyer miles on your credit cards. You can then view when your miles expire and how many you have at any given time. TripIt Pro is an add-on and not require but definitely a must have for anyone who travels semi-frequently to frequently. The good Easy to use interface that makes entering information quick and painless Push notifications for upcoming flights, events, reservations, and more with TripIt Pro Pro option allows you to track even more things such as frequent flier miles Inner Circle feature allows anyone you'd like to have automatic access to your travel plans (requires Pro membership) The bad No complaints The bottom line If you travel frequently or find yourself overwhelmed with keeping track of flight information and reservations for vacations, TripIt is a must have. For those who travel constantly, TripIt makes mapping out your trips painless and is well worth the $49 a year price tag to track virtually everything you'd need as well as receive notifications on the go. Before planning your next vacation, definitely give TripIt a look when it comes time for keeping track of all those bookings and reservations. $0.99 (ad based version available for free) - Download Now

Live from CTIA 2013... it's the Verizon liveblog! Posted: 22 May 2013 10:17 AM PDT We're coming to you live this morning from the beautiful Sands Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas, where Verizon is going to talk to us about ... something. Given the context of the CTIA venue, it's entirely possible we'll just be getting an update on Verizon's network capabilities -- and possibly an update on when to expect Voice Over LTE. Or, perhaps we'll actually get some new hardware.  Only one way to find out -- it's liveblog time! The show kicks off just after 2 p.m. EDT, and 11 a.m. PDT. (OK, technically things get going at 10 after, but we're nothing if not early.) Join us after the break as we bring it to you, live.

Is the Xbox One the Apple TV we've been waiting for? Posted: 22 May 2013 09:43 AM PDT Microsoft's Xbox One, unveiled Tuesday at a special event in Redmond, looks to blur the line between gaming and other forms of entertainment like watching TV. Watching Microsoft demonstrate the capabilities of the new system gave me a sense of déjà vu, because a lot of what Microsoft showed are features that pundits and bloggers would love to see from the heretofore mythical Apple television. I won't recap for you all the features and technologies available in the new system - for that I'll defer to our friends at Windows Phone Central. But the overarching message Microsoft offered was that the Xbox One is the centerpiece of the new home entertainment system. More than a game console, Xbox One serves as the nexus for television viewing, music and other forms of entertainment, and Microsoft is even striking out into original content development with shows created for Xbox Live. Perhaps predictably, they're developing a live action series around Halo. Microsoft execs veered into Minority Report territory by controlling the Xbox One using hand gestures and voice control. (The Xbox 360 with Kinect can do that now, but on a more limited basis.) Microsoft promises that the Kinect, to be included with Xbox One, is now high resolution enough to recognize your face and measure your heartbeat. Okay, now that I write that out, it sounds a bit creepy. But that's the direction we're moving. The center of home entertainment? Some people scratched their heads at the name. Xbox One? But we were already at 360! But it makes sense when you listen to Microsoft's pitch as the Xbox One as the center of home entertainment. Even the design of the Xbox One speaks to Microsoft's desire to broaden its appeal in the living room beyond mere gaming. The new box looks like a home entertainment appliance. Its squared off, simple lines and black and white trim guarantee the Xbox One will blend in well with a stereo receiver and flat screen TV, rather than drawing attention to itself like a traditional game console. Microsoft articulated a pretty comprehensive media strategy - original and third party game development, original entertainment content using Xbox Live as the broadcast medium, and integration with the rest of your home entertainment center to simplify the experience. And if you sift through most of the words written about Apple and its still-imaginary television, you'll find that many of those writers are hoping that Apple's working on the same track. I've read wild-eyed prognostications suggesting that Apple's foray into television would yield us devices that we'd talk with and gesture at; that Apple would be the savior to straighten out the mess of remotes and TV, DVR and cable box interfaces we're currently faced with. Compared with where we're at today, it's easy to understand the appeal of a single system that unifies our home entertainment experience. It's a problem that's been really difficult to tackle and done with only limited degrees of success. Logitech's Harmony remote was one such attempt, but it remains squarely a niche product. Wealthy homeowners can invest more money than a mid-range sedan in an automated home entertainment system, but that's a solution that's squarely aimed at one percenters. A changing landscape It's been eight years since the last Xbox system came out, and the landscapes of both home entertainment and gaming have changed dramatically - when the Xbox 360 debuted, the iPhone was still two years away from being introduced. Game consoles garned huge interactive entertainment dollars. Console games remain a multibillion dollar industry, but mobile technology and "casual gaming" have made a huge dent in a business that was once considered recession-proof and contraction-proof. What's more, consumers' use of game consoles has changed. In my house, for example, my kids are as likely to watch a Netflix movie streamed on their game console as they are to play a game. And the games they do play are increasingly downloaded from Xbox Live or the PlayStation Store, not bought at a retailer and inserted as a disc. The Xbox One will remain, at its core, a game console, but it makes sense that Microsoft wants to expand the Xbox One's role as an all-around entertainment center. One that has value to members of the household that simply aren't interested in gaming. Room for everyone Maybe Apple is working on some of the same problems Microsoft hopes to tackle with the Xbox One, maybe it isn't. Of one thing I'm certain: the chance is negligible that Apple will rework the Apple TV as a gaming platform, either through installable apps or lower-latency connections to iOS devices: AirPlay is fine for spectating games, but absolutely useless if you want to play game on your iOS device but use the TV as your only display. And if you think it's as easy as just making iOS apps available for the Apple TV, you're not thinking through the actual interface - multitouch doesn't work Obviously today's Apple TV is not the answer that pundits are looking for. All I know for sure is that until Apple actually has a product to announce, it's all rumor. And that pundits and bloggers have gotten enormous mileage out of a single comment that Tim Cook made in an interview last year when he called television an area of "intense interest" for Apple. For now, though, Microsoft is positioning the Xbox One as the centerpiece of the home entertainment system. And at least as it's envisioned today, the Apple TV is little more than a sideshow. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Home entertainment is big business, and there's plenty of room for different companies with different ideas. Apple's done quite nicely for itself up to now without dominating the entire living room.

How to share a course with iTunes U for iPhone and iPad Posted: 22 May 2013 09:33 AM PDT If you use iTunes U in order to subscribe to or download courses, you're probably already familiar with how it works and how to browse for items that interest you. There may come a time when you run across a course that you think may interest someone else. iTunes U makes courses easy to share it with anyone. Launch the iTunes U app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad. Tap on the Catalog button in the upper right hand corner in order to view the store. Now find the course that you'd like to share with someone and tap into it in order to view the summary screen. From here, tap the Share button in the upper right hand corner. You can now choose to share that course with someone via email, SMS, Twitter, Facebook, or simply copy the link in order to share it another way.

All-new iMore show debuts today at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET. Be here! Posted: 22 May 2013 09:32 AM PDT The all-new iMore show, the one I told you about yesterday, with the new day, time, format, and features, kicks off today at 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET. I'll be co-hosting the show with our own Peter Cohen, and joining us will be Derek Kessler of Mobile Nations, and special guest Michael Simmons of Flexibits. Want to be part of the show? Grab your iPhone or iPad, record a short (30 second) audio or video question or comment, and send it to imoreshow@mobilenations.com. Like, now!

Apple Germany now accepting PayPal, gives you more ways to give them money Posted: 22 May 2013 08:54 AM PDT Apple it seems has added a new way to give them money in Germany by adding PayPal as a method of payment at the online store. First reported by Macerkopf.de, PayPal now sits alongside the regular credit card payments for purchases from the German store. So far it doesn't seem to have spread any further than this. 9to5Mac reports that they've yet to see it in any locations they've checked, and we've also confirmed that the payment method does not appear yet in the UK or France. The Apple payment help page for the German store also confirms that customers will not be required to add PayPal as a preferred payment method to their Apple ID, instead completing the checkout process via the PayPal website. So, it could be the start of a wider roll out, or it might just be for German folks. We'll wait and see, but in the meantime if you're seeing the new payment method in your country, be sure to drop us a line in the comments and tell us where you are. Source: Macerkopf.de, 9to5Mac

Fancy Repairing Your Own iDevices? There’s a Book for That Posted: 22 May 2013 08:51 AM PDT If you fancy learning how to maintain and repair your iPad and all your iDevices, there's an impressive new book out that could serve as a starting point and handy reference guide. The book is 'The Unauthorized Guide to iPhone, iPad, and iPod Repair' and is billed as a DIY guide to extending the life of your iDevices. It's available in print and also in an Amazon Kindle edition and on the iBookstore. The book's author is Timothy L Warner, an Apple Certified Repair Technician and is said to be the only reference / tutorial of its kind that is in full color. Perhaps most impressively, the book has been thoroughly reviewed for technical accuracy and approved by the brilliant folks at iFixit.com. Here's a slice of the book's iBookstore description: Fix your own iPhone, iPad, or iPod with secret repair knowledge Apple doesn't want you to have! This groundbreaking,... Read the whole entry... »          Comments My nephew dropped my iPhone last week while playing some games, ... by James McAllister Related Stories Notable New iBooks: Riding on a Beam of Light Notable New iBooks – Led Zeppelin: Sound and Fury Defiance: the TV Show, the Game, and Now the iBook   This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Next week we'll tell you all about #TM13, today we'll give you a chance to win a trip for two to NYC for the launch party! Posted: 22 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT Enter to win a free trip for two to the TM13 launch party in NYC - visit MobileNations.com/tm13 and sign up for email updates! It's just that easy! For the past month or so, we've been teasing you about our new online event, code-named #TM13. That ends next week, when we officially announce the event, and tell you all about it. In the meantime, here's one last tease: The tease If you liked our old Smartphone Round Robins -- where there editors of Android Central, CrackBerry, iMore, and Windows Phone Central stopped being platform champions for a month, switched devices, and shared our thoughts -- you're going to love #TM13. It takes that conversation to the next level. The party While TM13 is an online event, we're going to celebrate the kick off with a real-life party. We'll provide the full details and open up RSVPs next week, but it'll be held the evening of June 6th and it'll be held in New York City! If you're in NYC, you'll really want to be there. It's going to be a night to remember -- the first time we've ever held a cross-site Mobile Nations meet-up with all of our site editors in attendance! The contest If you're not in NYC, we're going to give you the chance to win a free trip for two so you can still be there! To enter, all you need to do is head on over to mobilenations.com/tm13 and signup for #TM13 updates. If you've already signed up, you're already entered, what could be easier? Once TM13 is revealed next week, we'll be announcing the winner of the trip the next day so we can get it booked ASAP! That's it for now! I've said too much already! I'll just leave you with this -- hurry up and enter! Sign up to enter now!

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The Apple Store goes down, comes back up loaded for Fathers Day Posted: 22 May 2013 06:17 AM PDT During the night, when a lot of you were sleeping, the Apple Store went down. Sadly, there's no new goodies to report, but when it came back up it's loaded and ready to go for Apple's Fathers Day promo. With Fathers Day coming up, what better way to show your appreciation than with something from Apple. We're not just talking iPads and iPods, Apple has dedicated a whole section of the storefront to all those add-ons and accessories that Dad might enjoy using with his Apple devices. Be that a Nike Fuelband, a Bluetooth remote control Porsche, or even a GoPro Hero 3, there's bound to be something in there that would make your old Dad smile. So, to all the Dads out there; what would your dream Fathers Day gift from the Apple Store be? Once you've shared with us, time to get dropping those hints to your kids! Source: Apple Store

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