Bing for iPad got just updated to version 1.1. The new version introduces a unique new search feature called ‘Lasso’. It is basically a blend between the traditional text search and visual search. You can ‘Lasso’ in the desired search words on any webpage you visit with the Bing app. In the video above you can clearly see it in action. It actually looks pretty easy to do a keyword search on Harry Potter.
To download Bing v1.1 for iPad, please fire up your Apple App Store and do a traditional search for Bing ;)
We’ve had a dozen rumors of when the next generation iPhone will hit the markets. Digitimes today joined the game by using an unnamed source who claim that Taiwan supply companies “have begun to prepare materials for the production” of both the next generation iPhone and iPad. The same source states that the devices will debut in September, and will be available in October.
Huge grain of salt again with these types of rumors.
LulzSec is now pretty well known around the world. This is the group that did a hacking spree that lasted 50 days. During these days they hacked many large organizations, like Sony, like AT&T. Now they’ve released an image of what is claimed to be the iPhone 5. AT&T should release this device in August or September. Take this rumor with a MASSIVE amount of salt.
Here’s the document that confirmed the timing and LTE capability.
Digitimes today reported that the Apple iPhone 5 will come with a dual-LED flash. The flash will be manufactured by Everlight Electronics, Edison Opto or Lite-On Technology. All companies have previously been involved in production of dual-LED flashes. The dual-LED could also be the reason why Apple decided to move the flash away from the camera module.
Digitimes cited the following:
The rumors come amid market reports indicating that Apple reduced its orders for Lumileds high-power LED flash products from Philips recently and switched the orders for LED flashes to Taiwan makers.
Edison, which is specialized in the production of high-power LEDs, has begun shipping its LED flash products to branded handset vendors and therefore has a high chance of winning dual-LED flash orders from Apple, the sources noted.
Rumors have been flying around this morning telling that PopCap would be acquired buy some company for over $1+ billion. That mystical buyer is now told to be Electronic Arts. TechCrunch heard this from two different sources, who both claim that EA is the buyer. $1 billion is roughly 13% of EA’s market cap, so this is a huge bet for EA.
Flickr is the most popular photo sharing service available. But what is the most popular camera used to snap these pictures? The Nikon D90 has for long been the single most popular camera used on Flickr. This changed today, when Apple’s iPhone 4 became the most popular used camera!
In the cameraphones category the iPhone 4 is obviously also the most used, but it is followed by the iPhone 3G and 3GS. The first non-Apple cameraphone is the HTC Evo 4G, which is the fourth most used smartphones. The fifth spot is grabbed again by Apple, with the iPod touch.
The iPhone 4 is certainly not the best cameraphone out there, but it is the most used one.
Ever heard of a company called Nuance? Well, it has been countless times been rumored to have been bought by Apple, and that it is in fact the company that is behind Apple’s speech recognition software used in Mac OS X Lion.
Well that same company also has an app called SpeechTrans Ultimate, which is currently available in the Apple App Store. What makes this super interesting is the screen shots of the app posted in iTunes. The image you see above does look a lot like an iPhone 4, but it isn’t an exact copy. The screen is much bigger on this one. In fact, the screen could be 4-inches. The currently shipping iPhone has a screen size of 3.5-inches. It seems like the screen got bigger, but the size of the device will stay roughly the same. The image clearly shows the nearly borderless screen layout, which is a feature rumored to hit the next generation iPhone (iPhone 5/4G/4S).
Check out the Nuance’s SpeechTrans Ultimate app from the App store here.
Apple and Nokia today ended their almost two-year-long legal battle over patents held by Nokia. Apple agreed to pay Nokia royalties over current and future products. Apple will also pay a one-time payment over devices sold till today. The companies didn’t specify exact terms of the deal. However, a Deutsche Bank analyst, Kai Korschelt, has given an estimate on how much actually Apple will have to pay Nokia.
According to Mr. Korschelt, Apple will pay a 1 percent royalty over every iPhone sold till today. Over 110 million units have been sold till today, so that would mean a hefty one-time payment of roughly €420 million (roughly 100 million iPhones sold till today, so 4,3€ would be payed of every sold iPhone). On a quarterly basis Apple will pay roughly €95 million in royalties. This number will of course change with higher or lower than expected sales of the iPhone. A pretty good deal if you ask me :)
