Apple has settled a lawsuit brought in 2011 after children ran up hundreds of dollars in spending on in-app purchases in freemium games. The company will give iTunes credits to parents who claim their minor bought in-app items without permission and the option of cash refunds for claims over $30. Reports GigaOm: The proposed settlement comes after parents sued Apple in 2011 upon...
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Copyright © 2013 brad0885. Visit the original article at http://isource.com/2013/02/22/ten-reasons-the-ipad-is-an-awesome-tool-for-classrooms-and-education/.The ability to work with iPads right on the desks of students makes them a powerful classroom tool.Over the past couple of years, I have had the awesome opportunity as a principal and teacher to be part of a school that adopted iPads...
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When Google released Google Maps for iOS in December, it also announced an SDK that iOS developers could use to implement Google Maps in their apps rather than Apple’s mapping solution. Tonight, Google announced an updated Maps SDK that adds ground overlay support and makes API keys available to all developers via the Google API Console. Previously, developers had to register and wait to...
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Copyright © 2013 brad0885. Visit the original article at http://isource.com/2013/02/09/an-iphone-5-user-tries-the-samsung-galaxy-note-ii/.The word puny never came to mind as I thought about my iPhone 5 before two weeks ago.  That was before I gave the Samsung Galaxy Note II a test run the past couple of weeks as my main phone.  Now, returning to the the iPhone 5 feels like using a...
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The third week of Apple’s “Get Stuff Done” Mac App Store promotion began today, dropping prices on a new set of apps. During the first week of the promotion Apple discounted several task management apps, and last week, several organizational apps went on sale. This week Apple is highlighting apps that fall into the Mac Utility category, such as login-saving app 1Password and...
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