Nvidia head sees competition for iPad

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple's iPad is finally about to get some real competition.

At least according to Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and chief executive of chip designer Nvidia.

In under three years, he says tablets using Google's Android platform -- and his company's processors -- could overtake Apple Inc's red-hot iPad as improved versions and more applications hit the market.

The iPad gets the Presidential seal of approval

President Barack Obama has joined the 15-or-so million people in the iPad nation. He was recently photographed carrying the iPad with an Apple smart cover.

Last month, the President told Univision’s Jorge Ramos that he owns an iPad, and joked that of course he has his own computer (reportedly a MacBook Pro).

Apple: IPhone not tracking users, will get update

NEW YORK – Apple denied that the iPhone has a privacy problem Wednesday — and then promised to fix it. It took the technology giant a week to respond to a brouhaha over how the devices log their owners' movements.

Privacy concerns erupted last week when security researchers said a file found on PCs linked to iPhones allowed them to create maps of the phones' movements for up to a year. Combined with similar questions about Google's Android smartphone software, the news left privacy-conscious smartphone users wondering how much information they were unknowingly giving up.

Steve Jobs's 10-Word Defense of the iPhone's Location Tracking

It's been a week since the iPhone location-tracking scandal began and still no official statement from Apple. But according to an email exchange obtained by MacRumors, CEO Steve Jobs remains unapologetic and says Google's Android phones are the real culprits.

"We don't track anyone. The info circulating around is false," reads an email from Jobs to a customer complaining about reports that the iPhone transmits users longitude-latitude coordinates to Apple.

Steve Jobs: We're Not Tracking Anyone, but Android Is

Steve Jobs himself has reportedly answered a reader's question about the recent iPhone tracking scandal.

A MacRumors reader apparently emailed Jobs asking for "clarification" on the issue, MacRumors reported Monday.

The reader asked Jobs why location-tracking within iOS was necessary, and--possibly to bait the Apple CEO into responding--threatened to switch to Android, stating "they don't track me."

Apple slammed over iPhone, iPad location tracking

SAN FRANCISCO – Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple Inc. about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users — records that cellular service providers routinely keep but require a court order to disgorge.

It's not clear if other smartphones and tablet computers are logging such information on their users. And this week's revelation that the Apple devices do wasn't even new — some security experts began warning about the issue a year ago.

Is Apple Planning a New iOS Device?

There seems to be fresh Apple rumors every day. But the latest buzz doesn't make predictions about the iPad 3 or the iPhone 5. Rather, a developer has uncovered a placeholder in the App Store that suggests the company might release another iOS device.

Panic developer Cabel Sasser noticed the name "ix.Mac.MarketingName" alongside the names of such familiar products as the iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone under the hardware requirements for certain new apps in the App Store, MacRumors says. Whether it's actually a new product or just a bug is unclear. However, on Wednesday evening, it was listed on the description for Prompt, Panic's new SSH client for iOS, as well as many other universal apps.

Mythical white iPhone rumored to be on the way (again)

After 10 months of rumors, announcements, innuendo, accidental listings and reassurances from Apple (AAPL), a new report from Bloomberg says we’re only weeks from seeing a white iPhone 4 on store shelves.

Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing at Apple, announced in March via Twitter that the iPhone equivalent of a unicorn would seriously, finally, be available this spring. Well, spring is, uh, now, and unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Steve Jobs has seen his shadow and the white iPhone will be upon us by the end of the month.

iPads take a place next to crayons in kindergarten

Kindergartener Lucius Rice, 6, center,

 demonstrates to Kindergarten teachers

 Sue larue, left to right, …

PORTLAND, Maine – Kindergarten classes are supplementing crayons, finger paints and flashcards with iPads, a development that excites supporters but that detractors worry is wasted on pupils too young to appreciate the expense.

Next fall, nearly 300 kindergartners in the central Maine city of Auburn will become the latest batch of youngsters around the country to get iPad2 touchpad tablets to learn the basics about ABCs, 1-2-3s, drawing and even music.

Why "post PC" doesn't mean "sans PC"

Apple has taken a lot of flak for Steve Jobs’s comments at the iPad 2 launch event, which heralded the coming of the post-PC world.

If you mention that statement on Twitter, you’ll immediately be confronted by couple of your followers over the fact that the iPad 2 itself is dependent on a PC for activation and syncing content. Which is to say, most commentators have completely missed the point… and likely failed Latin in High School as well.

Harman releases iOS app for controlling its professional wireless audio systems

Professional audio equipment manufacturer Harman has released Powered by Crown, an iOS app that can control its ethernet-based line of Crown amplifiers from an iOS device.

The app is compatible with Crown and JBL digital audio systems that operate over an ethernet connection; it can be used to perform a variety of tasks, like equalizing the sound, verifying output levels, and even monitoring the waveforms produced by an amplifier in realtime.

28 iPad 2 Tips and Tricks

Your new iPad 2 might not be as full-featured (or as complicated) as a laptop or desktop PC, but a few neat tricks are still hidden between the surface. Read on to learn how to secure your iPad, sync your bookmarks, and more.

Apple Admits iPad 2 3G Issues

Apple admitted on Friday it is looking into a Verizon 3G connectivity issue that some iPad 2 owners are reporting.

Microsoft releases Bing for iPad app

“Just Bing it” may have failed to catch on with the public’s search vernacular to date, but Microsoft’s most recent attempt to bring its search engine to the masses has culminated in the release Bing for iPad.

iPad 2s Are Being Held Back at Best Buy for a Promotion

Best Buy is acknowledging reports that its employees are holding back inventories of Apple's fast-selling iPad 2. But the electronics retail chain said it was doing so for an upcoming promotion, and insists its relationship with Apple is fine.

Report: Apple Investigates Verizon IPad 2 Problem

Apple is reportedly investigating complaints from iPad 2 owners who say they can't connect to Verizon's cellular network, according to a story on the All Things Digital blog on Friday.

Apple vs. All the Rest: Every Mobile App Store Compared

Last month Amazon threw open the doors on its very own Appstore, creating a new place for users of Android devices to find apps. At the same time, Apple has been vigorously challenging anyone andeveryone over the use of the term "App Store," while Microsoft last week bragged about the integrity of its apps in the Windows Marketplace. Clearly app stores, which three years ago were a relatively unknown thing to anyone outside of the gaming world, are now big business—for owners of platforms, developers, and ambitious third parties like Amazon.

Now You Can Check In to Events on Facebook's iPhone App

As promised, Facebook has released a new version of its iPhone application that gives users the ability to check in to events. Version 3.4, released Monday, also now includes a map view for Places and the ability to unfriend Facebook friends in-app.

iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup [INFOGRAPHIC]

Not since the first iPhone was rolled out in 2007 has there been so much chatter about one gadget. There have been so many rumors about the iPhone 5, it's difficult to keep them all straight, but those talented French artists at Nowhere Else have laid them out for us here in beautiful style. Merci beaucoup, mes amis!

Be sure to check the blue progress bars for the likelihood of each one of these rumors to actually occur. They look mostly accurate to us, with one exception: After last night's revelations about Sony's involvement with the next iPhone's image sensor from Sony's Sir Howard Stringer, that 50% chance of a better camera seems like it ought to be around 80 to 90%.

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Cablevision launches iPad app to watch TV at home

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cablevision Systems Corp is launching an app for customers using its Optimum package to watch television on their iPads at home, the company said on Saturday.