Month: May 2013

 Apple, Inc.

Apple updating AppleCare and In-Store Repair options

Dan Uff May 11, 2013 0

According to a report from AppleInsider.com, on Friday, Apple held a Town Hall Meeting to discuss changes and additions for members who have the company's AppleCare product. The reported changes are set to roll out in the U.S. initially, and then to the rest of the world at later dates.

"The biggest announcement, was the way repairs for iPhones will be handled soon," the person, who asked not to be identified due to their active status as an Apple employee, told AppleInsider. "The way it is now, if almost anything is wrong with an iPhone, iPod, or iPad, the entire device is exchanged for a like-new re manufactured (sic) device, whether brought into an apple store or sent in for mail in repair. Now we are starting to actually repair the products and return the same device to the customer."

Currently, Apple Stores can do some on-site repairs to an iOS device and Macs. Apple hopes to save around one million a year when the changes go into effect.

No word on when these changes will be available to customers.

U.S. D.O.D. to Grant Apple's iPhone Special Security Clearance Next Week

Dan Uff May 11, 2013 0

The United States Department of Defense has said to various media outlets that it plans on allowing Apple's iOS devices into the Pentagon's secure network early next week. This will open the door for exclusive military contracts that are currently dominated by the BlackBerry platform.

14 Year Old Finds iPad Smart Cover Magnets Could Shut Off Implanted Defibrillators

Dan Uff May 10, 2013 0

A 14 year old student who was working on a science project for her school accidentally made a discovery that could have possible side effects for anyone who may have an Implanted Defibrillator and use an iPad Smartcover.

The student, by the name of Gianna Chien, was entered in a science project contest for her school. While the project did not win first place, she will be presenting her findings to 8,000 doctors at a meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society in Denver, reports Bloomberg News.

"The research offers a valuable warning for people with implanted defibrillators, which deliver an electric shock to restart a stopped heart, said John Day, head of heart-rhythm services at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, and chairman of the panel that reviews scientific papers to be presented at the Denver meeting.

If a person falls asleep with the iPad2 on the chest, the magnets in the cover can “accidentally turn off” the heart device, said Chien, a high school freshman in Stockton, California, whose father is a doctor. “I definitely think people should be aware. That’s why I’m presenting the study.”

While it is a known fact that implanted defibrillators can be shut off as a means of safety for a patient, the magnet(s) is/are usually stronger then a normal consumer magnet. But as Chien's science project showed, that about 30% of patients who put an iPad (with a Smartcover connected to it) and held it close to their chest, that the device did turn off. While most defibrillators will turn on when the device was taken away, some need to be turned on manually, thereby providing a possible medical emergency.

Microsoft wants iTunes for Windows 8; but Apple is not interested

Dan Uff May 10, 2013 0

Rumor has it that Microsoft asked Apple if they would make a version of their iTune Content Software for Windows 8. But a Microsoft rep. told CNN that the company is not interested in providing such a version.

According to Microsoft's Chief Financial Officer of their Windows division:

"You shouldn't expect an iTunes app on Windows 8 any time soon, iTunes is in high demand. The welcome mat has been laid out. It's not for lack of trying."