Weekly News Roundup – 10 August 2012
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Once again the week is coming to an end and that means it’s time for a roundup of the past weeks news!
The Next iPhone’s Leaked Battery Pack Is Thin, Higher-Capacity And Makes LTE Possible – This is the next-gen iPhone’s new battery: a 3.8V 1440mAH lithium-ion pack with a watts-per-hour measurement of 5.45 wHR.
Apple, Samsung, Forced To Open Their Financial Books In Trial Today – For those of us watching the trial of Apple vs Samsung this week, the fact that Judge Lucy Koh made the companies reveal confidential sales data is something of a no-brainer. The jury will need to look at the sales of the various devices from the two mobile technology giants to decide at some point what the damages should be, if any.
WordPress iOS app update brings new UI, features – Today, the WordPress team shipped an update to the iOS app that changes the user interface and adds features that should help power users with multiple WP sites get more work done
PIxelmator 2.1 offers Retina and iCloud support, more – Pixelmator has always been popular for the not-quite-ready-for-the-expense-of-Photoshop crowd, now this new update makes it even more desirable.
Pulse, a premier iOS news reader, comes to computers through web application – Pulse has come up with a great solution that is not exclusive like a downloadable app. Instead, it is a fully featured web application.
Apple Retail Stores Begin Price Matching iPhone Discounts from Carriers and Major Retailers – Apple’s retail stores have been given authorization to match these discounted prices from approved major retailers and carriers.
Google to Pay $22.5 Million Settlement in Safari Privacy Circumvention Case – In line with last month’s report on negotiations between Google and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the company’s circumvention of privacy settings in Safari, the FTC has officially announced that Google has agreed to pay a record $22.5 million penalty to settle the case.
Tests Find OS X Mountain Lion May Significantly Degrade Notebook Battery Life – Ars writer Chris Foresman, after extended testing, discovered that the battery life of his Retina MacBook Pro review unit dropped 38% from its previous 8-hours. He was unable to narrow down blame for the battery loss to any particular bit of software or system process.
