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You might not be able to make or receive calls on your iPhone if you have certain settings turned on, if your software isn't up to date, or if there's a problem with your network.
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| Read more »You might not be able to make or receive calls on your iPhone if you have certain settings turned on, if your software isn't up to date, or if there's a problem with your network.
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| Read more »Apple released a preview version of its new Photos for Mac app to testers today, and some developers noticed a new private framework used to build the iPhoto replacement called UXKit. While Apple often uses private frameworks that never become accessible to developers, the UXKit framework is notable as it appears to be a version of […]
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Hackers broke into the databases of Anthem Inc., the second-largest health insurer in the U.S., and stole up to 80 million customers' personal information. The data includes current and former customers' names, birthdays, medical IDs, social security numbers, street addresses, email addresses and employment information, Anthem president and CEO Joseph Swedish wrote in a note sent to customers. There is no evidence at this time that credit card or medical information such as claims, test results or diagnostic codes were targeted or stolen.
Apple's first beta of the new Photos application for OS X showcases a sleek, uncluttered interface that will instantly feel natural to anyone who has used the modern Photos app for iPhone and iPad, bringing welcome features and strong iCloud integration to the desktop.
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Between 1974 and 1979, the Canadian government tested the idea of a basic income guarantee (BIG) across an entire town, giving people enough money to survive in a way that no other place in North America has before or since.
For those four years—until the project was cancelled and its findings packed away—the town's poorest residents were given monthly checks that supplemented what modest earnings they had and rewarded them for working more. And for that time, it seemed that the effects of poverty began to melt away. Doctor and hospital visits declined, mental health appeared to improve, and more teenagers completed high school.
Damn Canadian socialists.
| Read more »When one of the largest fitness attire companies on the planet starts to look into wearables, people take notice.
Under Armour has apparently shelled out $560 million to buy two fitness apps, giving it access to a mountain of data about health enthusiasts that it hopes will help it to sell more sportswear.
The company will pay US$475 million to buy MyFitnessPal, a HealthKit-integrated app that helps people lose weight by letting them record what they eat and count calories. It will also pay US$85 million for Endomondo, an app from Denmark that lets people track their activity, whether that's running or doing gymnastics.
Combined with the fitness services it already owns, Under Armour says the deals give it access to "the world's largest digital health and fitness community," with 120 million registered users. And the more people log and share what they do, the more...
| Read more »Good news for all of you artists and doodlers out there: FiftyThree's widely popular app, Paper, ditched its in-app purchase system on Thursday, opting for an all-you-can-eat download instead. Paper's Sketch, Outline, Write, Color, and Mixer tools are now available for free.
All of these tools! For free!
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| Read more »If you're on the fence and hesitant about buying an Apple Watch, you might be able to rent one first.
A gadget rental outfit called Lumoid plans to rent Apple Watches as part of its wearable rental program for consumers, said, Aarthi Ramamurthy, the company's founder and CEO.
Lumoid will roll out a waiting list on its website later this week for consumers looking to get their hands on the device when it begins shipping in April.
Although details about the Apple Watch are still emerging, pricing rumors have the watch retailing for between US$349 for the Sport model and US$5,000 for the gold edition.
"Before breaking the bank on the smartwatch, consumers should be able to try it out," Ramamurthy said.
At present, Lumoid lets customers rent up to five wearable devices for a period of seven days. At the end of the week, if the customer decides not to make a...
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Providing many of the features found in its mobile sibling, the Yosemite-only Photos for OS X offers an interface less cluttered than iPhoto, improved navigation, simpler yet more powerful editing tools, the ability to sync all your images to iCloud (though it doesn't require you to), and new options for creating books, cards, slideshows, calendars, and prints. I've had the opportunity to take an early look at Photos, and this is what I've found.
This is the developer preview but, in my experience, it's pretty stable with few true glitches or bugs. Keep in mind, this is not (yet at least) a professional Aperture or Lightroom level app. But, that being said, it's still pretty good.
| Read more »You've got to admit, GoPro makes a good camera.
For GoPro users, GoPro Studio 2.0 for the HERO4 cameras has just hit and is packed with some pretty decent new features. The software, which can be downloaded here, offers the following fixes and changes:
New Modes + Features:
- Adds Time Lapse Video mode
- Adds 720p240 video mode (Narrow FOV only)
- Adds 2.7K60 video mode
- Adds Auto Image Rotation
- Adds 30 photos/6 seconds Burst rate
Performance Improvements:
- Changes Protune™ default video ISO to 1600
Usability Improvements:
- Adds Reset option for camera Wi-Fi settings
- Displays Night Lapse shutter time on the camera status screen
LCD Touch BacPac Improvements:
- Delivers the...
walterbyrd writes Apple is in talks with TV programmers to put together its own over-the-top pay TV service, Recode says. According to the site's industry sources, Apple's proposed service would comprise of bundles of programming, secured through deals with content providers and sold direct to consumers, rather than a full TV lineup. Apple has reportedly already shown demonstrations of the proposed service to people in charge of TV programming, but Recode says the talks 'seem to be in early stages,' with the pricing and release date still yet to be set.
| Read more »Developers can be among the first to get their hands on the new Photos for OS X application, thanks to the release of a preview build of of OS X 10.10.3 on Thursday.
| Read more »FiftyThree:
Beginning today, the Draw, Sketch, Outline, Write, Color, and Mixer tools in Paper are available for free for everyone.
I can't draw a straight line with a ruler but Paper is my favourite app for doodling and showing off the iPad's drawing capabilities to others. Go grab these apps now.
| Read more »Apple is rolling out the first pre-release seed of OS X 10.10.3 to testers and developers today including the all-new Photos app with support for iCloud Photo Library beta. Previously, iCloud Photo Library was only available for desktop users through iCloud.com using a web app. The new Photos app replaces iPhoto while Aperture is also no longer […]
| Read more »Google has access to Twitter like everyone else, but the process of crawling the network for tweets is a painstaking one. But later this year, Twitter will make it easier for Google to show tweets in search results now that the two companies have reportedly patched up their relationship.
The agreement isn't official, but Bloomberg reported Wednesday evening that Google and Twitter are working on a deal that would let Google plug back into Twitter's firehose of data. The search engine had access to the stream from 2009 to 2011, but was cut off after Twitter began tightening access to its API. Twitter allows Bing and Yahoo access to the firehose, so it's not surprising that Google is being allowed back into the fold.
| Read more »Future iPhones and iPads could move Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor from the device's home button to the display itself, allowing a more seamless and potentially dynamic way for a device to securely authenticate a user.
| Read more »Forums: Troubleshooting
Good Evening Xsan Admins.
I would like to share with you an experience i had configuring a brand new Xsan 4.
I have my two Mdc, configured in the DNS as the following:
mdc1.xsan 192.168.0.100
mdc1-private.xsan 10.0.0.100
mdc2.xsan 192.168.0.101
mdc2-private.xsan 10.0.0.101
The metadata network is the 10.0.0.x, so the hostname is set to the public one, the mdc1.xsan with 192.168.0.x
The Open Directory is created properly, and so the Xsan, with it's volume comes up nice.
Unlike the Xsan up to Maverick, during the creation of the Xsan, it doesn't comes up the selector of the Metadata network, and in the fsnameserver file, the IP showed is the 192.168.0.100 and 101: the public one.
What i've noticed, is that the Xsan takes as Metadata network, the Primary address of the Open directory...
| Read more »SwiftKey, one of the more popular third party iOS 8 keyboards on the App Store, is out with a new version today adding both new features and additional languages. Since iOS 8, SwiftKey had been able to replace the standard Apple iOS keyboard, and the new version also packs in the complete Emoji keyboard in […]
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| Read more »Back in January of 2014, BlackBerry sued the makers of the Typo, a hardware keyboard case for the iPhone. BlackBerry argued that the Typo violated its keyboard patents, and it's not hard to see why the court eventually came down on BlackBerry's side—the Typo is a clear imitation of the keyboard BlackBerry has been selling with its phones for years.
The US District Court of Northern California ordered Typo to halt sales, and the injunction went into effect on April 15, 2014. However, Typo didn't comply, and BlackBerry decided to pursue a contempt of court charge that the court has now...
| Read more »Popular health tracking service and iOS app MyFitnessPal has been acquired by clothing maker Under Armour for nearly a half-billion dollars, while iOS 8 custom keyboard SwiftKey has added predictive emoji entry, and WhatsApp Messenger has been updated with a new quick camera button.
| Read more »Back for a limited time: AI readers can use exclusive coupons at one of Apple's top authorized resellers to get the lowest prices anywhere on all 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display configurations by instantly knocking an additional $55-90 off already reduced pricing.
| Read more »While Swatch certainly won't be partnering with Apple on the iPhone maker's upcoming Watch despite an ill-fated rumor that surfaced last year, the watchmaker does plan to go toe-to-toe with Apple promising its own version of a smartwatch due out soon. Bloomberg reports that Swatch plans to bring its answer to the Apple Watch to market in the next 90 days.
The device will communicate via the Internet "without having to be charged," Chief Executive Officer Nick Hayek said in an interview. The Swatch smartwatch will also let consumers make mobile payments and work with Windows and Android software, he said.
It's unclear if Swatch intends for its own smartwatch to be compatible with iPhones like the Apple Watch or...
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There were 9 billion Internet of Things (IoT) units installed at the end of 2013 by IDC's count, and its analysts expect the figure to hit 28 billion by 2020. That's going to make life difficult for IT security administrators. A Tripwire survey found that employed consumers who took work home had an average of 11 IoT devices on their home networks, and 24 percent of them had connected at least one of these devices to their enterprise network. The survey covered 404 IT professionals and 302 executives in the United States and the UK.
If Google's mapping vehicles seemed a bit strange, Apple may have their own making the rounds.
A number of minivans with what appears to be camera equipment and a LiDAR sensor mounted to the roof that have appeared around California in recent weeks could be part of a new Apple project, as at least one of the vehicles is registered to the company.
The minivans sport an X-shaped frame mounted to their luggage racks, with dark recesses that likely house cameras at each corner. The California Department of Motor Vehicles confirmed to San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX that a blue Dodge Caravan spotted with the equipment was leased to Apple.
Along with the cameras, a pair of spinning cylindrical devices fitted to the front and rear look to be LiDAR sensors. LiDAR is a laser-based technology used to make high-resolution maps, and also forms an integral part of the sensing systems on...
| Read more »Typo, the Ryan Seacrest-backed company selling an iPhone case with an integrated hardware keyboard, has been ordered to pay BlackBerry around $860,600 in the ongoing case between the two companies, Reuters reports.
If you're unfamiliar, BlackBerry didn't particularly like the Typo keyboard's resemblance to its own iconic, albeit obsolete, keyboard included on its dwindling smartphone lineup and covered by its patents. After the court handed down an injunction following an original suit filed in January of 2014, a US District Judge in San Francisco ruled this week that Typo will have to pay the £567,303, or approximately $860,600, fine for violating the injunction and continuing to sell the product.
Despite little interest from anyone and generally poor reviews, Typo plans to keep making its...
| Read more »Apple's interest in indoor positioning technology could go well beyond just identifying a user's location, by offering estimated wait times at a variety of businesses, allowing iPhone users to adjust their schedules and save time by avoiding high-traffic periods of the day.
| Read more »Paper by FiftyThree, the popular illustrating app for iPad, is making a significant change to its app price today. While Paper for iPad has been free to download and use since its debut, the app has also had tools for drawing and illustrating available for unlocking through in-app purchases as well.
Starting today, FiftyThree is making the all tools offered in Paper free for everyone to use. FiftyThree is now including the Draw, Sketch, Outline, Write, and Color tools for every Paper user. Previously, the essential tools were $3.99 to unlock as a package while individual tools could be have for $0.99 each.
The various essential tools allow you to illustrate using pencils, pens, and marker textures, for example...
| Read more »One of the first posts I ever did for The Loop was this epic Danish bus ad.
Well, M2Film, the team behind the Midttrafik ad, is back with a sequel. Enjoy.
| Read more »Your tweets will soon be visible in Google's search results in much closer to real time.
| Read more »Reuters did a survey of top hospitals to see which ones were running a HealthKit pilot program.
| Read more »Flash is no longer in the Google Play Store, and now YouTube has officially moved from Flash to HTML5 as a default.
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Dartmouth University researchers are shining a new light on using "smart spaces" in ambient room lighting to transmit both data and human gestures. The three-month-old research pushes the envelope beyond advancements already made by researchers in the UK, at the University of Edinberg. The integrated Visible Light Communication project (iVLC) marks the first time an integrated networking and sensing environment has been proposed for sending information by light, according to the researches at Dartmouth.
Converting video files from a variety of media sources can be a huge chore. That task can be much more manageable with HandBrake, a GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder. It is available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows, which makes working on more than one platform a bit more convenient. The latest version for Linux, version 0.10 released Nov. 23, has many upgrades. However, the Linux version lacks a few of the features in the Windows and Mac versions.
Speck's ultra-trippy CandyShell, Seidio's waterproof Obex, and more
This week's roundup of new iPhone cases includes unique themes, a exoskeleton-style case, and useful wallets—with a few more traditional cases thrown in for good measure.
The eXo (iPhone 6; $130) sports an unusual look that's actually designed to protect your iPhone's ultra-vulnerable corners without hiding any original features.
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| Read more »From the upcoming book Believer, US President Barack Obama's Chief campaign advisor David Axelrod gives a small tidbit on a meeting Obama had before he became president. He called it:
In 2007, Obama got a sneak peek at the iPhone during a private meeting with Apple's Steve Jobs. "If it were legal, I would buy a boatload of Apple stock. This thing is going to be really big," Obama said after the meeting.
AAPL stock was selling at a split adjusted $12-14 a share in early 2007 so if he would have done quite well if it hadn't been illegal.
Not everybody was impressed with the iPhone in its original form. Microsoft's then CEO Steve Ballmer dismissed it in a famous rant after the launch:
One person who did 'get it' immediately was ...
| Read more »While rumors have long claimed that Apple has plans to replace Intel's x86 chips in Macs with its own custom ARM Application Processors, there are a series of more valuable opportunities available to Apple's silicon design team, each of which has the potential to replicate Apple's history of beating Intel in mobile chips and in building mobile GPUs without the help of Nvidia or AMD.
| Read more »An exclusive report by Reuters noted that 14 of the top 23 hospitals in the U.S. have already rolled out a pilot program using Apple's iOS 8 Health app, or "are in talks to do so."
| Read more »Reuters tonight reported that it recently polled 23 of the nation's top hospitals and found that 14 of them have already launched the first stages of programs built on Apple's HealthKit software in place, or have plans to do so in the near future.
These programs will allow doctors to monitor patients with chronic medical conditions and alert them at the first sign of a problem, giving users the ability to take preventative action rather than reactive. These programs will likely be expanded to include data collected by the Apple Watch when it debuts later this year.
Apple has put together a team of experts to act as liaisons between the company and its...
| Read more »Microsoft has acquired the Sunrise calendar application in a deal worth over $100 million, a report revealed today. The buyout may be the next step in the company's plans to revamp its mobile offerings, which started with the release of the new Outlook email app—also based on...
| Read more »This is a win for BlackBerry, which is kind of rare these days.
Also, if a federal judge orders an injunction against you, you should probably obey the injunction.
On Wednesday, a federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Typo Products owes BlackBerry more than US$860,000 for violating an injunction barring sales of its original iPhone keyboard case.
The contempt finding has to do with BlackBerry's allegations that Typo continued to sell and market the original Typo case despite a court injunction issued in March of last year. Typo has since released a second product, Typo 2, that it says is designed to avoid intellectual property conflicts with BlackBerry.
BlackBerry had asked for US$2.6 million in sanctions, plus attorneys' fees, saying that Typo made at least two bulk sales of Typo cases and performed 100 warranty replacements after the injunction went into effect....
| Read more »Juan Pablo Vazquez Sampere, writing for Harvard Business Review, "We Shouldn't Be Dazzled by Apple's Earnings Report":
But one thing has changed. Apple used to revolutionize
industries, announcing record sales numbers because it had
introduced a new technology, feature, or product that we had never
imagined but that, when we saw it, we all instantly wanted. That
Apple seems no longer present. In this instance, all Apple has
done is copy a feature for its own best customers. While that's
very effective for today, it does not solve the problem of
tomorrow for a company that competes on serial innovation.
That one feature he's talking about is the larger display sizes for the iPhone 6. I'll reiterate that Apple has never been a company that serially produced revolutionary product after revolutionary product. Their revolutions...
| Read more »Typo, makers of a BlackBerry-like keyboard accessory for the iPhone, were ordered Wednesday to pay the Canadian smartphone maker $860,000 plus attorneys' fees and costs after failing to heed a sales injunction handed down last March.
| Read more »Nerval's Lobster writes Developers assume that Swift, Apple's newish programming language for iOS and Mac OS X apps, will become extremely popular over the next few years. According to new data from RedMonk, a tech-industry analyst firm, Swift could reach that apex of popularity sooner rather than later. While the usual stalwarts—including JavaScript, Java, PHP, Python, C#, C++, and Ruby—top RedMonk's list of the most-used languages, Swift has, well, swiftly ascended 46 spots in the six months since the firm's last update, from 68th to 22nd. RedMonk pulls data from GitHub and Stack Overflow to create its rankings, due to those sites' respective sizes and the public nature of their data. While its top-ranked languages don't trade positions much between reports, there's a fair amount of churn at the lower end of the rankings. Among those "smaller" languages, R has enjoyed stable popularity over the past six months, Rust and Julia continue to climb, and Go has exploded upwards—...
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Millions of Android users have been hit by malware posing as games on Google Play, according to Avast security researcher Flip Chytry. The malware harbors fake ads that pop up when users unlock their devices, to warn them about nonexistent infections, or that their devices are out of date or have porn. Victims are then asked to take action. If they agree, they are redirected to poisoned Web pages that contain a variety of hazards. Google spokesperson Elizabeth Markman did not confirm how many devices had been hit.
It's been years since we first heard that Steve Jobs had "cracked" TV, but we haven't seen much progress on that front outside of a few updates to the Apple TV set-top box. Recode reports today, however, that Apple is now in talks to launch its own web-based TV service.
The service is not expected to be a full offering of current television programming, but rather a package of select shows offered as part of a subscription. The content would be distributed over the web. A prototype of the service is apparently already running inside Cupertino and has been shown off to a few industry insiders.
| Read more »Apple has turned its back on cable companies and is once again courting television programmers in a bid to bring live television content to the Apple TV, a Wednesday report suggests, with talks reportedly in the "early stages."
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On Monday, Adobe Flash Player users were hit by a zero-day flaw for the third time in two weeks. The company issued a security advisory for the vulnerability, which it dubbed CVE-2015-0313. The flaw exists in Flash Player 18.104.22.1686 and earlier versions on Windows and Macintosh platforms. Successful exploitation could crash the desktop and potentially let hackers take control of it, Adobe warned. The vulnerability is being actively used in drive-by download attacks through Internet Explorer and Firefox on Windows 8.1 and earlier, Adobe said.
With strong growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, Apple's iOS has overtaken Android in the US, according to sales data from market research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. [...]
| Read more »Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, "Steve Jobs" invites audiences behind the scenes of the digital revolution to witness an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
| Read more »A malware campaign known in the security industry as "Operation Pawn Storm" has begun to target Apple's iOS devices with a new malicious application that can steal photos, text messages, contacts, and other data from non-jailbroken iPhones, but which cannot be installed without users' consent.
| Read more »Matt Gemmell:
There's a lot of misunderstanding out there about mental health. Some people are up, some people are OK, and some people are down. Everyone gets down from time to time. Pull your socks up, and get on with it. Hold it together.
It's reasonable advice – as long as you're just feeling down.
For some people, though, down doesn't cover it. They can't just get on, because their feet can't find the bottom.
There's a predator down there. That's the truth. Black as pitch, and silent in motion. It can see perfectly even where no light penetrates – in fact, especially there. It's surprisingly warm to the touch, but it can drain all the heat out of a room in moments.
As one who suffers from depression, Matt's piece really hit home for me.
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Good Technology on Tuesday announced a merger of its app container and app ecosystem with the Samsung KNOX enterprise security platform for Android. The product merger is the next step in the partnership aimed at eliminating virus and malware concerns that come with Android adoption in the enterprise. The hardened security for Android targets the OS's deployment with U.S. government and Department of Defense agencies. Good Technology's solution creates a secured domain within Samsung's KNOX security-enhanced Android operating system.
Microsoft has reportedly closed a deal to acquire popular iOS calendar app Sunrise for "at least" $100 million as the software giant continues to invest in rival mobile platforms under CEO Satya Nadella.
| Read more »Reuters is today releasing a new app for iPhone called Reuters TV that offers access to on-demand video content and live feeds of Reuters' live coverage of certain events.
The app also offers the ability to auto-download content for offline viewing and customization features that Reuters says tailors content to your location and interests. One of those features is the ability to set the length of your personalized news show from 5 to 30 minutes.
The app gives you the first month free but will cost $1.99/month there on out. You can also expect to see "limited, premium advertising."
The Reuters TV app is available now...
| Read more »Apple stock closed at an all-time high today ending trading at $119.56 per share after climbing past its previous trading high of $120 per share to 120.51 per share during morning trading. The price also exceeds Apple's previous opening record high of $119.27 per share setting that record up to be broken as well.
The company previously set a record high for closing on November 26, 2014, when it ended trading at $119.00 even. That record was set shortly after the company crossed $700 billion in market capitalization at the time.
Apple's recent record stock growth followed first the introduction of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus alongside the reveal of the Apple Watch in September, then...
| Read more »It is a pretty damning indictment that Microsoft had to spend hundreds of millions on front end apps for its own platform –Microsoft Exchange — and it should send alarm bells ringing.
Microsoft has a long history of not getting product trends. They didn't get the iPod, tablets, iPhone and a host of other products that it could have made a lot of money on. Microsoft is profit-focused, which means it makes shitty products. Apple is product-focused, which means people buy the quality and Apple makes a lot of money. Reading this, Microsoft will have no idea what the difference is.
| Read more »The long-awaited film based on the authorized biography of Steve Jobs, penned by Academy Award winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, will hit theaters this fall, on Oct. 9.
| Read more »Vice:
On his way to games, while his teammates on the bus would be mentally preparing to take the ice, James had to prepare for something else: the hatred that would inevitably be thrown at him due solely to the color of his skin.
I love hockey but it has a very recent and very ugly history of racism.
| Read more »Contrary to a report from the often-reliable French blog iGen.fr, Apple is apparently not planning a media event late this month to introduce the Apple Watch or other new products, sources tell 9to5Mac.
Several media reports picked up the rumor today, repeating claims that Apple has planned an event for the last week of February, perhaps February 24. The blog speculated that the event could also include the introduction of the in development 12-inch MacBook we revealed earlier this year.
While it's highly likely that Apple will hold an advance event to officially launch the Apple Watch and ...
| Read more »After moving to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to produce chips for its latest mobile devices and reduce reliance on competitor Samsung, Recode reports that Apple is tapping Samsung for its next-gen A9 chips.
While Apple had hoped to rely more heavily on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to fabricate the Ax family of processors used in its iOS devices, the company has turned to Samsung for its next-generation A9 chip, according to people with knowledge of the situation…. Though Samsung refuses to identify chip customers, sources say the company is working to ensure an adequate supply of application processors for the next-generation iPhone.
The report mirrors much of what we've already heard...
| Read more »Yet another publication has reported that Apple will once again rely on Samsung for its next generation of A-series processors, returning to a fierce rival rather than expanding its relationship with TSMC.
| Read more »With filming of the Aaron Sorkin-written Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Isaacson's official biography kicking off in recent days, Universal Pictures has shared an official release date for the film. According to CNBC, the film's studio says the Jobs film will be released in theaters later this year on October 9th, 2015.
The film will star Michael Fassbender as the late Apple co-founder while Seth Rogen will play the part of Steve Wozniak. 9to5Mac...
| Read more »Apple may be planning to hold a media event in late February to showcase the final version of its upcoming Apple Watch, and also debut a newly redesigned MacBook Air, potentially with a Retina display, according to a new report.
| Read more »Verizon is following its More Everything holiday promotion today with a new limited time promo for its customers, the carrier announced today. Starting tomorrow, Verizon will begin offering customers data plans at new price points from 1GB up to 20GB with most price tiers being reduced by $10/month compared to their previous rates.
With the new plans, customers can take advantage of plans with the same data amount at a cheaper rate, or pay the same price and receive a data increase. Additionally, Verizon will introduce more data tiers with 12GB, 14GB, and 16GB options....
| Read more »The Verge:
Apple appears to be testing a pool of cars near San Francisco that are equipped with powerful camera rigs. A Claycord blog has published photos of a car that CBS affiliate KPIX 5 has confirmed is leased to Apple. The mysterious cars have been spotted a number of times over the past several months in and around San Francisco. A video, published on YouTube in September, also shows a complex camera rig mounted on the roof of a similar Dodge minivan in New York. Both of the cars near San Francisco and New York appear to be equipped with the same LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) camera system.
This is interesting but not hugely surprising. Apple is continuing to make its Map.app and technology behind it better all the time.
| Read more »The 57th annual Grammy Awards are scheduled to take place this weekend on Sunday, February 8th, and CBS just sent over details on the only official live stream of the event accessible through iPhone, iPad, Mac, or on the big screen via Apple TV.
Head below for all the details on how to watch official streams for the event on your computer and all of your mobile devices.
iPhone/iPad: CBS mobile app
CBS has broadcasting of the event locked down this year, and so for mobile users the only official live stream available of the actual awards show will be the CBS app (US only).
It will require a CBS All Access subscription, however, and is also only available in 14 major markets,...
| Read more »An anonymous reader writes: I run Firefox with NoScript and FlashBlock at home. Browsing is easy, and I only have to enable scripts on a few sites. If they have 20+ scripts, I just surf somewhere else. Fast forward to the mobile experience. I had an Android device, but now I have an iPhone. In addition to the popup problem, and the fake "X" on ads, the iPhone browsers (Safari, Chrome, Opera) will start to show a site, then they will lock up for 10-30 seconds before finally becoming responsive. If I switch back to another app and then return to the browser, Safari and Chrome have a little delay, but Opera delays 20+ seconds before becoming responsive again. Firefox is not available on the iPhone, so I can't simply run NoScript. Chrome does not appear to have a NoScript equivalent for mobile. What solutions are you using to make mobile browsing work?
| Read more »Apple might be taking a page from Google's roadmap, if a camera-equipped Dodge Caravan spotted driving around the Bay Area is any indication. The vehicle reportedly has ties to an Apple project, but no one knows exactly what those cameras are for.
San Francisco TV station KPIX captured the van driving around the town of Concord this week. All the California Department of Motor Vehicles would say is that Apple had leased the vehicle. Two guesses: Apple is finally improving its native Maps app with Google-style Street Views, or the company is developing its own self-driving cars.
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| Read more »Ongoing price wars in the U.S. mobile industry have led Verizon to shave $10 off the monthly rate of a number of its shared data plans, in line with aggressive strategies taken by AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint.
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Six months after buying the subscription music service Beats Music, Apple is actively working to launch a completely new paid streaming music service that will compete with Spotify and Rdio. Yet to be named, the new service is entirely Apple-designed, yet leverages Beats' technologies and music content, a collaboration that has thus far led to personnel challenges and delays. Multiple sources within Apple and the music industry have provided the first in-depth details of Apple's upcoming streaming service, which we share below.
Rather than merely installing the existing Beats Music app onto iPhones, Apple has decided to deeply integrate Beats into iOS, iTunes, and the Apple TV. The company is currently developing new Beats-infused versions of...
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Over in Cupertino, thousands of people replied to a casting call over the weekend to be an extra in the Steve Jobs biopic with scenes being filmed at the Flint Center where Jobs unveiled the original Macintosh in 1984.
The line saw over 2,000 people show up in 80′s attire, with hundreds being turned away due to overwhelming response for the call.
"I thought I'd have no trouble getting onto the movie set at the Flint Center here since I was 'confirmed' as an extra and arrived at the designated time. Silly me. After years of covering the lines at Apple events and product launches, I should have known better," said one attendee.
Potential extras began lining up at 5 AM despite instructions to arrive between 9 and 10 AM/
Attendees were encouraged to embrace an 80′s look with men...
| Read more »This definitely qualifies under the heading of "nifty".
For those of you living in the Bay Area, the Detour app for iOS has entered the beta stage and is now available on the App Store. Detour provides hour-long audio walks over the San Francisco Bay Area that reveal hidden stories, people, and places all over SF.
Users can set their or pace, schedule and take the tours alone or synced with friends and new tours are available each month.
Detour is available for free and requires iOS 8.0 or later to install and run.
If you've tried Detour and have any feedback to offer, let us know in the comments.
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The problem with most portable battery-based chargers is that you still need to plug them into a wall socket to gain a charge. While some inventors have turned to solar, or even wind power, for off-the-grid power sources, solar and wind power take time and require Mother Nature to provide sun or wind. Enter Kraftwerk, a fuel-based hand-held portable generator that has launched as a Kickstarter project. Kraftwerk is essentially a tiny power plant you can hold in your hand to produce electricity. Its USB plugin charges hand-held devices, such as smartphones or cameras.
The forthcoming Apple Watch is all about customization, as demonstrated by the long list of user-configurable options found in the companion app hidden within Apple's iOS 8.2 beta for iPhone.
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This week's roundup of accessories includes a number of options for powering your iOS device when you're on the move. Plus: speakers, headphones, and more.
Now you and your passenger don't have to compete to power up your iPhones when you're on the road. The $25 EZCharge plugs into your car's 12-volt port and provides two USB connections to allow the charging of two iOS devices at the same time.
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| Read more »Kirk McElhearn's piece on the origins of noise canceling headphones would be worth the read just for that background, but there's some real music history here.
| Read more »Jason Snell, writing for Six Colors:
Even if iPhones do get replaced at a much faster pace than Macs and iPads, it's undeniable that most iPhone users don't have a Mac. Your average Apple customer is an iPhone user.
An excellent read.
| Read more »For the first time since the end of 2012, Apple's iPhone edged out all devices running Android for shipments in the U.S., becoming not only the top device, but also the top domestic platform for the quarter.
| Read more »Jeremy Horowitz from 9to5mac writes about apps that charge big money, but are abandoned by their developers when faced with rewrites to support a major iOS release.
| Read more »Kantar World Panel's Carolina Milanesi has crunched the numbers and notes that iOS beat Android in the US in the holiday quarter with a hefty .1% margin — iOS devices accounted for 47.7% of sales, Android devices accounted for 47.6%. Apple's iOS beat Android in other key markets including Japan and Australia but still trailed in others in Europe and China.
"In the US, Apple iOS overtook Android for the first time since this time in 2012, albeit by the slimmest 0.1% margin," reported Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. "While the success of the iPhone 6 and 6Plus is unprecedented, this quarter's performance also points to Apple having its strongest portfolio ever. With a range of...
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It is in the darkest time of the year with the arrival of winter that perhaps we most appreciate our light bulbs. It isn't just the lights on the holiday decorations that provide that festive glow, but really the fact that the light bulb makes our daily modern life possible. The light bulb is taken for granted, and until recently it hadn't really
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There's no bigger genre in competitive gaming right now than MOBAs (or multiplayer online battle arena games), which pit small teams against each other to destroy the base at the other end of the map. Computer entries like League of Legends and Dota 2 command millions of daily players and have shot to the top of the eSports world. Also, the top games in the genre are free, putting traditional $60 or subscription-based games to shame with their player devotion.
Luckily, you don't need a gaming PC to enjoy a quality MOBA experience: a few key games are available on the App Store, designed specifically for the iPad and iPhone. And while they may be scaled down from the more elaborate desktop entries in certain ways, you can still find exciting, strategic combat wherever you are.
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| Read more »I'm still a ways away from completing my EGOT, but I did spend Saturday as a crowd extra for the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic. You know, the one written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle. And if you're expecting major plot reveals from today's shooting, you will be disappointed, because when you're an extra there really isn't much plot to speak of.
OK, there are some minor spoilers mentioned herein—well, as spoilery as you can get in a true story we all kind of know. But I can't spoil much, because Saturday's shoot didn't involve the acting out of actual scenes. None of the actors were even there.
Two of the three major characters in the scene—John Sculley and Steve Jobs—were portrayed by stand-ins who barely said anything, instead of Jeff Daniels and Michael Fassbender. The third character,...
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Researcher IDC said Amazon showed the steepest annual decline among the five major tablet makers, with worldwide shipments of its Kindle Fire devices falling by as much as 70 percent compared with the holiday 2013 period.
A spokesperson for the retailer criticized IDC's methodology, saying "our most affordable tablet ever, the Fire HD 6 at $99, which is one of our high volume products, wasn't included in the report." She declined to discuss sales.
Well Amazon, you know how to solve the problem. Simply report sales figures.
| Read more »Apple may be preparing a big update to its Maps application for iOS and OS X. San Francisco's KPIX reported earlier today that a Dodge Caravan sporting an impressive array of cameras has been spotted roaming the area. The California DMV confirmed that the vehicle was leased to Apple.
The CBS affiliate reached out to technology analyst Rob Enderle for his thoughts on what this might be. Enderle said that this van simply has too many cameras (a whopping twelve of them) to be a mapping car—though he failed to note that Google uses even more cameras on its own Street View cars.
Enderle endorsed a different...
| Read more »A number of minivans with what appears to be camera equipment and a LiDAR sensor mounted to the roof that have appeared around California in recent weeks could be part of a new Apple project, as at least one of the vehicles is registered to the iPhone maker.
| Read more »Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney will premier his latest project, a feature entitled "Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine" that chronicles the late Apple CEO's influence on the modern world's relationship with computers, at the annual South by Southwest film festival next month.
| Read more »Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC recently released a bizarre music video starring rapper Don G alongside backup dancers dressed as smartphones, dubbed "Hold the Crown," in which the former waxes lyrical about the relative superiority of HTC's handsets and executive team.
| Read more »On February 12, Apple will pay shareholders of record a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share, but investors will need to buy shares by February 5th (to have settled ownership of the company's stock by the market's close on February 9) in order to qualify.
| Read more »Mobile device manufacturers may finally have a reason to evaluate sapphire on an equal footing with traditional strengthened glass, as a new method of dealing with sapphire is said to have lowered its reflectivity significantly.
| Read more »Millions more consumers now have access to Apple Pay as BECU, Golden 1, Alliant, and First Tech -- four of the ten largest credit unions in the country -- have been added as partners alongside leading regional banks BBVA Compass and Fifth Third, while Samsung is rumored to introduce a payments program of its own at the Galaxy S6 launch next month.
| Read more »At the end of the 20th century, Microsoft was the unstoppable juggernaut of computing and Apple was on the ropes. Not only did Apple recover, but it's now twice as big as the Redmond giant. James R. Stewart of The New York Times looks at what caused Apple's rise and Microsoft's relative descent. In short: Apple had a better sense of vision and wasn't afraid to cannibalize its own products.
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| Read more »The number of iOS devices running iOS 8 is slowly, slowly, slowly creeping upward, finally crossing the 70 percent mark this week. Apple reported Tuesday that 72 percent of devices are using iOS 8 as of Feb. 2.
That's a jump from 68 percent a month ago. It's a solid chunk of devices, but considering that Apple sold 74.5 million iPhones over the holidays—all of which run the latest OS—the slow adoption rate is still surprising. One culprit: The size of iOS 8, which prevented a slew of 16GB iPhone owners from upgrading in the early days after launch. Apple is even facing a lawsuit...
| Read more »We're hearing that iOS 8.2 is currently planned for release sometime in March, as BGR reported today. The new iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch software is currently scheduled to be released during the second week of the month, but this timeline is not set in stone. The new software update is mostly an Apple Watch compatibility release as it includes the underlying functionality needed to connect to the wearable via WatchKit. We previously revealed the Apple Watch Companion application that requires iOS 8.2. Apple seeded the most recent iOS 8.2 beta yesterday. The Apple Watch...
| Read more »As you may have heard, TUAW is being archived by its parent company AOL. The 10+ years of content that our talented team of writers and editors have crafted are due be folded into our sister site Engadget, where you'll be able to check out the archiv...
| Read more »Mark Jardine, designer for Tapbots apps including the popular Tweetbot app, tweeted a photo teasing the upcoming redesign of the Mac version for the third party Twitter client; the current version of Tweetbot for Mac features a heavier design aesthetic than the general user interface introduced with OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
As you can see in the teaser above, the redesign takes design cues from the latest version of Tweetbot for iPhone using Yosemite design elements like translucency in addition to round...
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Who is the manufacturer of the pool table?
the table size and what is around the perimeter of the room.
A 4 1/2 x 9 foot table = 14 1/2 x 19 feet of floor space or more
A 4 x 8 or "bar" table = 14
Ozone Billiards has a similar style pool table ...
The building is a former garage that we converted into a pool house: pool table and swimming pool.
14 x 18 feet of floor space
A 3 1/2 x 7 foot table = 13 1/2 x 17 feet of floor space
detached room for pool table. Great idea!
White room with pool table for log house
slate tops are 1 inch thick and made in three pieces, so turns are easier to handle. However, Grimaldi notes that his company's high-end custom tables and
what color is the pool table felt?...save room in garage for pool table
garage — stephenjenkins
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The counter tops are zinc. They are very susceptible to scratches and create a very rustic look, if this is what you are after.
maybe not together and like the table w/wooden legs but metal top
A lit table top for tying flies. I could use existing wood benches in shop and cut out
Work table....Long table in the middle...Desk tops...Nice fridge and table reals...light fixtures and table tops
Colors & island — zephyrcovegirl
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Ellen Show/Sandy Bar
transforming it into a one-of-a-kind outdoor bar. Attach it to a basic table, and top it with summer bar essentials before your next party.
Shelves up top on bright wall; love the idea of the surfboard for a bar but ... not so stable
a one-of-a-kind outdoor bar. Attach it to a basic table (even sawhorses and a plank would do), and top it with summer bar essentials before your next shindig
transforming it into a one-of-a-kind outdoor bar. Attach it to a basic table, and top it with summer bar essentials before your next party.
version for the kids' playroom by using a boogie board attached to a low side table.
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like the screen on the top, but put trays underneath to catch soil and water
mesh table tops...screened tables...Table for plants...Work tables...table with chicken...chicken wire top...Wide working tops for seeding
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Where can I purchase the tops of the tables for my greenhouse?
Concrete blocks hold plastic table tops with wire closet shelving.
Instead of tables with mini potted plants I would make standing wooden garden beds to plant more veges
wood wall, simple block tables...Proper greenhouse tables, pea gravel...Cement block tables---easily changed
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out rain and that part of it can be moved to clean debris from the outside top of atrium roof. Also, don't want to have to get a building permit.
Can tell what is the makeup of the top surface? Looks like some kind of paneling? We've some drifting leaf fall
Gray gravel, Car port design similar to this only white. Also no solid top.
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A group in Osun Peoples Democratic Party, Osun Rescuers Initiative, has faulted the Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, over the rate of development in the state.
A statement by the spokesperson of the group, Mr. Seyi Adelugba, on Saturday, said the Aregbesola administration had failed to develop Osun State in the last two years.
Drumming support for a former Chairman, House of Representative Committee on Defence, Mr. Oluwole Oke, the group accused Aregbesola of running government on the pages of newspapers, radio and television.
But Osun State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Sunday Akere, dismissed the allegations by the group, saying, "the blind can see the tremendous impact of the Aregbesola administration in Osun."
The group said, "Various uncompleted projects by the state government litter the nooks and crannies of the state. Where are the dividends of democracy promised Osun people by the Action Congress of Nigeria?"
Akere answered, "What did the PDP in Osun do for seven and a half years? What's there to show for the billions of naira collected by the Olagunsoye Oyinlola administration as allocation from the Federal Government?
"It is shocking, shameful and ridiculous for the PDP to accuse the Aregbesola administration of non-performance when the Oyinlola-led government crippled the state's economy through mismanagement and unthinkable obtainment of N18.3 bn loan.
"The Osun PDP is a party of jokers lacking knowledge of the true essence of governance. Governance is serious business unfit for people, who are perpetually in the state of political drunkenness."
Meanwhile, the umbrella body for Muslim groups in Osun, Osun State Muslim Community, has condemned killings and destruction of lives and property by the Boko Haram sect.
Addressing a news conference to herald Hijrah celebration in Osogbo on Friday, President of the group, Sheikh Salahudeen Olayiwola, described Hijrah as the beginning of Muslim calendar year.
According to him, killings and wanton destruction by the Boko Haram sect are politically motivated.
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for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Germany
Great location!
Posted Mar 2, 2015This Hotel is in a perfect location and we loved the lobby and bar. Nice and friendly service. The room was outdated but OK. Unfortunately the noise from the street kept me awake. Room 335...the room 334 we kept visiting was totally quieter :/... Not sure why. Over all it was a very nice stay and we loved Ghent!
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Breda
Mooie Locatie, sjiek hotel!
Posted Feb 27, 2015Prima ervaring gehad in dit hotel. De ligging is perfect, je stapt de deur uit en bent gelijk midden in het mooie, historische centrum. Kamer met top uitzicht op mooie geveltjes en de oudste kroeg van Gent. Service en personeel prima. Vriendelijk en goede tips over de aanraders van de stad. Klein minpuntje was de staat van de kamer, wel schoon maar beetje vervallen en oud interieur. Optie voor 15e om een nieuwe kamer te nemen niet gedaan maar wel aan te raden.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom London, UK
Friday 13th nightmare resolved very quickly
Posted Feb 16, 2015Pros: Clean, modern, great location... and my room was very spacious for the price (though that was due to a booking problem).
Cons: It would have been better if the hotel actually had details of our reservation to hand. The night porter's poor English didn't help.
Location: Right in the historic centre of Ghent, with everything you would want to see and do a very short walk away... and train station 15 min away by tram
I should have known not to travel on Friday 13th. Left our passports at home and only just caught the last Eurostar of the day. Then arrived at the hotel at 2330 only to be told they had no record of our (fully prepaid) booking and were full apart from some executive suites. Had no choice but to check in to one of those. But a phonecall to Expedia shortly after I'd got to the room had the matter resolved in 15 mins, they apologised, said there would be no charge and hope we enjoyed the room! The room was great and we ended up staying there for a small fraction of the rack rate.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom UK
Fantastic hotel
Posted Feb 6, 2015Amazing location, and historic surroundings. Was upgraded to an executive room, definitely worth the super king size bed (although had a peek in the standard rooms and they all looked very nice, clean and modern). Slept soundly in a very comfortable bed with good pillows. Did not have the breakfast so can't comment. But why are the breakfasts in hotels so expensive everywhere?! Staff very welcoming. Only minor fault I could mention would be that replacement of tea and coffee facilities would be regulated. Sometimes we would not get cups replaced, other times no coffee. But you could pick these up at reception no problem. Would not hesitate to stay here next time, would not bother looking elsewhere.
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Goede ligging, oud sanitair.
Posted Feb 5, 2015De ligging is zeer centraal. Bedden ruim en comfortabel. Ook ruime kamer. Wel oud sanitair met veel verkleuring van vochtigheid. Vriendelijk personeel, helaas wel twee keer gevraagt de kamer te betalen (zowel bij aankomst als bij vertrek) terwijl deze al betaald was.
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Light festival
Posted Feb 3, 2015Pros: The location was perfect, it was comfortable and convenient.
Cons: Sound insulation was poor, we could hear every word our neighbours uttered. Refreshments limited. No builders tea, milk or, on one day, cups
Location: Great location
We enjoyed our stay at the NH Belford, it was well placed for visiting the light installations and exploring Ghent
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Rochester, UK
Great hotel, super central
Posted Feb 2, 2015Stayed in the new executive suite. Absolute treat. This hotel is very central and the breakfast is excellent. Will definitely be back.
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Posted Jan 28, 2015Pros: Ligging is perfect en de kamer had en goed bed
De kamer was enigszins oubollig en de badkamer slecht schoongemaakt. We hadden tevens de pech dat de kamer naast de lift lag waardoor het erg luidruchtig was (zeker op zaterdagavond). De ligging van het hotel is erg goed en tevens goed bereikbaar per auto (parkeergarage). Let ook op met openingstijden want op zondag is het restaurant niet geopend (veel restaurants in het centrum zijn overigens gesloten op zondag!)
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Madrid
Excelente ubicación del Hotel y habitaciones ampli
Posted Jan 20, 2015Pros: Ubicacion.
Perfecta ubicación del Hotel. Habitaciones limpias y amplias.
for Everyoneby A verified travelerfrom Grenoble
Hôtel top
Posted Jan 6, 2015En plein coeur de la ville, hyper accueillant, propre, design, silencieux, spacieux... le top du top !


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Translater's toil turns James Joyce opus into Chinese sellout
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - During the eight years it took Dai Congrong to translate "Finnegans Wake" into Chinese, she read numerous versions of the dictionary, took voluminous notes, and fought off despair and opposition from her husband.
But her work on the first Chinese translation of the complex, stream-of-consciousness James Joyce opus about an Irish family paid off when the first print run of 8,000 sold out within weeks of hitting store shelves in December.
"It was dull and depressing during the first two years," the 41-year-old literature professor at Shanghai's Fudan University told Reuters. "I was also starting to have doubts about the project because I'd spent two years on the book but not a single word was translated."
A seasoned translator of books about culture and identity, Dai, who taught herself English, first started reading Finnegans Wake - a massive experimental novel notorious for its difficulty and convoluted prose - while at university.
Research into Joyce as part of her doctorate followed, and though her academic advisor recommended Dai translate the book when she successfully defended her dissertation, its difficulty scared her off. A later invitation from a publisher she knew, though, proved irresistible, and she began.
Joyce's frequent use of made-up words sent her poring over multiple versions of English dictionaries, making notes on every page of the book. Two years of preparation were followed by six of actual translation - in between teaching classes at the university as well as fulfilling other academic duties.
There were also obstacles at home.
"I have to take care of my young son. What's more, my family - especially my husband - didn't support the project," Dai said.
"He thought that despite the time and energy I needed to put into it, it would not make much money because the book is too difficult for an average person."
Despite everything, Dai found satisfaction in her labors.
"I enjoyed the moment when I finally found the exact and appropriate translation of a word or a sentence. I now know more about Joyce and the Irish culture," she said. "I think Joyce as a person was difficult to get along with for ordinary people, but I think he is a great person and a talented one."
Microbloggers on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, lavished more praise on Dai's achievement than they did on the book itself.
"Oh my God! How admirable Dai Congrong is! How was she able to continue translating one book for eight years?" wrote Yao Zhenghua.
When her publisher told her that the 755-page book had sold out in three weeks, she was pleased but astonished.
"Actually, the news was so unbelievable that I first thought they were wrong," she said. "It shows our people are thirsty for culture and knowledge."
Dai's toil remains far from over, since she has actually translated only the first third of the book. Two more volumes are planned.
"Even I don't know how long it will take to finish," she said. "But I will do my best."
(Reporting by Shanghai newsroom and Kazunori Takada, writing by Elaine Lies, editing by Paul Casciato)
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Blog: Tough year ahead for soft drinks firms?
Michelle Russell | 28 April 2011
just-drinks has been busy this week bringing you news on the raft of first quarter results released by soft drinks firms.
Among them, we've had PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Co, Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPSG) and Coca-Cola FEMSA.
PepsiCo, this morning (28 April) reported a drop in first quarter profits, as did Coca-Cola Enterprises and Embotelladora Andina. The Coca-Cola Co, on the other hand, saw profits rise in the quarter, along with DPSG and Coca-Cola FEMSA.
But, while the latter firms can be pleased with their profits, all have pointed to rising costs as a potential problem heading into the remainder of 2011.
The CSD market in North America is yet to fully recover and high global commodity cost inflation and difficult macroeconomic conditions are threatening to take their toll on the top-line of these firms.
New figures show that economic growth slowed sharply in the US in the first quarter of the year. GDP slowed to an annual rate of 1.8% in the three-month period, from 3.1% in the final quarter of 2010.
Consumer sentiment is clearly still weak and spending power is being undermined by higher food and petrol prices, government spending cuts and ongoing high unemployment. Soft drinks companies could find that the rest of the year gets tougher, rather than easier.
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