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Now folks, this is no April Fool’s joke. Apple has announced that they will be making TD-LTE capable models of the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display to the market in China from today onward. These “new” (relatively speaking, considering how most of the rest of the world have had them for some time already) iPad models would be able to offer customers the option to hook up to today’s most advanced cellular data networks at speeds that do not require much waiting time at all.

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iPad Air & iPad mini With LTE Hits China At Last original content from Ubergizmo.

iBeacon is an interesting piece of technology that we’ve seen applied to a variety of scenarios, such as to help enhance the shopping experience and applied even for gaming. Now it seems that the use of iBeacon could be applied towards education where it will be used in the New Museum in New York City on the 4th of April.

This is in conjunction with the UN’s International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Basically through the use of iBeacons, it will allow the exhibit to simulate the dangers of a virtual minefield and give museum goers a chance to experience what it might be like to live in parts of the world where mines can be found. (more…)

iBeacon Technology To Be Used In UN Exhibit On Landmines original content from Ubergizmo.

For our friends and readers from other parts of the world, here’s some bad news for you guys. According to an iTunes Connect letter that Apple has been sending out to developers, it seems that Apple will be raising the prices in its iTunes App Store in order to account for the changes in foreign exchange rates.

As it stands only five regions are affected by these changes which includes Australia, India, Indonesia, Turkey, and South Africa. Apple will also be raising the retail prices for Israel while decreasing some price tiers for New Zealand. For the most part it seems that purchasing from these countries’ App Stores will now be more expensive although we’re not sure by exactly how much. (more…)

Apple Raises iTunes App Store Prices For Some Regions original content from Ubergizmo.

Not too many of us are willing to admit it, but it most likely has happened to you. You are walking along and you get a text that you need to reply to. Do you stop, step out of everyone’s way and then reply? Most likely you continue walking, your eyes focused on the phone in your hands and not on the inevitable light pole just ahead. We all know what happens next, we have all seen the youtube videos and think that it could never happen to you.

Well, walking into harms way while texting might be more common than many people think and has actually spawned some laws in some cities. To this, Apple has just filed for a patent to start working on the technology for “transparent texting“. This technology will enable you to text and see through your phone as to what is coming ahead by basically utilizing the rear facing video camera and displaying it behind your texting interface. The rumor is that this feature will be available for iOS 8, but Apple has not officially made any announcement as of yet.

Apple’s iTunes Radio does come with a filter that intends to prevent explicit language from streaming, and this particular filter has been turned on by default so that no tunes bearing explicit language will be heard by the younger ones out there, but nothing is perfect in this fallen world, which is why profane content has been reportedly slipping through the cracks.

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iTunes Radio Explicit Filter Not Quite Up To Scratch original content from Ubergizmo.