Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on April 25, 2011 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

Windows 7 Passes 350 Million License Mark
Microsoft said that it took just 18 months for them to sell more than 350 million licenses of Windows 7. To put that number in perspective the population of the U.S. is estimated around 309 million.

Google Talks to Spotify Over Music Service
Google is having problems getting some of the record labels on board, and so they may be turning to Spotify in hopes of sparking an agreement.

Apple Posts Record Numbers for Q2 2011
In Apple’s Q2 2011 earnings call they revealed their $5.99 billion in profit, which was helped by the 4.69 million iPads, 9.02 million iPods, 18.65 million iPhones, and 3.76 million Macs that were sold.

iPhones and 3G iPads Unknowingly Tracking You?
O’Reilly revealed an interesting finding where all iPhones and 3G iPads are tracking your location via cell tower positioning and recording the results to an unencrypted file.

Twitter May Acquire TweetDeck
If you’re a TweetDeck user you may be happy or angered at the fact that Twitter is reportedly eyeing the possibility of buying the app. It’s estimated that an acquisition would run upwards of $50 million.

iOS 4.3.2 Jailbroken
Since Apple didn’t patch the hole used by the previous untether jailbreak the dev team was able to update Redsn0w to work with iOS 4.3.2.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Perian Adds Video Support for WebM and Other Formats
Perian is a must-have add-on for any Mac user because it adds support for all of the most popular video formats.

Transform Windows 7 into Mac OS X Lion
With this transformation pack you can give your Windows 7 machine a makeover in both appearance and functionality. Just run through an installer and your machine will look and act like Mac OS X Lion.

Microsoft’s Free Photosynth App for iOS
The free Photosynth app in the iOS App Store will let you easily stitch together 360 degree panoramic photos using your iPhone.

–Downloads–

• BurnAware Free 3.2 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Dropbox 1.1.27 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Fedora Linux 15 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Google Chrome 12.0.742.0 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Google Toolbar 7.0.1614.2212 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• iTunes 10.2.2 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Kindle for PC 1.5.0.32337 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Miranda 0.9.20 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Notepad2 4.2.25 ^RC8 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Picasa 3.8.117.43 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Silverlight 4.0.60310 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• Skype 5.3.0.111 [Homepage] [Mirror]
• VirtualBox 4.0.6.71344 [Homepage] [Mirror]

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For many years Japan’s largest carrier, NTT DOCOMO, resisted Apple and did not bring the iPhone onto its networks. However as the years passed and their rivals started to offer the iPhone, NTT DOCOMO realized that they were starting to lose subscribers to the competition and started to rethink their strategy. One of the reasons why the carrier had been so unwilling was because of the conditions and obligations that Apple imposed on its partners, and also because Apple refused to allow NTT DOCOMO to preinstall their own apps on the iPhone, primarily because Apple did not want bloatware from carrier to affect the overall iPhone experience. Eventually NTT DOCOMO gave in and finally offered the iPhone starting with the iPhone 5s, and thanks to new reports, it looks like the carrier has started to reap the benefits.

According to reports, it seems that NTT DOCOMO has managed to add an additional 279,000 new subscribers in December alone, making it the first time in two years that the carrier, despite being the largest in Japan, surpassed its rivals KDDI and Softbank in customer growth. While DOCOMO did not reveal how many iPhones it has managed to sell, a company spokesperson confirmed that Apple’s iPhone was one of the main reasons for its growth last month. Say what you will about the iPhone and the people use it, but it is hard to deny that it is anything but good for business. That being said, we can’t wait to see how the iPhone will impact China’s largest telco, China Mobile, as well.

iPhone Attributed To NTT DOCOMO’s Growth In Subscribers original content from Ubergizmo.

Are iPhones considered to be gateway devices to other Apple products? There’s an argument to be made for that but as it stands, it seems that thanks to a recent study conducted by Forrester Research, they have found that Apple products account for about 8% of global business and government spending in 2012, but expects that those numbers should hit 11% come 2015. Interestingly enough, the study did not mention anything about Apple’s iPhone, which like we said have been considered to be the gateway into other Apple products. In fact it was back in 2013 that we reported on Apple’s CEO’s plans of trying to push more iPhone sales at their retail stores.

The reasoning was that if more sales were made in their stores where other Apple products are also available for testing, it might prompt customers to make additional purchases they might not have made if they were just shopping online. This is a sound reasoning because as tempting as hardware specs are, sometimes getting a feel of a product tells you a lot more about it than its spec sheet. The study highlights Cisco Systems’ shift to Apple’s iOS platform by instituting a BYOD policy in 2009, where ultimately Apple’s iOS devices accounted for three quarters of Cisco’s 70,000 registered devices back then.

Naturally Windows-based products are still popular, given that a lot of companies still rely heavily on Microsoft’s productivity suite, like Microsoft Office, and also because of the familiarity of the Windows interface that will save companies time from having to retrain their staff. However as we mentioned earlier, Apple’s share of the market is expected to increase in the coming years, but as to whether it will eventually overtake Microsoft remains to be seen.

Apple Products Expected To Account For 11% Of Global Business Spending In 2015 original content from Ubergizmo.

Yellow Jacket is here at CES 2014 showing their latest stun case for the iPhone 5/5S. Their previous iPhone case was for the 4. Specific iPhone models aside though, what … Continue reading

The next generation iPhone will most probably continue to attract plenty of attention. After all, any upcoming iPhone models would set the grapevines alight with chatter, so we do not see this situation change should there be a whiff of the iPhone 6 in the air. Having said that, we have already heard some rumors about the iPhone 6 this week alone, and here is the latest bit of gossip concerning this next generation smartphone (which should be still some time off away, especially when you consider how the iPhone 5s was released not too long ago). Word has it (from China, and an anonymous source to boot) that Apple will continue to use an 8-megapixel sensor for its camera, albeit that there will be improvements in other departments.

While the number of megapixels that are available in a particular camera sensor is not all that important these days, some folks do place plenty of emphasis on it. While Apple will continue to fly the 8-megapixel flag high, it will now come with optical image stabilization (OIS) in addition to other unnamed improvements – at least according to the rumor, of course. What do you think if this were to be true – would it be a factor in your next smartphone purchase?

iPhone 6 Could Feature 8MP Camera Only original content from Ubergizmo.