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Law & Apple: Tricks or Treats from Patent Trolls and Spooked Moms

Posted 10/31/2012 at 10:56am | by Adrian Hoppel

Well, it is Halloween, and the patent trolls are trick-or-treating in Cupertino. A Texas based company is looking to get a bag of cash treats from Apple because of a patent dispute, and a woman and her son from Canada are spooked because, she claims in a class-action suit, Apple is stalking them. Sometimes, we suspect, Cupertino lawyers probably wish they were allowed to just turn out the lights and not answer the door.

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How to Assign Text Tones to Contacts

Posted 02/17/2011 at 3:30pm | by Roberto Baldwin

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If you're rocking the iPhone 4 you get new text tones. If you're not, you're stuck with the old tones. Why? Only Apple knows.

Fortunately, you can still assign text tones to your contacts on the iPhone 4, 3GS, and 3G.

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How to Search for Text on Web Pages

Posted 01/12/2011 at 10:49am | by Roberto Baldwin

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If you navigate to a site and you're looking for a certain word, you can utilize the search field in mobile Safari. Under Google suggestions on the iPad and iPhone/iPod touch, you'll see "On this Page" with the words you're looking for.

Awesome when you're looking through forums and long articles.

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How to Use an Alpha Numeric Passcode for iPad

Posted 01/12/2011 at 10:46am | by Roberto Baldwin

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The iPad has a full keyboard, you might as well take full advantage of it with the new alphanumeric passcode feature.

Navigate to Settings > General > Passcode Lock. Turn off Simple Passcode. Go to Turn Passcode On to set your new super long alpha-numeric passcode.

Just don't forget it.

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How to Use Unified Mailbox

Posted 01/12/2011 at 10:43am | by Roberto Baldwin

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If you have multiple email accounts, this will save you tons of frustration on the iPad. We're already in love with this feature on the iPhone and we're happy it's finally on the iPad.

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How to Get More TV Shows on Your iPad

Posted 01/12/2011 at 10:36am | by Roberto Baldwin

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Got a TV show on your iPad, now you can get more episodes of your shows from within the Videos app. It'll launch the iTunes app and you can plunk down some $$$ for new episodes of your favorite show.

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How to Control Ringers and Alerts

Posted 01/12/2011 at 10:21am | by Roberto Baldwin

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You can adjust what is controlled by the volume rocker button on the outside of the iPhone and iPad.

Navigate to Settings > Sounds Change with Buttons to turn the ability to adjust the ringer and alert sounds from the external buttons on or off.

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How to Give YouTube Thumbs Up

Posted 01/11/2011 at 1:34pm | by Roberto Baldwin

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You can give YouTube videos the thumbs up, or down.

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How to Lock Orientation

Posted 01/10/2011 at 5:42pm | by Roberto Baldwin

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You've probably seen the hubbub abut the orientation lock button on the iPad turning into a mute button. Well it's true. To lock the orientation of your iPad you have to double tap the home button to enter the app tray and swipe left.

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How To Use Open in... on the iPad

Posted 01/10/2011 at 5:34pm | by Roberto Baldwin

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If you navigate to a PDF or other document format, like ASHX, in Safari you can tap on the page and it'll give you the option to Open in…

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