Using Find My iPhone from a PC or Mac Tuesday, 09 October 2012
Q: I have the Find My iPhone App on my iPhone and can use it from my iPhone, but I would like to know how to use it from my computer. It doesn’t do me any good to use it if I know where my iPhone already is. - Darlene A: Although there is no...
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Taking Right-to-Left Panoramic Photos | iLounge Tips Tuesday, 09 October 2012
If you have an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 you can take advantage of a new iOS 6 feature that allows you to capture panoramic photos without the need to resort to third-party apps. The feature is only available for shooting in portrait orientation and can...
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Monday, 08 October 2012
In preparation for the November 1st release of iLounge’s 2013 iPhone + iPod Buyers’ Guide, we are opening voting today for our annual Readers’ Choice Awards. In the short, four-question survey, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for Apple’s top...
Happy Columbus Day + Canadian Thanksgiving! Monday, 08 October 2012
Our editors are celebrating Columbus Day and the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday today, but will be making modest updates to iLounge. We’ll all be back tomorrow, October 9, with our full slate of news and reviews. We hope you, your family, and friends...
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Foxconn workers protest iPhone 5 dent, scratch controls Friday, 05 October 2012
A just-issued China Labor Watch report claims that thousands of workers at Foxconn, Apple’s contract manufacturer, went on strike following heightened quality control demands for the iPhone 5. The new standards apparently limit dents in the aluminum...
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Reviews: Speck CandyShell, Flip + Grip for iPhone 5 Friday, 05 October 2012
As they’re part of the same family, these cases all share the same basic design with CandyShell as the base model. At first glance, CandyShell is almost identical to the iPhone 4/4S version down to the rubber lines at the corners. It combines an...
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Flutter Flutter | iLounge + Mac Friday, 05 October 2012
This isn’t the first Mac app to offer audio playback control via hand gestures, but none has worked as well as Flutter (Free), developed by the company of the same name. Described as “Kinect for Mac,” the app only recognizes three gestures, but they...
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Reviews: Focusrite iTrack Solo | iLounge Friday, 05 October 2012
Sporting an aluminum housing, the iTrack Solo includes XLR and 1/4” inputs on the front for professional microphone and guitar connections, respectively, each with its own gain controls, plus a 48V phantom power button for the mic input. An...
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Virtual classic iPod a tribute to Jobs Friday, 05 October 2012
On the anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death, web design company Inventika Solutions has posted a fitting tribute: a virtual classic iPod that works within your browser. The virtual iPod works just as the original did — operate the clickwheel and play...
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Reviews: IK Multimedia iRig PRE XLR Microphone Interface Friday, 05 October 2012
Designed to be as unobtrusive as possible, the iRig PRE is an in-line preamp with an XLR connector on one end and a 20” hardwired 3.5mm cable for connecting to the headphone port on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch on the other; they’re accompanied by...
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