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Apple API Strengthens Facebook Ads By Letting You Install App Store Apps Without Leaving FB For iOS 6
Facebook and Apple grew closer today as mobile app install ads in Facebook for iOS 6 now allow users to downloads apps from the App Store via pop-up instead of interrupting users and forcing them to leave Facebook. By implementing … Continue reading
With New Profiles, ‘Following,’ Search & HD Photos, 360 Is Starting To Look Like The Panoramic Instagram
As great as the allure of its filters may be, Facebook didn’t spend $1 billion on Instagram for its digital photo effects. No, it was because Instagram was mobile-first, growing like a weed, had just launched on Android, and because … Continue reading
The new Apple price targets
In the past week, at least eight Apple analysts have lowered their targets FORTUNE — Some did it based on what they perceived as signs of weak iPhone 5 sales. Others took the opportunity to bring theirs closer to the … Continue reading
IHS Brings AV-DATA Aviation Regulation Solution to IHS Standards Expert
Dateline City: ENGLEWOOD, Colo. IHS Standards Expert Plus AV-DATA adds aviation regulatory information to industry-leading standards management solution IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, has combined its AV-DATA online application with the industry leading … Continue reading
A closer look at those iPhone supply chain cuts
Behind the reports that triggered a flurry of Apple analysts’ revisions FORTUNE — At least five top Apple (AAPL) analysts lowered their price targets last weekend based on reports that the company had reduced some parts orders for the iPhone … Continue reading
China’s 2-million iPhone 5 launch: What the analysts say
Record first-weekend sales suggest a strong Chinese New Year for Apple FORTUNE — On Friday, UBS’s Steven Milunovich wrote that “some of [his] Chinese sources do not expect the iPhone 5 to do as well as the iPhone 4S.” Two … Continue reading
Apple fell below $497 in pre-market trading Monday
Hit a low in European and Asian markets not seen since mid February FORTUNE — Of the two dueling Apple (AAPL) headlines Sunday — 1) the news that Citigroup lowered its price target and downgraded the stock from Buy to … Continue reading
The Simple Trick To Use Google Maps With Siri
For all her faults, Siri is a useful companion. Sometimes. But she defaults to Apple Maps. Thankfully it’s rather simple to trick Siri into giving you directions with Google Maps instead. No jailbreak required. As shown in the video above, … Continue reading
ComScore: Smartphone Penetration In Europe’s Big-5 Markets Now At 55%, Samsung Is The One To Beat
Europe’s mobile market has reached a tipping point: the top-five markets in the region collectively have a majority of consumers using smartphones, according to the latest numbers from comScore, and that proportion only continues to grow. France, Germany, Italy, Spain and … Continue reading
Open Directory replication may not work; "Size Limit exceeded" appears in slapd.log
Open Directory replication may not work; when this happens, entries such as the following appear in /var/log/slapd.log: slapd[209]: do_syncrep2: rid=001 LDAP_RES_SEARCH_RESULT (4) Size limit exceeded slapd[209]: do_syncrep2: rid=001 (4) Size limit exceeded This can occur if an Open Directory server … Continue reading