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SHANGHAI - A company that supplies accessories for Apple was fined for intentionally discharging pollutants and damaging a river in Shanghai, environmental authorities said Thursday. RiTeng Computer Accessory Co., Ltd. was recently found to have dumped waste fluid into a drainage system, polluting a river in Shanghai’s Songjiang district. The company, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Pegatron Corp., was also found to have made excessive noise, handled waste improperly and had insufficient environmental protection warrants. The environmental protection bureau of Songjiang has ordered the company to seal off its discharge outlet and clear any waste remaining in the drainage network. Some of the company’s production was correspondingly halted, according to the local environmental authority. A new twist on marketing. theletterMmarketing.com…

Apple fans are always on the watch for new products. We watch for new versions of our favorite products and also watch for the release of exciting new devices. It’s been a few years, though, since we’ve seen anything new out of Cupertino. We’ve seen new updated Macs, iPads, iPods, and iPhones, but we haven’t seen any new devices. It’s anyone’s guess whether or not we will ever see an Apple television set-top box. They’ve been talking about it forever, but we never even get substantial rumors proving that it’s even in the works. It’s definitely taken a backseat, meaning Apple has to be working on something else. They’re always working on something. The rumors are hitting that the project that Apple has been working on is an iWatch. It…

FIONNA FIGHTS Compatible ith iphone, ipod touch, and ipaid.  Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized forviPhone 5. Price: $0.99 Genre: Arcade Released: Feb 14, 2013 Version: 1.0 Size: 14.3 MB Language: English Seller: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. This week I came across a small arcade game inspired by the hit Cartoon Network series, Adventure Time. This title explores the alternate universe of Fionna and Cake (the female versions of the show’s original main characters, Finn and Jake). The game has a very arcade-ish feeling to it, and at $0.99 cents, it seems like a good deal, especially to the Adventure Time fan. But is it enough to keep you occupied for more than a few hours? GRAPHICS If you’ve seen the show, you know what kind of…

THE NOTEBOOK Nicholas Sparks has become known for his sappy, romantìc movies? and books. Suffice it to say, if you’re in the mood for a good cry, crack open a Sparks’ novel or stream a Sparks’ movie. It’ll satisfy that need. Yet with his latest movie, Safe Haven, he seems to be making a departure from the Kleenex-dependent drama. Sparks’ first novel was The Notebook, and is the one most widely connected to him. Although truth be told, it wasn’t his first to be turned into a film. That distinction belongs to Message in a Bottle, his second novel. After A Walk to Remember, his third novel, was turned into a film, Hollywood finally got around to backtracking and getting The Notebook on celluloid. The film centers around two star-crossed…

When Ryan Mathre of Stillwater, Minn., wanted to sell his iPhone 4, he didn’t have time to post it on Craigslist or eBay. As a busy parent of two toddlers, he used an online reseller instead. “I sold it for $160 on Gazelle,” he said. “It nearly paid for the iPhone 5, and the whole online process took five minutes.“ Gadget sellers like Mathre have a growing number of options to unload smartphones, MP3 players, laptops and tablets. Sellers are going beyond eBay to nearly a dozen online sites such as Gazelle.com that specialize in buying electronic castoffs. Other consumers are selling locally to pawnshops and, most recently, automated kiosks in malls. While cellphones and MP3 players have had a modest resale market for more than a decade, the smartphone…

New York police say they’ve formed a team dedicated to catching people involved in rampant theft ofApple Phones and ¡Pads. The theft ofthe popular devices - dubbed “apple-picking” by thieves - has become so widespread in the city a team of police has been assigned to work with Apple to get the stolen gadgets back, the New York Post reported Friday. When an Apple device is reported stolen, detectives attempt to obtain tracking numbers, eitherfrom the victim orfrom online records, which are then passed on to Apple. Apple - which can track its devices even if they are subsequently re-registered with a different wireless provider - will provide NYPD with the device’s location. “We’re looking for ways to find individuals who have stolen Apple products and return the products to…

NEW YORK-A federal judge is blocking Apple from conducting a shareholder vote on a package of governance proposals, handing a victory to a rebel investor who is trying to persuade the company to share more of its cash with its investors. U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in New York ruled Friday that Apple Inc. was wrong to bundle four amendments to its corporate charter into one proposal for a vote at next Wednesday’s annual meeting. Shareholders should get to vote on the amendments separately, he said. Although the ruling was preliminary, before both sides had a chance to fully make their case, Sullivan said Apple was likely to lose. He granted dissident investors a preliminary injunction against Apple pending a full trial. Apple will comply with Sullivan’s order and withdraw…

iOS #01 – 4 Pics 1 Word By LOTUM GmbH Category: Games Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th gen) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 – Plants vs. Zombies By PopCap Category: Games Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. #03 – Monsters, Inc. Run By Disney Category: Games Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th gen) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #04 – Candy Crush Saga ® By King.com Limited Category: Games Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone…

Having endured almost a year of speculations, rumors and conjecture, video game aficionados rejoiced last week as Sony finally allowed a sneak peek at the company’s next generation gaming console, the Playstation 4. Sony Computer Entertainment Chief Andrew House, speaking at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, opened the spectacle by assuring the gathered throngs that they were about to get a “glimpse into the future of play“; and for the next two hours the company delivered. Advanced feature sets were revealed along with game demos from some of the most prolific and popular publishers in the arena like Blizzard and Capcom, discussed later in this article. While many aspects of the long-awaited hardware upgrade from Sony were brought up, spectators left without having viewed one of the key…

HAIL MARY DARK NEW DAY If you’ve been looking fora Hard Rockfix, then you’re in luck. This week, super group Dark New Day is releasing a brand new album; at least, it appears to be brand new. For anyone unfamiliar, Dark New Day is a Rock band formed by some already-famous, impressive talent in 2004. The group was supercharged with experience, when a group of childhood friends, each whom had already joined wildly successful bands, decided to come together for a project band of epic proportions. Brett Hestia ofVirgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Corey Lowery of Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape, all tossed their chips in on the creation of Dark New Day, and one year later, in 2005, their debut…

CUPERTINO - There are shareholder meetings. And then there are Apple (AAPL) shareholder meetings. Its share price is still way off record highs. It had an embarrassing dust-up with a large hedge-fund investor. And there are rumors of a stock split. So its annual gathering of investors in Cupertino could be more interesting for whatis NOT on the agenda. After hedge fund operator David Ethiron successfully sued Apple over its plans to change its articles of incorporation dealing with preferred stock, a federal judge ruled last week that Apple needed to quickly amend its proxy statement, which means the stock issue will not go to a vote. Observers expect CEO Tim Cook, who famously dismissed Einhorn’s complaint as a “silly sideshow,” will have to address the elephant in the room…

LONDON-New study reveals choice of mobile phone, email provider and internet browser can all give away men’s preferred stag weekend activities Key findings: - AOL email users most likely to book a trip to a strip club - Vodafone customers are most likely favour a lap dance as their most popular activity compared to other mobile network customers - Apple iPhone owners have the most friends - Those booking stag dos using their work email address splash out the most, spending more than Pounds 104 per person and travel 1,400 miles from home Your email address is enough to give away how likely you are to visit a strip club, according to new stats from stag do experts Chillisauce.co.uk. Men with an AOL email address are the most likely to…

iOS #01 - Minecraft - Pocket Edition By Mojang Category: Games / Price: $6.99 Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02 - WhatsApp Messenger By WhatsApp Inc. Category: Social Networking / Price: $0.99 Compatible with iPhone.Requires iOS 3.1 or later. #03 - Clear Vision 2 By DPFLASHES STUDIOS Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. #04 - Angry Birds Star Wars By Rovio Entertainment Ltd Category: Games / Price: $0.99 Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch…

BARCELONA, Spain-The junior league of smartphone operating systems is getting more competitive. Phones from yet another contender _ Tizen _ will go on sale this year with a view to eventually competing with the industry leaders, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. For now, Tizen will compete with another newcomer, Firefox OS, as well as Microsoft’s Windows Phone and a revamped BlackBerry operating system. Most of the impetus behind Tizen comes from cellphone carriers, which want a successful counterweight to the clout of Google and Apple. Samsung has become the world’s largest maker of smartphones in large part through its embrace of Android. Tizen has a powerful backer in Samsung Electronics Co. Spokesman Michael Lin confirmed Tuesdaythat the Korean company is ditching its own, homebrew operating system Bada in favor of…

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SAN JOSE, California-Apple has agreed to give more than $100 million in iTunes store credits to settle a lawsuit alleging that the iPhone and iPad maker improperly charged kids for playing games on their mobile devices. The 2-year-old case centers on allegations that Apple didn’t create adequate parental controls to prevent children from buying extra features while playing free games on iPhones and J¡fa iPads in 2010 and 2011. Parents who filed the lawsuit in 2011 said they didn’t realize their children were racking up the charges until they received bills or other notifications afterthe purchases were made. The games that had been downloaded were designed for kids as young as 4 years old, according to the lawsuit. Apple introduced more stringent controls governing in-game purchases as part of a…