3 iPhone optical character recognition apps compared

If you're going paperless by transferring all your printed documents to digital text or PDF files, using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) makes the job much easier by eliminating manual input. Luckily, you can use your iPhone to do OCR, eliminating the need for any additional equipment.

Source: http://gigaom.com/apple/3-iphone-optical-character-recognition-apps-compared/

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Apple to Upgrade Fifth Avenue Store Plaza, Temporarily Remove Iconic Glass Cube

ifoAppleStore reports that Apple has begun work on a $6.6 million project to revamp the plaza at its flagship Fifth Avenue retail store in Manhattan, home of the iconic glass cube entrance leading to the underground retail space. As part of the project, Apple will be temporarily removing the glass cube to install new pavers on the plaza.


Workers reportedly appeared on site last night and began fencing off areas around the store to begin work on the project.

Building permits issued on June 13th state the work will also include removing protective bollards, installing new pavers around the cube's perimeter, and removing and reinstalling surrounding water drains. According to the permits, the work could be finished by early November.
It is unclear whether Apple will be replacing the glass panels of the cube or making other changes to the structure, or simply temporarily removing the cube to facilitate other drainage and paver work on the plaza.

Apple's Fifth Avenue store opened in mid-2006 as the gleaming flagship of the chain, operating 24 hours a day. Despite the company having opened a number of significantly larger flagship stores around the world in the following years, the Fifth Avenue store has maintained its position as one of the busiest and most-visited stores in the company's retail chain.

Update: ifoAppleStore has added a couple of photos of the gray plywood barriers around the plaza.



Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/16/apple-to-upgrade-fifth-avenue-store-plaza/

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Lack of consolidated Apple IDs causing iCloud frustrations

An official policy regarding Apple IDs is already causing problems for iCloud users, people say. For various reasons -- such as working in different countries -- some users may have multiple Apple IDs, to which different iTunes downloads may be linked. If a person tries to turn on Automatic Downloads for two or more accounts, an iOS pop-up warns that people must wait 90 days to download old purchases with a secondary iTunes account....

Source: http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=66ef077fee8fb74dc694bda7f7e776b0

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'Weird Al' Yankovic releases iOS children's e-book

Musical comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic has adapted his best-selling children's book When I Grow Up into an iOS e-book app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The digital version features the full text and artwork of the original book, along with Yankovic's own narration, games, special "Easter Eggs" and other interactive features. Featuring original illustrations by Wes Hargis, the book features Yankovic's brand of imaginative humor....

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10.6.8 build 10K540 seeded to developers

The latest build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 has been seeded to developers. This build lists no known issues, and it has the exact same focus areas as an earlier build: AirPort, Networking, Graphics Drivers, the Mac App Store, QuickTime and VPN.

There's no indication of when 10.6.8 will see public release, but with OS X Lion due next month, it's likely it will be one of the last major updates to Snow Leopard.

10.6.8 build 10K540 seeded to developers originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/17/10-6-8-build-10k540-seeded-to-developers/

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