An Ex-Apple Engineer's New App Turns Your iPad Into a Second Display for ... - Slate Magazine (blog)

The first app that turns your iPad into a second display you'd actually like to use.

Duet Display

This article originally appeared in Business Insider.

Duet Display is an app designed to get you some extra use out of your iPad. Instead of letting your iPad collect dust when you're not using it, Duet Display turns it into a second display for your Mac, using the iPad's charging chord to connect to your computer. The app was created by Rahul Dewan, an engineer who worked at Apple for three years on the iPad and iMac.

"A second display can increase productivity up to 48 percent," Dewan told Business Insider. "If you have an iPad, you already have that second screen. With Duet, you can finally use it. Otherwise, your $ 700 device is just sitting there."

In addition to giving you extra screen real estate (which is great for musicians, designers, and photo and video editors), Duet Display also takes advantage of the iPad's touch capabilities, allowing you to tap and scroll through whatever you choose to drag over to the second display.

While other apps like Air Display already exist that will turn your iPad into a second display, those apps connect your iPad to your Mac using WiFi, which leads to a lot of lag. Duet Display, on the other hand, has zero lag, and it also offers a true Retina resolution that takes full advantage of the iPad's HD display.

Duet Display also offers energy-saving options for people using older Macs that aren't as powerful. You can choose between regular and Retina resolution (you'll need a newer Mac for Retina mode to work seamlessly), but you can also switch between a 30 Hz and 60 Hz refresh rate.

Setting up Duet Display is a cinch. You just download the app on your iPad and for your Mac, restart your computer, and you're ready to go.

Because my work computer is a Mac Mini, I stuck to the regular resolution along with a 60 Hz refresh rate, and it worked well without any hiccups. While the Retina resolution certainly makes everything crisper, it also puts more work on your computer, but if you have a more recent Mac you should be all set.

Duet Display is great for keeping an eye on Twitter or Slack.

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In use, Duet Display performed exactly how I'd like it to. I could drag a webpage with my Twitter feed or Slack over to my iPad's screen, and you can tap fullscreen to have whatever window you're displaying expand to fill the entire screen. YouTube videos played back smoothly, and I even played a game of Hearthstone just to see if it worked for games. (It does, but most of the time it makes more sense to just game on your primary display.)

Duet Display also works in either portrait or landscape mode.

Another bonus feature is that you can technically use Duet Display to turn your iPad into your only display, though that feature only works if you disable your Mac login, since Duet Display only works after you've logged in.

Duet Display

Most importantly, Duet Display is the first app that actually turns your iPad into a second display I'd actually like to use. As someone who has tried Air Display and uninstalled it shortly afterward, frustrated,  I can honestly say this is the only option that's worth it.

Duet Display launches Monday, and you'll be able to download the app right here.

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How to add wireless charging to your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus for $20 - BGR

Count wireless charging among a handful of smartphone features that are absolutely terrific but not quite popular enough to truly impact user experiences as much as they should. There is no question that simply placing your handset down on a charging surface is more convenient than plugging in a cable or shimmying your phone into a dock. Not enough phones support wireless charging out of the box, however, and users still need to buy multiple charging pads for different locations and also carry a charging pad for use on the go.

Someday, wireless charging stations will be everywhere we go and the technology will indeed vastly improve the smartphone user experience. Until then, it's a nice convenience when it's supported. And while Apple device owners still can't enjoy that convenience out of the box, you can now add wireless charging to your device just a few minutes with minimal investment.

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Writing at Forbes, Ewan Spence recently put together a simple guide that will show you how to add wireless charging support to your iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c or iPhone 5.

Spence's guide includes just a few simple steps and best of all, it involves no permanent modifications so you can add wireless charging support to your iPhone and remove it at will. Of course, we would like to remind all readers that using non-OEM charging accessories with your iPhone can cause damage to your device, and it can also void your warranty.

The trick involves the addition of just two simple components to your iPhone. One is a "Qi Wireless Charging Card" that can be purchased on eBay for about $ 10, and the second is a "Qi compatible wireless charging pad," which is even cheaper on eBay. The former plugs into your iPhone's Lightning port and sticks to the back of your iPhone, and the latter is a small pad you'll place your iPhone on to charge it wirelessly.

Follow the link below in our source section for all the details and instructions on how to add wireless charging to your iPhone.

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Review: Fleetwood Mac at American Airlines Center - Fort Worth Star Telegram

There was a moment Sunday night when Stevie Nicks began recounting all of the acts she and Lindsay Buckingham once opened for, prior to joining the ranks of Fleetwood Mac.

It was an impressive roster of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers — Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, et al — but also an anecdote making the refrain from Landslide ("I'm getting older too") take on an extra, poignant dimension.

The years continue to accumulate (Nicks is 66), and bands like Fleetwood Mac begin to crumble and fall away — almost anything can be survived, whether it's romantic entanglements or prodigious drug use, but no one can outrun time.

Such a feeling hung in the air Sunday at American Airlines Center as a sold-out and terrifically enthusiastic crowd welcomed Fleetwood Mac back to North Texas.

While the band itself was in town just last year, they didn't have a key member in tow then as they did Sunday: Christine McVie, rejoining the ranks of the rock band after more than 15 years away, was a welcome addition to the core foursome of Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood.

The familiar elements of a Fleetwood Mac performance were present in abundance — Fleetwood's gaped-mouth timekeeping; Nicks' mystical twirling and top hat; Buckingham's incendiary guitar solos — but with Christine McVie back in the mix, the two hour-plus set felt slightly elevated, an extra, key ingredient making the well-worn (You Make Loving Fun; Little Lies; Say You Love Me) feel altogether revitalized.

Her lovely alto laid in alongside Nicks' own gruff, feathery alto and Buckingham's razor-wire tenor gave the show a feeling of balance, a restoration to the last, best possible version of the band beloved by the screaming thousands stuffed into the arena, something even Buckingham noted midway through.

"A band that has prevailed through good times and bad," the singer-guitarist observed, "[And] with [Christine McVie's] return, I believe we have begun an profound, prolific new chapter in this band."

While that might seem hyperbolic, watching Fleetwood Mac — the main quintet augmented by two more musicians and three back-up singers, who were mainly in place to sing the high notes Nicks and Christine McVie can no longer quite accurately hit — rip into a stomping, searing Tusk and a freewheeling Go Your Own Way suggested there might be a little gas left in the tank. (The current "On With the Show" tour continues to be extended, with the band already planning a return trip to the AAC March 4.)

That said, Buckingham and Nicks' mystifying decision to render Never Going Back Again, a sprightly acoustic ditty, at half-speed, as though dosed with elephant tranquilizers, indicates that not every current creative impulse is solid.

Still, the sway of staples such as The Chain, Gold Dust Woman and Don't Stop is considerable. Even in its heyday, Fleetwood Mac was already cognizant of the value of cherishing memories while maintaining forward momentum.

Put it another way: Yesterday's gone, but don't stop thinking about tomorrow — for as long as you're able, at any rate.

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2014 MAC Championship final score: NIU blows out Bowling Green, 51-17 - SB Nation

The MAC belongs to NIU once again.

After getting stunned by Bowling Green in the 2013 MAC Championship game, Northern Illinois would get its revenge in the 2014 rematch. After a close game for a couple of quarters, NIU went on to dominate the Falcons, 51-17, to win its third MAC title in four years and extend its recent dynasty of the MACtion era.

The Huskies don’t have the firepower that they had in previous years, but Rod Carey’s offense showed up Friday night. Running back Cameron Stingily had an efficient game, and the defense was dominant in a win that could propel the Huskies into the top 25 and possibly earn them a spot in a New Year’s Six bowl.

Three things we learned

1. Northern Illinois could sneak into a New Year’s Six bowl with a Boise State loss

A lot has to happen for this to become a reality, but there’s a chance that Northern Illinois could be headed back to a top bowl game for the second time in three years, despite not having as good of a team as either of the past two years. With “Group of Five” teams dropping like flies — including both Marshall and Colorado State — Boise State is the only team from a non-power conference in the current College Football Playoff rankings. By rule, the highest ranked Group of Five champion will make a New Year’s Six bowl.

NIU could potentially sneak into the rankings after the impressive win over Bowling Green, though the Huskies would still be ranked behind Boise State. So if the Broncos lose to Fresno State in the Mountain West Championship Game — unlikely, given how those two teams are playing — and NIU cracks the rankings, then maybe the Huskies could sneak into a top bowl game.

2. NIU’s dynasty continues

Even with the loss in last year’s championship game, it was tough to say that the Huskies’ dynasty was over. NIU has now gone to five straight MAC Championship Games, winning three of them, and they’re firmly set up for the future with quarterback Drew Hare just a sophomore.

After some rough spots early in the season, the Huskies showed great improvement and were indisputably the MAC’s best team late in the season. Regardless of whether it goes to a major bowl game, NIU is clearly the class of the conference and will be the team to beat for the foreseeable future.

3. What can NIU do out of conference? What didn’t we learn?

This is clearly not NIU’s best team in recent years, and while Hare has shown improvement, he’s not Jordan Lynch or Chandler Harnish. Due in part to the early season struggles, NIU is ranked 76th in the F/+ ratings, including 62nd on offense and 96th on defense. There has been clear improvement, but the overall numbers are still bogged down.

On one hand, we didn’t really learn all that much from this game because we knew NIU was better than Bowling Green. But what we do know is that the Huskies are better than the rest of their conference, and in bowl season, we should get to see where they stack up — with this version of the team — against someone else.

For more analysis, head over to SB Nation’s MAC site, Hustle Belt.

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Apple iPod Lawsuit Down to One Plaintiff - New York Times (blog)

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Steve Jobs, chief of Apple, talked about the iPod Nano in 2007 in San Francisco. IPods are at the center of a case accusing the company of illegal practices.Credit Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Updated, 4:58 p.m. | OAKLAND, Calif. — A class-action lawsuit against Apple that has been nearly a decade in the making could hinge on a single iPod purchased by a New Jersey woman in 2008.

In a surprising turn on Friday, the lawyers suing Apple in the $ 350 million case withdrew one of the named plaintiffs after they concluded that she did not purchase an iPod between September 2006 and March 2009, the period in which Apple is accused of preventing music from competing services from playing on its iPods.

That leaves one named plaintiff. And Apple said in a letter filed with the court late Wednesday night that it checked the serial number of an iPod Touch bought by that woman, Marianna Rosen, and found that it was bought in July 2009, months after the period in question. The company on Friday filed a motion asking that the case be dismissed altogether on the grounds that the iPods purchased by the two plaintiffs were not bought during that time period.

“Ms. Rosen’s trial testimony with regard to her alleged purchase of the two iPods in 2007 and 2008 was not credible,” Apple said in its filing. Apple also attached a receipt showing that the iPod Touch was purchased by Ms. Rosen’s husband’s law firm, not the plaintiff herself.

Outsiders may be providing a solution. on Friday afternoon, a Michigan man named Jeffrey Kowalski contacted the judge. He said he bought an iPod Touch around May 2008.

Bonny Sweeney, the plaintiffs’ lead attorney, told Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the federal judge overseeing the case, that there was another iPod Touch that Ms. Rosen bought in 2008. She said she would fully respond to Apple’s letter on Saturday. The judge has not yet ruled on Apple's motion.

The trial proceeded Friday morning with testimony by Jeff Robbin, the head of Apple’s iTunes software. A videotaped deposition of Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was expected to be shown later on Friday.

Correction: December 5, 2014
An earlier version of this post misstated the home state of a man potentially involved in the iPod case. He lives in Michigan, not Minnesota. Also, the post misstated how the man could be involved. He contacted the judge overseeing the case; he has not yet been included in the lawsuit.

A version of this article appears in print on 12/06/2014, on page B3 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Dead Apple Chief Testifies on Videotape in Antitrust Case.

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Apple Loop: iPhone 6S Rumors, Jobs And Wozniak's Garage Myth, iPhone 6C ... - Forbes

iPhone 6 Case Roundup (image: Ewan Spence)

Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week's Apple Loop covers the discussions and rumors of the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6C smartphones, Apple's rising market share of tablets and smartphones, why Tim Cook needs to be careful when integrating Beats into Apple's hardware, lawsuits on the iPod's DRM and eBooks, Black Friday results, and the myth of the garage where it all started.

Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the very many discussions that have happened around Apple over the last seven days (and you can read our weekly digest of Android news here on Forbes).

Everyone Is Dreaming Of A New iPhone Model

There must be something in the air, because the Apple news is dominated by speculation on two new models arriving during 2015.  Forbes' Gordon Kelly takes a look at the idea of a four-inch variant of the iPhone 6, while I argue for a mid-season boost to storage in the iPhone 6 instead of the arrival of the iPhone 6S.

Starting with a 'mini' version of the iPhone 6, potentially the iPhone 6C, there are five clear arguments for the handset to exist and to go on sale; Natural fit, better budget option, lack of competition, guaranteed success, and choice:

…despite the success of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, there are a large number of grumbling iPhone owners who are not prepared to go bigger. Eventually time will force them to upgrade, but why force when you can have them joyfully snapping your hand off.

As for the idea of a new model in April to help boost the sales of the Apple Watch, my thinking is that this is less about an iPhone 6S, and more about a bump on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus handsets:

While there are economic and psychological reasons for sticking with a 16 GB model, moving the baseline model of the iPhone 6 up to 32 GB alongside the launch of the Apple Watch would refresh the product line, it would allow Apple to cross-sell the Apple Watch and the iPhone to consumers, and it would not significantly burn the millions of consumers who have already purchased an iPhone 6 (or received it as a gift at Christmas) only to see it replaced by 'the new model' a few months after sale.

If there is to be a 'new' handset in early 2015, it's likely to be a 32 GB version of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

As always, there are many roads that Apple could take with the iPhone platform. While there are many aspirations and dreams that people will want to see in any new handset, I suspect that the road of least resistance and conformity will be the road taken during 2015.

Apple's Market Share Is Rising

Let's not forget that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are doing fantastically well in the markets. Chuck Jones has been doing his regular analysis of sales data, and points out the gains in market share in the major economic countries of the US, UK, Japan, and Germany. Looking at the US market:

Apple's iPhone share increased almost 9 percentage points from 32.6% in September to 41.5% in October. While the 41.5% is only 0.7 points above last October the 8.9 point gain is almost double last years 4.9 point gain from September 2013 to October when the iPhone 5c and 5s were launched. However, it is less than the iPhone 5's gain of 18.4 points from 34.6% in September 2012 to 53.0% in October.

Jones' full analysis can be found here on Forbes.

The Apple iPhone 6 (image: Ewan Spence)

When Will We Hear The Beats?

Staying with the analysts, Seeking Alpha's Douglas Ehrman has been wondering what Apple will do with the Beats IP and technology in the future, and how this might impact on Apple's market price:

Apple is notorious for creating closed systems when it comes to peripherals, and headphones might be next. After the deal was announced, some analysts expressed concern that Apple would use the acquisition as an excuse to begin using the lightning port as the headphone interface and phase out the typical headphone jack. Integrating Beats Music into iOS is a logical first step.

As most will recall, when Apple insisted that its version of Maps become the default application in place of Google Maps, there was pushback from Apple users… With this in mind, Apple will need to make sure a Beats integration works seamlessly, to avoid another black eye

Apple's Phablet+Tablet Sales Are Still Strong

The predicted 12.5% drop in iPad sales this year, (via IDC) has piqued the interest of Forbes contributor Mark Rogowsky. It's not that the iPad sales are dropping, it's that the numbers need to be examined with a view to the iPad being 'old' and other just as capable lines (such as the iPhone Six Plus) are 'new' and easier to sell:

Even if you were to just split the 6 Plus sales between the smartphone and tablet categories, it seems fair to argue that about 7.5 million of those purchases are would-be iPad customers who get a brand new iPhone in the process. Apple last year sold 26 million iPads over the Christmas quarter. If IDC proves correct and that number falls by 3 million or so, there appears to be no reasonable argument under which iPads plus a reasonable share of iPhone 6 Plus sales apportioned to the iPad category doesn't result in an increase over last year. And, yes, this would still leave the iPhone very comfortably ahead of last year as well

Apple tablet sales are falling? Maybe. Apple "-ablet" sales? Any rumors of their death are very greatly exaggerated.

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