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<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 07:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Group plans Apple Store protests over tax law]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 07:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[US Uncut&amp;39's logo for its Apple protests.(Credit:US Uncut)US Uncut, an organization that fights companies that try to avoid taxes, is planning to target Apple retail stores on June 4, protesting the company's support of the Win America Campaign. The group seeks to have Apple leave the WAC, which it claims is lobbying Congress for what would end up being a $4 billion tax cut for the company, as well as to cease other lobbying activities relating to &quot;tax loopholes.&quot; &quot;Apple plays huge games with their taxes. By disguising profits in the U.S. as foreign earnings in low-tax countries, Apple dodges billions of dollars of taxes they should be paying,&quot; the group said in a statement this week.The WAC is supported by a number of other technology companies, including Microsoft, Google, and Adobe. The group is currently lobbying for the Freedom to Invest Act of 2011, legislation introduced earlier this month that would temporarily lower taxes on American companies that sell goods and services abroad. That money could then be re-invested within the country, the drafters claim. Despite other companies' involvement, Apple is the group's main target for the &quot;action day&quot; on June 4. &quot;When this 'Win America' tax cheat coalition wins, we all lose as Americans,&quot; US Uncut San Francisco organizer Ana Corrie said in a statement. &quot;We are all disappointed to see a great company like Apple participate in such a deceitful campaign that violates their commitment to operate in a socially responsible manner.&quot;So far the group has put together an action kit containing signs, leaflets, chants, and slogans, as well as a link to Apple's retail store finder. The group has also posted a protest template that involves actually entering Apple Stores to perform a &quot;dance-in&quot; flash mob, along with recording the results using Apple's computers.Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[iPad 2 mic quality said to differ between models]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An iPad 2 with 3G. The microphone is the small hole in the middle.(Credit:Josh Lowensohn/CNET)If choosing between the 18 different models of theiPad 2 wasn't hard enough, new findings suggest that the hardware differences between the Wi-Fi-only and 3G models of the iPad 2 lead to different audio recording quality, with buyers of the less-expensive Wi-Fi only versions coming out on top.That claim, made by iLounge as a footnote to its iPad 2 review, centers on how the same microphone is placed in the two different models. On the Wi-Fi-only version, the microphone hole is simply carved out of the larger piece of metal that makes up the back of the device, whereas on the models with the 3G antenna, it's built into the antenna casing.&quot;Perhaps due to this change in materials, the Wi-Fi model offers markedly cleaner audio than that of the 3G, which sounds slightly muffled and echo-prone as a result,&quot; wrote iLounge senior editor Charles Starrett in a post about the findings. With the iPad 2, Apple changed the location of the microphone from right next to the headphone jack to the very top of the unit. With the original iPad, this situating meant that the 3G antenna, which sits along the top of the device, did not affect the microphone's placement. Along with the audio differences between the 3G and Wi-Fi-only models, Starrett said that the site had discovered further differences between the two different 3G models--the GSM AT&amp;T version, and CDMA Verizon version--finding the GSM 3G model &quot;slightly preferable&quot; by comparison. The microphone has become an exceedingly important aspect of the iPad 2's hardware specifications with the inclusion of FaceTime, Apple's video chat service. Besides FaceTime, recent iPad-specific applications from Apple like GarageBand and iMovie also take advantage of the microphone to let users do things like create audio samples and record voice-overs. Worth noting on top of these observations is that the iPad--like theiPhone,iPod Touch, and Apple's Mac computers--can record audio from external microphones through the 3.5mm headphone jack, as well as attached accessories via the 30-pin dock connector. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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