Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Facebook Announces Native Share Dialog for iOS Apps

Facebook has announced a native Share Dialog that makes it easier for developers to enable sharing features in their iOS apps. The dialog comes out of beta today and is now available through the Facebook SDK for iOS.

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U.S. Senators Claim Apple Has Avoided Paying Billions in U.S. Income Taxes Ahead of Tim Cook Testimony

A Senate subcommittee has released a 40-page memo accusing Apple of not paying billions of dollars in federal taxes through "extensive tax-avoidance strategies".

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Apple CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and Apple's head of tax operations Phillip A. Bullock will appear in front of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation tomorrow. The company issued a statement yesterday in a preliminary defense against the Subcommittee's accusations.

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Corning Announces 'Lotus XT' Substrate Glass for Brighter, Cheaper Mobile Displays

Corning announced the launch of its latest glass substrate for LCD and OLED displays, Lotus XT Glass. While Corning is famous for its Gorilla Glass used by Apple and other device manufacturers to provide durable covers for their displays, substrate glass like Lotus Glass is used within the displays themselves to support the transistors and other components necessary for the displays to function.
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The Corning Lotus Glass platform enables organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays and liquid crystal displays (LCD) that use either low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) or oxide thin-film transistor (TFT) backplanes. The result is an energy-efficient, immersive display device that features high resolution, fast response times, and bright picture quality.


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