Buddasworld

If Apple stopped using white plastic from 2003 and made a proper iPad stand - the Magnus would be it. It looks invisible - perfect.

Now if only i didn’t have kids and a protective case around my iPad because of them…

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This brown Tuff-Luv Macbook Air case is superb for my 13” 2011 MacBook Air.

Great materials, perfect pull tab which slides up the MacBook effortlessly, and a very nice selection of textured materials on the front and back to make the cover a little more interesting than a simply leather cover. 

The internal has a brown soft nylon lining to polish your device as it slides in and out.

Magnetic clasp is a final nice little extra to an overall perfect slip cover.

Well worth the £39 asking price from Amazon.co.uk.

An Italian Leather sofa with a built in ipod dock and stereo speakers.

The most expensive/stupid iPod dock available at £7995, reduced to £6999 in the Housing Units (Manchester) summer sale.

dwineman:

It’s pretty easy to argue that software patents are bad for the software industry.

Regardless of where you stand on that issue, however, it must at least give you pause when Apple, who not only exercises final approval over what may be sold on the world’s largest mobile software distribution platform, but also has exclusive pre-publication access (by way of that approval process) to every app sold or attempted to be sold there, quietly starts patenting app ideas.

But even if you’re fine with that, how about this: one of the diagrams in Apple’s patent application for a travel app is a direct copy, down to the text and the positions of the icons, of an existing third-party app that’s been available on the App Store for years.

I can’t see how this is even close to OK.

(Update: I’ve posted a followup.)

(Second update: FutureTap responds.)