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Daily Archives: August 28, 2010

Two new Mobily iPhone apps: Ramadaniaty, iHasanaty

Mobily has released 2 new, Islamic themed, iOS apps. Ramadaniaty provides a daily supplications “Azkar” and valuable information about important events that took place in the Holy Month of Ramadan. Beside Qur’anic verses and Prophetic sayings on fasting, the service sheds light on fatwas (religious rulings) related to fasting, pioneers in Islam, the fasting of other creatures, and a lot ...

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MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update

Apple has released an EFI firmware update for 15 and 17 inch MacBook Pro machines released mid 2010. This update resolves a rare issue that may cause the system to freeze during startup or intermittently stall during operation, and it improves compatibility with external displays. The MacBook Pro EFI Update will update the EFI firmware on your MacBook Pro. Your ...

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You Scratched My Mac!

Personally I I have issues with people holding or even touching my Apple gadgets including my iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Mac. The other day I got this email from a Mac user in Dubai, UAE who faced the wall of Apple resellers’ bureaucracy , I can relate to her frustration. What these resellers can’t fathom is that Mac users are ...

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Easily create Arabic eBooks for iPad, iPhone

With the most recent update to the iWork suite, users can easily create Arabic electronic books in ePub format and view them on the iPhone and iPad using the iBooks app. I have tested that and created an Arabic ebook sample, here is a screenshot on iPhone 4: Another screenshot on the iPad: Make sure to follow the instructions detailed ...

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iWork update includes ePub export

Apple has updated their office suit, iWork, today. iWork 9.0.4 addresses issues in Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, and adds export compatibility to Pages with the standard ePub file format (for use with iBooks). These ePub books can be copied to the iPhone and iPad and loaded using the iBooks ebook app. To produce an ePub file follow these instruction: in ...

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