Report: Microsoft Lays Unsuccessful Zune to Rest
Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will cease development of its family of Zune-branded music players due to weak demand and a desire to focus on its smartphone platform.
(Via Wired Top Stories.)
Video: Replicate Smart Cover sleep mode with a simple magnet -
If you're looking for that awesome smart cover functionality but don't want to spend forty bucks on a case for your new iPad, it's really simple to add a low-power magnet that will trigger the smart cover functionality.
All you need is a small strip of flexible craft magnet, available at any local hobby shop, placed at the right position on your iPad. Although the actual trigger point is only about a half inch across, using a strip about two inches long helps guarantee the lock/unlock functionality without having to worry about making precise contact.
Of course, it's up to you to add the magnet to an actual case, but that's nothing that a little mailing envelope and duct tape ingenuity can't mock up in a few minutes.
How To Work In The Cloud With Google Docs -
By now you’re probably familiar with Docs’ basics. But just in case: Google Docs is a web-based word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application that stores any files you create in it, as well as files you upload. While Google Docs doesn’t offer all the functionality you’d find in Microsoft Office, its web-based collaboration features present a whole new world of utility, and these tips will help you mine Docs for everything it’s worth.
(Via Mac|Life all.)
How to Drop MobileMe for GoogleMe -
Hold on to your wallet! MobileMe is great, but with a little work, Google can sync your Mac’s most important stuff -- mail, contacts, and calendars -- to your iOS device and back for free. Before taking the plunge, make sure all the most recent data is on your Mac, then back it up with Time Machine so you can restore it if necessary ...
(Via Mac|Life all.)
Mac 911: Move Magic Trackpad between Macs - 
You have two Macs and one Magic Trackpad. How do you unpair from one and connect to another? Like so.
(Via Macworld.)
Apple Inc. hopes to take Apple Corps' logo trademark - 
Apple Inc. on Friday filed to get the trademark for The Beatles' well-known Apple Corps label. While it already won basic rights through a 2007 settlement, the European Trademarks Office filing would get 14 international trademarks for computers and phones as well as clothes, games, social networks and other elements that Apple often uses ...
Despite Contamination, Navy Copters Keep Aiding Japan - As the world braced for a possible core meltdown in Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the U.S. Navy kept its helicopters flying to provide earthquake and tsunami relief. The Navy’s Pacific-based Seventh Fleet announced on its Facebook page that the aircraft carrier in position, the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, had been moved slightly away from the Fukushima Daiichi plant after finding 'low level' radioactive contamination “in the air and on its aircraft operating in the area.” But the Navy said that operations to provide disaster relief had already resumed north of Sendai.
(Via Wired Top Stories.)
