Weekly Mobile News Roundup – 19 July 2013

  Once again the week is coming to an end and that means it’s time for a roundup of the past weeks news!

Chinese Woman Electrocuted by iPhone 4 Likely Used Unauthorized Charger – Ma Ailun, the 23-year-old Chinese woman who was killed via electric shock when answering a call on her iPhone last week, was most likely using an unauthorized third party charger, reports the South China Morning Post.

Kickstart this retro Mac cooler, so you can have it before it’s cool – The world of Apple-themed drink coolers isn’t exactly a bustling industry. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve actually seen one before today. Nevertheless, this adorably retro Mac-shapped box is called the MaCool and it’s begging to hold your cold beverages.

Apple opens iWork for iCloud Beta to public, sends invites to non-developers – Reports are coming in saying Apple is rolling out iWork for iCloud Beta access to non-developers, suggesting the company is offering the online productivity suite to anyone with a valid Apple ID.

VLC For iPhone and iPad Returns With Wi-Fi Upload, Dropbox Sync and More – Several years ago, the popular desktop media player VLC was released for iPhone and iPad on the App Store. However, the app was eventually removed from the store over copyright issues with the GPL license.

iPhone users pay average of 19 cents per app, Android users pay just 6 cents – The dominance of free mobile applications continues to grow, as a new study reveals that iPhone users spend an average of 19 cents per app downloaded, while Android users spend only 6 cents per download.

Liquidmetal iPhone, iPad or iWatch teased as patent tips production breakthrough – Apple could finally use Liquidmetal for new iPhone and iPad casings, a new patent describing a fresh way of processing the high-tech “metallic glass” implies, both scratch-free and allowing for more intricate molding and designs.

The Apple TV Has 56% Of The Streaming Device Market. Some “Hobby.” – According to Apple, the Apple TV is “just a hobby.” According to a new report, though, it’s way more than a hobby: it’s the dominant force in video streaming.

NoteSuite a powerful note-taking app for Mac and iPad – NoteSuite represents a major upgrade (as well as a name change) for Projectbook, an iPad-only note-taking app that Theory.io released last year. Not only is the NoteSuite upgrade free for existing Projectbook owners, but it is also accompanied by a long-awaited desktop app of the same name in the Mac App Store.

If You Haven’t Seen A Windows Phone Lately, It’s Because They’re Practically Disappearing – Windows Phone is failing miserably to gain any important traction despite tremendous marketing support. It’s true that globally, Nokia’s Lumia line set a record with 7.4 million units sold in the quarter. But those numbers mask the grim reality.

If you bought Logic Pro within 30 days of Logic Pro X release, you may get a refund – This isn’t exactly unprecedented, but there’s been some discussion about “upgrade pricing” regarding Logic Pro X today, so I thought this would be good info for Logic Pro customers. First, if you bought Logic Pro within 30 days, consider contacting Apple support — you may be able to get a refund (within a week). With that money you can happily upgrade to Logic Pro X through the Mac App Store.

Chrome for iOS adds improved Google apps integration, ‘experimental’ data compression – Google has just released a fairly significant update for Chrome on iOS. Now available in the App Store, the latest version introduces some anticipated features like fullscreen browsing on iPad and access to your full browsing history — something that’s bizarrely been missing since the app debuted.