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How To Redeem an Apple App Store Code on an iPhone, iPad or iPod?

Question from Reader: How do I redeem a code for an app at the Apple App Store?

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Adjust All iOS System Sounds With Volume Rocker

In iOS, you may have noticed that the volume rocker doesn’t control the volume of the ringer or alerts. Here’s an easy way to make the volume controls work for all system sounds.

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Apple iOS: Stop Annoying WiFi PopUp Notifications

Public WiFi is becoming increasingly common these days, of course not all networks are open. Even the ones that appear open, frequently require login credentials. Because of this, it doesn’t make sense to have your iPhone or iPad constantly notifying you of nearby WiFi hotspots.

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Girls Around Me Removed from Apple AppStore

An iPhone app aggregating data from FourSquare and Facebook in order to show personal data around the user’s location has been pulled off the AppStore by its developer. The fact that FourSquare has decided to disallow it access to its technology has basically rendered it useless.

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Angry Birds Take Off Into Space Today

Great news for fans of the popular physics based video game Angry Birds. Today Angry Birds Space launches on Android and iOS mobile devices. And, the official Rovio announcement is brought to you by Don Pettis, an astronaut on board the International Space Station.

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Ditch iTunes: Manage Music on iPod/iPhone with SharePod

I’ve used an iPod Classic for a while now and one of the things I don’t like is using iTunes to manage the music on it. There are many situations when I’d rather just copy music to and from the iPod. Here’s an easy way to do that, one that works with the iPhone and iPod Touch, too.

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Update iOS On Your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch Wirelessly

One of the things that came out of the Apple news last week was an update for iOS to version 5.1. This is an incremental update with some cool new features and security updates for your iDevice.

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Apple iOS: How to Disable In-App Purchases

Many iOS games offer In-App purchases to buy premium versions, extra features and more. If you have your credit card linked to your iTunes account, it would be wise to disable in-app purchases so your kids or anyone else doesn’t rack up huge charges. Here’s to disable in-app purchases on any iOS device.

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Stop iPhone Launching iTunes and iPhoto Automatically

By default, when you plug in your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, your Mac launches iTunes and iPhoto — if your device has a camera. Here’s how to stop those apps from opening automatically.

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Foxconn Increases Workers’ Pay by 25 Percent

One of Apple’s largest hardware suppliers, Foxconn, is increasing employee wages by 25 percent and reducing work hours. Apple has allowed ABC News access to the Foxconn factories. The Nightline TV special will air on Tuesday. We have a short preview of the report for you to check out.

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