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EPEAT certification: Apple pulls its products, puts them back, and prompts debate

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Apple controversially removed 39 of its products from environmental impact rating group EPEAT's registry, prompting a backlash from environmental groups and the San Francisco government. While the company has decided to re-join the registry, the attention it's drawn is leading EPEAT to take a closer look at the production methods...

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iPad prototype from early 2000s revealed in Jony Ive deposition

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After the iPad launched, Steve Jobs eventually revealed that Apple actually started development on what would become the iPad prior to its work on the iPhone — but we're now getting some details on just how long it was in development. Network World recently got its hands on portions of a deposition Apple designer Jony Ive gave at Samsung's request this past December, and he revealed that...

Location sharing iOS app Twist officially released; Android version in development

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Remember Twist, the free iOS app that sends location-based status updates to friends when you're commuting? After sitting quietly in the app store for a while, Twist is now out of beta and ready for launch. It's much the same as the version we took a look at last week, but with a few extra features, primarily integration with Twitter and Facebook. The core premise is pretty simple: users set a location they're traveling to and people to notify, and the app periodically checks the location and sends a text message (or push notification if both parties are using Twist) with an estimated arrival time upon leaving, halfway through the trip, and just before reaching the destination.

So far, Twist is iOS-only, but the team is apparently working on an Android version as well, and users can sign up to receive information about it here. As we...

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90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

It's a little more meta than usual today — probably because we're a little more sleep-deprived than usual. Which is to say, we haven't slept in days. The Verge office has some really good coffee, and for whatever reason Mariah Carey has become the backup musical selection...

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Intellectual Properly: Apple patents disappearing vertical scroll indicator

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Intellectual Properly is a series where we seek to set the record straight on the day's hottest patent, copyright and related intellectual property issues in the tech world.

It's Tuesday, so you know what that means: newly minted patents are here. Today's fun comes straight from Cupertino via the US Patent and Trademark Office and includes another scrolling patent — US patent no. 8,223,134 to be exact. The '134 patent claims priority back to 2007 and includes pretty broad coverage on a...


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The Verge app now available for Android and iOS!

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You've waited, you've watched, you've sent angry letters to our homes and offices — and now the day is finally here. Yes, The Verge has been unleashed in the App and Play Stores, and you can go and download version 1.0 of our mobile apps right this moment. We've been working hard to bring core features of the site into a more appy environment, and we think we've got some goodies that you're going to enjoy. For starters, not only is our news,...

TweetDeck desktop app updated with improved column management

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Twitter today updated its TweetDeck client for Chrome, Mac OS X, and Windows with changes that focus on navigation and browsing within the app. The company has tweaked columns slightly by arranging them into one continuous horizontal row, a design change which originally appeared in the browser-based version of TweetDeck. A new dropdown menu can quickly take you to any position in your columns, with arrow buttons to the left and right letting...