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Mophie recalls iPod Touch rechargeable external battery case due to burn hazard. Rocketfish battery case for iPhone 3G/3GS recalled by Best Buy due to fire hazard. Over 37,000 cases affected in recall effort.

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Just after sunset in Kailua-Kona as seen from Holualoa Sunday (Oct 2).

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The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) unveiled the State of Hawaii’s first web application for mobile devices. The mobile web app includes a modified version of the current services available on DCCA’s Business Registration website.

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Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), a program managed by the University of Hawai‘i, has published Disaster Alert for Android-driven devices, a free-download application—formerly available only for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iTouch)—that gives users access to worldwide hazard and disaster event data. The information can be viewed on an interactive map, in quick-view lists or as a detailed […]

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The New Media Team at NASA Ames Research Center has developed the first NASA iPhone application to deliver up-to-the-minute NASA content directly from Agency sources in one easy-to-use mobile platform. The software makes extensive use of built-in iPhone features and usability to offer NASA information in a clear and intuitive way.

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MEDIA RELEASE The new Apple iPhone 3G S allows users to easily type diacritical marks essential for text messaging, emailing and Web surfing in Hawaiian, said an assistant professor of Hawaiian language at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. “Users do not have to install custom fonts and keyboard in order to display ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i […]

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