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Sprint New iPad Spotted in Best Buy Inventory System

After selling Apple’s iPhone for quite some time now, Sprint has been left out when it comes to the company’s recent new iPad tablet. However, the move doesn’t come as a surprise given the fact that Sprint has yet to roll out its own 4G LTE network. We already know that the new iPad will be exclusi...

13 March 2012
14:01 GMT

AT&T and Verizon Officially Confirm New iPad for March 16

Although Apple announced that its new iPad would be available via AT&T and Verizon Wireless on March 16, the information had to be confirmed by both carriers. Today, Verizon and AT&T officially confirmed they would be able to sell the new iPad starting March 16. In fact, both network operators revealed they would of...

13 March 2012
11:31 GMT

XSS, Memory Corruption and Other Issues Addressed in Safari 5.1.4

Apple recently released Safari 5.1.4, the latest version of the popular browser, bringing not only improvements in the feature department, but also some updates that address security holes that could allow an ill-intended hacker to cause some serious damage. One of the more important issues was identified by Matt Co...

13 March 2012
04:44 GMT

Apple Accuses Samsung of Ignoring a Court Order

Apple and Samsung have been suing each other over products, but now they are suing each other over the reactions to said attacks, or lack thereof. Apple was the one who started it all and now it is making things continue onwards, despite the grumblings of either side. What it is trying to do is make it impossible...

12 March 2012
10:29 GMT

iOS 5.1 Battery Life - Better or Worse

iPhone customers plagued by battery life woes have been expecting iOS 5.1 like the second coming, but has it fixed the problem?According to some of the people writing on the Apple Support Communities forums, not really.Although there are arguably fewer complaints now than there were when iOS 5 was released, it appear...

12 March 2012
04:19 GMT

iPhone 4S Now Available for Free at China Telecom

As expected, China Telecom has finally introduced the iPhone 4S. Customers can now grab Apple's latest iPhone device for free on select plans.For example, customers can get the 16 GB iPhone 4S for free, but they would have to sign up for a two-year agreement contract for 389 yuan monthly (US$ 62). However, those...

10 March 2012
18:01 GMT

The New iPad Will Not Support European LTE Networks

The new iPad recently announced by Apple seems to be mostly targeting the North American market. Although the slate is advertised as a 4G LTE device, the feature is only available in some regions. Obviously, this is not entirely Apple’s fault, as both international and AT&T variants have been confirmed to supp...

8 March 2012
11:00 GMT

NVIDIA Isn't Buying Apple's Claim That iPad GPU Is 4X Better Than Tegra 3

Apple released the third generation iPad tablet not long ago and, during its launch event, it showed a slide where the A5X graphics were said to be four times better than NVIDIA's Tegra 3. Apple did not follow through on its boast in the way that people would be inclined to expect after such a bold statement. ...

8 March 2012
04:56 GMT

Three UK Teases New Apple Device Coming Soon

Wireless carrier Three UK is one of the operators interested in adding the much expected Apple iPad 3 to its lineup. While the official announcement is still pending, the company has added a new teaser page to its website, claiming that a “new Apple device is coming soon.” It also offers users the possi...

7 March 2012
08:37 GMT

iPhone 4S 16GB Only $150 at C Spire, Requires 2-Year Contract

It’s almost certain that Apple will launch the iPhone 5 sometime later this year. This is why most carriers are preparing amazing deals on various iPhone models, including the latest iPhone 4S, which is only several months old. US-based carrier C Spire Wireless has just discounted the iPhone 4S, both black and...

5 March 2012
17:11 GMT

Apple Is the "World’s Most Admired Company" 5th Year in a Row

Five years straight, Apple is still Fortune’s “most admired company,” with a market cap of $500 billion (which makes it the most valuable company by far), and a record past quarter with tens of billions in profit. The magazine commented on the company’s impressive performance: “To say i...

2 March 2012
04:28 GMT

Patent Troll Sues Both Apple and Google over Street View in iOS

Google and Apple rarely see eye to eye these days, even if they were once quite close. Still the two companies are reluctant partners, the iPhone and the iPad rely on Google apps such as Maps or services such as Search. Of course, Google relies on the huge market the iPhone and the iPad creates to expand its business...

28 February 2012
10:02 GMT

Requiem 3.3 Cracks iBook’s DRM

If up until now iBooks were protected by Apple’s FairPlay digital rights management (DRM) and they couldn’t be played on any unapproved devices, the latest variant of the popular protection-remover called Requiem has the ability to crack the DRM, allowing digital books to be transformed into any eBook for...

25 February 2012
06:32 GMT

Apple Hiring Recruiter to Do More Hiring in Israel

Apple has opened up a spot for Technical Recruiter. The position is for Israel, but the office will be located (at least until this person warms up) in London, UK. This is the first time Apple introduces this role, according to the job description. “This is an autonomous/ self-contained role that reports to th...

23 February 2012
04:53 GMT

Apple Building Large Solar Array to Save Energy

Apple has released its 2012 Environmental Update and Facilities Report which discloses Apple’s achievements in energy saving and the efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. The California giant says it achieved 5 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) in energy savings in 2011 through the energy efficiency and conservat...

21 February 2012
11:07 GMT

Twitter Uploads and Stores iPhone Contacts Just like Everyone Else

There's been a lot of talk lately about iPhone apps uploading phone contacts, sometimes without the user knowing and most of the time without their explicit consent. It started out with Path, which bore the brunt of the criticism, after which companies big and small started admitting that they've been doing...

16 February 2012
08:31 GMT

Customers Return Fake iPhones to Canadian Stores

Perhaps this has happened before and it will probably happen again, but it looks like Apple was forced to send a communication to all Canadian carriers that offer iPhone smartphones to make them aware of the fact that some of these returned iPhones are fakes. The guys over at MobileSyrup got their hands on a TELUS i...

15 February 2012
03:21 GMT

Apple Seeks to Block Galaxy Nexus in the US

Apple has filed another ITC complaint against South Korean mobile phone Samsung, this time in the United States, in an attempt to ban sales of a series of mobile phones in the country. Among them we can count the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, a handset that was launched in the United States in November last year, and whic...

13 February 2012
09:11 GMT

Apple Forces Pegatron to Stop Making ASUS Zenbooks

Looks like Apple is just about ready to start a legal battle, or more of them, with ASUS instead of Samsung this time, or so one may assume from the rather awkward situation that Pegatron got landed with. Pegatron is currently making ultrathin mobile personal computers for both Apple and Asustek Computer. In the ...

13 February 2012
08:58 GMT

AT&T Doubles Upgrade Fee Effective February 12

It looks like more US-based carriers are forced to increase prices of their services. The majority have one thing in common, they have one of Apple's iPhone into their portfolios. Rumor has it that no carrier that considered itself lucky to offer an iOS smartphone had anything to gain from the deal other than su...

11 February 2012
10:31 GMT

Epic Games Wants Less Gaming Platforms, Hints at Hardware Drop-outs

Epic Games believes that it is time for the gaming industry to settle on a smaller number of core platforms rather than spend time and resources creating titles for everything from the new PlayStation Vita to the older Xbox 360 and PC setups. Talking at the DICE 2012 conference Tim Sweeney, who is the chief executiv...

11 February 2012
04:07 GMT

AT&T to Launch LTE-Capable Micro-SIMs

AT&T’s LTE offering might soon be expanded with a new device coming from Apple, leaked info on the company’s plans unveils.   The wireless carrier is introducing LTE micro-SIM cards, which suggests that a device that would support them could be launched in the near future.   For the time bei...

10 February 2012
17:51 GMT

SmartData Sues Apple over iPhone, AppleTV and Remote

Apple is getting sued yet again, this time by SmartData, adding to the long list of courtroom tussles that the Cupertino company is involved in nowadays. The patent infringement lawsuit is aimed at the Apple iPhone, AppleTV and the Apple Remote. SmartData claims that those products infringe their patent 7,158,757 a...

10 February 2012
09:13 GMT

Google Working on Home Entertainment Device, for Non-Obvious Reasons

Google is getting into the hardware business, at least that's the latest rumor. And no, this isn't about Motorola or Android, it's actual Google-branded hardware, a "home entertainment system" that would stream music from the web and keep your device in sync. It is very likely that it will stream vide...

10 February 2012
08:43 GMT

Apple Staffer Protests Against Foxconn Worker Abuse

As promised, the members of Change.org and SumOfUs.org took Apple Retail Stores by storm yesterday with 245,000 petition signatures in their hands, targeting unfair labor practices at Apple’s overseas partners. Members of the two protests groups delivered petitions to several stores across the United States, E...

10 February 2012
05:08 GMT

Canada Has iTV Prototypes in Labs, Paper Claims

A Canadian newspaper is making waves with a story on Apple’s unconfirmed iTV refresh this year, claiming that telcos are already testing the product in their labs. Citing unnamed sources, The Globe and Mail says Apple has tapped wireless operators Rogers and Bell to pursue partnerships for delivering content t...

7 February 2012
14:11 GMT

Apple iCloud/Mobile Me May Be Banned in Germany After All

Though it seems to be doing well against Samsung, Apple has not been as fortunate in the suits that Motorola started against it. The Apple 3G iPad 2, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 were forced off the German store not long ago. The injunction was suspended the very next day, though, only for Motorola to win yet another ...

6 February 2012
14:31 GMT

We Finally Know Why Siri Doesn't Mix with the iPhone 4

Newly-revealed details about Apple’s A5 chip inside the iPhone 4S are shedding new light on the company’s reasons not to ship Siri for iPhone 4 handsets. It appears that the reason wasn’t marketing after all. It was tech-related. Audience, a company that licensed its latest EarSmart technology to A...

6 February 2012
04:18 GMT

Ban Against Apple 3G iOS Devices Lifted, Motorola Frowns

You all might remember that Apple got a bunch of devices banned from the German Apple store yesterday. For those who didn't stumble upon that tidbit, Apple's 3G iPad 2, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 were forced off the online German Apple store. It was a victory by Motorola that enabled this, but it looks lik...

4 February 2012
05:31 GMT

Apple 3G iPad 2, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 Forced off German Store

Motorola seems to have succeeded where Samsung has, so far, failed: it got a bunch of Apple products removed from the online German Apple store. The products affected are the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and 3G iPad 2, though they are still up for order through authorized dealers and German Apple retailers. It is reporte...

3 February 2012
09:02 GMT

CDMA iPhone 4S Coming to China in February via China Telecom

Apple’s iPhone 4S has already been launched in China last month and is now available for purchase exclusively from China Unicom. However, the China Unicom’s exclusivity over the iPhone 4S is about to end, as Apple it trying to boost the sales of its latest iOS smartphone in China, one of the biggest ...

1 February 2012
20:01 GMT

Labor Group Slams NY Times Report on Apple, Foxconn

Non-profit organization Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has sent a letter to the NY Times, pointing out to several inaccuracies in their piece on Apple and their Chinese gadget assembler, Foxconn. The report in question, published last week, included quotes from former Apple executives and an anonymous cons...

30 January 2012
05:47 GMT

Kidz Gear Intros Headphones with Volume Limiter, Apple Gadgets Rejoice

Headphones come in many shapes, sizes and audio capabilities, but few of them can truly claim to be suitable for children, so Kidz Gear decided it may as well make its mark in this area. The product that Kidz Gear put together is quite specific in its targeted customer base, both due to product compatibility and fe...

27 January 2012
02:58 GMT

Mark Zuckerberg Offers Free iPad 3 in Scam Email

In 2011, just before the iPhone 4S was released to the public and everyone expected Apple to launch iPhone 5, scammers and cybercriminals unveiled a series of campaigns that promised the products in advance to a few lucky users. Now, the same type of scam is making rounds, but this time an iPad 3 is offered by Mark Z...

24 January 2012
14:41 GMT

Sony Claims Better Third-Party Relations than Microsoft and Apple

A representative from Sony claims that his company has done more to cultivate relations with third-party developers than competitors like Microsoft or Apple. Speaking during the recent CES 2012 event, Jack Buser, who is the leader of the Home division at Sony Computer Entertainment, stated, “We have a 15 year ...

24 January 2012
10:22 GMT

Apple Trying to Bar Kodak from Obtaining Loans to Continue Patent Dispute

Embroiled in a patent dispute with Apple, Kodak recently filed for bankruptcy, but Apple has asked the court to bar Kodak from obtaining loans, arguing that the disputed patents actually belong to them. Submitted to the US Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York last week, the filing reveals that Kodak...

23 January 2012
05:05 GMT

Samsung's First 3G Suit Against Apple Rejected by German Court

The tensions between Apple and Samsung are as high as ever, but the latter was denied a victory during the recent hearing in Germany.Samsung has filed seven patent infringement claims against Apple in Germany, but one of them has been rejected.The case revolves around the 3G/UMTS wireless standards patents that Sams...

20 January 2012
08:18 GMT

Android Still Leader on the US Smartphone Market

Google’s Android operating system has managed to take over the US smartphone market a while ago, and the platform remains on top for another quarter, the latest data from Nielsen shows. On the smartphone segment, Android was leader with no less than 46.3 percent of all smartphones in the US in Q4 2011, the rese...

19 January 2012
11:26 GMT

Apple Gives Its Support Site a Makeover

Apple has issued a redesigned Support site today, and while the changes may not seem major at first glance, many customers will be delighted with some of the new functions set in place by the backend developers in Cupertino, California. After leaving the Support / Downloads section unattended for over a month, this ...

18 January 2012
17:01 GMT

Apple Shops at Target to Widen Customer Scope

Zacks.com analysts are at it again discussing the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets in their Zacks Equity Research report. Apple is a key topic today, and they say the Cupertino company is about to gain a wider spectrum of customers.The research firm points out to Target’s newly ...

17 January 2012
10:17 GMT

Google Is Still the Fourth Most Valuable Brand in the World

Google has been deemed the fourth most valuable brand in the world, by Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2011 report, the same position it held last year. That's said, its perceived brand value grew by 27 percent in the last year, just not enough to topple the number three, Microsoft. Google's rival in...

17 January 2012
10:03 GMT

Apple Goes Green with Fuel Cell Batteries

Eco-friendly technologies are always a better option, because they favor both innovative gadgets and the environment. Major companies fighting for supremacy, like Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, are now seeking to green up their names and increase profit margins at the same time. After announcing its commitm...

16 January 2012
05:44 GMT

Apple to Become More Eco-Friendly with New Power Cables

The green trend is inspiring many companies to improve their products, by incorporating eco-friendly, risk-free materials in their products. Apple is no stranger to sustainability goals, since it has recently announced its eagerness to revolutionize its power cables. Volex, the enterprise supplying Apple with these...

14 January 2012
03:51 GMT

iPhone 5 Might Arrive at T-Mobile As Well

Apple’s latest iPhone models have been released on the shelves of most large wireless carriers in the United States, with T-Mobile currently the only operator left out of the deal. However, it appears that things might change as soon as the next iPhone model is launched, since the Cupertino-based company will ...

13 January 2012
12:01 GMT

Apple Expanding Offices to Sunnyvale, California

Apple is leasing a research and office complex in Sunnyvale, California, as well as additional space, just miles away from its iconic campus in Cupertino. MercuryNews reports that Apple is conducting a major expansion outside of its hometown, and that thousands of Apple employees could end up working in buildings le...

13 January 2012
06:00 GMT

Apple Denies Giving Indian Military Backdoor Access

A bunch of leaked documents in India earlier this week revealed that several smartphone makers, including Apple, might have been providing backdoor access to the Indian military to monitor cellular communication. As soon as news broke out that Apple and other smartphone vendors had allegedly given the Indian militar...

12 January 2012
08:57 GMT

Mobile Phone Firms Deny Helping India Spy on the US-China Commission

After an allegedly secret memo was leaked by hackers, revealing that some major mobile phone manufacturers were aiding India spy on the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) in exchange for access to the Indian market, the companies came forward to deny the allegations. Research in Moti...

12 January 2012
08:09 GMT

Hackers Accuse India of Using RIM and Apple to Spy on US Congress Body

The hacker collective called 'Lords of Dharamraja', the ones that allegedly obtained the source code of Symantec’s Endpoint Security and AntiVirus products, also leaked a document that revealed how the Indian government cunningly convinced Research in Motion (RIM), Nokia and Apple to help them spy on ...

11 January 2012
09:59 GMT

Rumor Mill: Pegatron Is Already Producing PlayStation 4

A report from Digitimes that mentions the company Pegatron Technology, which is an operational division of Asus, suggests that the company is already working with video game hardware developer Sony to produce the PlayStation 4 home gaming console. The report also talks about Pegatron being involved in the production...

11 January 2012
02:22 GMT

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Salary for 2011 Revealed

Apple’s 2012 proxy statement reveals that the newly instated CEO, Timothy D. Cook, received an annual salary of $900,000, whereas Steven P. Jobs was credited his annual $1 compensation. According to the 2012 Proxy Statement posted online by Apple this week, “As of the end of 2011, Mr. Jobs owned approxim...

10 January 2012
05:08 GMT


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