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A possibly leaked photo of the motherboard of the next-generation iPhone reveals that the upcoming smartphone will continue along the release pattern Apple currently has in place, which is a major update then minor year after year. However, minor or not, it should still receive a spec bump, especially considering that pictured above might be…
More and more company announcements are being verified not in a long press release, but rather a single tweet in less than 140 characters. That remains true for some new products soon being sold at Staples. The retail chain’s Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources Regis Mulot tweeted “After Canada, #Apple products are coming to #Staples in US. Great…
Kickass Startups is back for week number two, our new column showcasing great new mobile products that deserve a boost in coverage. Last time, we covered the new 1 Second Everyday app funded by Kickstarter. Today, we have the Metal Slate line of excellently designed iPhone 5 cases by Spigen SGP. The company is known…
Judge Judy Koh, who presided over the first major lawsuit between Apple and Samsung, asked both companies whether Apple’s next lawsuit against Samsung over search technology should be postponed until an appeals court comes to a verdict regarding the first suit. While Apple won $1.05 billion from Samsung in the first suit, Judge Koh denied…
Well that was quick. Remember back in the stone ages (read: a few years ago) when you had to wait days or even weeks to get your iPhone jailbroken again when Apple released even a minor software update? Sometimes that wait still applies now for bigger releases, but that’s luckily not the case for the…
Former Microsoft employee Joachim Kempin spoke out to ReadWrite in an interview about the company. He wrote a book entitled Resolve and Fortitude: Microsoft’s `Secret Power Broker’ Breaks His Silence in which he doesn’t shy away from criticizing the company’s current executives, products, and business plans. He joined Microsoft in 1983 and stayed there for almost two…
Apple CEO Tim Cook was interviewed on a few different topics at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. In particular he had a lot to say to dismiss ever using OLED display technology in a future iPhone, and was rather reserved about the possibility of an iPhone with a larger screen. Rumors have been flying…
Last night while watching the Grammys, one of the ads to actually catch my attention (aside from the Herbal Essences commercial in which the woman seemed to be a little too sexually aroused by her shampoo) was from none other than Microsoft. It was the new Surface Pro commercial the company put out to advertise…
Frog Orbs is an addictive game for iPhone and iPad from Ballpit Monster that revolves around a frog trying to protect his magical orbs and save his flies from enemies. Okay, maybe that sounds weird. It’s a good game though, trust me. I’ve been playing it for almost a week and I’m pretty hooked. It’s…
Skype issued a relatively minor update for its iPhone and iPad app today that includes some handy bug fixes as well as some tweaks mainly on the iPad. On the iPhone and iPad, several bugs have been patched up or features improved like automatic recovery of dropped calls, more accurate sorting of instant messages when…