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Update: The JP Morgan report doesn’t take into account a new plant going up in Brazil, which may off-load Foxconn’s production by around 25%. Apple is allegedly cutting orders for iPad 2 parts by as much as 25% for the fourth quarter, says one report from JP Morgan, which indicated parts suppliers received fewer orders…
9to5Mac spilled the beans on the plentiful amount of new features coming in the iPhone 5, which they seem to have confirmed with sources. There’s a lot we already expected, but the big news of the leak this morning is a voice-controlled Assistant. Apple acquired Siri back in 2010, and up until now we haven’t heard…
Under layers of source code, the fate of Apple products has been discovered. Right now the fastest processor in an iOS device is Apple’s 1 GHz dual-core A5 chip, which is found in the iPad 2. The company is expected to unveil the iPhone 5 soon — say, October 4th — with that same processor.…
I wonder if anybody reads these articles and thinks “Wow, I’m honestly shocked!” anymore. Yes, Samsung is adding even more lawsuits against Apple to its list. This news comes just ten days after we reported the previous suit. The main goal is to ban Apple from selling iOS devices in the Netherlands, particularly the iPhone…
Verizon has some interesting statistics on the success of in-app purchases on iOS. So are they successful? In a word, yes. In fact, Verizon has revealed that 72 percent of revenue from iPhone apps comes from in-app purchases. This is based on the 200 highest-grossing applications in the app store as of July 2011. Only 4…
It’s no surprise that Apple has a large loyal following, something other companies probably cry themselves to sleep at night over. But just how large and loyal is this following? Statistics for the iPhone are in, and they’re huge as always. It turns out Apple has an astounding 89 percent retention rate, according to a…
Gmail is bringing a few productivity features to the mobile web app. Multiple sign-in for Google services was a highly requested feature on the web, and earlier this year Google finally added support for it. Now, the company thinks it’s time to take that functionality to our mobile devices. At the bottom of the web…
Hulu Plus is adding support for nine more Android devices. No, it’s not yet universally available, but we’re a step closer to that dream. The streaming service is now available on eight new smartphones: the Motorola Droid Bionic, Motorola Droid 3, Motorola Droid X2, LG Revolution, LG G2x, HTC Incredible 2, HTC Evo 3D, and…
AT&T announced new messaging plans that support international users. If you’re a big traveler, the benefits of paying for one of these monthly plans is the considerable savings. Previously, to send a single text message from one country to another, AT&T charged $0.50. If it included multimedia, it was a whole $1.30 – not cost-effective.…
Foursquare announced last week that it reached a huge milestone: one billion check-ins. The team cleverly titled their announcement “A million check-ins isn’t cool. You know what’s cool?” which references The Social Network movie. Unfortunately, the check-in service did not disclose the lucky user that happened to be Foursquare’s one-billionth check-in or where the person…