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The Oscars are nigh and many of us movie buffs are getting ready for the big day. But for those of us who can’t wait, why not have a little fun with some movie trivia on your iPhone, iPod or iPad before the festivities start? I’ve always been a big fan of trivia, especially movie…
In a somewhat cryptic statement, Verizon CEO Dan Mead said that Apple 4G LTE products are on the way eventually but he didn’t even come close to indicating when one would be on the way. “You’ll see more coming from Apple on LTE. They understand the value proposition of LTE and I feel very confident…
Apple has reportedly put together a trademark for “Places” and this could be an indication that it is looking to launch its own social network based on locations. According to Patently Apple, the “Places” trademark could be: Places is primarily about online social networking services related to a social networking site and will assist in locating people using…
While Apple’s tablet is going to face some stiff competition in 2011, a new report from ABI shows that the iPad remained the king of this market in the third quarter of 2010 by capturing 93% of the field. The report said that there were 4.5 million units sold from the period that ABI monitored…
We’ve been saying and hoping for quite some time now that Apple’s e-mail and cloud service, MobileMe, would become free in order to compete with Google. It looks like that may be happening sooner than expected as leaked screen shots of Apple’s system show MobileMe hitting EOL, or end of life. If you were considering…
Ever since the announcement of the Verizon iPhone 4, a CDMA variant of the current Apple smartphone design, talk of other CDMA carriers around the world getting the phone has been pretty rampant. The biggest market for a CDMA iPhone aside from Verizon would be China, but early last month Korea was also rumored to…
It looks like Apple iPhone and iPad owners can look forward to an update of the software soon, as reports suggest that iOS 4.3 is ready for its gold master release and it should be widely available next week. The report comes from spies who talked to BGR and these people said the finalized code…
Rupert Murdoch’s iPad-only newspaper, The Daily, isn’t going to be, well, for the iPad only much longer. According to rumors, the digital newspaper is being prepped for the Android platform. It makes perfect sense given the onslaught of Android tablets we’ll be seeing this year – a market that Murdoch and company wouldn’t want to…
Apple shareholders have voted down having a public succession plan for its leadership when current CEO Steve Jobs leaves, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Apple succession plan comes as there is a ton of concern about what will happen to Apple when CEO Steve Jobs has to step down – either for medical…
In a sign that the Apple iAd platform may not be the smash hit that the company wanted it to be, reports suggest that the minimum bid for the advertising platform has been halved to $500,000. This move is expected to help broaden the reach of the iOS-only advertising platform. According to All Things D,…