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With the iPhone 5S and a budget iPhone rumored to be appearing this fall, it’s hard to imagine what could come after the next round of iDevces. A designer named Pritesh Chavan has created an elegant concept of what the Cupertino company could have in store for us in the future. Although the render implements…
Tech giant Apple published its financial information for the 3rd quarter of 2013, revealing its profit had fallen roughly 20 percent to $6.9 billion, or $7.47 per share, on relatively flat revenues of $35.4 billion for the three-month period ended June 29th, 2013. Declining sales of Apple’s iPad seems to be the culprit. The popular…
Taylor Wimberly posted the specs for Motorola’s X8 system on a chip. The Mobile Computing System will power Verizon Wireless’ new Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx and Droid Mini handsets. According to Verizon, it promises to deliver a “24 percent faster CPU, 100 percent faster GPU [and] twice the RAM.” You can browse the details below and…
Apple is acquiring mobile transit app, HopStop, according to reports in Bloomberg and Mashable. Bloomberg first reported the acquisition on Saturday, and Mashable then contacted Apple which confirmed the deal. Details on the dollar amount Apple will pay to acquire the mobile transit app was not disclosed. HopStop provides users with route and schedule information for subways and…
On Sunday, Apple confirmed its developer portal was hacked and that some information from its developer database may have been stolen. In a statement sent out to developers, Apple said it detected an intrusion last week and shut down the site immediately. Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers…
Apple has acquired the Toronto-based Locationary in an effort to beef-up its mapping service, which still has that work-in-progress stigma around it. Locationary, in case you don’t know, provides accurate local business listings, relying on combination of crowd-sourced data and a federated data exchange platform called Saturn. The company collects, merges and continuously verifies information…
It looks as though the next version of Apple’s iPad mini will be sporting a retina display, according to a recent report from DigiTimes. The report states that LG Display, the supplier of the retina screen for Apple, has avoided any production problems and is manufacturing the screen as we speak, putting the iPad on…
An infographic comparing the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store takes a fresh look at how we compare the two services. Most comparisons focus on metrics such as number of apps, rate of growth and sales. The infographic takes a look at other metrics, such as market share, ease of app discovery, price point…
An update for the iOS version of Google Maps was released late last night, which features live traffic and accident reports, indoor maps and a new way to rate favorite places. The update also utilizes the iPad’s native resolution, which is welcome news for iPad users. The update brings the iOS app up to speed with its…
With the fall season approaching, Apple fans are patiently awaiting the announcement of new iDevices, namely the iPhone 5S. We’ve heard a number of rumors and seen a few supposed pictures of iPhone 5S components, and new reports are streaming in claiming production delays of the device. A fresh rumor comes to us today from BGR,…