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Good news for Apple as the company’s iOS 6 software just received clearance from the United States Defense Department. This undoubtedly sets the stage for the iPhone and iPad to become standard commonplace in the hands of workers in the Pentagon. This comes to no ones surprise, considering how the approval of the DoD has…
Flipboard, the popular iOS and Android app that creates “personal magazines” that can be shared with users across the globe has rolled out an update today for its iOS version of the app. The new version, 2.0.2 brings some new features to Flipboard, making sharing content easier. Here’s what’s new in version 2.0.2: Get a…
Sometimes, even the cops need a helping hand. According to reports from CNET, law enforcement officials across the country are having a hard time extracting data from iPhones that have been seized as evidence in investigations. Apple has been receiving requests from law enforcement officials to decrypt iPhones, and the list is long. Like seven…
Mother’s Day is coming up this weekend, and T-Mobile is rolling out a deal that’s sure to make moms happy. T-Mobile will be offering a 16GB iPhone 5 for $0 down with the trade-in of an iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S. By trading in their iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S, qualifying customers will be able to…
The folks at SimplyZesty, which is self-described as a “full service digital agency,” have designed a rather nice new iOS 7 concept. It seems overall very polished and does have some credibility to it. They based the concept off of the report that the redesign of iOS 7 would have a new, “flatter” looking user…
Apple is “extending” its legal battle with Samsung (and Google) by asking a judge to force Google to turn over documents related to its Android operating system. As part of its second patent-infringement lawsuit against Samsung, the Cupertino-based company argues that Android is used in all of Samsung’s allegedly infringing products and “provides much of…
More evidence of an entry-level iPhone has surfaced. The Taiwan based manufacturer Pegatron, which produces the iPhone 4S and the iPad mini is ready to hire 40,000 new workers in its Chinese plants in the second half of this year, according to Reuters. Pegatron CFO Charles Lin told Reuters that the company would post sixty…
Pegatron announced its quarterly earnings yesterday and held an investors conference to discuss its results. Out of this event came a report from Business Insider that claimed iPad mini demand was on decline. Pegatron CEO Jason Cheng talked to Philip Elmer DeWitt of Apple 2.0 and refuted this report. Bloomberg’s Tim Culpan quotes the Pegatron…
Swiss Golden Dreams is out with three luxury “versions” of the iPhone 5, each looking friggin’ awesome and each costing a small fortune. First comes the CarbonGold iPhone 5 which boasts a real carbon fibre coated with 99.9% pure gold. Making this happen wasn’t child’s play, requiring Golden Dreams to develop an advanced technique to…
According to Venture Beat, a report from Japan is pointing to iPhone 5S production, with Sharp, Japan Display and LG beginning their screen production runs in June of this year. The screen production timetable line up with Tim Cook’s earlier statements, where he indicated that there would be no new product launches until after the summer.…