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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…
Big win for Apple in New Zealand as local police decided to get iOS-based rather than Android and BlackBerry devices. The decision to take the iRoute was made after 100 New Zealand cops tested out the Apple iPhone against an Android handset and a BlackBerry model for 11 months. As a result, the country’s Prime…
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…
Apple for whatever reason has decided to lift its 3-device limitation for employees looking to buy friends and family products. The reason for this could be due to inventory levels finally normalizing, or maybe the tech giant is feeling a little generous this time of year. Now, don’t get it twisted, reasonable limits on EPP…
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…
Apple’s dominance with the iPad is at a decline as lower priced, smaller tablets grab more market share, says Citi’s Apple analysts in a new note this morning. The reason for such a bold statement is Apple’s sales with the 9.7-inch iPad are slipping. Sales for the larger sized iPad didn’t even crack 2 percent, as numbers…
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…
This didn’t take long. Apple just sent out iOS 6.1.1 updates to address the battery drain issue with the iPhone 4S. This after Vodafone warned 4S users to not update to iOS 6.1 until Apple fixed the problem. The new update weighs in at 23MB, and is supposed to fix an unknown cellular performance and reliability problem…