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According to Reuters, the US International Trade Commission has issued a limited exclusion order and a cease-and-desist order against the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G. This ban only applies to devices that run on AT&T’s network. This ruling is the result of a decision for Samsung in a patent infringement…
If you’re looking to upgrade your Apple iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S for the shiny new iPhone 5, you might want to head over to Best Buy for a spectacular one-day deal this Saturday. Tomorrow, Best Buy is offering a $150 trade in credit towards an iPhone 5 for customers who trade in their iPhone…
Payleven’s Chip and PIN is a novel credit/debit card reader for iOS-based devices which connects to the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad via Bluetooth. In other words, there’s no need to hand your beloved iDevice to customers while they’re paying for products and/or services you’re selling — they’ll get this external accessory to touch instead,…
Last night, the All Things Digital: D11 conference kicked off with a live interview of Apple CEO Tim Cook by journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. The interview covered a wide variety of topics from Apple’s view on taxes, its falling stock, a potential Apple television, wearable tech, Apple’s “cool” factor, and more. There was…
This probably isn’t the first time you’ve read about this rumor somewhere on the Internet, but it’s back again. Analyst Glen Yeung of Citigroup is suggesting that Apple is under pressure right now to produce a cheaper iPad mini and sell it at around $200. He blames this primarily on two factors. The first is…
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Foxconn is looking to produce its own branded accessories for Apple products such as the iPad and iPhone. Foxconn, a component manufacturing company that supplies companies such as Apple and Samsung with components for its devices has seen a decrease in its revenue, with a 19…
Best Buy is giving customers a few sweet Memorial Day Deals, offering price cuts on iPhones and a few higher end Android handsets. Best Buy is cutting the price of its iPhones by $50, in a promotion that begins this Sunday, May 26th and extends for four weeks. The retailer is offering the iPhone 4,…
Apple has released a new advertisement for its iPhone 5, which focuses not on apps, playing games or sharing photos, but rather the feature that got Apple into the iPhone business in the first place; music. The simple and quite elegant commercial focuses on the solo act of jamming out, reminding us of a time…
The American Customer Satisfaction Index scores for cell phones are in for 2013 and a new trend has taken place this year. Same as always and not totally surprising, Apple remains in the lead with the highest customer satisfaction rating thanks to the iPhone. However, the gap is tightening as competition like Samsung and Motorola…
Apple is the target of a Senate hearing investigating offshore tax practices with the company’s CEO readying to testify at the Senate Permanent Subcommittee. The iPhone maker has been under fire for its tax practices lately after avoiding to pay as much as $9.2 billion in taxes by performing some financial (though perfectly legal) mumbo-jumbo.…