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It wouldn’t be the craziest thing someone has done to get something from Apple. On a popular Chinese microblogging service called Weibo, a girl from Guandong recently offered up her virginity for an iPhone 4 because her dad wouldn’t get her one. Either the status message was a joke and their sense of humour is…
The iPhone 4 is a thing of beauty. Its industrial design and use of glass and steel sets it apart from other smartphones, but although it looks solid and feels well-built in the hand, it also gives its user a sense of delicacy. And unless you’re extremely careful or you just don’t care about your…
Hurting for more iPhone 5 and iPad 3 info? LulzSec, an anonymous group of internet misfits, have been on a hacking rampage over the last 50 days or so, which has just recently concluded with some information from inside AT&T. Most of the documents revolve around AT&T’s LTE rollout, including how they plan on implementing…
Apple iOS 5 is slowly but surely coming together as beta 2, which was released to developers recently, includes Wi-Fi sync and the framework for over-the-air (OTA) updates. These features were announced during Apple’s iOS 5 presentation at WWDC 2011, and it is really a nice overhaul of the operating system. Notifications have been improved…
Despite all the lawsuit bickering between Samsung and Apple, there has always been a feeling that the companies will work things out because there is a symbiotic relationship between the two: Apple needs Samsung for chips and displays and Samsung needs Apple because it has been its largest customer, surpassing its own handset division. That…
Who doesn’t love a good infographic, especially ones about the iPhone 5? With all the things we’ve heard so far–chipsets, camera specs, design, launch dates and more–it’s a good thing it has been summarized in visual form for us to digest. Best of all, you don’t have to wade through much snark or sarcasm in…
Apple has been hoping to trademark the term “App Store” since launching the iTunes App Store in the summer of 2008. Other companies, like Amazon and Microsoft, have said that it’s a bit silly to try to trademark such a broad term, and that Apple shouldn’t have the rights to the it. A U.S. district…
In an ongoing legal battle over design issues and wireless patents, Apple has taken its fight to Samsung’s home base – South Korea. The iPhone maker has decided to file a lawsuit against Samsung over several patent infringements after Samsung filed its own lawsuits against Apple in South Korea, Japan and Germany. Apple has accused…
iPhone 5 rumors have been so rampant that they’re trickling down to even the smallest details, such as the type of flash its camera will be using. Honestly, when is the last time you heard a rumor about whether a smartphone will have a single LED versus a dual LED for its camera’s flash unit?…
There’s nothing special in an alien killing mobile game. We’ve seen quite a few such titles, especially for the iOS-based devices. However we haven’t (or at least I haven’t) seen a single title that takes advantage of a gun accessory. This is not to say a gun is needed for apptoyz Alien Attack to work…