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Apple and Samsung put a lot of money and effort into their marketing campaigns. While Samsung tends to be showy and controversial, Apple gets to the heart of the matter in its ads. The latest series of commercials have focused on the iPad and the ways people use the device. The ads are cleverly made and feature…
According to a report in 9to5Mac, Apple had an eclectic mix of names like TelePod and Tripod that it was tossing around before it finally decided to use iPhone as the name for its first smartphone. This information was presented during a talk by Ken Segall, who worked with Steve Jobs and Apple on some…
People who live in the great state of New York know that iPhone and iPad theft is a growing epidemic. In fact, things have gotten so bad that New York City commissioner Ray Kelly blamed Apple for the city’s rise in crime. Today, however, both sides are coming together to not only slow down theft,…
iPhoneDevSDK, a popular website for iOS programming, confirmed it was the source of the malware that infected computers at Facebook, Apple and others. The website claims it was malicious JavaScript code that was vector for the infection What we’ve learned is that it appears a single administrator account was compromised. The hackers used this account…
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…
Brazil’s Institute of Industrial Property decided that Apple can’t have exclusive rights to the “iPhone” trademark in the country. The decision was made as a local company Gradiente registered the trademark back in 2000, which is 7 years before the Cupertino-based company launched its smartphone. Apple will be able to sell its handset using the…
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…
Apple has just released iOS 6.1 to all of its iProducts, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Users can expect the new version of Apple’s mobile operating system to feature enhanced support for LTE connectivity, the ability to use Siri to purchase movie tickets through Fandango, and improved iTunes Match capabilities that allow subscribers…
Apple announced its first quarterly earnings today for FY2013 and confirmed that it sold a record 47.8 million iPhones and a record 22.9 million iPads in the quarter. These numbers are up from last quarter, during which the Cupertino company sold 26.9 million iPhones and 14.0 million iPads. Apple also posted record quarterly revenue of $54.5 billion…