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Shown at the TED conference, flying quadcopter robots take to the recording studio to jam out a robotic version of the James Bond theme song. Originally posted at News – Cutting Edge

Facebook's new Timeline for Pages gives The New York Times an opportunity to show off its history, all the way back to 1851.

Apple today updated its Apple Store app [App Store] for iOS to version 2.1, adding several new features and making the app available in the Netherlands for the first time to support the Amsterdam store opening this week.

Among the most notable add…

A British sports book is offering odds on whether certain features will be included in the iPad 3 which is expected to be announced next week.

The web is awash with rumours about the specifications of the new hardware and Sky Bet has chalked up odds o…

Baseball season is almost upon us and with that comes the latest edition of Major League Baseball’s At Bat app, which went live this morning. The app provides baseball fans with access to live game radio and television broadcasts, MLB GameDay play-by-p…

At 'hackathon,' Facebook engineers brainstorm ways to make Ford's products more connected.

While shortages of the Apple TV at numerous high-profile resellers have been documented for weeks and part numbers indicating an update alongside the iPad 3 next week have been revealed, AppleInsider now notes that Apple has specifically been stalling …

In addition to its report today about a potential 14-inch MacBook Air, DigiTimes also claims that Apple is expected to launch its thinner MacBook Pro models perhaps as soon as April. The report is a bit inconsistent in describing the timing, initially…

Dialogue overheard at a joint Ford-Facebook ?hackathon,? where engineers spent all night prototyping social Facebook apps for cars: Ford hacker: ?I want to find available parking in . When you get five minutes away it routes you to a parking space. How do I integrate a social piece in that?? Facebook hacker: ?Who cares! You …

Apple’s stock has hit yet another psychological milestone today, pressing through to reach $500 billion in market capitalization. Apple passed the milestone in after-hours trading yesterday, but has just now passed it in regular trading as the tra…

DigiTimes reports that Apple is considering launching a 14-inch MacBook Air model, a move that would appear to be targeting Asian markets where the size is popular with consumers.Apple is reportedly considering launching a 14-inch MacBook Air and may s…

A NEW theme park based on the popular Angry Birds smartphone game is set to open in Finland this April.

While Republicans point to the country’s ills, Barack Obama is presenting a message of optimism, which some say could backfire if the economy declines.

Marvel has made more than 80 of its graphic novels available on the iBookstore [Direct Link]. Titles include novels from the Avengers, Captain America, Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men, and more.

“Marvel is taking the world of comics by storm and releasing a…

Apple today released MainStage 2.2.1 [Mac App Store], an update to the company’s software for bringing virtual instruments and effects to live performances. According to the full release notes, the update addresses sixteen separate issues, with the co…

Earlier this month, the staff at Munich, Germany’s Apple Store Rosenstraße formed a “Betriebsrat” [Google translate] — an official labor council that focuses on the working conditions within the store.

IFO Apple Store:

It’s the first such counc…

Apple just released an update for the MacBook Pro 15-inch, late 2008 model. It requires Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8, Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8, or OS X Lion 10.7.3.

About MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.8

This update is recommended for MacBook Pro…

Best Buy will extend its return policy from 14 days to 30 days, beginning next week according to TUAW.

The change applies to all products, including the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Macintosh purchases. The Apple Retail Store return policy is offici…

Earlier this month, privacy issues related to the uploading of users’ address books to developers’ servers were cast into the limelight as Congress requested details from Apple on how private information is handled and protected. While Apple quickly r…

The theme at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, is all about size: from bigger screens, to gargantuan camera resolutions

Urban Toronto reports that it has received information indicating that Apple has reached an agreement to occupy 1 Bloor Street West in Toronto, potentially signaling plans for a major new flagship store in the heart of one of Toronto’s major commercial…

In line with expectations, The Loop reports that Apple today sent out invitations for a media event scheduled for next week Wednesday, March 7. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and is scheduled to begin at…

By Kate Feldman and Jamie Wilson, Times Correspondents Friday, February 24, 2012 GAINESVILLE — Bay area natives Shane Mooney and Austin Cooley went to the University of Florida with big dreams, none of which included creating a social network run by a new company bankrolled by one of Facebook's founders. But that's just what they've done. The story began last March at an all-night food market in …

Facebook fans guess who will be named the Godmother of the Disney Fantasy.

CNBC has just issued a Tweet claiming its sources have indicated that Apple will indeed be launching a quad-core iPad 3 next with 4G LTE cellular data capabilities next week. Interestingly, the tweet claims that the unveiling will take place in New Yo…

9to5Mac reports that reliable source Mr. X has revealed part numbers for at least some models of the iPad 3 as well as an updated Apple TV set-top box.

According to the report, Apple is releasing three different variants of the new iPad, going by …

FRANCISTOWN: Poor knowledge about HIV/Aids and other sexually transmitted diseases among young people has compelled a Gaborone-based youth to create a group on the popular social network, Facebook, to enlighten his peers about the scourge.

FRANCISTOWN: Poor knowledge about HIV/Aids and other sexually transmitted diseases among young people has compelled a Gaborone-based youth to create a group on the popular social network, Facebook, to enlighten his peers about the scourge.

While comparison photos of the iPad 2 rear shell and a claimed iPad 3 rear shell have shown slightly increased thickness for the forthcoming model and reports have suggested that the difference is roughly 1 mm, no measurements had surfaced to quantify …

The Guardian reports that Apple is currently working on a new audio format that could allow the company to offer “high definition” audio via iTunes. The format would also integrate an “adaptive streaming” component that would allow music being accesse…

Love it, hate it, but you will use Facebook. comScore released a report yesterday saying that we use Facebook 19 times more than Twitter and an astounding 135 times than Google+ . And while our average time on Google+ was down to 3.3 minutes for the month of January , we now collectively spend about one in seven of our online minutes on Facebook. So why not use Facebook better ? Like I did last …

Although Kevin Rudd didn't triumph in the leadership challenge today, he continues to blitz the political field in the online arena.

Potentially signaling its belief that the launch of the iPad 3 is imminent, Best Buy is now offering $50 discounts across the entire line of iPad 2 models, with pricing now beginning at $449.99 for the 16 GB Wi-Fi model.

Furthermore, Engad…

Last month, we reported on Evi, an app from True Knowledge that offered some of the same features as Apple’s Siri. While Evi lacks the system-level integration of Siri on the iPhone 4S, it does offer greater information content and expanded device com…

AT&T plans to offer app developers and other mobile content providers the ability to pay for its customers’ data usage on the carrier, according to the Wall Street Journal. The carrier compares the proposed service to toll-free 800-numbers for the mobi…

While Apple has been rumored by several sources to be planning to deploy a quad-core processor as part of what was presumed to be a new “A6″ system-on-a-chip in the iPad 3, that assumption was called into question earlier this month with the appearance…

Over the past several days, several unverified rumors about the iPad 3 have been showing up on Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo, offering tidbits of information about Apple’s plans for the device.

One post seems to depict a price comparison b…

London, Feb 27 : Smartphone users have been warned of privacy dangers as companies are using free apps as 'fronts' to allow them to spy on users' text messages, intercept calls and even track their location.

We’ve already taken a look at MWC’s hottest devices so far, but what’s going on outside of Mobile World Congress? For starters, Apple’s terminated its push email service, Evi. and texters beware, Facebook’s been caught accessing user texts via their … Continue reading → Apple Drops Evi, Facebook Caught Snooping is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on the Kindle! Subscribe today .

February has been a big month for ?big data.? Lots of stories about ambitious retailers, government agencies, and insurance and financial firms applying clever algorithms to huge data sets with one goal: patterns of behavior and desire traditionally thought of as ?private.? A common theme has been how people get creeped-out when such data mining works as intended and a company or agency learns …

Several weeks ago, a report from Digitimes claimed that Intel would be delaying mass availability of its forthcoming Ivy Bridge processors until “after June”, generating concerns about extended waits for new Mac models. Those fears were tempered a bit…

Back in December, Motorola Mobility won a preliminary injunction against Apple in Germany that could have seen Apple barred from selling its 3G-enabled products such as the iPhone and cellular-capable iPad models in the country. Apple did indeed brief…

Kapuso tween stars Julie Anne San Jose and Derrick Monasterio interpreted the theme song of the upcoming romantic comedy “My Kontrabida Girl.” “Ang Aking Puso” is a song composed by Janno Gibbs and interpreted by Julie Anne San Jose and Derrick Monasterio for the the movie “My Kontrabida Girl.” The GMA Films-produced romantic comedy movie

In the Internet era, viewers chat with fellow fans as they watch – giving the old medium new life.

Yesterday, Adobe prematurely launched its new Photoshop Touch app for the iPad 2, quickly pulling it amid claims that the official launch was scheduled for Monday, February 27.

The app has now returned to the App Store [direct link], where it is a…

Kevin Rudd blitzes the political field in the online arena.

Apple today released a new iPhone 4S commercial focusing on iCloud. Entitled “iCloud Harmony”, the ad offers no voiceover and instead utilizes a series of fast-paced cuts to show music, photos, calendars, apps, contacts, and books all automatically …

Although Kevin Rudd didn't triumph in the leadership challenge today, he continues to blitz the political field in the online arena.

Zacatecas has arrived in Nob Hill. That means “authentic” Mexican tacos, quesadillas, mo …

Although Kevin Rudd didn't triumph in the leadership challenge today, he continues to blitz the political field in the online arena.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, named the fifth most powerful woman in the world by Forbes, has maintained an inner circle of women whose friendship goes back to their days together at North Miami Beach High School.

Adobe prematurely launched Adobe Photoshop Touch for the iPad 2 in several worldwide stores this evening, but the app has since been pulled.

Adobe first announced the product back in October, 2011 alongside 5 other upcoming tablet applications. …

The Digital Reader points to reports that Apple’s iBooks Digital Rights Management (DRM) copy protection has been cracked for the first time: Reports are coming in today that the latest version of Requiem, an app that removes Fairplay DRM from music an…

By Kate Feldman and Jamie Wilson, Times Correspondents Friday, February 24, 2012 GAINESVILLE — Bay area natives Shane Mooney and Austin Cooley went to the University of Florida with big dreams, none of which included creating a social network run by a new company bankrolled by one of Facebook's founders. But that's just what they've done. The story began last March at an all-night food market in …

Follow us on Facebook by clicking here ! Coming off the heels of Mardi Gras, the 14th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival in the Pines will bring a New Orleans jazz theme to Pembroke Pines City Center.

Apple just released an update for all iMacs, Late 2009 or newer. It requires OS X Lion 10.7.3.

About iMac Wi-Fi Update v1.0

This update resolves an issue that may cause an iMac to not automatically connect to a known Wi-Fi network after waking from…

The New York Times today addressed Apple’s record growth in both revenue and stock price in the context of the “law of large numbers”.

Apple is so big, it’s running up against the law of large numbers.

Also known as the golden theorem, with a pro…

An updated Blue Man Group show makes its debut at Universal Orlando Resort.

Associated Press reports that an iPhone user in California has been awarded $850 in a small claims lawsuit filed against AT&T over throttling of data speeds. The user, who was on a grandfathered unlimited data plan, saw his data speeds drastically…

Today would have been Steve Jobs’ 57th birthday, and a number of Apple fans are taking the opportunity to commemorate his life and legacy, with the topic currently appearing on Twitter’s list of top trending topics worldwide.

Jobs passed away on O…

Apple’s iPhones were the top three most popular smartphones in the United States for all of 2011, according to comScore’s 2012 Mobile Future in Focus whitepaper. NPD reported similar results for the months of October and November, when the iPhone 4S wa…

Foxconn’s efforts to bring iPhone and iPad production to Brazil have seen significant attention in recent months, with the move being part of a strategy to diversify manufacturing locations and make the devices more affordable in the world’s fifth most…

Last year, we profiled a Mac trojan horse known as “Flashback” that was masquerading as a Flash Player installer. While Apple has taken steps to protect users from the threat using its File Quarantine system under which users’ computers initiate daily…

CHARLESTON — Showstoppers 4-H club has held its monthly meetings based on the club’s yearly theme of health and fitness.

As noted by Engadget, Apple has informed customers that Push email service has been suspended for iCloud and MobileMe customers in Germany due to successful patent litigation by Motorola Mobility.Affected customers will still receive iCloud and MobileM…

Reuters reports that the dispute over the iPad trademark in China has taken an interesting turn, with Proview Technology filing suit against Apple in the United States over alleged deception related to the deal between the two companies.

Apple set…

iMore claims that Apple may be transitioning away from the standard 30-pin dock connector to something more compact in the very near future.An updated “micro dock” could make room for bigger batteries, 4G radios, and other components far more impor…

Apple is acquiring three-year old startup Chomp and plans to use the company’s technology and expertise to improve the App Store’s search and app discovery technology, according to a report from TechCrunch.

We first covered Chomp in November 2009 to…

Today Facebook rolled out a limited redesign of Groups , featuring a big new Timeline-style cover image, and a prompt for users to prominently label “What should people post in this group?” See, if you're not careful, your intimate Facebook Groups can balloon in population and stray off topic generating annoying notifications for everyone. This redesign makes Groups feel more close knit, and …

Today Facebook rolled out a limited redesign of Groups , featuring a big new Timeline-style cover image, and a prompt for users to prominently label “What should people post in this group?” See, if you're not careful, your intimate Facebook Groups can balloon in population and stray off topic generating annoying notifications for everyone. This redesign makes Groups feel more close knit, and …

Today Facebook rolled out a limited redesign of Groups , featuring a big new Timeline-style cover image, and a prompt for users to prominently label “What should people post in this group?” See, if you're not careful, your intimate Facebook Groups can balloon in population and stray off topic generating annoying notifications for everyone. This redesign makes Groups feel more close knit, and …

Today Facebook rolled out a limited redesign of Groups , featuring a big new Timeline-style cover image, and a prompt for users to prominently label “What should people post in this group?” See, if you're not careful, your intimate Facebook Groups can balloon in population and stray off topic generating annoying notifications for everyone. This redesign makes Groups feel more close knit, and …

Today Facebook rolled out a limited redesign of Groups , featuring a big new Timeline-style cover image, and a prompt for users to prominently label “What should people post in this group?” See, if you're not careful, your intimate Facebook Groups can balloon in population and stray off topic generating annoying notifications for everyone. This redesign makes Groups feel more close knit, and …

Today Facebook rolled out a limited redesign of Groups , featuring a big new Timeline-style cover image, and a prompt for users to prominently label “What should people post in this group?” See, if you're not careful, your intimate Facebook Groups can balloon in population and stray off topic generating annoying notifications for everyone. This redesign makes Groups feel more close knit, and …

Apple just released new firmware updates for the full range of Macs released in 2011, which apparently all fix the same issues.

This update improves the reliability of booting from the network, addresses an issue that can prevent HDCP authentication a…

Ben Affleck and pregnant Jennifer Garner packed up the car and headed out to Anaheim on Tuesday for a visit to Disneyland with daughters Violet and Seraphina . The foursome walked around the theme park together and even stopped in a gift shop to pick up a Little Mermaid doll. It's been a busy week for the couple, especially for Ben. Ben joined Facebook and shared photos of his trips to Africa …

Ben Affleck and pregnant Jennifer Garner packed up the car and headed out to Anaheim on Tuesday for a visit to Disneyland with daughters Violet and Seraphina . The foursome walked around the theme park together and even stopped in a gift shop to pick up a Little Mermaid doll. It's been a busy week for the couple, especially for Ben. Ben joined Facebook and shared photos of his trips to Africa …

Ben Affleck and pregnant Jennifer Garner packed up the car and headed out to Anaheim on Tuesday for a visit to Disneyland with daughters Violet and Seraphina . The foursome walked around the theme park together and even stopped in a gift shop to pick up a Little Mermaid doll. It's been a busy week for the couple, especially for Ben. Ben joined Facebook and shared photos of his trips to Africa …

Ben Affleck and pregnant Jennifer Garner packed up the car and headed out to Anaheim on Tuesday for a visit to Disneyland with daughters Violet and Seraphina . The foursome walked around the theme park together and even stopped in a gift shop to pick up a Little Mermaid doll. It's been a busy week for the couple, especially for Ben. Ben joined Facebook and shared photos of his trips to Africa …

Ben Affleck and pregnant Jennifer Garner packed up the car and headed out to Anaheim on Tuesday for a visit to Disneyland with daughters Violet and Seraphina . The foursome walked around the theme park together and even stopped in a gift shop to pick up a Little Mermaid doll. It's been a busy week for the couple, especially for Ben. Ben joined Facebook and shared photos of his trips to Africa …

Samsung has been taking on the iPhone — and the perception of Apple’s “fanboy” customer base — with its advertising for several months now.

In its latest ad, Samsung pits a user with the Samsung Galaxy Note — the company’s new 5.3″ Android smartp…

'BonaMemes ,' a student-created Facebook page containing images with humorous themes or observations about St. Bonaventure University's campus life, has seen an exponential surge in popularity a…

'BonaMemes ,' a student-created Facebook page containing images with humorous themes or observations about St. Bonaventure University's campus life, has seen an exponential surge in popularity a…

'BonaMemes ,' a student-created Facebook page containing images with humorous themes or observations about St. Bonaventure University's campus life, has seen an exponential surge in popularity a…

'BonaMemes ,' a student-created Facebook page containing images with humorous themes or observations about St. Bonaventure University's campus life, has seen an exponential surge in popularity a…

'BonaMemes ,' a student-created Facebook page containing images with humorous themes or observations about St. Bonaventure University's campus life, has seen an exponential surge in popularity a…

'BonaMemes ,' a student-created Facebook page containing images with humorous themes or observations about St. Bonaventure University's campus life, has seen an exponential surge in popularity a…

'BonaMemes ,' a student-created Facebook page containing images with humorous themes or observations about St. Bonaventure University's campus life, has seen an exponential surge in popularity a…

'BonaMemes ,' a student-created Facebook page containing images with humorous themes or observations about St. Bonaventure University's campus life, has seen an exponential surge in popularity a…

'BonaMemes ,' a student-created Facebook page containing images with humorous themes or observations about St. Bonaventure University's campus life, has seen an exponential surge in popularity a…

Apple’s annual shareholder meeting has just concluded at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, with the company declining to make any major announcements related to its operations. One of the biggest questions on the stock side has been speculati…

Last week, we reported that we had been able to obtain a 9.7-inch display claimed to be for the iPad 3, confirming through microscopic analysis that the display offers twice the linear resolution and four times the total number of pixels as the iPad 2….

Follow us on Facebook by clicking here ! For more than 30 years, the Broward County Mummers String Band has been showing off its dance moves and musical expertise all around South Florida.

Ron Wayne, Apple, Inc.’s sometimes forgotten third co-founder, has posted a short essay entitled “Why I Left Apple Computer After Only 12 Days, In My Own Words”. The piece notes that though he sold his share of Apple for pennies on the dollar, he has n…

Rovio is expanding the Angry Birds universe once more. Angry Birds Space is launching on March 22 and a teaser trailer went live this morning that combines official NASA footage with some “out of this world” gameplay.

Kotaku:

“Our focus is to del…

T-Mobile USA today announced earnings results for the fourth quarter of 2011, revealing a net loss of over 800,000 contract subscribers during the quarter. The carrier, which is now the only one of the four major U.S. carriers to not carry the iPhone,…

Reuters reports that a Shanghai court has declined to issue an injunction that would have barred sales of Apple’s iPad in the city, a ruling that is part of the dispute between Apple and Proview Technology over the trademark on the iPad name.

Early …

In an upcoming profile of AMD, Forbes reports that the company’s Llano family of Fusion combination CPU-GPU systems was under consideration by Apple to be used as the brains behind the MacBook Air for its 2011 revision. AMD lost out to Intel, however,…

Last month, OnLive introduced its free OnLive Desktop service that allows users to run virtual instances of Microsoft Office apps streamed from OnLive’s remote PCs to the users’ iPads. The company has now added Adobe Acrobat Reader support to the serv…

Even as Apple is preparing to open its first Dutch retail store in Amsterdam on March 3, the company is moving closer to expanding its international reach even further as it has updated its Swedish jobs site with new postings for the complete range of …

The California Attorney General’s office today announced that Apple, Google, and other companies running mobile app marketplaces have agreed to implement new standards for notifying users of privacy policies associated with apps offered in their stores…

AppleInsider reports on an interview with a representative of Hong Kong-based nonprofit Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) claiming that Foxconn used advance knowledge of recent audits by the Fair Labor Association to hide undera…

Yesterday, we noted that the music component of iTunes in the Cloud was rolling out to Japanese users, allowing them to freely download any music content previously purchased from the iTunes Store. But as now summarized by 9to5Mac, various reports in …

While Proview has had some success in its battle against Apple’s use of the “iPad” trademark in China with minor court decisions against local retailers, the two companies are now going directly head-to-head in a higher-profile case underway in Shangha…

Continuing their close relationship with the iTunes Store following a landmark deal to launch their music in the store in late 2010, The Beatles today announced the release of their first official ringtones, available exclusively through the iTunes Sto…

Following reports yesterday that Apple would open its first Dutch retail store in Amsterdam on March 3, the company has confirmed that date today with emails to customers and a new dedicated store page on its website.

The new store will open at 10…

The Charlotte Observer reports that a total of 25 iPhones valued at over $16,000 have been reported stolen from Apple’s Northlake Mall retail store in Charlotte, North Carolina. While smash-and-grab robberies are not terribly unusual at Apple reta…

ABC aired their Nightline special tonight where they took an inside look at Apple’s Foxconn factories. Apple allowed Nightline access to the Foxconn factories that produce iPhones and iPads. Foxconn is the world’s largest electronics manufacturing co…

KTVZ.com has received confirmation from Apple that the company plans to build a new data center on a 160-acre lot in Prineville, Oregon. The land was reportedly purchased for $5.6 million from Crook County. A February 15th filing first identified…

Qualcomm today announced the launch of its fifth-generation Gobi reference platform that seeks to pack support for nearly all of the major worldwide mobile standards into a single chip. While the reference platform is not ready in time for inclusion i…

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is out with a new report today citing data from research firm NPD on U.S. sales of Macs. According to the data, Apple’s U.S. Mac sales were up only 1% year-over-year in January, tracking behind predictions that have …

Apple today announced that it has extended the deadline for Mac App Store apps to implement sandboxing until June 1. The requirement had been set to go into effect on March 1 after already having been delayed from last November, but continued uncertai…

SEOUL, South Korea – The young South Korean creator of a futuristic “4D” theme park that sparked interest in countries around the world has committed suicide in Los Angeles, officials told ABC News today. Eun-Seok Chey, 39, was CEO of d’strict, a New York and Seoul-based creative agency….

Earlier today, a report from The Daily claimed that Microsoft has a “working prototype” of its Office suite for iPad, with the app reportedly set to be submitted to Apple for App Store approval “soon”.

The New York Times now reports that Microsoft…

German site iFun.de reports [Google translation] that has it has received information from a source “to be taken seriously” claiming that the iPad 3 will debut there on Friday, March 23.

No other details on the claim are offered, although the repo…

It has been just over a month since Apple’s last round of expansion for its iTunes Match service, but it appears that the company may be preparing to add Japan to the mix.

As noted by Macotakara, the “iTunes in the Cloud” music component has gone …

While a number of alleged iPad 3 parts have leaked in recent weeks, one piece that has so far remained unseen is the device’s front panel. But now Apple.pro points to a posting (registration required) on Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo showing w…

AFP reports that Proview Technology has expressed a willingness to work toward a settlement with Apple in the “iPad” trademark dispute in China, even as the company continues to press forward with current lawsuits and plans for new ones seeking as much…

While Apple’s partnership with the Fair Labor Association to conduct independent audits of working conditions at factories in Apple’s supply chain has been gaining headlines in recent weeks, USA Today reports that Apple is also gearing up for independe…

After one false alert claiming a February 18 opening for Apple’s new Amsterdam retail store, the company’s first in the Netherlands, One More Thing now reports [Google translation] that the grand opening is apparently set for March 3.

Glass stairc…

The Assisted Living Federation of America is inviting the public to vote for their favorite artwork as a part of the ALFA Senior Living Art Showcase, a premier art competition for senior living residents.

The Daily claims to have had hands-on time with a working prototype of a version of Microsoft Office for the iPad (via TheVerge). The Daily had previously reported that Microsoft was actively working on bringing Microsoft Office to the iPad.

Th…

If you are a Miami University Facebook user, you have probably noticed the explosion of “memes” on your news feed lately.

MICGadget posts a roundup of circulating iPad 3 rumors, and also includes a few better side-by-side shots of what is believed to be the new iPad 3 back enclosure and the iPad 2 one.

Seen on top of each other, the iPad 3 does appear to have a more …

As has been long rumored, China Telecom announced today that it has signed an agreement with Apple Inc to sell iPhones in China. China Telecom will start taking preorders for iPhone 4S on March 2nd with sales beginning on March 9th.

China Teleco…

As has been long rumored, China Telecom announced today that it has signed an agreement with Apple Inc to sell iPhones in China. China Telecom will start taking preorders for iPhone 4S on March 2nd with sales beginning on March 9th.

China Teleco…

9to5Mac reports that Apple is working on an overhaul of its iTunes Store and App Store marketplaces, seeking to simplify the user experience while also increasing interactivity and discoverability. The revamped stores are reportedly planned to launch …

Japanese blog Macotakara today reports that it has learned from a “reliable” source that Apple is targeting another September or October release for the iPhone this year, continuing a shift away from the mid-year launches seen prior to 2011 and yieldin…

As noted by CNET, Apple today updated its environmental site with updated data for 2011, revealing a few tidbits of new information about the company’s work on energy usage and other topics.

Apple’s data center in Maiden, North Carolina

Among the…

Over the weekend, ABC announced that it had been granted exclusive access to Foxconn’s factories in China where the company assembled products for Apple, with the segment scheduled to air on a special edition of Nightline on Tuesday night.

ABC has…

Associated Press reports that a Chinese court has ruled against Apple in its ongoing trademark dispute with Proview Technology over the rights to the “iPad” trademark in that country, deciding that distributors should halt sales of the iPad in China. …

WHAT’S most striking about Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO) isn’t that it values the eight-year-old company at up to $100 billion, or that this will be the biggest-ever IPO for an Internet firm. What’s most striking is that Facebook is serving up to investors the prospect of 845 million users (read: consumers) worldwide being a captive market for businesses looking to sell them stuff.

Last week, a Digitimes report claimed that Intel was going to delay mass availability of its new Ivy Bridge processors until after June. Ivy Bridge represents the next generation processors from Intel and are expected to power any new Macs in the comi…

With a new coach and coaching staff in place and the entire university looking to start fresh, in a sense, in 2012, it should be relatively easy to come up with a theme or motto for the football season at Penn State. The problem is finding one that is not already played out or unoriginal. So scratch the following suggestions right now. “A New Chapter Begins.” “The Dawn of a New Era.” These are …

A forum post at Chinese site WeiPhone offers a photo of what is claimed to be the iPad 3′s logic board showing an “A5X” system-on-a-chip.

Apple is expected to introduce an upgraded processor and graphics package for the iPad 3, with the assumption b…

NextMedia / Apple Daily claims to have received the following photos and information through “special channels”. The photo below shows what is claimed to be an overview shot of the new iPad 3 back enclosure (top of image) as well as a comparison shot b…

Just like it does each and every single year, Safe House took home the readers' pick for best theme bar, trouncing second-place finisher, Old German Beer Hall. Not bad for a place that doesn't even have a a sign.

CNet reports that Apple has settled a class action suit over the iPhone 4′s antenna. The settlement comes from 18 separate lawsuits that were consolidated into one. All share the claim that Apple was “misrepresenting and concealing material informati…

ABCNews reports that Apple has given Nightline anchor Bill Weir exclusive access to their suppliers’ factories in China.”For years, Apple and Foxconn have been synonymous with monster profits and total secrecy so it was fascinating to wander the iphone…

Veteran tech manager Ben Rogoff of Polar Capital on Facebook, Apple and the ECB.

Over the past couple of months, several photos of displays claimed to be for the iPad 3 have surfaced from various sources. Such parts leaks are typical with the device’s expected debut early next month. While reports have claimed that these displays…

Apple has posted a new feature on its site promoting a countdown to 25 billion downloads for the App Store.As of today, nearly 25 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide. Which is almost as amazing as the apps themselves. So we want to say thanks. …

Reuters reports that Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn has announced new wage increases for entry-level workers at its facilities in China, boosting pay anywhere from 16-25 percent. The increase, which comes as Foxconn is again under increasing gl…

As noticed by several users running the developer preview version of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Apple is no longer including its X11 application for running software through the X Window System interface. A popular option for scientists and others seeki…

It was all about flame throwers, burlesque outfits, pole dancing and Facebook wedding invitations, on this week' s episode of Don't Tell The Bride.

With yesterday’s announcements from Apple regarding its forthcoming OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion operating system, a number of media outlets had been provided with advance briefings and early copies of the software for the purposes of having reviews prepare…

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google and several other advertising agencies have been discovered to be circumventing privacy protections in Apple’s Safari browser for iOS devices in order to track users through ads on numerous popular websites. …

Consomac has discovered that the OS X Lion Messages Beta that was released yesterday will not be a permanent feature for Lion users. Messages is the new iMessage-compatible version of iChat that will be included in OS X Mountain Lion. Apple also r…

There has been plenty of evidence that Apple is planning for ultra high resolution Mac displays. In July 2011, we first detailed the existence of a new “HiDPI” mode in OS X Lion. This HiDPI mode was put in place in anticipation of the day that Macs w…

There has been plenty of evidence that Apple is planning for ultra high resolution Mac displays. In July 2011, we first detailed the existence of a new “HiDPI” mode in OS X Lion. This HiDPI mode was put in place in anticipation of the day that Macs w…

There has been plenty of evidence that Apple is planning for ultra high resolution Mac displays. In July 2011, we first detailed the existence of a new “HiDPI” mode in OS X Lion. This HiDPI mode was put in place in anticipation of the day that Macs w…

There has been plenty of evidence that Apple is planning for ultra high resolution Mac displays. In July 2011, we first detailed the existence of a new “HiDPI” mode in OS X Lion. This HiDPI mode was put in place in anticipation of the day that Macs w…

Earlier today, Apple announced the developer preview for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. OS X 10.8 offers a number of new features we’ve detailed before.

InsanelyGreatMac has put together this nice walkthrough video of OS X AirPlay mirroring. That feat…

BlogdoiPhone claims to have somehow obtained a “pre-GM” version of iOS 5.1. GM refers to Golden Master version of the software which is typically the final production version.

Only two new minor findings have been discovered. One is an ever-pres…

As it has in previous years, the NCAA division I men’s basketball tournament — also known as March Madness — will be streamed both online and to iPhones and iPads. Unlike previous years, iPad and iPhone users will need to pay a $3.99 to watch the…

Apple surprised everyone this morning with a developer preview of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. The new release brings a number of iOS-like features to the Mac, as detailed in this video:

- Messages – new version of iChat with iMessage support

- Rem…

Asymco’s Horace Dediu noticed a startling statistic: Apple sold 156 million iOS devices in 2011. That’s 30 million more than the 122 million Macs that Apple has sold since the first one went on sale in 1984.

To date, Apple has sold 316 million iO…

Last July, we tackled the subject of our favourite theme songs – I listed my Top 10, with The Simpsons in the top spot, and wrote that “a great TV theme tune carries some connotations: the excitement you'd feel as an episode of your favourite show was starting, anticipating the sheer entertainment to follow, or that feeling of nostalgia as you're launched back into the days when you'd watch a …

With developers needing to prepare for Apple’s new Gatekeeper feature in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Apple has revealed that the functionality is already baked into OS X 10.7.3 but hidden by default. Apple has instructed developers that they can enable G…

Cult of Mac points to a report from French site MacGeneration highlighting the system requirements for OS X Mountain Lion. Among those Macs currently compatible with OS X Lion, those with lower-end Intel GMA X3100 or GMA 950 integrated graphics will n…

Apple has won what could be a fairly significant victory in its wide array of ongoing patent lawsuits. A German court has ruled that a number of Motorola Mobility products infringe on Apple’s European slide-to-unlock patent, EP1964022. The ruling is a …

Alongside the OS X Mountain Lion developer preview released today, Apple has also pushed out Safari 5.2 for Lion to developers. The update brings a number of new features that will be included with Safari in OS X Mountain Lion later this year.

Am…

One of the major new features in OS X Mountain Lion is greater integration with iCloud, with one of the additions being new Documents in the Cloud functionality. As noted by John Gruber, the feature expands significantly on the existing feature that a…

With the launch of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion in the middle of last year, Apple was clearly trending towards dropping the ‘Mac’ From ‘Mac OS X’, which has been the name of the Macintosh operating system for more than 10 years.

Though it still used the ‘Mac …

Apple’s Software Update has long been the primary method for users updating their systems, with the tool accessible through the Apple icon in the menu bar offering automatic weekly checks for new software updates from Apple. But as shown by iClarified…

One of the significant new features in OS X Mountain Lion is Gatekeeper, a new security system to help keep users from installing nefarious applications on their machines.

The new system relies not only on Mac App Store distribution as means of vett…

While OS X Lion was initially announced as an exclusive Mac App Store release, Apple did backtrack slightly before launch with a decision to offer a $69 USB thumb drive to assist users without access to broadband connections.

As reported by Pock…

Apple today released Xcode 4.3 [Mac App Store], making a number of improvements to the software. Among the notable changes, Xcode is now offered directly as an app. It had previously been offered as an installer package, and the move simplifies the i…

Alongside today’s OS X Mountain Lion news, Apple released a public beta version of its new Messages app for OS X for existing users. Set to replace iChat in OS X Mountain Lion, the new Messages app integrates features of iChat and FaceTime and adds co…

Apple today announced that it has released the first developer preview of the company’s next-generation operating system, named OS X Mountain Lion. The release will bring over 100 new features, including a number of those familiar to iOS users such as…

Digitimes reports that Intel has apparently begun informing partners that mass availability of its forthcoming Ivy Bridge processors will be delayed until “after June”. Intel is said to be sticking to its initial schedule calling for an April introduc…

Earlier today, we noted that the iPad had been pulled from sale at online retailers Amazon China and Suning.com, with the development coming just days after authorities had seized some iPads over a trademark dispute involving the “iPad” name. At the t…

SecondMarket rose to fame by offering investors a way to trade shares of the hot private companies they clamored for. Now many of those startups — including the private market's Goliath, Facebook — have gone public or will soon.

Just hours after a pair of U.S. Congressmen sent a letter to Apple requesting information on privacy practices, specifically as they relate to address book data being collected and stored by the apps’ developers, Apple has issued a statement to AllThin…

With Kodak having filed last-minute patent lawsuits against Apple and HTC as it was heading into bankruptcy last month, Bloomberg reports that Apple is looking to assert itself against the pioneering photography company with a new lawsuit alleging infr…

Last week, controversy erupted when it was discovered that the popular iOS app Path was uploading users’ entire address books to the company’s servers without alerting users or asking for authorization. While Path quickly deleted all address book data…

With the Fair Labor Association’s independent audit of Foxconn’s manufacturing facilities for Apple products having been underway for several days now, Reuters reports on the association’s initial impressions as it works to collect and analyze data on …

Just as Chinese authorities have indicated that it would be difficult to impose a ban on Apple’s iPad over a trademark dispute, Tech in Asia notes that the popular tablet has gone missing from online stores at Amazon China and Suning.com.

The remo…

Reuters reports that Proview Technology will apparently have a hard time blocking Apple iPad exports from China. On Tuesday, we reported that Proview was seeking a block on both Chinese imports and exports of the iPad over a trademark dispute with Ap…

Epson Philippines Corporation, together with SM malls and SM Cyberzone, is concluding its Epson Color Imaging Contest (CIC) 2011 which highlights the splendor of the Philippines.

Hardware.info points to a presentation slide from NVIDIA showing the range of products the company’s graphics chips power. The tagline reads,”From Super Phones to Super Computers”. The site also noted a strange looking Mac notebook in the middle of th…

Realmac Software and Impending have just released Clear to the App Store. Clear is a simplified list making application that was announced at Macworld. The App’s claim to fame is the extremely minimal interface that uses natural touch gestures for…

Following up on an earlier rumor that Siri would soon support Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Japanese languages, 9to5Mac noticed that if Siri is actually asked what languages it supports, Japanese is listed as one of the options.

At launch, Siri cou…

Apple has cut its minimum iAd buy-in fee to $100,000 according to a report from Advertising Age. The new lower price, one-tenth the $1 million originally required when iAd launched in July of 2010, dropped to $500k and then $300k per pa…

Apple CEO Tim Cook has just completed a Q&A session with analyst Bill Shope at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. While we liveblogged the event with a rough transcript of Cook’s comments, here are a few of the highlights:

- Work…

Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak at the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference today at 3:30PM Eastern / 12:30PM Pacific. Cook’s presentation will be broadcast via Quicktime on Apple’s website and MacRumors will be liveblogging the event on this page.

Coo…

Soon after rumors of Apple’s plans for entering the television market began to gain significant momentum late last year, analysts noted that the industry’s existing players were already “scrambling” to react to Apple’s likely entry and its chances of r…

M.I.C gadget reports that it has received information from sources indicating that Apple is “close to finally updating” its aging Mac Pro line. As we detailed in a report last month, the window for a potential Mac Pro update is approaching as Intel pr…

The Mooresville, North Carolina district is one of a handful in the country to issue laptops, the MacBook Air in this case, to each student. Mooresville is attempting to turn the public school education on its head, using technology to change the cultu…

The Better Business Bureau is warning people to watch out for who — or in this case, what — they fall for this Valentine’s Day.

Electronista reports on a new article [Google translation] from Taiwan’s Commercial Times claiming that Apple is planning for production of 65-70 million iPad 3 displays in 2012, paving the way for a significant boost to Apple’s tablet sales.Shipment…

CLOG, a new quarterly architecture magazine, has opted to cover Apple in its just-published February 2012 issue. The magazine offers nearly 150 pages of stories and images about Apple and architecture, with coverage ranging from Steve Jobs’ boyhood Ei…

Earlier this week, we noted that Chinese authorities had begun seizing iPad stocks from a small number of retailers over Apple’s alleged infringement of a disputed “iPad” trademark. Apple claims that it purchased the Chinese rights to the trademark se…

We’ve been covering Apple’s forthcoming Amsterdam retail store with interest for some time now, as it will be the company’s first location in the Netherlands. While development has been slowed by historic preservation issues, rumors last month suggest…

COMPUTER security firm Trend Micro recently revealed an online fraud surfacing the Internet this Valentine’s season which victimizes Facebook users.

“Angry Birds”, the most-downloaded mobile app of 2011, was catapulted to the world of Facebook on Tuesday in a bid by its Finnish maker Rovio to get one billion people playing the addictive game.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is working with suppliers on a smaller iPad carrying a display in the range of 8 inches on the diagonal, down from the 9.7-inch display in the current iPad but still larger than the 7-inch display found in the…

The iPad 3 will come in 4G LTE versions for Verizon and AT&T according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. It was reported earlier today that the iPad 3 announcement would come on March 7.

Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. will sell a v…

iMore reports that Apple is planning to hold their iPad 3 announcement on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Aside from the date of the announcement, iMore also claims that the iPad 3 will feature a 2048×1536 Retina display as well as a quad-core A6 processor …