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22 February
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Foxconn Accused of Hiding Underage Workers During Audits

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…

22 February
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Japanese iTunes Store Enhancements: iTunes Plus, 3G Downloads, Ringtones, Complete My Album

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 …

22 February
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Apple and Proview Face Off in Shanghai Court Over iPad Trademark

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…

22 February
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The Beatles Launch Exclusive Ringtones Through iTunes Store

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…

22 February
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Nightline’s Look into Apple’s Foxconn Factories

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…

22 February
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Apple Confirms Plans for Another Large Data Center in Prineville, Oregon

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…

21 February
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Qualcomm’s Next-Generation Gobi Platform Consolidates Mobile Standards Support for Future iOS Devices

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…

21 February
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U.S. Mac Demand Soft in January as Customers Wait for Updated Models

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 …

21 February
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Apple Extends Deadline for Sandboxing of Mac App Store Apps to June 1

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…

21 February
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Microsoft Denies Claims of Imminent Launch of Office for iPad [Updated x4]

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…

21 February
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iTunes in the Cloud for Music Rolling Out in Japan, iTunes Match Coming Soon?

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 …

21 February
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iPad 3 Front Glass Reveals No Significant Changes: Round Home Button, Camera and Sensor Holes

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…

21 February
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Apple Beginning Independent Environmental Audits of Chinese Suppliers’ Facilities

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…

21 February
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Microsoft Office on iPad Spotted, Coming Soon to App Store

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…

21 February
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Side by Side Photos of iPad 2 and iPad 3 Casing Shows Gradual Taper and Slightly More Thickness

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 …

21 February
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China Telecom to Start Selling iPhone 4S on March 9th

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…

21 February
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China Telecom to Start Selling iPhone 4S on March 9th

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…

20 February
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iPhone 5 Due for Release in September-October Timeframe?

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…

20 February
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Apple Touts Plans for Massive Solar Farm and Fuel Cell Facilities at North Carolina Data Center

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…

20 February
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ABC Previews ‘Nightline’ Visit to Foxconn’s Chinese Factories

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…

20 February
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Apple Threatens to Sue Proview for Defamation as Chinese Court Asks Distributors to Pull iPads

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. …

20 February
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Most of Intel’s Ivy Bridge CPUs Not Actually Delayed Until June

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…

19 February
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Photo of iPad 3 Logic Board with "A5X" System on a Chip

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…

19 February
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iPad 3 with More Tapered Edge and an 8 Megapixel Back Camera?

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…

18 February
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Apple Settles Class Action Suit Regarding iPhone 4 Antenna

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…

18 February
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Apple Grants ABC’s ‘Nightline’ Access to Foxconn Factories in China

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…

17 February
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Confirmed: iPad 3 Has a 2048×1536 Retina Display

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…

17 February
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Apple Announces Countdown to 25 Billion App Store Downloads with $10,000 Gift Card Prize

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. …

17 February
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Foxconn Again Raises Wages for Entry-Level Workers

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…

17 February
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Apple Shuns The New York Times in OS X Mountain Lion Coverage Over Foxconn Reporting

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…

17 February
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Google Under Fire for Circumvention of Cookie Settings in Safari for iOS to Track Users

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. …

17 February
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After Beta, Messages Will Be Exclusive to OS X Mountain Lion

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…

17 February
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Apple’s Messages Beta for Mac Includes Retina Sized Artwork

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…

17 February
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Apple’s Messages Beta for Mac Includes Retina Sized Artwork

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…

17 February
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Apple’s Messages Beta for Mac Includes Retina Sized Artwork

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…

17 February
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Apple’s Messages Beta for Mac Includes Retina Sized Artwork

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…

17 February
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Video Walkthrough of AirPlay and Other Features in OS X Mountain Lion

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…

16 February
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iOS 5.1 ‘Pre-GM’ Seed Leaked? Camera Slider, Japanese Siri

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…

16 February
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Roundup of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Features and Notes

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…

16 February
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Gatekeeper Already Present in OS X 10.7.3, Available for Developer Testing

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…

16 February
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OS X Mountain Lion’s Documents in the Cloud Simplifies File Access Across Devices

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…

16 February
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Apple Officially Drops ‘Mac’ Name from OS X Mountain Lion

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 …

16 February
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Software Update to Move Inside Mac App Store in OS X Mountain Lion

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…

16 February
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OS X Mountain Lion Limits Apps to Mac App Store, Signed Apps by Default

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…

16 February
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Apple Releases Public Beta of New Messages App for OS X

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…

16 February
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Apple Releases First Developer Preview of OS X Mountain Lion, Public Launch in Late Summer

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…

16 February
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Intel Delaying Mass Availability of Ivy Bridge Processors Until ‘After June’?

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…

16 February
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iPad Issues in China: Amazon Not an Authorized Retailer, Apple’s Victory in Hong Kong Trademark Case

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…

15 February
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Apple to Require Explicit Permission for iOS Apps Accessing Address Book Data

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…

15 February
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Apple Seeks Bankruptcy Court’s Blessing to Sue Kodak over Patents

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…

15 February
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Congress Weighs in on iOS Apps Collecting Address Book and Other Personal Data

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…

15 February
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Fair Labor Association Offers Initial Impressions on Foxconn Audit as iPads Used to Collect Survey 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 …

15 February
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Apple Pulls Online iPad Sales from Amazon China for Unknown Reasons

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…

15 February
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Chinese Customs Tells Proview That Ban of iPad Exports Would be Difficult

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…

15 February
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Siri Admits To Speaking Japanese

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…

14 February
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Apple Slashes iAd Minimum Buy-In Fee Yet Again

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…

14 February
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Tim Cook at Goldman Sachs: Worker Safety, iPhone and iPad Growth, and Financial Strategy

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…

14 February
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaks at Goldman Sachs Technology Conference

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…

14 February
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Samsung Underestimating Apple’s Potential Impact on Television Market?

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…

14 February
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North Carolina School District Has Success With MacBook Air Initiative

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…

14 February
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Proview Seeking to Cut Off Apple’s Worldwide Supply of iPads

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…

14 February
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Apple Unveils Striking New Window Coverings at Forthcoming Amsterdam Store

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…

14 February
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Apple Working with Suppliers on 8-Inch iPad

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…

14 February
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Wall Street Journal Confirms 4G LTE iPad for AT&T and Verizon

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…

13 February
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iPad 3 Announcement on March 7th with Quad Core and 4G LTE? [Date Confirmed]

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 …

13 February
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Apple to Live Stream Audio of Tim Cook’s Speech at Goldman Sachs Conference Tomorrow

As noted by @settBIT, Apple has posted a notice on its investor relations page announcing that it will be offering a live audio webcast of a presentation by CEO Tim Cook tomorrow at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. Cook’s presenta…

13 February
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Apple Grabs 19% of U.S. Consumer Electronics Dollars in Holiday Quarter

Apple captured “19 percent of all sales dollars” of consumer electronics sales in the U.S. during the holiday quarter of 2011 according to NPD. Not coincidentally, the holiday season was also the best quarter in Apple’s history.

Not only was Apple b…

13 February
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Apple Reportedly Pressures Pegatron into Ceasing ASUS Zenbook Production

Digitimes reports on an article from Taiwanese newspaper Commerical Times claiming that Apple manufacturing partner Pegatron has ended its relationship with ASUS for production of the Zenbook under pressure from Apple. According to the report, Apple…

13 February
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Leaked iPad 3 Rear Shell, Display, and Dock Connector Cable Matched Together

Last week, repair firm iLab Factory posted a photo of a Sharp display that was said to carry a resolution of 2048×1536 in a 9.7-inch size and be targeted for the iPad 3.

The company now reports (via 9to5Mac) that it has obtained the rear shell and…

13 February
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Apple Share Price Breaches $500, Hits All-Time High

Apple’s share price pushed through the $500 barrier as trading opened this morning, reaching an important psychological figure. The stock price has been on a tear ever since Apple reported blowout earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2012, risi…

13 February
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Fair Labor Association Begins Auditing Foxconn’s Manufacturing Facilities at Apple’s Request

Last month, Apple and the Fair Labor Association (FLA) announced an agreement that would see the FLA monitoring workplace conditions in Apple’s supply chain, providing independent oversight to ensure compliance with worker rights standards set by Apple…

13 February
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ITV Warns Apple (Again) Not to Use Their Name [Updated]

Amidst the growing chorus of rumors about an Apple branded television, The Telegraph reports that the UK TV network ITV has written a letter to Apple to warn it against using the name “iTV” for its future television product.

This is actually not th…

13 February
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Chinese Authorities and Retailers Removing iPads from Sale Over Trademark Issues?

Last week, we offered an update on the ongoing trademark dispute in China between Apple and Proview Technology, which claims to have held ownership of the “iPad” trademark there since 2000. Apple is said to be facing a potential fine of approximately …

12 February
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iPad 3 to Pave Way for 1080p iTunes Content and a New Apple TV?

Apple is expected to reveal the new iPad at a media event in the first week of March. The new iPad is widely believed to carry a ultra-high resolution 2048×1536 display that exceeds the resolution of 1080p content. Apple, however, presently only off…

12 February
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Eddy Cue Accepts Special Grammy Award Honoring Steve Jobs

Back in December, The Recording Academy announced that it would be honoring Steve Jobs with a Special Merit Grammy Award. The Trustees Award for Jobs was made in recognition of his contributions to the field of music with the iPod and iTunes Music Sto…

12 February
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An iPad 3 ‘Retina Display’ Comparison Graphic

Clkoerner (via OSXDaily) put together this graphic showing the relative number of pixels offered by various devices, including the rumored iPad 3. Also for reference, he includes a 1920×1080 Full HD screen to show that the new iPad’s screen may dwarf…

10 February
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Apple Sues Motorola Over Licensing of Cellular Technology by Qualcomm

Reuters reports that Apple has filed a lawsuit against Motorola Mobility alleging that Motorola has breached a licensing agreement with Qualcomm in its efforts to have a number of Apple’s iOS devices banned from sale in Germany. Following a December v…

10 February
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Apple Offering Stripped-Down $999 13" MacBook Air to Educational Institutions Buying in Bulk

Apple has begun offering a stripped-down 13″ MacBook Air to educational institutions purchasing in bulk, replacing the two-year old white plastic MacBook offering the company recently discontinued. Apple had ceased sales of the MacBook to consumer cust…

10 February
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More Claims of MacBook Pro Adopting MacBook Air Form Factor in 2012 Redesign

In two report back in April and July of last year, we reported that Apple was working on an ultra-thin 15-inch Mac notebook, with the suggestion being that the existing MacBook Pro line would evolve to take design cues and many of the features from the…

10 February
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AT&T Rolling Out LTE Micro-SIM Cards, Sparking Speculation on iPad 3 Link

Phone Arena reports that AT&T has begun supplying its retailers with LTE-compatible micro-SIM cards, requesting that existing micro-SIM stocks be scrapped in favor of the new ones supporting the latest networks offering faster data speeds. The obvio…

10 February
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Apple in ‘Crunch Mode’ Lining Up Apps for iPad 3 Demo and Commercials?

Rumors continue to swirl about the iPad 3 launch following yesterday’s claims that Apple will be holding a media event during the first week of March for the introduction. The Next Web now reports that Apple is currently said to be in “crunch mode” as…

10 February
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Apple Releases Two New iPhone 4S Ads: "Road Trip" and "Rock God"

Apple posted two new iPhone 4S television ads to its YouTube account this evening, “Road Trip” and “Rock God”. Both ads showcase the various ways to use the iPhone 4S’s Siri functionality to find directions, locate a restaurant, or send text messages.

9 February
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Google Working On Wireless Home Entertainment System

Google is developing a wireless home entertainment system designed to stream music throughout the home, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The system would be marketed under Google’s brand and would be based on Google’s Android platfor…

9 February
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Apple’s Mac App Store Sandboxing Requirement Gaining Renewed Scrutiny as Deadline Approaches

Last November, we reported on Apple’s plan to require all Mac App Store apps to be sandboxed, a move that would increase security by preventing apps from overstepping their bounds should they be affected by malware but which could hamper the functional…

9 February
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iPad 3 to Have ‘Truly Amazing’ Screen

Following a report from AllThingsD earlier today claiming that Apple will introduce the iPad 3 in the first week of March, The New York Times is now weighing in with its own sources corroborating claims of a faster processor and a “truly amazing” scree…

9 February
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AT&T Says Throttling of Unlimited Data Users Done on Case-by-Case Basis

Last week, a firestorm erupted over the publicization of AT&T policies that can result in users on grandfathered unlimited data plans seeing their data speeds throttled after burning through as little as 2 GB in a month.

Early reports on the polic…

9 February
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Microsoft Lays Out Plans for Windows on ARM Processors

Back in September, we covered Microsoft’s announcement of Windows 8, the next step in the operating system’s evolution that seeks to encompass not only traditional PCs but also mobile devices running on ARM processor architecture.

Microsoft’s Stev…

9 February
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Amazon Hits Apple with New ‘Three Kindles for the Price of an iPad’ Commercial

With its prominent position in the smartphone and tablet markets, it’s no surprise that Apple is a popular target in its competitors advertising as they seek to differentiate themselves from Apple even as they ride on the popularity of the company’s br…

9 February
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High-Resolution Sharp Display Reportedly for iPad 3 Surfaces

The flurry of iPad 3 part leaks continues today following yesterday’s interior photo of the rear shell and some follow-up photos of the exterior of the shell and the Smart Cover magnets. Among the most prominent additions today are new photos of what …

9 February
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Steve Jobs’ 1991 FBI File Released, Reveals Consideration for Presidential Appointment

As noted by Gawker, the FBI has just released a 1991 background check on Steve Jobs. The 191-page document was undertaken as Jobs was being considered for a presidential appointment to the President’s Export Council by George H. W. Bush. The file was…

9 February
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Apple to Introduce iPad 3 in First Week of March

AllThingsD, which has an accurate track record in revealing Apple’s new product media events, is reporting that Apple will hold an event to launch the iPad 3 in the first week of March.Sources say the company has chosen the first week in March to deb…

9 February
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Photo of the Back of an iPad 3 Rear Shell, Smart Cover Magnets

Apparently, iPad 3 enclosures are easy to come by these days. Earlier today, Repair Labs posted a photo of the interior the iPad 3 rear shell. They concluded that there were some minor changes that suggested a larger battery and redesigned logic boar…

9 February
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Foxconn’s Servers Hacked, Exposing Vendor Usernames and Passwords

One of Foxconn’s servers was reportedly hacked, exposing usernames and passwords for clients and employees. The group that took credit for the hack is called SwaggSec who claims they weren’t doing it in response to working conditions or even for infor…

8 February
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Apple Determines iTunes Match Royalties By Counting How Many Times A Song is Accessed

TuneCore president Jeff Price today wrote a blog post praising Apple’s iTunes Match service for creating money “out of thin air” for copyright holders. iTunes Match launched with all the major record labels on board, but some small labels refused to pa…

8 February
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Photo of iPad 3 Rear Shell Suggests Minor Physical Changes, Larger Battery

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RepairLabs reports that it has received a photo of what is claimed to the inside of the rear shell of the iPad 3, comparing the part to the corresponding version found on the iPad 2. The iPad 3 version demonstrates a f…

8 February
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Siri Support for Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Russian Languages Coming Next Month?

Tech in Asia reports on an article [Google translation] from Chinese information technology website DoNews claiming that Apple is preparing to bring support for the Chinese language to Siri on the iPhone 4S next month. According to the report, Apple i…

8 February
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Apple Pushes for Clarification on Licensing of FRAND Patents

Dow Jones Newswires reports that Apple filed a letter with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) last November pushing for clarification on how standards-essential patents are intended to be licensed. These standards-essential pat…

8 February
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Apple Pushes for Clarification on Licensing of FRAND Patents

Dow Jones Newswires reports that Apple filed a letter with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) last November pushing for clarification on how standards-essential patents are intended to be licensed. These standards-essential pat…

8 February
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Sprint Sells 1.8 Million iPhones in 4Q 2011, 40% to New Subscribers

Sprint today became the last of the three major U.S. iPhone carriers to report earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011, disclosing that it sold a total of 1.8 million iPhones during the quarter. While well below the 7.6 million activations reported by…

8 February
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Apple to Stream Live Paul McCartney Concert to iTunes and Apple TV

Apple today announced that it will be supporting Paul McCartney’s new album release with a special free video stream of a live concert on Thursday, February 9 [iTunes Store]. The concert is not only being streamed via iTunes on Mac and PC, but will …

8 February
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Apple Brings Lion Internet Recovery to More 2010 Macs

Apple today released a series of three EFI firmware updates bringing Lion Internet Recovery to the company’s Late 2010 MacBook Air, Mid-2010 iMac, and Early 2010 MacBook Pro. Available firmware updates include:

- MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.3…

7 February
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Apple Board Has Been "Considering" Dividends and Buybacks Since 2005

Much has been made of the recent comment by Apple CEO Tim Cook that the Apple board of directors has been “actively discussing” what to do with its enormous cash pile. Some see it as a sign that Apple will soon pay a dividend or initiate a share buybac…

7 February
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iPad’s Momentum in Restaurants Grows with Buffalo Wild Wings Trial

Ever since the iPad was introduced two years ago, its potential to revolutionize the restaurant industry has been widely touted, with some restaurants already moving to replace their traditional point-of-sale devices with iPads and companies such as Sq…

7 February
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Apple Faces Potential $38 Million Fine in China as $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Over ‘iPad’ Trademark Proceeds

iSmashPhone summarizes a pair of reports from China claiming that Apple is facing a potential 240 million yuan ($38 million) fine from governmental authorities over alleged trademark infringement involving the “iPad” name. The fine pales, however,…

7 February
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Rogers and BCE Already Have the Apple iTV in Their Labs, Controlled with Voice and Hand Gestures

The Globe and Mail reports that Apple is actively seeking launch partnerships with Canada’s Rogers Communications and BCE Inc. to offer their upcoming Apple TV. “They’re not closed to doing it with one [company] or doing it with two,” said one …

7 February
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Apple Warns Developers Not to Manipulate App Store Rankings

Yesterday, a TouchArcade thread was posted that warned about fraudulent App promotion services that guarantee Top 25 rankings for a modest fee. According to the poster, these services utilize automated scripts or bots to artificially boost free app…

7 February
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Apple Adds High-DPI Versions of Pointers in OS X 10.7.3

Screenshot from FinerThingsIn.com

DaringFireball notes several changes in some of the icons found in OS X 10.7.3. Several of our readers had also noticed the small changes in pointer icons in the latest version. It seems the changes run a bit de…

6 February
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Apple Compensates Victim of iMessage Bug for Breach of Privacy

In December, an apparent bug appeared in Apple’s iMessage service that allowed iMessages to be sent to a stolen iPhone. The messages can, apparently, continue to be sent and received from the stolen phone after a remote wipe and a SIM card deactivation…

6 February
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Apple’s ‘Macroscalar’ Trademark Application Sparks Speculation on Processor Architecture Advances

Patently Apple reports that Apple last week filed a curious new trademark application for the term “macroscalar”. The company has typically quietly registered trademarks in countries such as Trinidad & Tobago, only to later apply for the marks in the …

6 February
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Audience’s ‘earSmart’ Technology Explains Siri’s iPhone 4S Exclusivity

CNET reports on a new research note from analyst Linley Gwennap, who believes that custom circuitry in Apple’s A5 system-on-a-chip including “earSmart” noise cancellation technology from Audience is the reason why Siri is currently an iPhone 4S-only fe…

6 February
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Apple’s Grand Central Neighbor Seeing 7% Increase In Sales

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s sweetheart deal for Apple’s just-opened Grand Central Terminal retail store seems to be paying dividends for the MTA and neighboring stores. One restaurant is reporting a 7 percent increase …

6 February
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Best Buy Dreams Up a $1499 42-Inch ‘Apple HDTV’ for Customer Feedback

The Verge reports that Best Buy has been surveying some of its customers on proposed products and services, with the company including a description of a 42-inch “Apple HDTV” priced at $1499. The listing is undoubtedly simply a concept dreamed up …

6 February
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Samsung Continues to Poke Fun at Apple Fans in Super Bowl Ad

Samsung aired another of its series of Apple-mocking commercials during the 2012 Super Bowl tonight. In this ad, Samsung is pushing the new Samsung Galaxy Note.

Like the previous ads in the series, Samsung depicts iPhone fans standing in line for…

4 February
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ARM-Based MacBook Air Unlikely Based on Analyst Talk with Tim Cook

There had been some interesting claims last year that Apple had been actively testing an ARM (A5) based MacBook Air. The ARM processor is the same one that is used in the iPhone and iPad. An ARM-based MacBook Air, however, would raise a number of …

4 February
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AT&T Starts Throttling Unlimited Data Users after 2GB of Monthly Usage

In October, AT&T announced that they would start throttling data usage amongst mobile Unlimited Data Plan users. While AT&T no longer offers an Unlimited Data plan to new customers, many of the original iPhone purchasers are still grandfathered into…

4 February
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Apple Revises Snow Leopard Security Update and Pulls 10.7.3 Delta Update

After a couple of issues with some software updates, Apple has made some quiet revisions to address the problems.

The first was a Snow Leopard security update which inadvertently caused problems with Apple’s PowerPC emulation layer Rosetta. Macworl…

3 February
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Uploaded iTunes Match Songs Inaccessible for Some Users

Some iTunes Match users are encountering difficulties when attempting to download songs they have previously uploaded to iTunes Match. Matched songs appear unaffected for most users. Threads on both the MacRumors Forums and the Apple Support Communitie…

3 February
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Genius Recommendations for Movies and TV Shows Appearing on Apple TV

Several Apple TV users have reported a new addition to the menus of their devices, with the new option bringing Genius recommendations for movies and TV shows in their libraries. Curiously, early reports noted that rather than carrying a correct menu …

3 February
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Apple Clarifies iBooks Author Licensing Situation in New Software Update

Following Apple’s release of iBooks Author last month to support creation of iBooks Textbooks, significant controversy arose regarding the software’s licensing, which specified that the output from the software could only be sold via the iBookstore and…

3 February
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Apple’s Share of Profits Among Top Mobile Phone Vendors Hits 75%

asymco’s Horace Dediu has released his latest calculations of revenue and profits in the global mobile phone industry, finding that Apple has increased its share of the top vendors’ profits to 75%. Samsung followed in second place with 16% of indust…

3 February
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Snow Leopard Security Update Kills PowerPC Apps Using Rosetta

While the odd “CUI Error” experienced by some users after upgrading to OS X 10.7.3 earlier this week has garnered a fair amount of attention, it appears that a security update released for Mac OS X Snow Leopard at the same time is also causing major is…

3 February
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Apple Pulls All 3G Devices Except iPhone 4S from German Online Store Following Motorola Patent Win [Updated]

Bloomberg reports that Apple has removed all non-iPhone 4S devices with 3G technology from its German online store following a win by Motorola in the ongoing patent dispute between the two companies. The devices, which include the 3G iPad 2, iPhone 4,…

2 February
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Apple’s New SVP of Retail Went Undercover as Regular Salesperson

Apple CEO Tim Cook earlier this week explained that new Apple’s new Senior Vice President of Retail, John Browett, was hired not to “bring Dixons to Apple”, but instead “to bring Apple to an even higher level of customer service and satisfaction.” In t…

2 February
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iMessages Going to Wrong iPhone "Isn’t a Bug" Claims Apple

In December, an apparent bug appeared in Apple’s iMessage service that allowed iMessages to be sent to a stolen iPhone. Earlier this week, Gizmodo reported that a customer who went to Apple’s Genius Bar began receiving iMessages to and from the Genius …

2 February
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No Apple Event Scheduled for February

Earlier today, Japanese blog Macotakara claimed that Apple will be holding an “unusual” event in February, backtracking somewhat on its earlier claim of an early February iPad 3 event.

The Loop’s well-connected Jim Dalrymple now reports that Apple …

2 February
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Apple’s Town Hall Meeting Emphasized Corporate Philanthropy

Last week, following Apple’s blockbuster earnings report, the company held an internal town hall meeting with employees to discuss “exciting new things”. While one piece of information about new employee hardware discounts did surface, little else fro…

2 February
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Apple Poised to Benefit from U.S. Government’s Five-Year Push for Digital Textbooks

The Associated Press reports on a new initiative from the U.S. government to help push schools and textbook companies make the transition to digital textbooks over the next five years. With Apple pushing itself to the forefront of the digital textbook…

2 February
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OS X 10.7.3 Update ‘CUI Error’ Fixable in Many Cases with Combo Version

Following yesterday’s release of OS X 10.7.3, a number of users in our forums and at Apple’s discussion forums began reporting issues with the update. The most serious of these issues seems to be widespread crashing of apps generally accompanied by an…

2 February
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Avid Takes on Apple’s iMovie with Avid Studio for iPad

While companies such as Avid and Adobe have attempted to capitalize on Apple’s Final Cut Pro X missteps by wooing users in need of professional video editing and production software, AllThingsD notes that Avid is pushing forward on the mobile “prosumer…

2 February
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iPad 3 Event in March, An ‘Unusual’ Apple Event in February?

Japanese blog Macotakara has posted a follow-up to their previous claim of a February iPad 3 media event.

The original report had claimed that Apple would hold an iPad 3 media event in February with product launch in March. We had expressed some do…

2 February
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Analyst Expects iPhone 5 to Launch at WWDC 2012 in June

The Commercial Times relays a report from Daiwa Securities that the iPhone 5 is expected to launch at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) to be held in June 2012. Daiwa Securities also claims that the iPhone 5 will utilize “glass to glass…

2 February
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Apple Passes LG to Become World’s Third Largest Mobile Phone Manufacturer

Research firm IDC today released its estimates of global mobile phone sales for the fourth quarter of and full-year 2011, finding Apple moving past LG to claim third place in the rankings for the first time. Apple was rapidly closing on LG by mid-2010…

1 February
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Apple’s Hiring of an Outsider is Out of Character

Earlier this week, Tim Cook announced the hiring of John Browett to replace Ron Johnson as the Senior Vice President of Retail at Apple. After spending more than 10 years at Apple, building the world’s most successful retail chain from scratch, Johnson…

1 February
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Apple Releases OS X 10.7.3 with New Language Support and Bug Fixes

Apple today released OS X 10.7.3, the third maintenance update to OS X Lion. The update is available via Software Update and Apple’s download pages.The 10.7.3 update is recommended for all OS X Lion users and includes general operating system fixes t…

1 February
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Apple’s 1.3 MP Camera-Equipped iPod Nano Due for Launch in March/April? [Updated]

Earlier today, we reported on new photos of an iPod nano casing that appears to support a rear-facing camera. With similar photos having shown up in the past, it was unclear whether Apple was still pursuing the design for a future iPod nano.

M.I….

1 February
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Apple Reportedly Investigating Television Set Components as Anticipation Builds

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, whose long-standing claims of an Apple television set have been gaining steam in recent months as new rumors have surfaced in support of the idea, issued a research note late yesterday (via AppleInsider) discussing s…

1 February
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Photos of Debug Software Show Alleged Details of iPad 3 with Quad-Core A6 and LTE

BGR reports that it has received from a source photos of what are claimed to be screenshots from Apple’s iBoot development and debugging software for the bootrom showing details on an iPad 3. The screenshots, which show references to the known “J1″ …

1 February
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New Photos of Camera-Equipped iPod Nano Casing Surface

Last April, Taiwanese site Apple.pro posted a photo of what appeared to be an iPod nano with a hole in the rear casing that was said to be for a camera. A second photo showing the casing from the other side surfaced a month later, appearing to show a …

1 February
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Tim Cook on New Retail Chief John Browett: ‘The Best by Far’

MacRumors reader Tony Hart notes on his blog that after emailing Apple CEO Tim Cook with his thoughts on the company’s selection of Dixons CEO John Browett as the next head of retail, he received a personal response in which Cook noted that Browett was…

1 February
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Seagate Starts Selling GoFlex Portable Thunderbolt Adapter

The slow trickle of new Thunderbolt products continues. Seagate has begun selling a $99 Thunderbolt SATA adapter for portable (2.5″) external hard drives:

The GoFlex series is a set of external hard drives with interchangeable interface adapt…

1 February
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Apple Had ‘Worked On’ Offering a High-Definition Music Format

In an interview with AllThingsD, recording artist Neil Young revealed that he had discussed high definition music formats with Apple’s Steve Jobs prior to his death.

The interview is summarized by CNet, in which Young claims that MP3s have just …

31 January
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Apple’s Stock Off to Fast Start in 2012 with 50-Point Gain in January

With stock trading for January coming to a close today, Apple’s performance for the first month of 2012 has been notable, with the company’s stock riding strong earnings to a monthly gain of over 50 points that has increased its price by nearly 13%. M…

31 January
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ZFS Comes to OS X Courtesy of Apple’s Former Chief ZFS Architect

Apple’s flirtation with ZFS, the file system backed by Sun, has been well-documented with rumors and speculation dating back to 2006. The interest was fueled in mid-2007 by a claim by Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz that ZFS would supplant HFS+ as the file s…

31 January
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iPad Drives Apple to Perch Atop List of Top-Selling PC Manufacturers

Late last year, research firm Canalys predicted that Apple might become the world’s largest PC manufacturer during the fourth quarter of 2011 if tablets were counted alongside more traditional computers. With the major firms now having reported their …

31 January
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Thousands Line Up for New iPhone Production Jobs at Foxconn Facilities in China

Back in late December, reports surfaced indicating that Foxconn was planning a major expansion of its iPhone production capabilities in Zhengzhou, China, with the company reportedly investing $1.1 billion and working with the Chinese government to …

31 January
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China Telecom May Launch iPhone 4S by Late February

Following a report from Marbridge Consulting yesterday claiming that sources within China Telecom had revealed that a deal had been struck with Apple for the iPhone 4S, China Daily reports that China Telecom subsidiary Beijing Telecom has confirmed pla…

31 January
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Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X with Multicam Support, Advanced Chroma Keying, and XML Support

Following up on promises to bring support for major features such as multicam editing and XML compatibility, Apple today announced the launch of Final Cut Pro X v. 10.0.3 with a number of enhancements. The release follows another major update released…

31 January
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Apple Names John Browett as New Senior Vice President of Retail

Apple announced this morning that John Browett will be joining Apple as their new Senior Vice President of Retail. Browett will be leaving his current position as CEO of Dixons Retail. Apple® today announced that John Browett will join the company as…

30 January
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Apple Releases Redesigned iOS-Like Airport Utility 6.0 and an Airport Base Station Bug-Fix

Apple has released updates to its Wi-Fi base stations and to the Airport Utility program that controls them.

AirPort Utility 6.0 for Mac OS X Lion weighs in at 14.13MB and requires Mac OS X 10.7.2. The user interface has been redesigned to look more…

30 January
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More Hints that Apple is Working on an NFC Payment System on the Next iPhone

Apple’s interest in incorporating Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities into the iPhone has been long rumored. Near Field Communications is short range wireless communication technology (~4 inches) that is used in mobile phones for a variety of…

30 January
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Apple Seeks to Thwart iPhone Scalpers in Hong Kong with New Reservation System

Seeking to thwart would-be iPhone scalpers in Hong Kong, Apple has instituted a new reservation system (via 9to5Mac) to handle in-store purchases. With the new system, customers wishing to purchase an iPhone at the company’s retail store in the IFC Ma…

30 January
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Verizon Moving Closer to Shared Data Plans?

Verizon and other carriers have been talking for some time about the idea of shared data plans that would allow users to draw from a single monthly allotment of cellular data for multiple mobile devices, much the same way family plans can share minutes…

30 January
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Taiwanese Site Sued by Supplier After Leaking Claimed iPad 3 Dock Connector

Last July, Taiwanese site Apple.pro posted photos of what was claimed to be the dock connector and ribbon cable for the iPad 3. While the connector doesn’t reveal much of anything about the full iPad 3 device other than some speculation about the conn…

30 January
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iPhone 4S Now ‘In Stock’ in Most Apple Online Stores

Customers looking to order the iPhone 4S through Apple’s online stores have long been faced with minor shipping delays as the company sought to keep up with demand, with Apple’s online stores for most countries initially citing 1-2 week shipping estima…

30 January
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Apple’s Secrecy Extends to Putting New Employees on Fake Projects

In his new book, Inside Apple, Adam Lashinsky details the process undergone by new hires at Apple, noting that many of them are hired without knowing the exact project they are working on that they are frequently put through a testing period working on…

27 January
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Macworld 2012: Autodesk Inventor Fusion for Mac Coming

Autodesk was at Macworld showing off a new product for the Mac called Autodesk Inventor Fusion. Autodesk Inventor Fusion is an existing 3D mechanical design software on Windows, but will soon become available for the Mac for the first time.

Au…

27 January
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Civil Suit Against Google, Apple and Others Over Employee-Poaching Ban Can Continue

A U.S. District Judge has ruled that an anti-trust case filed against a number of tech companies can continue, saying “they still have an antitrust claim” according to Bloomberg.

[Judge] Koh didn’t take issue with the allegations about the agreeme…

27 January
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Tim Cook Responds to Report on Working Conditions at Suppliers’ Factories

In the wake of yesterday’s report regarding treatment of workers at the facilities of Apple’s suppliers, Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent an email to company employees addressing the situation. As published by 9to5Mac, the email highlights Apple’s efforts …

27 January
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Apple Estimated to Retake Title of World’s Largest Smartphone Vendor

Research firm Strategy Analytics today announced its estimates of the global smartphone market for the fourth quarter of 2011, finding that Apple narrowly squeezed by Samsung to retake the title of world’s largest smartphone vendor as measured by uni…

26 January
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iWorld 2012: Bottle Opener Cases, Wave Cradle, Nomad Brush, Wallet Case

Macworld | iWorld carries the usual collection of iPhone cases and accessories, not all of which are insanely great. But here are a few interesting ones that were on the show floor as I made my way through the masses.

Opena Case and Intoxicase w…

26 January
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Macworld 2012: WDC Shows Off MyBook Thunderbolt Duo

We briefly mentioned WDC’s press release that they would be showing their new MyBook Thunderbolt Duo at Macworld. Here are photos from the show floor of the unit. As expected, the new drive shares the same appearance as their previous two drive MyB…

26 January
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iPhone Average Selling Price Remains Steady Even With Free 3GS Offer

Earlier this week, Apple reported its best quarterly earnings ever, taking in more than $46 billion over three months. 53% of that revenue was from the sale of 37 million iPhones, at an average selling price of nearly $660. This ASP is particul…

26 January
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Part-Time Apple Employees Now Eligible to Participate in Charitable Matching Program

One of Tim Cook’s first acts when he became CEO of Apple was to institute a charitable matching program for employees. Under the program, Apple would match employees’ personal contributions to 501(c)(3) charitable organizations up to $10,000 per ye…

26 January
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Macworld 2012: ‘Clear’ To Do App for iOS, WDC MyBook Thunderbolt Duo

Macworld | iWorld 2012 kicked off this morning in San Francisco with the opening of the expo show floor. For years, Macworld was the major trade show for Apple to announce their new products. The venue was the launching ground for the first iPhone l…

26 January
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Former Apple Executives Address Working Conditions in Suppliers’ Factories

The New York Times today published a lengthy report discussing working conditions at the facilities of Apple’s suppliers in China, part of a growing focus on how Apple’s popular products are made. While the company is making strides in holding its sup…

26 January
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iPad Grabs 58% of Tablet Shipments in 4Q 2011

Research firm Strategy Analytics today announced the results of its calculations of worldwide tablet shipments during the fourth quarter of 2011, revealing that Apple continues to hold a majority of the market as Android improves its standing on the st…

26 January
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iPhone Drives AT&T’s Record-Smashing Quarter for Smartphone Sales with 7.6 Million Activations

AT&T today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011, revealing that the carrier saw record-smashing sales of 9.4 million smartphones, nearly double the previous quarter’s sales and 50% higher than the company’s previous record. T…

26 January
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Apple to Give Employees $500 Off Macs and $250 Off iPads

According to 9to5Mac, during today’s town hall meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced to employees that they would get $500 off Macs and $250 iPads.

The new discount program starts in June 2012, and can only be used once every 3 years. Empl…

25 January
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Brazil Approves Tax Incentives to Begin iPad Production as Apple Targets its Next Major Market

Brazilian newspaper Folha reports [Google translation] that the Brazilian government has officially approved tax incentives that will allow Foxconn to begin producing iPads in the country. Interministerial Ordinance #34, signed on Monday and published…

25 January
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Apple Gearing Up for iPhone 5 Production Ahead of Summer Launch? [Updated]

9to5Mac reports that it has received word from a “reliable” source at Foxconn that Apple is gearing up to begin production of the iPhone 5, suggesting that the company could be pushing for a mid-year launch more in line with pre-iPhone 4S debuts.The so…

25 January
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Apple Sneaks by Android in Fourth Quarter U.S. Smartphone Sales

25 January
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Apple Ramping Up Operations in Israel with Anobit Acquisition and New Research Center

According to a new report from Israeli business newspaper Calcalist (via 9to5Mac), Apple has begun hiring for its research and development center in Haifa, Israel with a goal of opening the center by the end of February. The report claims that Apple h…

25 January
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O2 Privacy Flaw Sends Users’ Mobile Numbers to Visited Websites

As noted by think broadband, a privacy flaw in the way UK carrier O2 handles web traffic on mobile devices has resulted in users’ mobile numbers being sent to any website visited from the device as part of the headers in the HTTP requests. While O2 is…

25 January
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Apple Saw No Change in iPad Sales Following Kindle Fire Introduction

Contrary to some reports, Apple CEO Tim Cook said today that the company hadn’t seen any slowdown in iPad sales following the introduction of the much-hyped Kindle Fire tablet.

When asked by an analyst during today’s quarterly earnings call about …

25 January
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Apple Sold 1.4M Apple TVs in Most Recent Quarter vs. 2.4M Sold in All of Fiscal 2011

Apple sold 1.4 million Apple TV set-top boxes in the Q1 2012 quarter, Apple CEO Tim Cook disclosed during today’s earnings call. Cook also disclosed that Apple sold 2.8 million Apple TVs in all of fiscal 2011, so the last quarter’s results seem to rep…

25 January
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Apple to Hold Company Town Hall Discussing ‘Exciting New Things’ at Apple

After today’s record breaking results, Apple will be holding a company-wide Town Hall for employees discussing some “exciting new things going on at Apple.” Tim Cook sent a company-wide email to employees, as posted by 9to5Mac:Thanks to everyone’s …

24 January
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Apple Reports Best Quarter Ever in Q1 2012: $13.06 Billion Profit on $46.33 Billion in Revenue

Apple today announced financial results for the fourth calendar quarter of 2011 and first fiscal quarter of 2012. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $46.33 billion and net quarterly profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted shar…

24 January
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iPhone Represents 55% of Verizon’s 4Q 2011 Smartphone Sales

Earlier this month, Verizon Wireless Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo noted that the carrier had activated 4.2 million iPhones during the fourth quarter of 2011, more than doubling the previous quarter’s sales on the momentum of the iPhone 4S launch…

24 January
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Apple Ranked as World’s Top Semiconductor Customer in 2011

Back in June of last year, IHS iSuppli reported that Apple had become the world’s largest buyer of semiconductors in 2010, jumping past HP and Samsung to top the list with $17.5 billion in spending. Apple’s lead was expected to grow in 2011 on con…

24 January
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‘Apple University’ Trains Future Apple Executives with Focus on Missteps of Apple and Others

Details of Adam Lashinsky’s new Inside Apple book set to debut tomorrow continue to surface, and while some of the ideas behind the company’s “Apple University” program for training the next generation of executives were previously disclosed in Lashins…

24 January
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Apple Has an Unboxing Room to Test Hundreds of Variants of their Product Packaging

iPod nano packaging photo by iLounge

From an advance copy of Adam Lashinsky’s upcoming Inside Apple book, NetworkWorld notes an interesting bit of information about how Apple approaches retail packaging.

Perhaps it should be no surprise, given…

24 January
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Steve Jobs Met with Light Field Camera (Lytro) Company’s CEO

In the upcoming Inside Apple book by Adam Lashinsky, it’s revealed that Steve Jobs had expressed interest and subsequently met with the CEO of Lytro, the makers the first light field camera. The relevant book quote posted by 9to5Mac states:The compa…

23 January
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Apple’s Legal Fees Rumored to Top $100M on HTC Patent Dispute Alone

In his biography, Steve Jobs was so infuriated by Android’s similarities to the iPhone that he swore to spend all the money Apple had in the bank to defeat the platform. Newsweek columnist Dan Lyons passes along a rumor that Apple has spent $100 mi…

23 January
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Roundup of Analyst Expectations Ahead of Apple’s Q1 2012 Earnings Call

Philip Elmer-Dewitt has assembled his list of analyst expectations ahead of Apple’s quarterly earnings report Tuesday afternoon. The list includes estimates from 17 “independent” analysts and 34 “affiliated” analysts who work for large investment house…

23 January
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Apple’s First Dutch Retail Store to Open in Amsterdam on February 18?

We’ve been following the development of Apple’s first Dutch retail store for some time now, as issues over historic preservation have slowed the timetable for construction at the landmark Hirsch building in Amsterdam. But things now appear to be comin…

23 January
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Sony Introduces Next-Generation Image Sensor to Advance Mobile Device Cameras

Sony today announced (via Macworld UK) the launch of new image sensor technology that the company expects will help improve performance and shrink the size of cameras on mobile devices by later this year. The new back-illuminated complementary metal

23 January
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U.S. Tablet Ownership Nearly Doubles over Holiday Season

According to new survey data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project (via VentureBeat), the share of U.S. adults owning a tablet device nearly doubled during the most recent holiday season, moving from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early Ja…

23 January
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Early iBooks Textbooks Downloads Estimated at 350,000

AllThingsD reports on a new research note from Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry claiming that customers downloaded approximately 350,000 iBooks Textbooks from the iBookstore over the first three days of availability. That performance was…

23 January
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Multi-Touch Page Flipping eBook Concept Shown on an iPad

The KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence has posted this video demonstrating their patented eBook interface prototype.

The prototype is implemented on an Apple iPad but reportedly uses private Apple APIs, according to the video de…

23 January
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Apple Expected to Adopt 802.11ac 5G Gigabit Wi-Fi This Year

AppleInsider claims that Apple is planning on incorporating support for the new faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi specification into products this year.The new 802.11ac standard achieves much faster wireless networking speeds than the existing 802.11n specificat…

20 January
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McGraw-Hill CEO Credits Steve Jobs’ Digital Textbook Vision Amid Evidence of Pre-iPad Interest

AllThingsD share some thoughts from McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw, who during a Q&A session following yesterday’s iBooks Textbooks media event described how the development was part of Steve Jobs’ vision for what textbooks should be like.Sitting and lis…

20 January
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‘Absinthe A5′ Brings First Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2

Noted iOS jailbreak author pod2g has teamed up with the Chronic Dev Team to release “Absinthe A5″, an enhancement to the popular Greenpois0n jailbreaking tool which adds the ability to perform an untethered jailbreak of the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 for the…

20 January
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Publisher Touts 20-Point Boost in Student Performance with Textbooks for iPad

With Apple announcing its iBooks Textbooks initiative yesterday, the company has been pushing its view that the iPad can help revolutionize education by keeping students engaged with unprecedented levels of interactivity.

In an attempt to assess t…

20 January
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Apple Retail Stores Coming to India?

Indian business newspaper Mint reports (via iPhone Hacks) that Apple may be preparing to open retail stores in India, dramatically increasing the company’s presence in the country.Apple Inc. may open its own shops following the Indian government allowi…

20 January
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A Closer Look at iBooks Author, Textbooks and Exclusivity

Earlier today we published a story about iBook Author’s exclusivity clause which generated some confusion. To clarify, Apple is not claiming exclusive sales rights to the content of published textbooks but to the specific output format (iBooks) gen…

19 January
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Apple Posts Video of iBooks and iTunes U Media Event

Following today’s media event that saw the introduction of iBooks 2 with new iPad digital textbooks alongside expanded iTunes U functionality, Apple has now posted video of the event to its site. The video is also available as a podcast video downlo…

19 January
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Hands-On Video With Apple’s Digital Textbooks

Engadget has posted a hands-on video of the iPad’s interactive digital textbooks in the press demo section of Apple’s education-focused media event today, and they were impressed:

Interacting with the books is a generally intuitive combination of tapp…

19 January
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iTunes U for iPad Retools the Learning Experience

In the second half of Apple’s education-focused media event today, the company turned its attention to iTunes U, the company’s free educational podcast section in the iTunes Store. Eddy Cue took the stage to announce that over 1,000 universities are cu…

19 January
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Apple Launches iBooks 2 with Interactive Textbooks

At its education-focused media event today, Apple introduced iBooks 2, an updated version of the company’s e-book software for iOS devices. The update comes as part of a push into interactive digital textbooks in partnership with a number of major pub…

19 January
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‘iBooks Author’ eBook Authoring App for Mac Now Available

Today, during their education press event, Apple announced the availability of the iBooks Author App that allows users to create interactive iBooks on their Mac.Now anyone can create stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books,…

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