While Apple’s lost iPhone 4 that surfaced on Gizmodo back in 2010 made the biggest headlines, a similar situation reportedly played out ahead of the iPhone 4S launch last year, with an Apple employee having apparently lost a prototype of the device at …

Back in late February, we noted that Apple had begun selling Brazilian-assembled 8 GB iPhone 4 models in that country, yielding the first fruits from Foxconn’s production lines starting up in the country. Foxconn has also been said to be gearing up fo…

Ars Technica reports on a Tweet from Russian malware analyst Ivan Sorokin at Dr. Web claiming that the Flashback trojan has now infected over 600,000 Macs worldwide. That number reportedly includes 274 machines “from Cupertino”, presumably meaning at …

As noted by The Tech Block and The Next Web, during his Talk Show podcast with Dan Benjamin, DaringFireball’s John Gruber offered up some additional confirmation of the existence of a 7.85″ iPad. Gruber reports that he has been told by “numerous” pe…

An internal AppleCare document published by 9to5Mac reveals that Apple is currently investigating complaints about poor Wi-Fi performance in some new iPad models. In the United States, contact centers and retail stores should capture iPad (3rd genera…

Apple has started sending out emails to Australian customers who may have been misled about the advertised “4G” capabilities of the new iPad.

Apple explains in the email that the new iPad is not compatible with Australian LTE or WiMAX networks, bu…

In a new interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page claims that Steve Jobs’ war on Android was “for show”, a move that served as a rallying point for Apple and its employees.I think the Android differences were actually…

Earlier today, we noted that nTelos Wireless, a CDMA carrier based in Waynesboro, Virginia, announced that it would begin carrying the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 on April 20. Pricing for the device comes in at $50 below the standard pricing charged by…

Apple subsidiary FileMaker today announced the launch of its new lineup of FileMaker 12 database applications, launching new themes and “Starter Solutions” to help users get up and running, as well as significantly enhancing integration with iOS device…

While Sprint is behind other major U.S. carriers Verizon and AT&T in its buildout of next-generation LTE networks, the carrier does appear to preparing to maintain one advantage of its offerings as it makes the transition by continuing to offer unlimit…

Regional U.S. carrier nTelos Wireless today announced that it will begin offering the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 beginning on April 20. The carrier will be offering the devices at a $50 discount relative to pricing through Apple and the major carriers…

The Daily spoke with Five Star Institute’s Mark Hulme who is producing the upcoming Steve Jobs film that is starring Ashton Kutcher. Hulme reports that Kutcher is “pouring himself” into the role and “believes the role was meant for him”.“He is alrea…

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster today issued a report on his firm’s latest semi-annual survey of U.S. teenagers, the 23rd such survey in the firm’s history. The results of the extensive survey of 5,600 U.S. high school students show that 34% of sur…

Research firm comScore today released the results of its latest survey of mobile phone users in the United States, finding that Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS continue to dominate the smartphone landscape.

The highlight of comScore’s report is And…

Over the past two days, a couple of high-profile research analysts have issued reports predicting that Apple’s stock will reach the $1000/share milestone within the next year or two, a move that would see that company’s market capitalization push t…

Apple today updated its investor relations page to note that it will announce its earnings for the second fiscal quarter (first calendar quarter) of 2012 on Tuesday, April 24. The earnings release typically occurs just after 4:30 PM Eastern Time follo…

Macotakara points to a news report [Google translation] from TV Tokyo’s World Business Satellite in which a Foxconn recruiter claims that the company is hiring 18,000 new workers to support production of the iPhone 5. According to the recruiter, the d…

Last month, we noted that Avatron had announced forthcoming support for the new iPad in its Air Display software that allows users to add an iOS device as a wireless external monitor for their Mac.

With the new iPad’s Retina display running at 2048x…

In Anandtech’s lengthy iPad review, they reveal knowledge of an internal Apple project for a game controller for iOS:I know of an internal Apple project to bring a physical controller to market, but whether or not it will ever see the light of day rema…

In a roundup of touch panel supplier news, Digitimes reports that G-Tech Optoelectronics is not only ramping up production of cover glass for the new iPad but is also working with Apple on anti-reflective glass for the next-generation iMac. The iMac i…

ChangeWave Research today released the results of a survey addressing users’ experiences with the new iPad, finding that 98% of the professional and early-adopter consumer audience targeted by the firm rate themselves as either “very satisfied” (82%) o…

ifoAppleStore reports that Apple will be adjusting its scheduling practices for retail store employees as of April 15th, placing greater weekend demands on its full-time workers and requiring greater weekly commitments from its part-time staff. The mo…

Over the weekend, Apple informed developers that the company has now increased iAd payouts from 60% to 70% of revenue. We have made the following changes to the Developer Advertising Services Agreement for the iAd Network, effective immediately.

- T…

Variety reports that actor Ashton Kutcher will be playing Steve Jobs in an upcoming independent movie called Jobs.The film will chronicle Steve Jobs from wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple, where he became one of the most revered creative entreprene…

It’s April 1st again — also known as April Fools’ Day. Today also represents Apple’s 36th anniversary, having been founded on this day in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

Here are a couple of the more ambitious pranks floating around the int…

Earlier this month, we reported on word from the U.S. Department of Justice that regulators were looking at filing suit against Apple and e-book publishers over the “agency model” of pricing championed by Apple leading up to the launch of its iBookstor…

Apple has updated its marketing for the new iPad in Australia after regulators in that country criticized the company over “misleading” marketing claims related to the iPad’s 4G capabilities. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) an…

Earlier this week, we noted that Apple had offered royalty-free licensing of its proposed design for next-generation “nano-SIM” cards for use in devices connecting to cellular networks, on the condition that its design be selected and that other rights…

In the wake of yesterday’s announcement from the Fair Labor Association that it had reached an agreement with Foxconn to reduce the maximum number of working hours for its employees at its Apple production facilities, Reuters reports that Foxconn worke…

Late last year, Apple was fined $1.2 million by Italian regulators over its marketing of AppleCare extended warranty services for its products. The regulators ruled that Apple was not adequately disclosing standard two-year consumer protection cov…

Last week Overhaul Games announced that Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition would be making its way to the iPad later this summer. Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition is a recently announced remake of the original 1998 game and Tales of the Sword Coast expa…

Following an audit of Foxconn’s facilities where the company assembles Apple products, the Fair Labor Association (FLA) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Foxconn that will result in stricter controls over working hours and an examin…

Bloomberg Businessweek publishes a cover story on the ongoing patent war between Apple and Android, outlining the history of the disputes between Apple and Android manufacturers such as HTC, Samsung and Motorola.

The report notes that Apple has actu…

The latest data from Nielsen suggests that between the two of them, Android and Apple’s iOS have relegated other smartphone operating systems to sub-single digit market share. The closest competitor — RIM’s Blackberry — counted only 5% of U.S. smartp…

Apple appears to be working on plans to open its largest retail store yet, advertising a forthcoming store in the main Century City shopping district of Dalian, China. M.I.C. gadget posts a photo showing promotional signage in a shopping center there …

Following his appearance at the Xidan Joy City retail store in Beijing and meetings with Chinese government officials earlier this week, Bloomberg now reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook has also toured a new iPhone production facility in Zhengzhou, China….

In line with the settlement announced last month over antenna issues on the iPhone 4, certain owners are now receiving notices instructing them how to claim their $15 settlement payment from Apple. The settlement is limited to those customers who …

Digitimes claims that Apple will be ramping up production of the new 15″ MacBook Pro in April, but with the new 13.3″ model not ramping up until June:As Apple will start mass producing its 15-inch MacBook Pro in April, sources from the upstream supply …

Apple has issued a version update for iTunes which addresses a number of bugs:iTunes 10.6.1 provides a number of improvements, including:

- Fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size…

A new survey commissioned by CNBC is as good a reason as any of why Apple’s stock price has been on such a tear in recent years. More than half of all US homes own an Apple product, according to CNBC’s All-America Economic survey — and 1 in 10 homes t…

Business Insider reports on a new research note from Hong Kong-based research firm CLSA claiming that Apple’s much-rumored television set is likely to debut in 2013 rather than the late 2012 timeframe that has been suggested by several other reports. …

Network World reports on a keynote speech given in Chicago yesterday by Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus in which he described some of the early developments that ultimately led to Apple acquiring the company and folding the technology into the iPhone 4S. …

Earlier this week, we reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook has shown up in Beijing, posing for photos with customers at the company’s Xidan Joy City retail store as part of a trip to meet with unspecified “Chinese officials” as disclosed by an Apple spokes…

CPU World reports that Intel will be introducing a number of its new Ivy Bridge processors for desktop and mobile systems during the week of April 22-28, with availability set for April 29. The date had previously been cited as the launch for quad-co…

Yesterday, we noted that Australian regulators are targeting Apple over its “misleading” marketing of the new iPad as a “4G” device in the country despite the fact that the device is incompatible with LTE networks being rolled out there. In response, …

Rumors of an “iPad mini” have been persistent over the past couple of years, despite an early dismissal of the 7″ tablet form-factor by Apple’s Steve Jobs: There are clear limits to how close elements can be on the screen before users can’t touch accur…

Australian regulators had targeted Apple earlier today over the use of the term “4G” in advertising its new iPad. The issue stems from Apple’s use of “4G” in its marketing terms for the cellular-capable models of the new iPad, while 4G LTE compatibil…

Among the many topics related to charging, battery, and heat issues with the new iPad, observers have noted that the device continues to charge for up to an hour after the point at which the iPad reports a charge level of 100%.

AllThingsD has now …

Dow Jones reports on comments from Sprint Chief Financial Officer Joe Euteneuer indicating that the carrier would be free to launch an LTE-equipped iPhone should one be introduced by Apple as many expect to occur later this year. There had been specul…

Sharp today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Foxconn/Hon Hai Precision, seeking to stabilize its own financial situation and fund investments to continue pushing LCD technology forward.

Foxconn is of course Apple’s pri…

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Australian regulators are taking action to address “misleading” marketing claims regarding the new iPad, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announcing that it will pursue injunctions, f…

Apple has been prominently featuring Siri, the voice recognition feature, in its iPhone 4S advertising. And, for a good reason: it’s apparently very popular amongst iPhone 4S owners. 87 percent of iPhone 4S users use at least one Siri feature each mont…

Earlier this month, Apple announced that the winner of its 25 billion app countdown contest was Fu Chunli, a resident of Qingdao, China who was awarded an iTunes Store gift card valued at $10,000. Her milestone download was Disney’s Where’s My Wat…

Much has been made of the increase in battery capacity in the new iPad over the past week and a half, including its impact on charging and heat issues experienced by consumers. More recent discussions have focused on the device charging beyond the 10…

Last week, we noted that Apple was still pushing to have its “nano-SIM” design adopted as the official next-generation standard to further reduce the size of the removable cards that include subscriber information and activation capabilities for mobile…

Sina.com notes [Google translation] that Apple CEO Tim Cook has been spotted in Beijing today, taking time on his trip to visit the Xidan Joy City retail store and pose for pictures with customers.

The purpose of Cook’s trip to Beijing has not bee…

83-year old Evelyn Paswall is suing Apple after walking into the glass doors at the Apple Store Manhassett on Long Island reports CBS New York. She is asking for $75,000 in medical expenses plus punitive damages for negligence totaling $1 milli…

Last week, we reported on long return lines at Apple’s 5th Avenue retail store filled with Chinese iPad resellers. Resellers try to buy up as many iPads as possible on launch day to quickly turn around and sell them for a profit. According to our rep…

TechCrunch reports that Apple has begun rejecting iOS apps for the use of a unique device identifier known as the UDID. The site notes that several developers have reported rejections for the use of the UDID in the past week, and Apple is said to be …

Macgasm notes an interesting tweet by former Apple TV engineer Michael Margolis who claims that the new Apple TV interface designs were “tossed out 5 years ago because [Steve Jobs] didn’t like them.”

Alongside the 3rd Generation iPad, Apple also i…

iOS developer David Smith has been posting iOS version stats for his Universal app Audiobooks [Direct Link]. Smith gets about 100,000 weekly downloads to both his paid and free versions and believes it is a statistically meaningful data set.

With t…

In his biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson shared a story of Jobs’ meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama. Along with sharing his displeasure at the difficulty in building a factory in the United States, he also disassembled America’s education …

iMore weighs in with information it has heard about the new iPhone that is due later this year.

According to their sources, the new iPhone will be 4G LTE compatible, as expected. It will also be arriving in the fall, though the exact date will …

ArsTechnica reports on the discovery of Retina-sized artwork in OS X Mountain Lion’s.A source with access to the latest Mountain Lion preview alerted Ars that double-sized graphics have popped up in some unexpected places, once again suggesting that Ap…

BusinessInsider reports some strange activity on Apple’s stock today. Trading was halted due to an abrupt drop of over 9%.The stock crashed 9% to $542.80 before trading was stopped. When the stock started trading again, it opened at $598.39T…

Reuters profiles Samsung Electronics and their design process in the setting of Apple’s ongoing legal battle accusing Samsung of “slavishly copying” Apple’s products.

Samsung Mobile’s vice president for design Lee Minhyouk takes Apple’s charges pers…

AllThingsD reports on findings of a survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners which investigated where iPhone owners purchased their device.

The found that the breakdown of retail vs online sales was 76 percent retail vs 24 percent online….

The popular 1998 role-playing game Baldur’s Gate is seeing a PC remake called Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition by Overhaul Games.

The company has since announced that the new version will also be available for iPad and be available in the summer …

Apple has updated their iTunes Movie Trailers App with support for the new iPad’s Retina Display. The trailers app mirrors the content on Apple’s own Movie Trailers site and offers a good showcase of the iPad’s new screen.

Here’s a screen captur…

New Zealand line photo by @SiobhanKeoghNZ

As a reminder for our international readers, the new iPad will be on sale in 25 more countries starting tomorrow, Friday March 23. In fact, it’s currently on sale in New Zealand, where it’s already tomorrow….

A security firm has discovered a security issue in the iOS 5.1 version of MobileSafari, the most recent version of the operating system that runs on millions of Apple mobile devices. The behavior was discovered and detailed by David Vieira-Kurz of Majo…

Representatives Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) have sent letters to thirty-four app developers with a number of questions about their information collection and use practices. This follows on a letter from the Congressmen sent to Ap…

TechRadar reports that Sony is bringing their Music Unlimited service to iOS devices “in the coming weeks”.”We will be launching our music service on iOS in the next few weeks,” said Layden, who was speaking at the IP&TV World Forum with TechRadar in a…

A couple of new findings as people spend more time with their new iPads. First, iLounge reports on findings by DisplayMate on the new iPads charging behavior. It turns out the iPad continues to charge for as long as an hour after it says its at 100%,…

Bloomberg reports that Apple’s iPhone surpassed RIM’s BlackBerry as the number one in Canadian smartphone shipments in 2011. RIM is based in Canada and has had strong loyalty amongst its customers.RIM, based in Waterloo, Ontario, shipped 2.08 milli…

Apple patent applications tend to cover a broad set of topics, including many research items that never make their way out of the labs. A new one found this morning, however, is more interesting than usual given the recent rumors of an Apple televisi…

Adobe has launched a free public beta for their new Photoshop CS6 Beta. As detailed in the press release, the commercial release will follow in the first half of this year for both Mac and Windows. Final pricing has not been announced.

Accordin…

Reuters relays rumors from a South Korean newspaper which revives claims of a larger screen on the next iPhone.Apple has decided on the bigger 4.6-inch display for its next iPhone and started placing orders to its suppliers, the Maeil Business Newspape…

Netflix’s iOS App has been updated with new iPad Retina icons and images. The actual video stream hasn’t yet been updated to High Definition.

However, Netflix’s Twitter account promises that High Definition streaming is following later. The @Netf…

Social game-maker Zynga has agreed to acquire OMGPOP, the development house behind the incredibly popular Draw Something. The acquisition price is reported to be $180 million plus $30 million in employee retention payments, according to Peter K…

LoopInsight reports that Apple’s new iPhoto for iOS has hit 1 million users in the 10 days from its launch:Apple told me today that its newest iOS app, iPhoto, hit 1 million users in less than 10 days after its release. It’s important to note that …

Avatron, the makers of the popular Air Display app for iOS, revealed today that they will be updating their utility to fully support the 3rd Generation iPad.

Air Display allows you to use your iPad (or iPhone/iPod Touch) as an extra display for your…

Mobile analytics company Flurry reports that activation of new iOS and Android devices in China has surpassed the U.S. for the first time.

February, Flurry calculated that China surpassed the United States in monthly new iOS and Android device a…

A story that is getting some traction this morning is a Wall Street Journal article about how quickly new iPad users are consuming their monthly bandwidth allotments over LTE. We covered this story on our iOS Blog. While the conclusion may seem an …

Current micro-SIM (bottom right) punched out of a mini-size SIM card (top right)

The Financial Times reports that Apple is up against rival smartphone makers over the next industry standard for miniaturized SIM cards. (via Engadget).

In May 2011…

ZDNet’s Mary-Jo Foley reports that she has received an internal email regarding a new purchasing policy for Microsoft’s Sales, Marketing, Services, IT, & Operations Group (SMSG).

According to the email, employees of that group at Microsoft are now p…

Following up on reports from earlier today that the outer shell of the iPad 3 gets warmer than the iPad 2, Consumer Reports found that their iPad 3 reached temperatures up to 116 degrees after running Infinity Blade II for 45 minutes.

The piece did …

When the iPad was first introduced there weren’t many iPad-specific apps yet available. As a solution, Apple allowed apps designed for the iPhone’s smaller screen to run on the iPad in a form of emulation. The apps could be run as if they were on the …

Apple issued a statement regarding the heat complaints about the new iPad. As reported by The Loop:“The new iPad delivers a stunning Retina display, A5X chip, support for 4G LTE plus 10 hours of battery life, all while operating well within our ther…

Several readers have noticed the appearance of ‘iTunes Producer 2.6′ in their OS X Software Update. iTunes Producer is Apple’s submission tool for music (and books) to the Apple iTunes Store.iTunes Producer: This free software application allows you…

As noted on SlashGear, availability of the new iPad has improved on Apple’s online store with shipment estimates down to 1-2 weeks from 2-3 weeks just yesterday.

Reports have indicated that retail stock of the new iPad has been plentiful in many …

At Macworld 2012, we highlighted the newly announced My Book Thunderbolt Duo drive from WDC. Each drive enclosure held two hard drives in a RAID configuration and offered two Thunderbolt ports. The units could then be daisy chained together over Th…

Both in our forums and Apple’s Discussions, there have been observations and complaints that the new iPad runs warmer than the previous generation. The phenomenon was noticed in TechCrunch’s review of the new iPad where they said: One other slight dow…

Apple announced today that it has sold 3 million new iPads in less the four days of availability, calling it the “strongest iPad launch yet.”

CUPERTINO, California―March 19, 2012―Apple® today announced it has sold three million of its incredibl…

With the 3rd Generation iPad now out in the wild, we are starting to see more benchmarks comparing the new iPad to the iPad 2 and other devices.

Insanely Great Mac provides this nice overview video comparing both graphics and processor benchmarks be…

Comparison, though color differences hard to capture in screenshots

DisplayMate has published an extensive “shoot out” between the new iPad, the iPad 2 and iPhone 4. Aside from the much discussed resolution improvements of the 3rd Generation iPad,…

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is reexamining regulations banning the use of digital devices like the iPad or Amazon Kindle during taxi, takeoff and landing of commercial aircraft. Passengers are banned from using electronics while the aircra…

AT&T has issued a brief statement indicating that it set a new single-day record for iPad sales and activations, but stopping short of providing any hard numbers.On Friday, March 16, AT&T set a new single-day record for its iPad sales and activations, …

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sharp Corporation is still trying to ramp up production of displays for Apple’s new iPad and expects to start shipments “as soon as possible”. The panels are to be used in Apple Inc.’s new iPad, according to people…

During today’s financial conference call, one analyst asked if Apple would be issuing a press release about last weekend’s launch sales numbers for the iPad. Apple refocused the conversation back on their dividend announcement but did reveal that th…

Apple has issued a press release indicating that it plans to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program commencing later this year. Subject to declaration by the Board of Directors, the Company plans to initiate a quarterly dividend of $2.6…

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Apple issued a media alert indicating that it would be holding a conference call on Monday, March 19th at 6 a.m. PDT/9 a.m. EDT. The conference call will “announce the outcome of the Company’s discussions concerning its…

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Apple issued a media alert indicating that it would be holding a conference call on Monday, March 19th at 6 a.m. PDT/9 a.m. EDT. The conference call will “announce the outcome of the Company’s discussions concerning its…

Following the release of the third-generation Apple TV late last week, one forum member at XBMC.org has performed a teardown of the device, revealing a number of details about its internals.

As Apple notes on the tech specs page for the new Apple TV…

Dustin Curtis points out that in the latest developer seed of OS X Mountain Lion, Apple now requires OS X Apps to get explicit permission to access your address book information.

The move mirrors recent changes made to iOS which will also ask the …

One feature promised in OS X Mountain Lion was the ability to sync Safari tabs between different devices. Macworld reported it in their Mountain Lion Preview, but was unable to actually find the feature in their early build.And although I couldn’t f…

Apple today seeded the second preview version of OS X Mountain Lion to developers, building upon the initial developer version released one month ago.

As noted by The Next Web, Apple has also posted an extensive list of known issues alerting devel…

Earlier today, we pointed to some teardown tidbits from Chipworks regarding the new iPad, including the observation that the A5X system-on-a-chip is being manufactured by Samsung and is using the same 45-nm process used for the A5 package in earlier de…

Following on iFixit’s disassembling of a new iPad they purchased in Melbourne, Australia yesterday, Chipworks has begun sharing the results of their iPad teardown.

The most interesting — though perhaps unsurprising — discovery is that Apple has …

Back in January, popular radio show This American Life aired an episode dedicated to working conditions at Foxconn’s factories in China, drawing heavily from Mike Daisey’s theater monologue entitled “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs”. In the monolo…

One of the major selling features of the new Verizon iPad Wi-Fi + 4G LTE is its compatibility with GSM networks for international roaming purposes. But what hasn’t been clear is whether users could insert an AT&T micro-SIM card into a Verizon iPad and…

Claims of redesigned MacBook Pro models continue to surface ahead of the official launch of Intel’s Ivy Bridge chips, and Digitimes now reports that slimmer versions of the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro are currently in production. Notably, the repo…

The 3rd Generation iPad continues to launch around the world to long lines in many locations. The iPad is launching in ten countries including the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK.

Par…

Apple has posted a new section on iTunes highlighting “Great Apps for the New iPad”. The section lists many new Retina-enabled iPad apps that take advantage of the new iPad’s high resolution screen.

The apps include games such as Flight Control R…

As noted by Insanely Great Mac, Walmart has issued a statement announcing that it will be offering a “limited supply” of the new iPad beginning at 12:01 AM local time at its 24-hour stores in the United States. Walmart’s sales will start eight hours b…

As noted by Insanely Great Mac, Walmart has issued a statement announcing that it will be offering a “limited supply” of the new iPad beginning at 12:01 AM local time at its 24-hour stores in the United States. Walmart’s sales will start eight hours b…

Earlier today, we noted that iFixit was on hand for an early midnight launch of the new iPad at a Telstra retail store in Melbourne, Australia, and the teardown experts are now beginning the process of opening up the device to examine its internals.

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The Verge confirms in its testing with a review unit of the new iPad with 4G LTE that FaceTime video calling remains limited to Wi-Fi networks despite the fact that LTE offers greater bandwidth than many Wi-Fi networks.We’ve just confirmed that althoug…

Apple’s share price touched the $600 mark as trading opened this morning, just a month after reaching $500/share for the first time. The stock has, however, pulled back slightly since the open and now sits at $594.

The stock price has b…

With Apple’s official launch of the iPad in Australia, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong just hours away, it seems that some of the company’s retail stores are beginning their preparations. At Apple’s Fukuoka Tenjin store in Japan, which closed for the …

While shipping notices for pre-orders of the iPad began going out over the weekend, those notices have been accompanied by “future delivery requested” notes indicating that Apple is working with delivery companies to coordinate the launch for this Frid…

The embargo has lifted on the reviews for the 3rd Generation iPad, and they are starting to trickle out. Here are links and summaries of some of the more prominent reviews:

Macworld Review and Video

- Text in most apps will automatically take…

Following yesterday’s unboxing video of the new iPad in Vietnam, which has also resulted in benchmarks and sample photos and screenshots from the device surfacing, Hong Kong’s PCM Online reports (via Engadget) that it too has gained early access to the…

With just two days to go until the launch of the new iPad, third-party retailer partners are apparently beginning to receive their stocks of the device. Engadget shares a photo of what is claimed to be several boxes of the new iPad that have arrived a…

Last week, we took a look at the compression being employed by Apple with its new 1080p content on the iTunes Store, a feature that has allowed Apple to increase file sizes by only 15-25% compared to 720p even as the number of pixels have more than dou…

Electricpig reports that it has heard from a Mac accessory manufacturer that Apple is planning to launch a 15-inch MacBook Air as soon as April.And what is coming? If you take our source’s word for it, a 15-inch MacBook Air with ports on both sides, …

Apple today officially announced that the new iPad will launch at 8:00 AM local time on Friday in the United States and nine other countries. The first hints of an 8:00 AM launch surfaced earlier this week with the grand opening time of Apple’s new Hi…

A few times a year, MacRumors partners with MacUpdate to promote their Mac application bundle deal.

Their latest bundle delivers at 11 Mac applications for $49.99 (a $377.79 value if all purchased separately). Notably, it includes VMWare F…

Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn has been spending some more time with the 3rd Generation iPad in their possession.

They took some screenshots of the native apps that come bundled with the new iPad that support its new Retina screen. This is a screensho…

Bloomberg reports that antitrust investigators with the Federal Trade Commission have issued a subpoena to Apple requesting information on the company’s deal to make Google the default search engine on iOS. Google has been reported to have paid Apple …

Following reports from late last year indicating that Apple would be switching back to NVIDIA for graphics chips in its next MacBook Pro update, SemiAccurate now reports that NVIDIA’s issues with GPU production are apparently leading Apple to rely more…

In a report from The Korea Times (via SlashGear), an anonymous Samsung executive reveals that Apple has committed to purchase at least $9.7 billion worth of components from the company this year, with Apple’s expenditures potentially reaching $…

Bloomberg reports on comments from IHS iSuppli analyst Vinita Jakhanwal claiming that Samsung is currently serving as the sole supplier of the ultra-high resolution Retina display in the new iPad. Previous reports had indicated the Sharp and LG would …

Yesterday, we noted that Apple’s grand opening of its new Highland Village retail store scheduled for 8:00 AM on Friday hinted that the company was likely to planning to launch the new iPad at that time rather than in a late afternoon launch as was see…

AT&T today officially announced that it will offer all Wi-Fi + 4G models of the new iPad through its sales channels beginning this Friday, March 16, in line with Apple’s official launch. The announcement is of course no surprise given past history and…

Last month, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who has long been a proponent of an Apple television set, reported that Apple was investigating components for just such a product, contacting suppliers to learn about the capabilities of their various of…

In addition to the just-surfaced unboxing video of the new iPad, Tinhte.vn also posts Geekbench benchmarks of the device, revealing that the device’s A5X system-on-a-chip contains a 1 GHz application processor and 1 GB of RAM.

The new iPad receive…

While the official launch of the 3rd Generation iPad isn’t until March 16th, Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn has managed to get their hands on one of the new iPads and shot an unboxing video.

The video, of course, is in Vietnamese, but you can follow …

One of the promises of Intel’s Thunderbolt technology was the possibility for fiber optic cables, offering greater cable lengths and setting the stage for faster connectivity once the standard matures. But Thunderbolt launched using only traditional c…

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is the target of a new lawsuit from an iPhone 4S customer who claims that the company engaged in “misleading and deceptive” advertising in promoting its Siri personal assistant feature for the device. The pla…

Last month, we reported on U.S. Mac sales data for the month of January as shared by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who concluded that NPD’s calculated year-over-year growth of 1% was somewhat soft but perhaps not out of line with expectations giv…

Following last month’s developer seed, Apple today released Safari 5.1.4 to the public. The release is available for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard, as well as Windows. Apple highlights the following improvements on OS X Lion:Safari 5.1.4 for OS X Lion i…

Earlier this month, we noted that Apple’s forthcoming Highland Village retail store in Houston had seen its grand opening date moved up by a day in recent weeks, with Apple opting to open the store on Friday, March 16 rather than holding a traditional …

Last week, we noted with the launch of the new Apple TV and iTunes in the Cloud for movies that Fox and Universal were not participating in the iCloud video streaming due to contractual obligations with HBO. At the time CNET indicated that the issue w…

In a rare interview, Apple design chief Jony Ive participated in a Q&A exchange with the London Evening Standard, offering his perspective on a number of topics including how the design process works at Apple.Q: How does a new product come about at App…

Last November, CBS CEO Les Moonves acknowledged that his company had been in talks with Apple about a potential streaming television service, revealing that CBS had ultimately declined to support the plan due to Apple’s demands that it include a split …

Apple told USA Today that demand for the newest iPad has been “off the charts” and that the initial batch had been sold out:”Customer response to the new iPad has been off the charts and the quantity available for pre-order has been purchased,” Apple…

Tether, the company behind the iTether iOS app that Apple approved and then quickly removed from the App Store, has a new tethering solution. This time, it’s HTML5 based and doesn’t require downloading anything from the App Store.

“It was clear from o…

Apple today sent out an email to users registered for its iWork.com beta noting that it will be discontinuing the service as of July 31. The discontinuation comes as Apple places its focus on iCloud, which offers users ways to keep documents in sync…

As highlighted by SlashGear yesterday, the Wi-Fi + 4G iPad announced by Apple on Wednesday and launching in ten countries next Friday will not be compatible with LTE networks under development in most of the launch countries. Apple’s LTE discussion du…

Apple has now completely sold out of its launch day iPad allotment in its U.S. online store, with all 18 models now offering shipping estimates of March 19 for new orders. Accounting for shipment time, customers placing orders now shouldn’t expect the…

IDG News reports that Intel is currently working on shifting its Thunderbolt standard to the PCI-Express 3.0 protocol, a move that could allow the company to double data transfer speeds over existing implementations based on PCIe 2.0.Intel in the futur…

Tech of the Hub notes (via Wired) that the new upgrades to the iTunes in the Cloud services to include movies purchased from the iTunes Store have another benefit: matching of iTunes Digital Copies that are sometimes included with the purchase of fil…

Ars Technica takes a look at the new 1080p content available on the iTunes Store, showing how a “High” compression profile for H.264-encoded content on the iPhone 4S and new iPad and Apple TV are minimizing the increase in file size needed to move from…

The State of Texas today announced that Apple has committed to spend $304 million to expand its operations in Austin, seeking to add 3,600 employees to its facilities there.The new campus will more than double the size of Apple’s workforce in Texas…

In line with its previous announcement, China Telecom today launched the iPhone 4S, becoming the second carrier in the country to officially offer the iPhone for sale. With its 129 million mobile subscribers, China Telecom is a major new addition for …

We’ve received word from several customers in the UK who ordered the new iPad immediately after launch that their orders have been delayed by several days. While at least one of these customers was initially quoted delivery for March 16 and another ha…

Last December, Intuit announced that it would be developing a version of its Quicken 2007 for Mac software compatible with OS X Lion, targeting “early spring” for a release. Quicken 2007 has remained a popular option for users of personal finance soft…

Over the past couple of months, we’ve been covering OnLive’s efforts to bring remote virtualization of Windows applications to the iPad, offering access to Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader, and Flash-enabled web browsing through Windows 7. OnLive may, h…

GottaBeMobile reports that Verizon has officially announced that its data plans for the new iPad Wi-Fi + 4G will include mobile hotspot functionality at no additional charge. The feature allows users to share the device’s cellular connection, broadcas…

Yesterday, we noted that Apple appeared to not be using Google Maps in its new iPhoto app for iOS, although it was unclear exactly where the new mapping data was coming from. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber later clarified that Apple was still using Goo…

Last December, the U.S. Department of Justice acknowledged that it was conducing an antitrust investigation into the new “agency model” of e-book pricing that was championed by Apple ahead of its iBookstore rollout, a model in which publishers could se…

Following the new Apple TV’s slip to a 1-2 week shipping estimate in Apple’s U.S. online store late yesterday, the first signs of Apple’s supplies of the new iPad beginning to run short have now emerged, with 16 GB and 64 GB models of the AT&T 4G iPad…

As it always does when it releases a new product, Apple has produced an elegant television commercial for the new iPad. Unsurprisingly, the ad focuses solely on the retina display, something that Apple feels sets the iPad apart from the other tablets…

Earlier today, Apple announced iPhoto for the iPad and iPhone, saying it would launch today. Keeping to its word, iPhoto is now available for purchase. [Direct Link]

Additionally, updates to iMovie and GarageBand are now live as well.

With iPhoto f…

Several tech blogs have posted their hands-on impressions of the new iPad, announced earlier today.

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“It’s Resolutionary” Apple says of the new iPad, and we have to agree. We’ve just grabbed some hands-on t…

Following Apple’s announcement that iOS 5.1 would debut today, the software update is now available for existing iOS devices. Among the notable additions are Japanese language support for Siri, camera enhancements, and the ability to delete photos f…

With the launch of the 3rd Generation iPad, Apple has increased the over-the-air download limit for the App Store to 50MB, up from 20MB.

As noted by AppAdvice, the change is presumably to accommodate larger app sizes due to the new iPad’s Retin…

Following the announcement today of a new 1080p-capable Apple TV, Netflix has announced that it will support 1080p streaming on the new Apple TV. In addition, users will be able to sign up and pay for Netflix service on both the second and third-genera…

Just half an hour after the end of the event, Apple has already posted video of its third-generation iPad media event to its site.

Among the products announced at the event:

- Apple Introduces ‘The New iPad’ with Retina Display, A5X Chip, LTE, …

Apple today introduced “the next iPad”, the latest generation of the company’s popular tablet device. Offering a Retina display measuring in at 2048 x 1536 pixels, Apple claims that it is “redefining the category Apple created” with the original iPad….

With the introduction of a Retina display on the new iPad, Apple has updated all of its stock applications to support the higher resolution, also adding updates to several of its applications including GarageBand and iMovie. But the company has also f…

As expected, Apple today introduced an updated Apple TV offering support for 1080p video, which is now also available through the iTunes Store. The company is also rolling out an updated interface for the set-top box, with icon-based category buttons …

Apple is holding a media event today at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, where it is widely expected to introduce the iPad 3 and an updated Apple TV set-top box. The event is scheduled to kick off at 10:00 AM Pacific Time / 1:00 PM…

A series of last-minute rumors and speculation are suggesting that the iPad 3 might include haptic technology that would give on-screen objects texture. The rumors have linked Finnish company Senseg with Apple and have been fueled by Apple’s media eve…

9to5Mac reports that it has now received pricing information from reliable source “Mr. X” on the part number for the updated Apple TV revealed last week, with the new model coming in at the same $99 price as the current model.The Apple TV J33 model…

With the launch of the iPhone 4S last October, Apple debuted AppleCare+ for iPhone, a new $99 extended warranty program that includes coverage for accidental damage to the user’s device over the two-year coverage period.

Valid for up to two inci…

On the eve of the Apple media event for the iPad 3, Apple has added a new category in the App Store. The new category is called “Catalogs” and seems to be not yet fully deployed.

Several existing apps have already been placed into the Catalogs …

The San Jose Mercury News reports that a regulatory filing has revealed that Apple’s massive solar farm at its new data center in Maiden, North Carolina will utilize panels from San Jose-based energy company SunPower. The ground-mounted panels will tr…

The Verge reports that Apple’s iPad 3 launch tomorrow will see the inclusion of the A5X system-on-a-chip that first surfaced in a photo leak several weeks ago. According to the report, the A5X contains a dual-core application processor as found in the…

According to Chronic Wire, iOS 5.1 has satisfied the requirements of Apple’s quality assurance testing and is now ready to be released to the public, presumably just prior to the iPad 3 launch within the next few weeks. The report claims that iOS 5.1 …

While Steve Jobs’ official biographer Walter Isaacson created a stir last October with his disclosure of Jobs having “finally cracked” how to develop a revolutionary television set product, it now appears that Jobs shared even more about the product th…

Dow Jones Newswires reports that Apple has expressed a willingness to settle some of its patent disputes with manufacturers of Android-based handsets such as Samsung and Motorola, potentially seeking to reduce the burden of ongoing litigation.The consu…

While Apple has been rumored for some time now to be working on a television set, essentially no concrete evidence of such a product has surfaced. But with Steve Jobs noting in his biography that he had “finally cracked” how to create the “simplest us…

Reuters adds its voice to the growing chorus of rumors claiming that Apple will indeed include 4G LTE compatibility on the iPad 3 when it debuts tomorrow. While some have remained skeptical of the claim amid concerns that the technology is not yet bro…

Bloomberg reports that a federal judge in Chicago has ruled that Google and Motorola Mobility must share with Apple background information on both the history of Android development and Google’s pending acquisition of Motorola as part of an ongoing pat…

Adobe today announced the immediate release of Photoshop Lightroom 4, bringing a number of new features and a lower price tag to the company’s professional photo management and manipulation software. Lightroom 4 introduces refined technology for superi…

Last week, we noted that shortages of the Apple TV at third-party retailers had begun spreading to Apple itself, with a number of the company’s own retail stores reporting that the set-top box was unavailable for immediate in-store pickup. With a part…

CNet claims that the next iPad that is due to be announced on Wednesday will be named “iPad HD”.A developer who’s previously provided reliable information with respect to things Apple and otherwise tells us the next iPad uses the HD moniker instead o…

CNet claims that the next iPad that is due to be announced on Wednesday will be named “iPad HD”.A developer who’s previously provided reliable information with respect to things Apple and otherwise tells us the next iPad uses the HD moniker instead o…

While a number of reputable sources have claimed that the iPad 3 will offer support for 4G LTE connectivity, there have been some holdouts who believe that it will not make the cut for Apple’s next-generation tablet. Three weeks ago, iMore was first t…

A number of customers have expressed outrage and disappointment at AT&T’s various efforts at throttling users with older “unlimited” data plans. The most recent change slows unlimited data users to download speeds of 256 Kbps after using 3GB of data.

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While rumors of iPad 3 shipments already being en route having been circulating for some time now, we’re now hearing from shipping representatives at other companies who are having a difficult time even getting their products shipped over to the United…

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports that Apple and Google give app developers access to videos and photos on users smartphones.

From Senator Schumer’s press release:“When someone takes a p…

iLounge shares a few items of interest from a “repeatedly reliable source” addressing the possibility of a new Smart Cover-inspired case for the iPad 3 and Apple’s work on a new glass-backed design for the iPhone 5 due later this year.

The first cla…

China Mobile may be the world’s largest carrier with over 650 million customers, but it is not yet an official iPhone carrier, due in part to unique technology used for its 3G network that would so far have forced Apple to build special hardware to be …

Digitimes has been one of the biggest sources of rumors regarding a potential “iPad mini” carrying a 7.85-inch screen that the publication says Apple is targeting for release later this year. Digitimes now points to a new report [Google translation] f…

Apple today announced the winner of its “25 Billion App Countdown” promotion that saw the company pass milestone late Friday. For the first time in one of Apple’s countdown competitions, the winner, Chunli Fu, came from China.

Disney’s Where’s My W…

Although we’ve already seen many stories about possible iPad 3 part leaks over the past few weeks, MIC Gadget has been able to get its hands on the rumored parts for the iPad 3 Front Glass, Rear Shell, and 3rd party cases.

The site put them tog…

Apple’s App Store today reached 25 billion downloads since its inception in 2008, and along with the milestone comes the end of the company’s “25 Billion App Countdown” promotion launched just over two weeks ago. The winner of the promotion, who is yet…