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

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

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

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

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

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

To date, Apple has sold 316 million iO…

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

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

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

ThinkGeek, the creators of the iCade iPad gaming cabinet have upped the ante with a new Bluetooth enabled controller called the iCade 8-Bitty. The controller is roughly the size and layout of a classic NES controller, with an extra pair of A/B buttons …

Analytics firm Chitika today released a report showing that by its metrics iOS has now surpassed OS X in overall web traffic share in the United States. Chitika’s methodology involves an analysis of browser user agents for hundreds of millions of ad …

One of the most frequent reasons for an iPhone to go on a trip to the Apple Store’s Genius Bar is because of water damage. Typically, a water damaged iPhone can be replaced for a flat $199 fee, though with the recently launched AppleCare+, that pri…

TheVerge’s Joshua Topolsky summarizes the iPad 3 casing findings reported earlier today, but also adds his own sources regarding some details of the iPad 3.

Image from RepairLabs

As expected, the iPad 3 will reportedly include a 2048×1536 Retin…

Popular iPhone Twitter client Tweetbot has finally arrived on the iPad, with a user interface instantly familiar to any current Tweetbot user. Designed for the Twitter power-user, Tweetbot packs a lot of punch into an intuitive, slick interface, with u…

Vonage has introduced yet another app to its growing mobile arsenal. The latest, called Vonage Mobile (not to be confused with another app called Vonage Mobile, introduced in 2009) adds a Skype-esque component to the old app’s VoIP calling component.

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As Intuit’s Quicken options for Mac users continue to falter in the wake of a stripped-down Quicken Essentials release and the company’s ongoing efforts to make the more fully-functional Quicken 2007 compatible with OS X Lion, other personal finance so…

More than fifty commercials aired during the Super Bowl this past Sunday, including one from Samsung that again poked fun at Apple’s customers.

Apple didn’t run any ads during the Super Bowl, at least not officially — a fact that puzzled some comme…

Apple today notified members of its iOS Developer Program of a new requirement that all screenshots being submitted for iPhone and iPod touch apps in the App Store must meet Retina resolution requirements, which come in at 960×640 on those devices. Any…

Apple’s vice president for iPhone and iPod engineering David Tupman has left the company, according to 9to5Mac. While not a member of the senior executive team, Tupman spent a decade at Apple and has been considered to be one of the key iOS hardware e…

Late last year, Motorola Mobility requested Apple pay a potential royalty of 2.25% on its iPhone sales in recently unsealed litigation from last year. The royalty would amount to more than $1 billion in 2011 alone, though there is no indication whi…

Apple today updated iBooks [App Store] to version 2.0.1, bringing a fix for an issue that resulted in some iBooks Textbooks not opening in the application.

Apple is not terribly specific about the issue, but it may be related to a complaint shared b…

One year ago today, News Corp. launched its iPad-only newspaper called The Daily. It was the first app to take advantage of the “In-App Subscription” feature that Apple launched the same day.

The Daily is available to subscribers for $0.99/wee…

MCV reports (via The Next Web) that Apple has nabbed yet another gaming PR executive, this time hiring Microsoft’s European chief of Xbox Live marketing Robin Burrowes to oversee App Store marketing in Europe.Burrowes worked at Xbox for seven years, a…

While most USB-charged Apple products like the iPhone and iPad come with a USB charging cable in the box, there is a thriving third-party market for these easily lost accessories. Dexim’s $20 Visible Green USB-Dock Connector cables have a distinc…

Launched in beta last week, Valve has opened up its Steam iPhone companion app to all users.

The app allows Steam users to view their Steam friends list, see what games their friends are playing, and chat with players in-game.

Gamers can also b…

Sir Benfro’s Brilliant Balloon is a one-button side-scroller in the vein of the Helicopter Game or Jetpack Joyride, but with its own unique twist. Players take control of Sir Benfro and his balloon as they explore strange and fantastic worlds filled wi…

NASA, the U.S. space agency has released a new iOS game called Sector 33. The educational title aims to teach youngsters math and reasoning skills as they act the role of an air traffic controller in charge of ATC Sector 33 as they guide planes to San …

The iPhone’s glass screen may be made of Corning’s advanced Gorilla Glass, but, contrary to Steve Jobs’ assertion, that doesn’t mean it is scratch proof. Many products exist to solve this problem, including ZAGG’s InvisiShield or rugged cases like Otte…

In the early 90′s, a small software company called Callisto Corporation released a number of games for the Macintosh, along with a few other productivity applications. One of those games was Spin Doctor, which some long-ago Mac Performa owners may reme…

One of the biggest issues with the iPhone, especially amongst those who live in colder climes, is the tricky question of how best to answer the phone while wearing gloves. Hip-Hop producer Will.I.Am noted on the car show Top Gear that he wears fingerle…

Three months after the iPhone arrived on Sprint, the carrier has launched an app allowing customers easy access to their account and to iPhone and Sprint customer support information.

In the US, AT&T and Verizon, the other two iPhone carriers, both…

U.S. carrier T-Mobile has decided to offer “additional support” to customers using the iPhone on its network, reports TmoNews. While T-Mobile doesn’t sell the iPhone, it reports that more than 1 million unlocked iPhones are used on its network and the …

Valve, the company behind the popular gaming platform Steam, has released a new companion app for iPhone called Steam Mobile as a closed beta. The app allows Steam users to view their Steam friends list, see what games their friends are playing, and ch…

In what seems like a logical result of economic pricing strategies, iPhone app developers who put their apps on sale see an average increase in revenue of 41% on the first day, and total increases of 22% after 15 days. App store analytics provider Dist…

Motorola Mobility has filed a new lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida against Apple, asserting six patents against the iPhone 4S and iCloud. As noted by FOSS Patents, the merger agreement between Google and Motorola Mobility requires the compan…

British actor and Apple enthusiast Stephen Fry has narrated this in-depth and iPad-only virtual encyclopedia called Inside the World of Dinosaurs. In the works for more than a year, 30 dinosaur specialists collaborated on the $13.99 app, with 60 di…

Following a major expansion of iPhone 4S availability to China and 21 other countries two weeks ago, Apple appears to be preparing to make a few more additions to the device’s market reach this Friday, January 27.

Apple’s current iPhone partners in …

Apple’s new iBooks Author application enables users to make interactive iBooks on their Mac. Apple says the software allows authors to make “stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPad.” Richard Stevens, author…

TechCrunch reports on Evi, a new Siri-like offering from True Knowledge that has launched for iOS devices [App Store] and as a beta for Android devices. While Siri provides a fair amount of integration with Apple apps and services such as reminders an…

Mapping company UpNext has released a new iPad app with its 3D mapping technology. The app shows uses points of interest and friends Foursquare check-ins to help users navigate on a 3D representation of close to 50 cities. TechCrunch, writing about t…

Ten One Design, makers of the Pogo Stylus, have released a magnetic stand for the iPad 2 that is nearly invisible when in use, by repurposing the magnets designed for use with Apple’s Smart Cover.

Magnus is first machine-crafted from pure aluminu…

Samsung is continuing its string of Galaxy S II television ads directly targeting the iPhone with a new commercial highlighting the iPhone’s lack of built-in turn-by-turn directions. The ad contrasts that with the Galaxy S II (and other Android device…

Last week, we noted that several carriers in Singapore were working to offer camera-less iPhone 4S models for users whose professions prevented them from carrying camera-equipped mobile phones. With Singapore requiring all male citizens and many perma…

TechCrunch summarizes notes from today’s media event. Of interest, they seem to reveal that Apple’s interactive textbook format is not quite the official ePub 3 spec:Books are not technically in the EPUB format, but they borrow from it (likely EPUB…

Engadget highlights the economics of publishing iBooks Textbooks to the iBookstore, noting that paid downloads follow Apple’s traditional App Store and iBookstore model where the company takes a 30% cut of the purchase price of each book. Authors are …

Cult of Mac took a look at the size of the digital textbooks available on iBooks after today’s education-focused media event. File sizes range from Pearson’s 793MB Environmental Science up to a hefty 2.77GB for Biology.

- Pearson’s Environmental…

With the introduction of new iPhone data plans from AT&T, here’s a look at the data plans from the three providers that natively sell the iPhone in the United States.

AT&T:

- $20/month for 300MB data with a $20 charge for each additional …

Last week, research firm NPD released data showing that Apple’s iOS had significantly closed the gap on Android in new U.S. smartphone sales in October and November, narrowing Android’s 34 percentage-point lead to just four points in the wake of the iP…

Incase has introduced a new version of its popular Snap Case made with a heat-activated thermochromatic finish. The $35 pink Thermo Snap Case changes color when held, like heat-activated t-shirts from the 80′s.

Incase may be the most recent c…

Late last year, AT&T began throttling the data speeds of its highest-use unlimited data customers, knocking down the ability of the top 5% of its users to consume data for the remainder of a billing period once they hit certain thresholds. While AT&T …

Bloomberg reports that Apple has filed a new lawsuit in Germany against Samsung, seeking to ban sales of ten different smartphone models over alleged design infringement.Apple Inc. (AAPL) filed another suit in Germany, seeking to ban sales of Samsung…

Less than a week after Dutch music copyright organization Buma/Stemra announced that it had struck a deal with Apple regarding iTunes Match, the service has now gone live in the Dutch iTunes Store.

An iTunes Match link is not yet showing up on the…

In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, former Apple CEO John Sculley was asked about Jobs killing off the Newton, and what he thought of the product in retrospect. Sculley admitted that the Newton was “clearly too ambitious” but nailed “many of the …

Last August, Apple expanded its recycling program in the United States to allow customers to turn in their used iPhones and iPads for Apple gift cards.

As noted by Macworld UK and Macerkopf.de [Google translation], Apple has once again expanded …

The Jakarta Globe reports that Apple’s three carrier partners in Singapore are making plans to offer iPhone 4S models lacking cameras, with the move said to be targeting members of the military who are prohibited from bringing camera-equipped phones on…

VentureBeat reports that Sony will be bringing its “Music Unlimited” streaming service to the iPhone and iPod touch within the next three months, looking to make inroads into Apple’s ecosystem that has been dominated on the music side by iTunes.The ele…

Apple’s big education announcement may be January 19th in New York City, but that doesn’t mean Apple is the only company innovating in the educational space. University of Michigan professor Perry Samson has developed an iPad app called LectureTools th…

Infinity Field HD, a space shooter from Forzefield Studios, has been updated with extensive Joypad support. Joypad is a separate app that allows gamers to control supported games on an iPad or Mac from their iPhone, turning it into a wireless virtual c…

Behringer is on hand at CES 2012, displaying its enormous iNuke Boom iPhone speaker dock that was announced last month. The over-the-top accessory is 8 feet wide and 4 feet tall and weighs over 700 pounds. Billed as the loudest iPhone speaker dock, t…

With Kodak on the brink of filing for bankruptcy as it pursues an auction of its patent portfolio in order to remain solvent, the company today announced that it has filed two new lawsuits alleging patent infringement by Apple and HTC.A complaint filed…

Showtime has joined fellow premium television network HBO in offering an iPad app to stream video to its subscribers. The free app, called Showtime Anytime, serves up Showtime’s original programming — TV series like Homeland, Dexter and Weeds, among o…

Taiwanese publication Digitimes, which gained some notice late last week for its claim that Apple is preparing the iPad 3 for a March release ahead of an “iPad 4″ launch just six months later, is adding additional color to its rumors with a new repor…

TechCrunch writes of the latest report from NPD, covering U.S. smartphone sales in October and November of last year. The data, which begins right about when the iPhone 4S was released, shows a dramatic increase in market share for the iPhone. The jump…

TechCrunch writes of the latest report from NPD, covering U.S. smartphone sales in October and November of last year. The data, which begins right about when the iPhone 4S was released, shows a dramatic increase in market share for the iPhone. The jump…

Call of Duty Elite launched last fall to coincide with the rollout of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, the fastest-selling entertainment product of all time. Elite is the online counterpart to MW3, offering stats tracking, in-game competitions, game stra…

Netflix yesterday announced its launch in the United Kingdom and Ireland, once again expanding the footprint of the company’s popular streaming service.Netflix is available now, and anyone can get a one month free trial: click-to-watch TV programmes …

Reuters reports on a new study from mobile network consulting firm Arieso showing that iPhone 4S users consume twice as much data as iPhone 4 users, with new features such as Siri driving the increased demand.IPhone 4S users transfer on average three t…

Earlier this week, stealth startup CloudOn released a free iPad app that aimed to bring the functionality of Microsoft Office to the iPad. One day later, the company declared the app “sold out” and pulled it until they could expand capacity.

It has …

This chart, put together by Bloomberg, shows the slim profit margins that Foxconn deals with to build millions of pieces of consumer electronics for clients like Apple — which has seen its margins grow dramatically in recent years.

At the time of…

In June of last year, Epic Games reported that it had made more than $10 million from the sale of Infinity Blade on iOS devices. Now, with the addition of Infinity Blade II to the roster, which Epic says has made more than $5 million since it w…

The Tribunale di Milano — the Italian first-instance court for patent cases — has denied a request by Samsung for a preliminary injunction banning the iPhone 4S in Italy over a patent dispute. A similar request was denied in France last month, and …

Yesterday, we reported on a new iPad app from Silicon Valley startup CloudOn that seeks to offer a cloud-hosted version of Microsoft Office for the tablet device.

A number of readers have noted that the app is no longer available in the App Store,…

UPS has updated its iPhone app with two new features that make it easier to discover tracking numbers and follow shipments. The first, called scan-to-track, uses the iPhone’s built-in camera to “capture the tracking information from a shipping label or…

The iOS app for the popular PostSecret blog has been removed by creator Frank Warren. In a blog post on Sunday, Warren laid out the unsurmountable problems with the app, as opposed to the standard PostSecret website.

On the website, anonymous users …

As noted by The Verge, Verizon has announced that they are not going to charge the $2 ‘convenience fee’ that was originally planned to go into effect on January 15th.Verizon Wireless has decided it will not institute the fee for online or telephone…

In a replay of their Christmas Eve offer, BestBuy is again offering the 32GB iPhone 4 in a Buy One, Get One Free offer.

Apple doesn’t officially offer the 32GB iPhone 4 anymore. After the introduction of the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 is being offici…

A Droid-Life story from yesterday has generated a lot of complaints about Verizon’s billing practices. The site posted a Verizon memo that detailed a new “convenience” charge that the company would be charing for online payments. Big Red will star…

There’s been quite a few attempts at creating a physical game controller for the iPhone. The most successful of which has probably been the ThinkGeek iCade.

Despite a few other promising starts, it seems the main hurdle has been Apple allowing u…

Dev-Team and Chronic Dev Team have released an untethered 5.0.1 jailbreak for non-A5 devices. Developed by @pod2g, the new jailbreak is now available:A few days ago, @pod2g gave the untether to both the iPhone devteam and the chronic devteam. We’v…

Grant Paul (chpwn) has posted a new tool for Jailbroken iPhones that allows Siri to run on pre-iPhone 4S devices. The tool (called Spire) gets around any copyright issues by downloading Siri from device images housed directly on Apple’s servers and i…

In another last minute Christmas Eve offer, BestBuy is offering the 32GB iPhone 4 in a Buy One, Get One Free Offer.

Apple doesn’t officially offer the 32GB iPhone 4 anymore. After the introduction of the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 is being officia…

JJ Abrams has been involved in the creation of some of the most successful movies and TV shows of recent years, including directing the reboot of Star Trek, co-creating the television show Lost, and producing the just-released Mission: Impossible – Gho…

When image editing and sharing app Skitch was acquired by Evernote earlier this year, we were told iPhone and iPad versions were on the way — and now Skitch for iPad has arrived.

Skitch is the amazingly fun and surprisingly powerful way to move your …

Rockstar is offering their three iOS apps for up to 40 percent off as a holiday sale, including the just-released Grand Theft Auto III.

Today, we are pleased to announce a special holiday sale for Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition, G…

When the original iPhone was released, it had no third-party apps, no voice control, no games, and no to-do list — among many other things. But it was still revolutionary, completely different than what came before, and over time many of its shortcomi…

Google has updated its iOS Google Voice app with a number of new features, including full support for Sprint integration. Google has a partnership with Sprint that allows customers to use Google Voice natively on their Sprint phone and have access to t…

Amazon today updated its Kindle app for iOS, taking on Apple’s Newsstand feature by adding compatibility with hundreds of magazines on the iPad. In addition, Kindle for iPad can now handle “print replica” textbooks, preserving the original formattin…

Last week, the BBC introduced its iPlayer for iPhone app for UK television license payers. The app allows domestic viewers to view live BBC TV and radio and watch catch-up TV over Wi-Fi and 3G.

It’s a major app in the UK and was downloaded 1.1 milli…

iTether is an iPhone app that allows users to share their iPhone’s internet connection with their Mac or PC computer over USB. However, the application was available for only a few hours on the App Store before Apple removed it over “carrier concerns…

A firefighter in the Pennsylvanian town of East Brandywine experienced a close call with his iPhone 4 earlier this month, according to a post on the East Brandywine Fire Company’s website.

While charging the phone using the Apple provided computer c…

Yamaha used some technological trickery to enable Siri to play a concerto on a Yamaha Disklavier Grand Piano.

By converting a MIDI songfile into an audio file that the iPhone can play and connecting the audio output of an Airport Express to the anal…

Reuters reports that Apple’s manufacturing partner Pegatron has acknowledged that a “small explosion” has occurred at one of its factories in Shanghai, China. The report notes that there have been some injuries as a result of the incident, but there a…

Specialized search engine Wolfram Alpha, one of Apple’s launch partners for Siri, has partnered with Best Buy to deliver shopping results. As a result, iPhone 4S users can now search a number of products and categories from Best Buy’s catalog, and ge…

Sonic CD and Marathon 2: Durandal have made their way to the iPhone and the iPad, more than 15 years after their original release.

Sonic CD was originally released in 1993 as a game for the Sega CD, Sega’s CD-ROM add-on for the Genesis console. U…

It appears that a bug in iMessage allows texts to be sent to a stolen iPhone, even after a remote wipe and disabling the SIM card, reports Ars Technica.

iMessage, introduced in iOS 5, is similar to RIM’s BlackBerry messaging service. It sends text, …

TeleNav has launched a browser-based turn-by-turn navigation service for mobile phones written in HTML5. The service will be free for consumers and developers of mobile websites and apps will be able to integrate turn-by-turn directions into their prod…

SiriusXM radio has updated its iOS app to include DVR-like pause and rewind capabilities, the ability to restart a show in-progress from the beginning, and the ability to go back in time up to 5 hours on a particular channel to catch-up on missed conte…

Danish company Scanomat has introduced the TopBrewer, an iPhone-controlled coffee faucet. The tap is part of an advanced brewing system that can be built into any tabletop.

The company has patented the world’s smallest milk foamer which heats milk o…

The FAA has granted approval to American Airlines to use the iPad during all phases of flight, according to ZDNet. The first iPad-enabled flights are set to begin Friday on American’s Boeing 777 aircraft.

On Friday, American Airlines is the first ai…

Microsoft has released an iPhone client app for its SkyDrive cloud-storage service. The app allows uploads of videos and photos to SkyDrive, as well as opening and managing files.

SkyDrive is your personal cloud for your documents, notes, photos and v…

As noted by The Next Web, Apple has launched its Apple TV set-top box in Brazil, offering users the ability to stream content from iCloud, iTunes, computers, and iOS devices. The addition comes alongside the roll-out of iTunes Store music and movie co…

Microsoft’s Office team introduced an iPhone version of OneNote to-do/notes application earlier this year, and has now followed it up with an iPad edition.

Whether you need to track and share shopping lists, gift-giving plans, recipe clippings and col…

Research firm NPD today announced the results of its latest survey of tablet and notebook usage trends, finding that the share of tablet users taking advantage of cellular connectivity for their devices has declined compared to earlier this year. Acco…

Case-Mate has partnered with Marvel Comics to offer iPhone cases emblazoned with comic book heroes. Each Marvel star — Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor, and the X-Men — appears on three different cases for the iPhone 4/4S and 3G/3GS.

The BBC’s iPlayer for iPhone has arrived in the United Kingdom with 3G streaming of live BBC TV and radio. In a blog post announcing the app, the BBC noted that 1.5 million users have installed the iPlayer for iPad app, and 16.5 million programs were w…

RadioShack today informed MacRumors that it will be launching a $30 discount program for AT&T iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 models on Sunday, bringing pricing down to $69.99/$169.99/$269.99/$369.99 after the instant savings. The sale wi…

Firemint has dropped the price of their critically acclaimed Flight Control game to Free for the first time ever. The game is part of a daily promo from EA, and will only be free for one day. Flight Control was one of the first “classic” iPhone ga…

On Nom, the candy-munching critter from ZeptoLab’s best-selling Cut The Rope games, has become something of a cultural icon. Now, he’s made the transition from video games to the real world in this animated video. Jumping out of the iPad to look for mo…

Apple today dropped prices on its refurbished iPad 2 models, cutting $30 off of 16 GB models and $50 off of 32 GB and 64 GB models. Pricing is now as follows:

- 16 GB Wi-Fi: $419, down from $449. Pricing for brand-new is $499…

Jawbone’s $99 UP wristband is designed to track users activity, sleep, and food intake to “encourage healthier living”. However, it appears the wristband — released in early November — has not been well-received.

The situation is so bad, with …

Twitter has announced a complete redesign of its website and apps, starting with new mobile apps for iOS and Android.

Today we introduce a new version of Twitter. We’ve simplified the design to make it easier than ever to follow what you care about,…

The Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris has denied a request by Samsung for a preliminary injunction banning the iPhone 4S in France. The court said the main reason for the rejection was the disproportionate effect that banning sales of the iPhone i…

Microsoft has released an official Xbox Live iOS app. The free app, for iPhone and iPad, allows users to:

- Read and send messages to Xbox 360 friends

- Manage your friends list, invite new friends,

- Read and Edit your full LIVE profile (name, bi…

Behringer, a maker of professional audio and music equipment, is launching the world’s loudest — and largest — iPhone dock. The iNuke Boom is 4 feet tall, 8 feet wide, weighs 700 pounds, and costs $29,999.

The product is real, though the only …

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has for the first time publicly confirmed that it is conducting an antitrust investigation of the e-book industry, joining yesterday’s announcement of a similar probe by the European C…

As previously announced, Rockstar Games’ classic Grand Theft Auto III is coming to the iPhone and iPad on December 15th.

10 years ago … the revolutionary open-world epic Grand Theft Auto III was released to the world – a game that set players lo…

The BBC’s worldwide edition of its iPlayer app is coming to iPhone and iPod Touch. The iPlayer worldwide edition — which is distinct from the UK version — is currently available in 16 territories, mostly western Europe, Australia and Canada.

iPla…

Financial Post reports that Apple has lost a lawsuit it had filed against Chinese company Proview Technology alleging infringement of the “iPad” trademark. At stake in the dispute is ownership of the Chinese “iPad” trademark itself, which Proview regi…

Consumer Reports today announced the results of its consumer satisfaction survey of mobile phone companies in the United States for 2011, with Verizon topping the list and AT&T once again ranking at the bottom.Of the four major U.S. national cell-pho…

Macerkopf.de reports [Google translation] that it has learned from an Apple software engineer that the company is currently testing fourteen different GPU drivers for iPhone hardware, including several drivers for running displays at higher resolutions…

Two external battery cases for iOS devices are being recalled in partnership with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, one by case maker Mophie, and the other by Best Buy’s house brand Rocketfish.

6,118 units of Mophie’s Juice Pack Air for t…

Siri0us, a package for jailbroken iPhones that brings Siri-like dictation to previous generation iPhones, has been removed from the Cydia store. The developer was forced to remove the package after Nuance, the company that makes the voice recognition…

iFixit has introduced a transparent glass replacement back for the iPhone 4S. The glass, which retails for $29.95, completely replaces the rear glass on the iPhone — making it useful for replacing a broken rear back or simply for a unique look.
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Research in Motion (RIM), seeking to stabilize its enterprise business amid continued challenges from iOS and Android, today announced a new package of enterprise tools known as Mobile Fusion designed to support a broad range of devices at the corporat…

9to5Mac identifies the next generation Apple TV as codename “J33″ based on newly found references from the iOS 5.1 beta. Previous references had pinpointed the “AppleTV3,1″ in earlier versions of iOS 5, which appears to be the corresponding product …

A new website gives users an easy way to create fake Siri screenshots, allowing the comically inclined to create all manner of humorous — but fake — Siri messages.

iFakeSiri is made by the same folks as iFakeText, an iPhone text message generato…

iDownloadBlog reports on a new package available for jailbroken iPhones that enables Siri-like dictation on previous generation iPhones. The package is called Siri0us and is being distributed via Cydia to jailbroken devices only. Dictation works gre…

Penn-Olson reports that China Telecom has begin posting large iPhone 4S promotional banners in its retail stores, teasing a debut for the device without revealing a launch date.Telecom sources told Sina Tech that the photos circulating online — lik…

A day before the start of the holiday shopping season, Apple has posted a new iPod Touch TV ad to its YouTube page titled “Share The Fun”.

With iMessage, Game Center, FaceTime and more, you can share the fun on iPod Touch.By showing teenagers using …

Samsung has released a new commercial for its Galaxy S II smartphone, stepping up its direct assault on the iPhone by mocking dedicated iPhone fans who wait for hours in long lines for the launch of the latest model despite it looking identical to the …

Apple has posted a new iPad 2 TV ad on their YouTube page. The new ad is titled “Love”:For some it’s a lifelong passion, for others, it’s something discovered yesterday. We all have things that speak to us. They drive us to get up early and stay up…

Macerkopf.de follows up their original iOS 5.0.2 report and now says the 5.0.2 update won’t be coming this week, as originally reported.

According to the German site, ongoing issues with memory leaks are going to require further testing. The site…

Apple has frequently promoted how much money has been paid out to developers selling apps via the App Store. The latest pronouncement was during the iPhone 4S introduction when Scott Forstall announced that Apple had paid out three billion dollars fo…

The Financial Times’ web app has drawn more than 1 million readers since June, growing by 300,000 readers since late September. However, the raw numbers don’t tell the whole story.

In its press release about breaking the 1 million mark, the FT staff…

Apple today pushed out a new 4.4.3 software update for the Apple TV, although the company has yet to specify what improvements are included in the update.

The new release, which arrives as Build 9A4051, comes on the heels of a series of releases l…

RazorianFly points to a Tweet from developer John Heaton revealing strings within the iOS code making reference to iChat-related services such as Jabber and AIM that are not currently supported directly by Apple on iOS.

Speculation has naturally t…

VolumeSnap has returned to the excellent iOS photography app Camera+.

Last year, developer TapTapTap released an update to its Camera+ application with a small hack — users could press the volume-up button to take a picture, instead of needing to p…

Stanford University is offering the iOS 5 edition of its well-regarded iPhone and iPad application development course free on iTunes U.

Instructor Paul Hegarty attributes the course popularity to the appeal of Apple products and the instant gratifica…

When friends ask famed photographer Annie Leibovitz what camera they should buy, she suggests the iPhone. Appearing on NBC’s new Rock Center news program, Leibovitz suggested the iPhone because it is “the snapshot camera of today”, saying it is “access…

As noted by Google, the company’s native Gmail app for iOS has returned to the App Store. The app debuted two weeks ago, but was quickly pulled after a bug breaking notifications was discovered as soon as users began installing the app.Two weeks ago…

Minecraft, the block-building phenomenon, arrives on the iPhone and iPad for all iOS users tonight.

TouchArcade reports that initial impressions on its forums “seem positive, although some have noted disappointment with how limited the game feels co…

Netflix today released an updated app for Android tablets, namely the just launched Kindle Fire and the new Barnes and Noble Nook, and says the update will be coming to the iPad in the next few weeks.

The new design is much more immersive and provid…

As noted by MacStories, Apple has sent out an email informing developers that it will be shutting down the iTunes Connect portal for the App Store over the Christmas holiday as it has the past several years. This year’s shutdown will extend from Dec…

As noticed by 9to5Mac, both Amazon and Best Buy have dropped their prices on the Apple TV by $10 to $89.99. Interestingly, Amazon has also added a “2010″ designation to its Apple TV title, leading to speculation that the retailers may be makin…

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple and NTT DoCoMo are still in discussions over a potential agreement to bring the iPhone to Japan’s largest carrier. The carrier is concerned, however, over Apple’s unwillingness to allow DoCoMo to install it…

Amazon’s first color tablet, the Kindle Fire, began shipping today following its September introduction. The Fire, the top-of-the-line Kindle tablet, has reportedly given some potential iPad purchasers second thoughts as the Fire is some $300 cheap…

As noted by The Next Web, the iPhone 4S appears set to launch in India on November 25th, marking yet another milestone in Apple’s fast-moving rollout of the new device. Both Aircel and Airtel appear to be participating in the November 25th launch, w…

Earlier this week, it was reported that Apple had been ordered to share with Samsung terms of the contracts it held with Australian carriers. As part of its lawsuit attempting to have sales of the iPhone 4S halted in the country, Samsung sought inform…

Several years ago, Jon Briggs took a voiceover job for a company called Scansoft. Scansoft later merged with Nuance, which makes the voices that Apple used for Siri.

Briggs tells the UK Telegraph:

“I did a set of recordings with Scansoft five o…

As highlighted by AllThingsD, T-Mobile USA acknowledged yesterday in discussion of its third quarter earnings that the lack of an iPhone 4S offering for the carrier may have an impact on customer retention, labeling churn rates as an “area of concern…

Beyond the Panorama view, it seems Apple left out another small feature in the final version of iOS 5. The bar appears while typing into the field as shown above, giving you a number of autocorrection options. Per 9to5mac, the feature can reportedl…

The Swivl is an iPhone dock that uses motion tracking to swivel the phone — and thus the front-facing camera — to follow your every move, both horizontally and vertically. It also comes with a wireless remote to control the camera and start-and-stop …

Walmart is updating its iPhone app with a number of new tools to make shopping easier at the world’s largest retailer, reports GigaOm. Walmart released its first iPad app at the beginning of this month.

From GigaOm:

The new iPhone app, which shou…

Last week, we noted that as part of its case seeking to have sales of the iPhone 4S banned in Australia, Samsung had requested access to both the iPhone 4S source code and Apple’s agreements with the country’s wireless carriers. Samsung’s interest in …

Apple yesterday announced the release of version 2.0 of its iAd Producer software that help developers create ads for use in the company’s iAd program for mobile devices. The new release brings a number of enhancements to the software first deployed…

AT&T has launched a new app to allow its customers to make inexpensive international calls over Wi-Fi. With the AT&T Call International app, customers can get the “lowest international calling rates” that AT&T offers.

Calls to the UK, for example, c…

The Associated Press reports that Apple has donated five iPads to the state of Oregon in support of a pilot program to help disabled voters more easily fill out their election ballots. Combined with a $75,000 investment by the state for software…

As noted by CapitalVue, China Unicom is planning for an introduction of the iPhone 4S before the end of 2011, hoping that official certification of the device from regulatory authorities comes through in time to meet the timeframe.China Unicom (600050,…

Digitimes reports that Apple is currently evaluating a pair of options for addressing issues with LED backlighting on the iPad 3, noting that the current backlight bar design used in the iPad 2 is insufficient for the higher-resolution display report…

Case-Mate is taking on Otterbox for the claim of best super-protective case. The Otterbox Defender series has long-been the go-to case for those looking to keep their iPhone free from harm — but Case-Mate says the Tank provides military-grade protecti…

Bluetooth headset manufacturer Jawbone has released the UP wristband to track users activity, sleep, and food intake to “encourage healthier living”. The water-resistant wristband, which is designed to be worn constantly, has a built-in motion sensor t…

While Apple revealed as part of its notes on the new iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 released earlier today that iTunes Match is now available for testing on Apple TV, the option is appearing not just for developers but also for regular users. The general publ…

Yahoo has launched an iPad app they call a “living magazine”. The app, called Livestand, is vaguely like Flipboard, but pulls content from Yahoo websites and more than 100 publications.

One of the stars of the show was Livestand from Yahoo!, a persona…

The native Gmail client for iPhone and iPad has been released:

Waiting. Walking. Watching TV. Working out. Winding down. Waking up. We check email pretty much everywhere these days. And when we do, we want easy access to our important messages so we c…

Apple’s new Cards app makes it very easy to send real, physical greeting cards through the mail. For just $2.99 (within the U.S.), Apple will print and mail a custom card. But the implementation has some faults.

For one, when sending cards to mu…

TwelveSouth’s PlugBug fixes one of those problems you didn’t know you had, in a very clever way. It’s a $34.99 attachment that adds a USB charging port to the standard MagSafe power adapter for an Apple notebook. This way, users can charge an iPh…

Over the weekend, there was a report that Apple did indeed acquire 3D mapping company C3 Technologies. In our original profile of the company, we mentioned that it was purchased in part from Saab AB, a Swedish aerospace and defense company.

The t…

MG Siegler shares word that Google is preparing to launch a native iOS application for Gmail, offering some expanded capabilities beyond the current mobile-optimized version for Safari. According to Siegler’s sources, the app may even have already b…

Switching off automatic time-zone sensing in iOS 5 can improve iPhone battery life significantly, according to iDownloadBlog. The site claims that a bug in iOS 5′s GM release causes the GPS-enabled location tracking connected to the automated time-zone…

A major update to the Plex Media Server was released over the weekend, with significant updates to both the server and client software.

Plex is a media player, similar in some ways to Apple’s Front Row, but much more powerful. The software automatic…

As noted by Gizmodo, one NASA engineer has used the iPad 2′s FaceTime video conferencing feature to his advantage when creating a Halloween costume:A very smart dude by the name of Mark Rober figured out that if you strap two iPad 2′s to yourself, yo…

Apple is giving away free redemption codes for the excellent Jetpack Joyride game via its App Store Facebook page. Simply head to Facebook.com/AppStore and follow the appropriate directions to receive a redemption code.

Apple rolled out revamped App…

Personal finance site Mint has released an iPad-native client, along with an upgrade to version 2.0 for iPhone users.

Mint, which Intuit bought for $170 million in 2009, is designed to help users keep track of spending and budgeting. It automat…

Sprint today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011, and while the carrier did not begin offering the iPhone until after the quarter ended, it was still able to beat analyst estimates and report a smaller-than-expected loss. Perhaps…

Jeff Robbin and Tony Fadell were the co-leads behind the development of the original iPod. Now, 10 years past the iPod’s introduction, Jeff Robbin is reportedly in charge of Apple’s effort to remake the television. But what of Tony Fadell? He promised …

Lisa Bettany, one of the developers behind Camera+, has posted two interesting series of photos comparing the camera quality across all generations of the iPhone, as well as to Canon point-and-shoot and professional-level cameras.The iPhone 4S is dra…

Earlier this month, Apple released Apple TV software version 4.4, adding a number of new features to the set-top box including Photo Stream support, AirPlay mirroring, and NHL and Wall Street Journal content. The update was not without its issues, how…

A reader who purchased Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography in multiple forms sent in this image of three different ways to read what could be Amazon’s bestselling book of the year.

Reuters reports that China Mobile has announced a new milestone of ten million iPhone users on its network, despite the fact that it is not an official iPhone carrier.China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, has 10 million iPhon…

AllThingsD reports that Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus has left his position at Apple, moving on following the rebirth of the voice-powered personal assistant as a key feature of the iPhone 4S.There were several reasons for the departure, which was amica…

Updated: It turns out that Seamus McGarvey was misquoted. From The Hollywood Reporter:

“I was talking about how up and coming film makers have access to a whole range of new technologies which expand our options as filmmakers. I mentioned that the i…

In a statement released yesterday, Andrew Sherrard, T-Mobile USA’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, blamed Apple for T-Mobile’s lack of an official iPhone offering. He said the main issue remains Apple’s unwillingness to build hardware compatible wi…

There have been a few slight changes in the iPhone 4S’s external design, as compared to the original iPhone 4. The most noticeable is that the antennas have moved around the edge of the stainless steel band. But more importantly, at least for iPhone ow…

TomTom today announced that it has released new universal versions of its turn-by-turn GPS applications, bringing native iPad compatibility for the first time. TomTom offers over two dozen localized GPS apps, which now include an enhanced user inter…

Verizon today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011, and as noted by AllThingsD in a live blog of the conference call following the release, the carrier revealed iPhone sales of two million units for the quarter. The number is a …

Apple today announced plans for its iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour 2011, offering members of the iOS developer program the chance to learn from Apple experts on the platform. The tour will reach nine cities on four continents and is free for registered …

With the addition of white models and a new entry-level price point earlier this month, Apple considered the iPod touch line to have been updated despite the lack of any substantial hardware improvements. The company continues to refer the device as…

Alongside AT&T’s announcement of one million iPhone 4S activations today, the carrier also released its financial results for the third quarter of 2011. As Apple saw with customers holding off on iPhone purchases in anticipation of a new model, AT&T r…

CNET UK put together this terrific look at the history of the iPhone and the people and technology that contributed to making the iPhone what it is today.

The video compares, among other things, famous designer Dieter Rams to Jony Ive and traces S…

Algoriddim’s surprisingly powerful DJ software has been updated with extensive iCloud support for iOS 5. Djay, which is available for iPad or iPhone, “transforms your iPad into a full–fledged DJ system and seamlessly integrates with your iPod libra…

Less than a week after releasing a significant 4.4 software update for the second-generation Apple TV, Apple has now released a 4.4.1 bug fix update for the device.

According to Apple’s release notes, the update addresses an issue affecting a “small…

Adobe has released a PDF reader for iOS that is compatible with password locked PDF’s and supports files secured by the company’s Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management, a DRM scheme that is Adobe offers to enterprise clients. Our sister site AppShopper has…

Well, it had to be done. Two Siris talking to each other. But even at this early stage of Siri’s development, all it takes is for someone to leave 2 Siris lying around and accidentally activate them and press their buttons at the right time in order…

Marco Arment has released a major update to his popular reading app Instapaper, bumping it to version 4.0. Instapaper allows users to save articles for later offline reading and strips away the advertising and formatting to present article text in a cl…

Many of the voice commands for Dragon Dictation also work in Siri’s Dictation service on the iPhone 4S. The new speech-to-text service allows users to press a microphone on the keyboard in any application and then utilize Siri’s speech recognition to…

Many of the voice commands for Dragon Dictation also work in Siri’s Dictation service on the iPhone 4S. The new speech-to-text service allows users to press a microphone on the keyboard in any application and then utilize Siri’s speech recognition to…

Many of the voice commands for Dragon Dictation also work in Siri’s Dictation service on the iPhone 4S. The new speech-to-text service allows users to press a microphone on the keyboard in any application and then utilize Siri’s speech recognition to…

Many of the voice commands for Dragon Dictation also work in Siri’s Dictation service on the iPhone 4S. The new speech-to-text service allows users to press a microphone on the keyboard in any application and then utilize Siri’s speech recognition to…

Tales of activation problems on all three U.S. carriers were widespread yesterday. An InformationWeek article claimed that the problem was not with the carriers, but instead was on Apple’s end — specifically with iTunes activation:

It was suggested t…

Game studios EA and Gameloft are discounting many of their games in honor of the iPhone 4S launch. EA runs sales every month or two, and this is October’s sale. EA is offering up a number of its more technically impressive titles aimed at iPhone 4S buy…

This young man, in line for the iPhone 4S at Apple’s Fifth Avenue flagship store, has a unique tribute haircut to Steve Jobs. On one side, Jonathan Mak’s Steve Jobs tribute logo, and Albert Watson’s famous photo of Steve Jobs from Fortune in 2006. On…