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Apple Job Posting Hints at Liquidmetal Plans
Apple’s plans to implement Liquidmetal may be moving along at a quick pace. The company on Monday posted a job listing for a mechanical engineer with a strong knowledge in materials and manufacturing processes. Among the skills listed in the post is knowledge with the bulk-metallic glass alloy. Over... Read more
Apple Tech Support Dominates Survey For 10th Consecutive Year
Buying a piece of technology isn’t just about plugging it in and hoping for the best, most buyers want to know that their high-tech toys will be supported if something should happen to them down the road. In 2013 Apple once again ranked atop the Consumer Reports study for... Read more
iPhone Display Sizes Won’t Increase Until Technology Improves
The Apple iPhone line of devices will not receive display size upgrades in the near future. Speaking to investors during the company’s fiscal Q2 financial conference call CEO Tim Cook took a jab at competitors over their user of larger display sizes. The company’s leader claimed during his speech... Read more
Apple Looking At Flexible Displays
The consumer tech sector continues to feed the curious appetites of its followers, and the major players have been nothing but busy in the past weeks. We’ve heard of Samsung introducing Galaxy mega devices, which is perfect for those blessed with gargantuan hands. Then there’s Microsoft, who is reportedly... Read more
Foxconn Production Falls 19% As iPhone Demand Falters
Taiwan-based manufacturer Hon Hai, better known to the public by its brand name Foxconn, has watched year-over-year sales fall by 19 percent following Q1 2013. Revenue at Hon Hai reached T$808.97 billion, down from T$1 trillion in Q1 2012 and  T$988.34 billion in Q4 2013. According to reports the drop... Read more
Why Did Apple Buy WiFiSLAM?
Apple is always on the news, but there are some tidbits that are worth more than others. Take for example the acquisition the company made late in March. Little known indoor GPS company WiFiSLAM suddenly made the headlines, thanks to Apple turning its eye on it. That also means sending cash... Read more
Will Apple Conquer The Indian Market?
Apple has enjoyed god-like status in many countries, not in the least thanks to its fan boys and girls. Fanaticism or not, one cannot simply ignore the allure that Apple products have. From iPhones to iPads to Macs to MacBooks, Apple has continued to churn out devices that do... Read more
Samsung Patents Reveal Future Features
The patent wars. Yes, it is just as real as the browser wars, and all other tech wars out there. It is nothing new either, with mobile companies suing each other left and right in past few years. It even reached a point when we needed a graphical representation... Read more
US Department of Defence To Get 650,000 iDevices
The rumor mill is busy once again – not that it ever gets some rest, as we know very well. This time, the rumors point to something rather positive for Apple, with the United States Department of Defense supposedly getting ready to acquire 650,000 iDevices. Based on an exclusive... Read more
Samsung Smart Watch to Compete with Apple iWatch
Let the smart watch races begin! Samsung is currently developing a smart watch that it hopes to release before the end of 2013. According to a report in Bloomberg the smartphone manufacturer is hoping to beat the Apple iWatch to market. According to executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, Lee Young... Read more
Goophone i5S Debuts For $149
The Chinese development team at Goophone have made it their business to rip off Apple designs with a Google Android feel. On Tuesday the company announced the Goophone i5S, the company’s Apple iPhone 5 ripoff. The Googephone i5S is a surprisingly accurate take on the Apple iPhone 5 design... Read more
Educational Apple iMac 21.5-Inch Model Revealed
Apple has unveiled a new version of its popular iMac series. The new Apple iMac is a 21.5 inch educational offering available to schools and universities. The new model features all of the basic options available via consumer devices, however it scales down the processor to a dual-core Intel... Read more
Apple is Still the Most Admired Company
It’s probably no surprise that Apple has once again snagged the top position in Fortune’s recently released list of the Top 50 World’s Most Admired Companies.  This is the sixth year in a row that Apple has managed to grab the top honor.  They managed to top both Google... Read more
Apple iWatch To Run Full iOS Platform
The Apple iWatch will not leave iOS users wanting. A new rumor suggests that the Cupertino-based company is hard at work on developing its first generation watch with a full version of its popular mobile device platform. In the new report it is suggested that Apple is planning to launch... Read more
Apple iTunes U Content Passes 1 Billion Downloads
Apple’s education based iTunes platform iTunes U has topped the one billion downloads milestone. iTunes U is one of the world’s largest collections of free educational content from some of the country’s top schools and well-known libraries, museums and various other organizations. iTunes U offers lectures, assignments, books, quizzes and... Read more
Will We Be Seeing A Totally Different iOS This Year?
Apple’s mobile operating system is arguably the most beautiful you’ll see in the market today, and I only say arguably because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Looking at things from an unbiased point of view, one cannot ignore the fact that, as aesthetically pleasing iOS may... Read more
New Zealand Police To Receive 9,900 iPhones, iPads
New Zealand Police will soon be fighting crime — with iPhones and iPads? The countries 6000 frontline officers will receive a new iPhone to carry in the field and 3900 officers are set to receive an iPad for their cruisers. Government officials have approved the plan which was finalized... Read more
Apple Loses iPhone Trademark In Brazil
A recently surfaced report suggests that Apple has lost its iPhone trademark in Brazil. The trademark was seized by Brazil’s copyright office and handed over to Gradiente Eletronica SA, a local electronics maker who registered the name in 1998. An official announcement regarding the trademark decision will be delivered by... Read more