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APPLE NEWS

Oct 17, 2013

Yerba Buena Center ready for Apple’s iPad event on October 22nd [Updated]

Jason

Apple has started decorating the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, which is the venue for the iPad event on October 22nd. The banner design appears to be similar to the colorful

APPLE NEWS

Oct 17, 2013

New iPhoto and GarageBand icons hint at imminent launch of redesigned apps

Jason

Folks at 9to5Mac have spotted all-new icons for iPhoto and GarageBand within the iCloud Storage Management section of the Settings app. The redesigned apps are flatter like some of the app icons for the

ANDROID

Oct 17, 2013

USPTO confirms all claims of Steve Jobs patent, major setback for Google and Samsung

Gautam Prabhu

Late last year, the famous Steve Jobs patent U.S. Patent No. 7,479,949 for multitouch activities was tentatively invalidated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) after someone challenged it anonymously (

APPLE NEWS

Oct 16, 2013

Rare photo shows stack of Apple 1 computers in Steve Jobs’ bedroom warehouse

Kelly Hodgkins

Apple certainly had humble beginnings -- operating out a garage and apparently a bedroom in the suburban house of the late Steve Jobs. The company's grass roots start is epitomized in the photo above, which

APPLE NEWS

Oct 16, 2013

Report: Apple has cut iPhone 5c orders, increased iPhone 5s production for Q4

Gautam Prabhu

We've heard several rumors that Apple is cutting iPhone 5c production. Wall Street Journal also confirms that it has heard the same thing from its sources. WSJ reports that Apple informed two assemblers that

APPLE NEWS

Oct 16, 2013

Apple asks developers to start submitting their OS X Mavericks apps

Kelly Hodgkins

OS X Mavericks is coming soon, and Apple is preparing its Mac Ap Store accordingly. According to AppleInsider, Apple is sending out a notice to its OS X developers asking them to submit their Mavericks

APPLE NEWS

Oct 16, 2013

Apple to live stream its October 22nd event to London media, Apple employees worldwide

Kelly Hodgkins

Apple announced earlier today that it will be holding a press event on October 22nd at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. Though details on a public live stream of

APPLE NEWS

Oct 15, 2013

It’s Official: Apple’s iPad event on October 22

Gautam Prabhu

As expected, Apple has just sent out invites for the eagerly awaited media event on October 22. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and is

APPLE NEWS

Oct 15, 2013

Tim Cook sends email to employees on hiring Angela Ahrendts as Senior Vice President of Retail and Online stores

Jason

Apple's CEO Tim Cook has sent an email to employees announcing the hiring of Burberry CEO, Angela Ahrendts as the senior vice president of retail and online stores. Tim Cook says that he is "

APPLE NEWS

Oct 15, 2013

Apple hires Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as Senior Vice President of Retail and Online stores

Gautam Prabhu

Apple has just announced that Angela Ahrendts, CEO of Burberry, will be joining Apple as the senior vice president of retail and online stores. According to the press release, the position has been newly created

APPLE NEWS

Oct 14, 2013

Apple’s iPhone trade-in program goes live in UK and Germany

Jason

Apple recently debuted its “Reuse and Recycle” program that allows customers to trade-in their old iPhone for a new one when buying their new device in an Apple retail store. The program was initially

APP STORE

Oct 12, 2013

Apple offering iTunes Store credit to new customers who purchased iPhoto, iMovie, iWork apps on or after September 1

Gautam Prabhu

At the iPhone event last month on September 10, Apple announced that it was going to give away its iPhoto, iMovie and iWorks productivity apps for free with any new iOS device. So we assumed

APPLE NEWS

Oct 11, 2013

Apple tops Samsung, Intel in mobile processor revenues

Jason

Apple designs its own custom A-series processors, which power the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. These devices sell in huge quantities, which has helped the Apple race past Samsung and Intel to become one

APPLE NEWS

Oct 11, 2013

iPhone 5s supply declining in Apple’s U.S. Retail Stores

Gautam Prabhu

It looks like the availability of iPhone 5s is getting worse rather than improving. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster reports that supply of iPhone 5s has declined in the US from 27% of total SKU'

APPLE NEWS

Oct 10, 2013

iTunes Radio debuts briefly in UK and Canada before being pulled down

Kelly Hodgkins

iTunes Radio is rumored to be launching next in the UK and Canada, with a possible debut as soon as early 2014. According to a report in 9to5Mac, the service briefly went live in those

APPLE NEWS

Oct 10, 2013

Apple Mac shipments fall as PC industry continues to struggle

Kelly Hodgkins

Both IDC and Gartner posted their quarterly sales estimates for the PC industry, and the results do not paint a pretty picture for Apple. According to both analyst groups, Apple's Mac sales in the

APPLE NEWS

Oct 9, 2013

Apple: iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c launch in 35 Countries on October 25, and 16 more Countries on November 1

Gautam Prabhu

Apple has just announced that iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available in 35 new countries on October 25, and 16 new countries on November 1. Here's the list of countries where iPhone

APPLE NEWS

Oct 9, 2013

Qualcomm backtracks on statement that the 64-bit A7 is a marketing gimmick

Kelly Hodgkins

Qualcomm is retracting earlier comments from its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) that claimed the 64-bit A7 chipset from Apple is a marketing gimmick and offers "zero benefit" to consumers. Qualcomm provided Macworld with a

ANDROID

Oct 8, 2013

President Obama upholds ITC’s sales ban on some Samsung devices for infringing Apple patents

Jason

Few months back, the U.S. International Trade Commission ordered the ban of some Samsung devices after it found that the company infringed on Apple patents. ITC found Samsung to have infringed on the touchscreen

APPLE NEWS

Oct 7, 2013

Apple to announce its quarterly earnings for Q4 2013 on October 28

Kelly Hodgkins

Apple updated its investor website with the date for its next earnings conference call. The Cupertino company confirmed it will announce its Q4 2013 earnings on Monday, October 28th. The earnings report usually hits the

APPLE NEWS

Oct 7, 2013

SEC clears Apple of any tax-related wrongdoing

Jason

A few months after Tim Cook went to Washington to defend Apple's tax saving tactics, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cleared the company of any tax related wrongdoings. AllThingsD reports: Four months

APPLE NEWS

Oct 7, 2013

Samsung faces product ban in US unless it gets veto from President Obama

Jason

Some of Samsung's products face an import ban imposed by the ITC that'll go into effect at 12 am Eastern time, October 8th, unless Samsung too manages to gets a veto from President

APPLE NEWS

Oct 6, 2013

Scott Forstall to testify in Apple-Samsung damages retrial

Jason

Apple's former chief of iOS, Scott Forstall, has been away from the limelight ever since he was pushed out of the company in October last year. But he might come into the public eye

APPLE NEWS

Oct 4, 2013

Tim Cook sends an email to employees on the eve of Steve Jobs’ second death anniversary

Gautam Prabhu

On the eve of the second anniversary of Steve Jobs' death, Tim Cook has sent an email to employees. Here's the full text of the email, which was posted by 9to5Mac. Team- Tomorrow marks

APPLE NEWS

Oct 4, 2013

Apple releases OS X Mavericks GM to Mac Developers

Jason

Apple has just seeded OS X Mavericks GM (build: 13A598), the next major update for OS X to all Mac Developers. Apple had seeded OS X Mavericks preview 8 just over two weeks back. OS

APPLE NEWS

Oct 4, 2013

Apple releases OS X 10.8.5 Supplemental Update, iTunes 11.1.1

Jason

Apple has just released OS X 10.8.5 Supplemental Update, which includes a number of bug fixes and iTunes 11.1.1. Apple had seeded the updates to employees earlier in the week. The

APPLE NEWS

Oct 3, 2013

Apple confirms iOS 7 disables content filtering, fix in the works for educational iPads

Kelly Hodgkins

iOS 7 debuted a few weeks ago and schools were eager to kick off a new academic year with a fresh version of iOS. Schools that immediately updated their student-issued iPads to iOS 7

APPLE NEWS

Oct 3, 2013

Apple allegedly buys personal assistant app Cue for $40M

Kelly Hodgkins

According to a report in TechCrunch, Apple has acquired personal assistant app Cue. Insider information suggests the deal may be worth between $40 million to $60 million. The personal assistant service was launched as Greplin

APPLE NEWS

Oct 3, 2013

Samsung exec accidentally admits he knows what Nokia charges Apple for patent licensing

Stefan Constantinescu

Dr. Seungho Ahn is about to enter a world of pain. Earlier this year, in June, he and what I'm assuming to be several of his colleagues had a meeting with Nokia to discuss

APPLE NEWS

Oct 2, 2013

Apple starts training support staff for OS X Mavericks ahead of late October Launch

Gautam Prabhu

Apple had given us a preview of OS X Mavericks during the WWDC 2013 Keynote, and told us that it will released this fall. As we reported earlier, the company is planning to release OS