Apple News

APPLE NEWS

May 18, 2011

Apple Proposes Smaller SIM Card Standard To Make Thinner iPhones And iPads

Jason

Reuters reports that Apple has proposed a smaller SIM card standard to (European telecoms standards body) ETSI. The proposed SIM card is smaller than the micro-SIM card used in iPhone 4 and iPad. The

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May 17, 2011

Apple To Start Production Of iPhone 5 In Q3; To Feature 8-Megapixel Camera, Dual-Mode GSM-CDMA Qualcomm Chip

Jason

PCWorld reports that according FBR Capital Markets – a financial analyst firm, Apple will start manufacturing iPhone 5 in the third quarter, indicating that it will be launched later this year instead of unveiling it at

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May 16, 2011

Apple Planning To Launch Something BIG To Celebrate 10th Anniversary Of Its Retail Stores?

Jason

BGR has just reported that Apple is planning to launch something BIG to celebrate 10th anniversary of its retail stores. According BGR, Apple may be planning a big product launch. They’ve received the following

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May 13, 2011

iPhone 4, App Store, iOS Games Awarded Guinness World Records

Jason

Apple’s iPhone 4, App Store and iOS games – Angry Birds, Plants Vs. Zombie, Tap Tap Revenge, Frotz, Enigmo have been awarded Guinness World Records. iPhone 4 received the award as the fastest selling portable

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May 9, 2011

Apple Partners With Nuance For Voice Recognition Technology In iOS 5 Rather Than Microsoft?

Jason

Couple of days back, we reported that Apple was negotiating with Nuance Communications to use its voice recognition technology in iOS 5 – the next generation iOS that will be unveiled at WWDC 2011 next month.

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May 7, 2011

Apple Negotiating With Nuance To Use Its Speech Recognition Technology In iOS 5

Jason

We’ve heard rumors that Siri’s artificial intelligence and assistance technology has been “deeply integrated” into iOS 5, which will be unveiled at WWDC 2011. Apple had acquired Siri last year, a startup that

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May 5, 2011

Apple To Offer Over-The-Air iOS Updates For iPhone In iOS 5

Jason

9to5Mac reports that according to their sources, Apple is planning to offer iOS software updates over-the-air (OTA). According to 9to5Mac, Apple is working with Verizon and we assume with other iPhone carriers to

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May 4, 2011

AT&T Rep Claims Apple Won’t Be Releasing iPhone 5 In June Or July

Jason

We’ve already heard several rumors and speculations, which indicate that Apple will delay the launch of their fifth generation iPhone. MacRumors reports that one of their readers was told by an AT&T

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May 3, 2011

Apple Releases Updated iMacs With Faster Quad-Core Processors, Graphics, Thunderbolt I/O Ports, FaceTime HD Camera

Jason

Earlier today Apple released updated iMacs with quad-core Intel Core i5 processors with an option to upgrade to Core i7 processors up to 3.4 GHz, new powerful AMD Radeon HD graphics processors, high-

APPLE NEWS

Apr 30, 2011

Apple Working On New ‘Reading List’ Feature For Safari

Jason

MacRumors reports that Apple is working on a feature for Safari in upcoming Mac OS X Lion that will allow users to save web pages so that they can read them later. The feature is

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Apr 29, 2011

Apple Buys iCloud.com For $4.5 Million For Cloud-Based Service; Will Go Beyond Music

Jason

AppleInsider has just reported that according to “people familiar with the matter”, Apple has started using the iCloud name internally within several products currently under development thus confirming reports that Apple has acquired the iCloud.

APPLE NEWS

Apr 28, 2011

White iPhone 4 Is Finally Here

Jason

As expected, white iPhone 4 is now available on Apple’s online store after few hours of downtime in the US and also in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,

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Apr 27, 2011

Apple Responds To iPhone Location Tracking Issue

Jason

Apple has officially responded to the iPhone and iPad 3G location tracking issue that has raised privacy concerns. Apple has clarified that it is not tracking the location of the iPhone or iPad 3G as

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Apr 27, 2011

Apple Announces White iPhone 4 Arriving Tomorrow, April 28th

Jason

Apple has announced that the white iPhone 4 will be available beginning tomorrow, April 28th from Apple’s online store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple’s authorized resellers in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China,

APPLE NEWS

Apr 26, 2011

White iPhone 4: Unboxing Video & First Impressions

Jason

It is widely speculated that Apple will finally start selling the white iPhone 4 tomorrow. But looks like some lucky folks have already managed to get their shiny new white iPhone before it is officially

APPLE NEWS

Apr 25, 2011

Steve Jobs Responds To iPhone Location Tracking Issue

Jason

The iPhone location tracking issue reported last week by Security Researchers has raised quite a bit of controversy. As reported earlier today, Apple is being investigated by privacy regulators in South Korea, France, Italy and

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Apr 25, 2011

Apple Being Investigated By Privacy Regulators In South Korea, France, Italy And Germany Over Locationgate

Jason

Last week, Security researchers revealed that iPhone and iPad 3G regularly tracks the location of your iOS device and records the co-ordinates along with timestamp in a hidden file. Bloomberg has reported that the

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Apr 23, 2011

Leaked Photos Reveal Apple Is Testing iPhone For T-Mobile USA

Jason

BGR has just reported that Apple is testing iPhone on T-Mobile USA. They’ve published a photo of an iPhone prototype working on T-Mobile’s 3G network. Currently iPhone (assume its unlocked) works

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Apr 22, 2011

Samsung Counter Sues Apple For Patent Infringement In Korea, Japan & Germany

Jason

Apple had sued Samsung earlier in the week for blatantly copying iPhone and iPad. Not surprisingly, in response to Apple’s lawsuit, Samsung has counter sued Apple in South Korea, Japan and Germany, alleging it

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Apr 22, 2011

Apple Is Ready To Launch Cloud-Based Music Service

Jason

According to Reuters, Apple is getting ready to launch its cloud-based music service or digital music locker, which will allow users to upload their music to Apple’s servers so that they can access

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Apr 20, 2011

Apple Beats Estimates; Sells 18.65 Million iPhones, 4.69 Million iPads & 3.76 million Macs In Q2 2011

Jason

Apple has posted record second quarter revenue of $24.67 billion and record second quarter net quarterly profit of $5.99 billion, or $6.40 per diluted share that ended March 26, 2011. Apple sold

APPLE NEWS

Apr 20, 2011

Security Researchers Reveal iPhone And iPad 3G Record Location Data In Hidden File

Jason

Security Researcher Alasdair Allan at the University of Exeter has revealed that iPhone and iPad 3G regularly tracks your iOS device and records the co-ordinates along with timestamp in a hidden file. Allan and

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Apr 18, 2011

Apple Sues Samsung For Blatantly Copying iPhone And iPad

Jason

Wall Street Journal reports Apple has filed a patent lawsuit against Samsung in U.S. District Court in Northern California, alleging that the Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets infringe their patents and trademarks. The

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Apr 18, 2011

Apple Releases iTunes 10.2.2; Includes Number Of Important Bug Fixes [Updated]

Jason

Apple has just released iTunes 10.2.2, which according to the release notes includes number of important bug fixes. It is available via Apple Software update and is 24.5 MB for Mac and

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Apr 13, 2011

Apple Television Could Be Launched Later This Year

Jason

If you are a fan of Apple products then you will probably be hoping that this turns out to be true. Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White reports that Apple could launch “Smart TV” - an Apple

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Apr 12, 2011

Apple Unlikely To Launch iPad 3 This Year

Jason

Even before iPad 2 was unveiled, we had heard rumors that Apple will launch iPad 3 in September. Taiwanese publication DigiTimes reports that it seems very unlikely that Apple will introduce iPad 3 this year

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Apr 11, 2011

Analyst: iPhone 5 Launch May Slip To Year End Or Early Next Year; Apple Working On Cheaper iPhone

Jason

Business Insider has just reported that according to an analyst at Avian Securities, iPhone 5 production will start only in September. According to the analyst, iPhone 5 won’t be available until the end of

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Mar 29, 2011

Siri’s Artificial Intelligence and Assistance Technology Could Be Deeply Integrated Into iOS 5

Jason

We were quite excited when Apple acquired Siri last year. Siri was a young startup that had launched a personal assistant app, which was quite popular on the App Store. TechCrunch reports that according to

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Mar 28, 2011

Apple May Not Unveil iPhone 5 At WWDC 2011?

Jason

Apple announced that it will unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS X at the WorldWide Developer Conference 2011 to be held from June 6th to June 10th. However, since it did not mention

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Mar 28, 2011

Apple To Unveil iOS 5 On June 6th At WWDC 2011

Jason

Apple has announced that the WorldWide Developer Conference 2011 will be held from June 6th to June 10th at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco. As rumored, Apple has revealed that it will