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Apple has just announced its new third-generation iPod shuffle, which the company claims is "the world's smallest music player." The new iPod shuffle is almost half the size of the previous generation iPod shuffle, measuring a scant 1.8x0.7x0.3-inches (HWD) and weighing only 0.38 ounces. What makes this new iPod truly unique, however, is not...
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Expect this to be fixed as quickly as Apple can manage it, but according to reports Chinese hackers (those enterprising guys) have cracked the algorithm behind the codes on iTunes gift cards, and are offering up $200 gift cards for $2.60. Interestingly, these same sorts of $200 deals are...
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U2 and Apple are no longer BFF, apparently, as U2 has announced its 360° Tour, and its sponsor: Research in Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry devices. It's not like U2 has ever been officially aligned with Apple, but U2 does have history with Apple. For example, U2 has performed at Apple events, is the only band that has gotten its own branded...
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New Apple netbook rumors have arisen. A report from Digitimes cites a Commercial Times report that Taiwan-based Wintek will supply touch panels for "Apple's new netbook" due in the 3rd quarter of 2009. Wintek revealed that it is currently working with Apple to develop some new products, but it...
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We knew the game category was popular at the iPhone / iPod Touch App Store, but this popular? According to iPhone app tracking site MobClix, that number now exceeds 6,000. The number, according to MobClix, is 6,276, or 23.1% of the total. Moreover, puzzle games take nearly 18% of the game total, and free games take about 25% of the game total....
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Plopped down three or four grand on a brand spankin' new 17" MacBook Pro, did you now? Noticed any weird graphical glitches yet? Apparently a whole crowd of furious new owners have, as evidenced by the quickly growing thread on the matter over at Apple's website. From what we've gathered, a...
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Ah, yes, GIGO (garbage in, garbage out), in software terms. Nokia has fixed the 3G issues in North American versions of the XpressMusic 5800 which plagued the device since its recent launch. Apparently it just required a little tweaking of the software. Here's what Nokia said in an emailed...
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Um, Amazon? Not sure if anyone told you, but most of the functionality that was previously reserved for your own Kindle and Kindle 2 e-book readers is now available for free on Apple's white-hot iPhone. Believe it or not, Amazon has somehow certified that a Kindle app be allowed out on the ever-expanding App Store free of charge, though a...
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Today's big news from Apple are its new iMac and Mac Mini consumer desktop lines and its updated professional-level Mac Pro desktop. But what shouldn't get lost in the shuffle is that Apple has also updated its AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule automatic wireless backup products as...
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In addition to its new iMac and Mac Mini consumer desktop lines, Apple has also announced significant updates to its professional-level Mac Pro desktop as well. The new Mac Pro starts at $2,499; but Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing is quick point out that "the new Mac Pro is a significant upgrade...
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Rumors have been circulating for months about new updates to the iMac and Mac Mini desktops, and today Apple finally confirms these rumors with the announcement of updates to both consumer desktop lines. Starting with its most-affordable offering, the new Mac Mini maintains its small form-factor, measuring 6.5x6.5x2.0-inches. The Mac Mini...
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Marketshare came out with a report today showing just how dominant the iPhone is in the mobile browsing market: a whopping 66.61 percent of all mobile browsing is done on the ubiquitous smartphone.Not all is rosy for the apple of Apple's eye, however, as the Android and BlackBerry markets are...
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Until this year it's been $0.99 for all tracks at iTunes. However, at Macworld, Apple announced tiered pricing was coming soon. And now another option has been announced: the iTunes Pass. According to the iTunes Store description page: Get an iTunes Pass from a hand-picked selection of your favorite artists. iTunes Passes can include songs,...
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Best Buy is offering a significant discount to members of its Reward Zone loyalty points program, for one week only. From Feb. 22 to Feb. 28, those who were members prior to Feb. 21st can get $50 off an iPhone 3G, or $100 off if you are a Premier Silver Member. Premier Silver Members are those...
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Most people stop using iPhone applications downloaded from Apple’s App Store after the first day according to analytics firm Pinch Media. The firm discovered only about 20% of people who download a free application from the store were still using it the following day. Paid apps had a slightly better return rate, with nearly 30% of people still...
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It's not often that a piece of technology, particularly one dealing with PCs, lasts six full years on the market. Amazingly, that's exactly how long Apple's 20" Cinema Display made it before receiving the inevitable axe this week. First introduced on January 28, 2003, the 20" Cinema Display provided a happy medium for consumers looking for...
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Two Scottish companies, Picsel (Research) Ltd. and Picsel Technologies Ltd. have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple in the U.S. District Court of Delaware. The lawsuit claims that the iPhone and iPod Touch use screen rendering technology that infringes on their patents...
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We know how protective Apple is with the iPhone, going to great lengths to make sure users can only install "approved" applications, but a way around that is to jailbreak the phone. Given that, Apple has filed comments (.PDF) with the U.S. Copyright Office, as part of the 2009 DMCA triennial rulemaking, claiming that jailbreaking an iPhone...
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Wednesday at the Thomas Wiesel Technology and Telecom Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Palm president and CEO Ed Colligan spoke to investors about the Palm Pre, as well as "veiled" threats by Apple against the multi-touch feature in the Palm Web OS. Here's what Colligan said with regards to a potential patent dispute:The...
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According to a note by RBC analyst Mark Abramsky on Tuesday, he sees a $99 entry-level iPhone coming this summer. Not because Apple reduces cost or comes out with nano version though; he believes it will be a result of crippling (my words) the device. So what exactly did he say? Well, according to his note, perhaps: a lower-resolution camera...
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If not for an Apple intervention, Google’s G1 Android smartphone may have been a little smarter. Many people have wondered why the G1 lacks multi-touch capabilities, even though the phone has been shown to be multi-touch capable. As a legal battle between Palm and Apple wages on over Palm’s...
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Steve Wozniak, the Segway-riding co-founder of Apple, has found himself deeply entangled in yet another company other than the Cupertino powerhouse that he helped build. Just 1.5 years after Woz decided to back a startup dubbed Hotswap, the technophile has decided to accept a new role at...
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