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Apple Releases Mac 30th Anniversary Video '1.24.14': Filmed on iPhones, Edited on Macs

Monday February 3, 2014 5:18 am PST by
On January 24, Apple commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Mac with a "Happy birthday, Mac" promotion on its website, 30th anniversary t-shirts for its employees, and executive interviews with both ABC News and Macworld. Just ten days later, the company now has released an anniversary video, recorded on the anniversary using iPhones and edited on Macs, that shows how the the promise of the Mac ...
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Protestors Rally Against 'Candy Crush Saga' Developer with Deluge of Candy-Themed Games

Friday January 31, 2014 7:08 am PST by
King, the developer behind mega-hit Candy Crush Saga, was recently awarded a UK trademark on the term "candy" for use in video games and is awaiting approval on a similar trademark in the United States. With Apple in some cases assisting King in targeting apps with "candy" in their names, developers unhappy with King's IP strategy have responded with a protest that is seeking to flood the iOS App ...
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Web Storage Company Box Secretly Files for IPO

Friday January 31, 2014 6:07 am PST by
Online storage company Box has secretly filed for an IPO, according to Quartz and the Wall Street Journal. Box last year raised $100 million in venture funding and is valued at approximately $2 billion. An IPO could bring an additional $500 million to the company during a time when competition between rival Dropbox is intensifying. Box is reportedly taking advantage of a provision in the...
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Sonnet Echo 15 Docking Stations Delayed for Thunderbolt 2 Upgrade

Thursday January 30, 2014 7:01 am PST by
In an email to customers, hardware upgrade company Sonnet has announced yet another shipment delay for its Echo 15 and Echo 15 Pro+ Thunderbolt docking stations. Unveiled in April 2013, the hardware is still in the pre-order stage. The latest delay is the result of a company decision to upgrade the device to support Thunderbolt 2.0. Following our last Echo 15 and Echo 15 Pro+ Thunderbolt Dock...
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PayPal Angling for Mobile Payment Partnership with Apple

Thursday January 30, 2014 6:36 am PST by
PayPal wants to be a part of Apple's mobile payment system and is willing to work closely with the Cupertino company to bring the initiative to fruition, claims a report from Re/code. Three payments industry executives tell Re/code that eBay-owned PayPal has been pitching Apple on helping the consumer electronics maker bring its long-rumored payments initiative to fruition. These people, who...
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Facebook Unveils News Creation and Curation App 'Paper'

Thursday January 30, 2014 4:05 am PST by
Facebook today announced Paper, a news creation and curation tool that ties into a user's Facebook account. The app is the first product to come out of Facebook Creative Labs, a division within Facebook made of small teams who are dedicated to startup-style projects. Paper is split into a news reader that pulls its content from both a user's Facebook News Feed and from well-known online...
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Gmail Bug Mislabeled Some Messages as Spam or Trash

Wednesday January 29, 2014 6:43 am PST by
A Gmail glitch earlier this month resulted in some users accidentally deleting emails and unintentionally reporting others as spam (via The Verge). The bug occurred when users were managing their inboxes, and the system inadvertently applied these actions to the wrong email messages. In a notice appearing for some Gmail users, Google confirmed this issue occurred between January 15 and 22...
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Stock Prices of Japanese Suppliers Slip in Response to Apple's Earnings

Wednesday January 29, 2014 6:38 am PST by
Negative reactions to Apple's Q1 2014 earnings report extended overseas to Japanese component manufacturers, says Reuters. Suppliers such as Taiyo Yuden, TDK, Sharp and Nitto Denko saw their stock prices fall by as much as 3.9 percent following the release of Apple's quarterly financial results. Stock prices of these Japanese suppliers are expected to rebound because of their broad client ...
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Apple TV Gains New Prominence in Apple Online Store with Valentine's Day Update [Updated]

Tuesday January 28, 2014 9:19 am PST by
Apple's storefront went offline last night and returned with a new Valentine's Day theme featuring accents of red and a handpicked shopping guide for gift buyers. Holiday graphics replace the standard stock product photos and updated captions like "Love is in the Air" promote Apple's top products for the Valentine's Day shoppers.Perhaps the most important update is the new promotion of the...
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Nintendo Denies Report of Plans to Release Demo Games on iOS

Tuesday January 28, 2014 7:48 am PST by
A Monday report from Japanese business newspaper Nikkei claimed Nintendo is planning unveil an iOS app to market content for its Wii U and 3DS, with the app allegedly featuring information about new games from Nintendo and the mobile initiative potentially also including playable demos of console and handheld games. In a statement provided to Engadget today, however, Nintendo has denied it is...
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Rovio Denies Any Role in NSA Spying on Angry Birds Users

Tuesday January 28, 2014 6:03 am PST by
Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and made public yesterday claim U.S. and UK intelligence agencies are retrieving personal data sent by mobile apps during mass surveillance sweeps. Rovio's Angry Birds was one of the apps targeted by intelligence agencies for key profile data such as age, location and gender, and the company has now defended itself against these...
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Broadwell CPU Delay and iPad Competition May Reduce 2014 Notebook Shipments

Tuesday January 28, 2014 5:57 am PST by
Industry-wide notebook shipments will continue to decline in 2014, claims NPD DisplaySearch. Revised estimates predict shipments from all vendors, including Apple, will reach 134 million units, down from an earlier estimate of 152 million unit. One factor contributing to this decline is the expected Q3 2014 launch of Intel's upcoming Broadwell CPU. Intel confirmed in its latest earnings...
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Analysts Predict Apple Will Report Single-Digit Earnings Growth in 1Q 2014

Monday January 27, 2014 6:01 am PST by
Analysts predict Apple will return to growth when the company announces its quarterly earnings later today, reports Philip Elmer-Dewitt of Fortune. Growth will be in the single digits and will be an improvement over the negative earnings growth the company reported for the previous three quarters. Apple is not, however, expected to return to the 50% growth it achieved between 2010 and 2012. T...
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Russia's Megafon Signs Multi-Year iPhone Distribution Deal with Apple

Monday January 27, 2014 4:40 am PST by
Russian wireless carrier Megafon announced today that it has signed a three-year deal with Apple to sell the iPhone, reports Reuters. Megafon first sold the iPhone in 2008 and subsequently halted sales of the handset after it and other Russian carriers could not sell the volume of handsets required by Apple. Apple allegedly loosened its requirements for partner carriers, which opened the door ...
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Teardown of Original Macintosh 128K Shows How the Mac Has Progressed

Friday January 24, 2014 8:28 am PST by
In honor of the Mac's 30th anniversary today, iFixit has partnered with Cult of Mac and The Vintage Mac Museum to tear down an original Macintosh 128K. Analysis of the well-known vintage hardware obviously reveals no surprises, but does highlight just how far technology has come in the past 30 years. Thirty years of progress yields some impressive changes to input peripherals. Keyboards and...
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Apple May Be Forced to Unlock 4G on All Compatible Belgian iPhones

Friday January 24, 2014 6:31 am PST by
Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced federal government approval of a bill that prevents electronics manufacturers from blocking 4G on compatible devices (via De Standaard). The bill was proposed by Economy Minister Johan Vande Lanotte in response to consumer complaints, and as a result, Apple may be forced to enable 4G connectivity on all 4G-compatible iPhone handsets...
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Tim Cook Discusses Apple's Culture of Secrecy, Sapphire, and More in ABC News Interview

Friday January 24, 2014 5:48 am PST by
In honor of today's thirtieth anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh, Apple CEO Tim Cook and executives Craig Federighi and Bud Tribble recently sat down for an interview with ABC News. ABC's David Muir was a guest on Good Morning America this morning, where he introduced a short preview of the interview, which airs in full tonight. In the clip, Muir talked candidly to the trio of...
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SteelSeries Stratus Wireless iOS Gaming Controller Launches with Lower $79.99 Price Tag

Thursday January 23, 2014 8:21 am PST by
Earlier this month, SteelSeries started accepting pre-orders for its Stratus gaming controller, one of several new MFi-certified controllers debuting with $99.99 price tags. As announced by SteelSeries today, the Stratus is now available and arrives with a lower price of $79.99. The new pricing will be honored for all pre-order customers, although Apple's online store is still showing the...
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Huawei Settles with Apple/Microsoft 'Rockstar Consortium' Over Nortel Patents

Thursday January 23, 2014 8:08 am PST by
The Apple-backed "Rockstar consortium" has filed a joint motion with Huawei in U.S. District Court of Eastern Texas to dismiss with prejudice Rockstar's claims of patent infringement against the Chinese handset manufacturer. Though the motion does not mention a settlement amount, it is reasonable to expect there was some monetary licensing agreement that will allow Huawei to continue using the...
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Apple Researching Automatic Mood Assessment for Targeted Ad Delivery

Thursday January 23, 2014 6:47 am PST by
The United States Patent and Trademark Office today published a new patent application (via AppleInsider) from Apple that describes a method of mood-based advertisement. This method infers the mood of the user by monitoring phone activities, and this mood sentiment information would provide advertisers with a powerful consumer intelligence metric they could use to deliver targeted content....