In an effort to beef up its popular gaming unit the Xbox, Microsoft has acquired Silicon Valley based id8 Group R2 Studios Inc., a small home-entertainment technology startup, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Microsoft has also acquired some patents owned by the startup related to controlling electronic devices as part of the deal. While...
Brian White, an analyst at Topeka Capital Markets, has predicated that Apple will release the 'iPhone 5S' in June with multiple colour options and two different screen sizes, reports BGR. With this, the analyst has also maintained his buy rating on Apple shares with a price target of $1,111. The analyst claims that according to checks with Apple...
Waze, the popular social turn-by-turn navigation company, is reportedly being eyed by Apple for acquisition. According to TechCrunch, Waze is already a partner in Apple's new Maps app and that an acquisition would greatly help Apple in improving its mapping services. When asked about the acquisition, an Apple spokesperson said, “we don’t comment on rumors or speculation.”...
According to a report by The Next Web, Apple has struck a deal with chip maker Broadcom to bring the super-fast 802.11ac 5G Gigabit Wi-Fi to its 2013 Mac lineup. The inclusion of 802.11ac will roughly triple the speeds seen with the current 802.11n Wi-Fi standard. The source details that consumer electronics that offer 802.11n connectivity provide connections up to 450Mbps with...
While there are tons of Cydia tweaks that let you modify or replace your iPhone's carrier logo, a new Mac application developed by Kevin Ko (@uhelios) and Daniel Levi (@Pix3lDemon) called CarrierEditor lets you do this without jailbreaking your device, as pointed out by AppAdvice. Simply follow the steps given below to change your iPhone's carrier logo (a...
Apple's patent application with the US Patent office has revealed an advanced "Active Stylus", which according to the company, improves the overall functionality and accuracy of a stylus. Apple claims it will overcome common stylus problems and iOS devices will be able to take advantage of the "Active Stylus" technology in future, PatentlyApple reports. Apple explains that conventional styluses...
According to a report published by TechCrunch, Intel is preparing to launch a set-top box and an accompanying subscription TV service at the Consumer Electronics Show on January 7. The source claims that the company also has a plan to secure the necessary licensing agreements to release such a product. Intel will reportedly launch the service on a...
While Facebook and Instagram apps continued their run of being among the most downloaded apps of the year, YouTube and Angry Birds were the top free and paid apps respectively at Apple's App Store in 2012, reports Reuters. A lot of new games released in 2012 quickly joined the ranks of the top downloaded and revenue grossing...
Back in 1990's, Frog Design, a company founded by German designer Hartmut Esslinger, partnered with Apple to design many of its products, including the 'Snow White' design language that was introduced with the Apple IIc. Today, Designboom has published some photographs from Hartmut's new book Design Forward, revealing prototype designs of Apple computers and tablets from that era (via The...
Apple has been hit by a Beijing court today for allegedly selling unlicensed copies of books written by local writers on its iBookstore, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to state media, the Chinese court has ordered the Cupertino giant to pay 1.03 million yuan ($165,000) to the writers. The lawyers representing the writers had argued that software available from...
Hon Hai Precision a.k.a Foxconn, the Taiwan based supplier of Apple's iOS devices, has reportedly partnered with circuit board supplier Flexium Interconnect, in order to ramp up the production of iPhone 5 and iPad Mini and meet the growing market demand of these newer iOS devices (via PatentlyApple). A publication today by Taiwan's United Daily News claims that Hon Hai...
Chitika Insights has just published the numbers for the month of December, confirming Apple's continued dominance in tablet market with 87% web traffic share in U.S. and Canada. Chitika has examined a sample of tens of millions of tablet impressions from its Ad network, drawn during December 8th to December 14th 2012 in North America. Despite the fact...
