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Spotted by AppleInsider, a new job listing posted by Apple in the city of Melbourne, Florida, seems to indicate that the company may be looking for a software engineer to join its team of fingerprint sensor engineers from AuthenTec, a fingerprint sensor chips making company which Apple acquired last year for $356 million. The listing seeks a candidate who will work...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has initially denied Apple's application for a trademark on the term "iPad mini", but there was a happy ending for Apple: the office has withdrawn its primary objections to the trademark. (more…)

Apple's iPhone naming pattern isn't up to the company's standards for simplicity and clear message delivery and it confuses consumers – or so says Ken Segall, a creative director who has a long history with Apple and NeXT. (more…)

Apple's long rumoured 'iRadio' music streaming service, which may be introduced as early as this summer, may prove to be more profitable for major music labels than Pandora. According to a CNET report, Apple is getting closer to finalizing a deal with at least two major music labels in order to bring to life its much...

Apple tweaked its online store during the night: starting Friday morning the store has become more touchscreen device friendly (via Macotakara). (more…)

In a preliminary decision issued last week, an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has said that Samsung infringed a key portion of an Apple patent by including a text-selection feature in its smartphones and tablets, Reuters reports. The full commission will now decide whether they will uphold or overturn the judge's decision. In the same decision which was...

US District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that, for now, former Apple, Google and other tech company employees cannot yet grant class action certification in a lawsuit that accuses companies of illegal conspiracy not to poach each other's employees, reports Reuters. (more…)

A freshly published patent application shows Apple is working on a new quick-access feature that allows users to access a specific set of apps without unlocking the device. Since you can already access the camera app from your home screen, this new patent goes beyond this feature unveiling a virtual home button to extend the...

The previous comScore MobiLens report for the three month period ending in January 2013 grabbed Apple the No. 1 US smartphone manufacturer position and now, the latest comScore report for the three month period ending in February 2013 shows that Apple has remained the top U.S. smartphone maker. While Android is still the top mobile operating system,...

Apple's futuristic "Campus 2" project, that resembles a giant spaceship nestled in a forest of trees, is running more than a year behind schedule and $2 billion over budget, according to a new report by Bloomberg. The budget for company's new campus, which was announced back in 2011 by Steve Jobs himself, has reportedly risen from $3 billion to nearly...

Apple has been awarded a patent for a convertible MacBook design by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, that shows a a touch-sensitive screen which can be separated from the base, notes TechCrunch. Even though the design looks familiar to the ones available from many Windows device makers and some older Android tablets with a detachable keyboard, the screen...

Officials with the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) reportedly complain that iMessages sent with Apple's encrypted chat service are impossible to crack. An internal document obtained by CNET, reads "it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices," even with a court warrant. The note is entitled, "Apple's iMessages: A Challenge for DEA Intercept." (more…)