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The new year brings changes in Apple PR strategy: it was the first time Apple ever reported an iOS software update (since 2010 when they announced the arrival of iOS 4.2), and the first time it sent five third-party reports to reporters related to its market share since the start of the year, the Wall...

Apple has posted at least 10 job listings for iOS Software Engineers in an effort to quickly fix the widely criticized iOS 6 Maps application (via AppleBitch). Apple made a big mess when it decided to replace Google's maps with its own Maps app in iOS 6 and now, the company is advertising to hire a number of Software Engineers, all...

Apple has been granted 40 new patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office today, the most stunning of them all is display panel technology that integrates both touch and solar cells on a single panel, reports PatentlyApple. Apple may use this breakthrough configuration on portable devices, particularly handheld portable devices such as the iPhone and iPod touch....

Hon Hai Precision Ltd. a.k.a Foxconn, the largest manufacturer of Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch and iPads with more than 1 million employees at its huge factory complexes in China, has agreed to allow its workers to elect union representatives for the first time ever, Reuters reports. The company will hold elections for a chairman and 20 members of its...

Nokia has ceded its position to Apple for the first time in January as the most popular mobile vendor in terms of global Internet usage StatCounter GlobalStats show. (more…)

Abdullah Gül, the president of Turkey, has today met with Apple executives including vice president for education John Couch, to discuss several issues, including a $4.5 billion program to provide as many as 15 million tablets to Turkish schools for children, reports Turkish blog Elma Dergisi (via MacRumors).  (Turkish president Abdullah Gül at far left, Apple VP John...

Although it has lost "the world's most valuable company" title recently to Exxon, Apple is still the best place to work, as Tim Cook pointed out in his meeting with company employees right after announcing a record holiday quarter. (more…)

Maya-System, a Montreal-based company providing knowledge management technology, announced today (Via MacRumors) that they have struck a deal with Apple for a group of 18 axis-based user interface patents. (more…)

An Apple patent filing published today by the US Patent & Trademark Office indicates that the company is developing a new depth perception system which, when integrated into an iPad, would be able to project a laser based keyboard onto a table, reports PatentlyApple.   According to the filing, the patent relates to a system for determining...

The most recently released Java 7 update has been blocked by Apple through its XProtect anti-malware feature in Mac OS X. (more…)

Yesterday an FCC filing revealed changes were coming to the Apple TV, such as a processor upgrade and new wireless chip. Apple responded to TNW and noted the upgrade is just a mid-season stealth refresh and nothing else will be changed: “We sometimes make component changes which require an updated model number for regulatory approval…The...

Your personal information uploaded to the iCloud, Google Drive, or Dropbox (and more...) is open for view to US authorities without even the need to apply for a warrant, The Independent reports. (more…)