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Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs' home became a victim of burglary last year in August, in which several computers and personal items worth more than $60,000 were stolen. Kariem McFarlin, who was arrested and charged with residential burglary, has today been sentenced to seven years in state prison by a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge (via Palo...

With each new release of iOS, Apple puts hard work into entering the enterprise market, and as you may have already guessed, Samsung is standing in line to find a spot for a successful entrance. (more…)

According to a Korean market research company, Counterpoint Research, LG smartphone sales surpassed Apple in the North American mobile market in December, taking the second spot right after Samsung. (more…)

Patently Apple reports that Apple has filed for a new iPad trademark in China to further protect their key tablet trademark in the country. On Friday, the Cupertino company submitted two designs to China's Patent and Trademark Office covering one black and white iPad, and the other in full color. (more…)

If we take the numbers as granted, Apple is clearly losing ground and indeed needs to introduce a cheaper iPhone to attract more buyers and increase market share. That's right: Apple currently stands at 15% market share on a global scale while Android owns 75%, according to IDC's recent data. (more…)

SamMobile reports (Via TechCrunch) the next generation Samsung Galaxy S device, the S IV, will carry a hardcore Exynos 5 Octa processor clocked at 1.8GHz. Yes, you read it right, it's an eight-core processor built into the high-end Samsung handset that aims to attract you to the Android side. Or maybe Tizen? (more…)

According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, former Vice President and Apple board member Al Gore has bought 59,000 shares of the company for just $7.475 per stock by exercising his Apple stock options, CNET reports. Gore's total investment in Apple is now worth around $29.5 million. The report notes that Al Gore paid around $441,000...

Aubrey Johnson, former employee at Color video streaming service that was Acquired by Apple last year, has revealed in a blog post why the Cupertino company acquired Lala music service having already bought Color Labs, both of which were founded by veteran Bill Nguyen (via MacRumors).  Johnson says that Apple wanted to take advantage of Lala's...

The China Times reports (Via The Next Web) that TSMC is close to achieving 100% market share on its 28 nm chip process and the company chairman and CEO Morris Chang expects wafer shipments to triple in 2013, which could signal an imminent Apple deal. (more…)

Sharp's iPad display production has dropped to a minimal level due to a gradual slowdown recorded at the end of last year. Consumers seem to prefer the iPad mini over the 9.7-inch iPad, the Reuters report suggests, although its sources didn’t speculate as to whether the slowdown can be attributed to seasonal changes in demand...

According to a report by Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook was ordered by Judge Lucy Koh to give a deposition in an ongoing antitrust case, which alleges numerous Silicon Valley companies colluded to not poach each other's employees: At a hearing in San Jose, California federal court on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh also...

Tony Fadell, the CEO of Nest and a former designer at Apple who led the development of many iPhone iterations, shared the secret to Apple’s strategy of inspiring its designers to develop the most beautiful looking gadgets, while speaking at the Bloomberg Design Conference earlier this week (via GigaOM). He said that Apple creates a culture where...