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Apple's design influence on several retail stores is unquestionable – just look at Microsoft's stores. Yet the company's influence goes even beyond: As of this fall, people in Bexar County, Texas, will walk in an Apple Store-like bookless public library. (more…)

After the US Department of Homeland warned users on Thursday about a Java 7 vulnerability issue affecting the Java browser plug-in, and Apple reportedly moved immediately to block on Friday, Oracle has done its job and released Java 7 Update 11 to address the security flaw. (more…)

According to a report by MG Siegler over at TechCrunch, his sources note Facebook could introduce a phone next week at the company's mystery media event: And so, with that in mind, multiple sources have told us that they expect some sort of Facebook Phone to be on display on Tuesday. Now for the caveats...

Bloomberg reports U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper in Manhattan approved the $527 million deal Apple, Google and other tech companies bid to purchase patents from Kodak. The latter was "disappointed" with the final price, as a previous advisory firm estimated the company could get $2 billion out of the patents: Michael Torkin, an attorney for Kodak,...

Turns out former Apple CEO John Sculley was right when he said Apple was going through a significant change in terms of product cycles, and was after reducing the product release cycle to six months, at least according to Brian White, a Topeka Capital Markets analyst (via AppleInsider). (more…)

Apple appointed Luca Maestri, former Xerox vice president and CFO, as the company's new corporate controller, The Next Web reports. (more…)

Phil Schiller, Apple's SVP of worldwide marketing, cooled down the rumours of a cheaper iPhone in an official interview (verified by The Next Web) with the Shanghai Evening News, saying that a cheap iPhone will never be the future of Apple's products. (more…)

Apple will receive an Emmy Engineering Award tonight (via The Loop) at CES 2013 for winning in the following category: Eco-system for Real Time Presentation of TV Content to Mobile Devices without the use of Specialized Television Hardware Launched in 1948, the awards honour "development and innovation in broadcast technology and recognize companies, organizations and individuals...

An interesting article by Wired points out that even though Apple hasn't participated in Consumer Electronics Show (CES) since 1992, the company still dominates the show. The overwhelming presence of iOS accessories reflects the the company's huge presence in the consumer electronics sector. The article notes that it is impossible to walk a dozen feet at the Las...

A new Apple patent filing published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office suggests that the Cupertino company may be working on offering easy access to local emergency services to travellers with iPhone, through a location-based iOS app (via AppleInsider). Titled "Location-Based Emergency Information", the proposal has been credited to Scott Forstall, Apple's former chief of iOS who...

In an interview with the Chinese media, Tim Cook has confirmed that he has met with China Mobile's chairman and tipped that the cellular version of the iPad mini with arrive in China later this month. (more…)

Apple is at its best doing hardware and software together, as the success of its products show, but the company fails when it comes to Web services, as MobileMe, Ping and Maps shows. (more…)