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In a statement today, Apple has said that it is one of the top corporate income taxpayers in the U.S, having paid $6 billion in federal corporate income taxes in fiscal year 2012, reports The New York Times. The statement has been released as the congressional investigators are wrapping up an inquiry into the accounting practices of technology...

Strategy Analytics forecasts a 35% growth for Samsung this year, which means the South Korean manufacturer will increase its lead over Apple, driven by its broad product lineup, Reuters reports. (more…)

According to UPI, the Ashton Kutcher-led biopic on Steve Jobs will hit theatres in April, as announced by Open Road Films and Five Star Feature films: Ortenberg stated, “jOBS is certain to resonate with audiences and we are thrilled to partner with Five Star Feature Films to bring this film to theaters.” Hulme said, “We set...

comScore, the global leader in digital business analytics, has just published its report for November 2012 US mobile subscriber marketshare, reflecting pretty much the same figures as seen in the company's report for October 2012 US marketshare, with Samsung retaining the top spot and Apple maintaining a steady growth. comScore’s MobiLens service, that surveyed 30,000 US mobile subscribers...

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has revealed in an interview with Venture Beat's Charlie Rose that he had no choice but to strike a deal with Palm, after his attempts to convince Apple to put a Qualcomm radio in the Newton PDA failed during the 90s. The Newton PDA was developed by Apple during the 90s,...

Apple is set to announce their Q1 2013 fiscal earnings on Wednesday, January 23rd. The quarter should reveal a record number of phone sold, as the roll out of the iPhone 5 continues to be one of the most aggressive we've seen. In mid-December Apple launched the iPhone 5 in 33 more countries including China,...

U.S. Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton today dismissed Apple's claim that Amazon's use of the word 'Appstore' is false advertising. The latter had implemented the name of the 'Amazon Appstore', their market for selling apps for Kindle Fire tablets. The court ruling noted: "Apple fails to make clear how the use of the mark constitutes a...

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.”...

Bloomberg reports that Samsung must disclose its sales data as US Judge Lucy Koh rejected its bid to keep the data sealed in the US patent dispute with Apple. (more…)

You may be surprised, but Apple isn't thinking big, but small. In other words, the next product Apple unveils could be an iWatch, not the iTV everybody was talking about last month – at least according to one Apple analyst speaking with BusinessInsider. (more…)

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...

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...