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Dark clouds are gathering above Tim Cook's head. Eighteen months after he took over the CEO position, Apple is expected to report a 2% drop in net income, or about $12.8 billion, the first drop according to Bloomberg's data – except one quarter in 2003 – and report the slowest growth rate since 2009 with...

This year's 2013 Macworld/iWorld trade show takes place from January 31st to February 2nd and will feature the actors from the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, jOBS, to highlight the event's opening. Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad will be in attendance for one session to talk about the movie, plus Will.i.am will also be on hand...

Apple has been working on waterproofing its future iOS devices for the past couple of years. Latest evidence regarding the company's efforts in this regard came from an Apple patent filing made public by the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2012. Today, a British firm P2i's Stephen Coulson has told CNN that they have developed a "liquid repellent...

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…)