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A design patent for aluminium unibody MacBook's glass trackpad developed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and chief designer Jony Ive has been awarded to Apple today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, reports AppleInsider. The patent is titled as 'Portable Computer' and illustrates the ornamental design for a portable computer. The U.S. Patent No. D674382 is a...

John Sculley, former Chief Executive Officer says Apple needs to shift its focus to emerging markets by overhauling its supply chain to make the cheaper iPhone a reality, according to a Bloomberg interview. (more…)

Apple has just issued a press release to note Wi-Fi + Cellular iPad fourth generation and iPad mini models will be made available in China this Friday: Apple® today announced the Wi-Fi + Cellular versions of iPad® mini and the new fourth generation iPad with Retina® display will be available in China on Friday, January...

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...