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The Wall Street Journal reports Apple has suffered a setback over the use of 'iPhone' naming rights in Mexico. A Mexican Supreme Court rejected Apple's appeal after it sued the brand 'ifone', claiming the naming rights had expired for the Mexican company: The dispute with the maker of iPhones originated in 2009 when Apple attempted to...

Yesterday Samsung announced their new flagship Galaxy S 4 smartphone in New York City, in a crazy theatrical event held at Radio City Music Hall. HTC took the time to throw in a jab on Twitter: http://twitter.com/htc/status/312348122753953792 HTC CEO Ben Ho basically thrashed Samsung, speaking to Engadget: "With a continuation of a plastic body, and...

Ever since the Retina MacBook Pro reached the customers the most reported issue was something that causes a burn-in or ghosting problem. A Retina MacBook Pro user has decided to launch a would-be class action lawsuit against Apple (via 9to5Mac), claiming that the aforementioned ghosting issues are the result of defective LG screens. (more…)

The low-cost iPhone will sport a 4-inch display according to Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities. The analyst has a reliable track record in predicting Apple's future product plans. (more…)

Samsung this afternoon unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4 at an over-the-top, cringeworthy theatrical event held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Here's a breakdown of what the S4 is all about: 5-inch, 1080p 441ppi Super AMOLED display 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon CPU Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean 13MP camera, 2MP front...

Apple has released OS X Update 10.8.3 this afternoon, which includes numerous fixes to include the stability, security and compatibility of your Mac. Here's a partial list of what's new (full details here): Redeem iTunes gift cards in the Mac App Store via your Mac's built-in camera Boot Camp support for Windows 8, Macs with...

An 8 year old schoolboy left his family with a £1,000 credit card bill after buying virtual doughnuts in a game on his grandfather’s iPad, reports The Telegraph. He made more than 100 purchases on iTunes for between £1.50 and £75, from the middle of January and the beginning of this month. Apple has however refunded the...

Reuters is reporting that China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier, is planning to spend $6.7 billion to develop 4G technology this year, which could significantly raise demand for Apple's flagship smartphone as the company plans to support TD-LTE 4G technology with its next iPhone upgrade later this year. China Mobile currently has more than twice as many subscribers...

The Wall Street Journal reports more shuffling is coming at the executive level at Google. Yesterday the company's CEO explained Android head Andy Rubin was stepping down. Now, the executive in charge of Google Maps and the commerce division, Jeff Huber, is going to also step down: Google Inc. executive Jeff Huber stepped aside as head...

Yesterday Google announced Google Reader would shut down on July 1st due to declining usage. That announcement led to some rage online as the long running service has become essential for many to follow RSS feeds. If you want to save and import your Google Reader feeds now, you can do so via Feedly and...

If you’re in the market for an iMac, then we have good news for you: Apple has just updated its online store and now offers the new iMac with a built-in VESA mount adapter, which adds only $40 to the total cost. (more…)

Google has announced a bunch of 'spring cleaning' items and one of them includes their popular RSS client, Google Reader (seriously): We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years...