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Apple's former SVP of retail John Browett who was released by the Cupertino company last year in October, has taken the position of chief executive at Monsoon Accessorize, a design-led retailer based in London operating two international retail clothing chains, Monsoon and Accessorize. According to The Telegraph, his new post will put him in charge of more than 1,000 stores...

The former co-CEO of BlackBerry, Jim Balsillie, who has been replaced by Thorsten Heins who now leads the newly rebranded company, has sold off his entire stake in the company. (more…)

iOS and Android accounted for a combined 91.1% of global smartphone shipments during the holiday quarter of 2012 according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. (more…)

A new security flaw has been discovered in iOS 6.1 that allows anyone – who knows the trick – to bypass the passcode lock on your iPhone in a couple seconds and access your contacts, voicemails and photos. (more…)

Opera Software has today announced 300 million monthly across all its browser products on phones, tablets, TVs and computers. According to the press release, the company will make a gradual transition to the WebKit engine during 2013 for most of its upcoming versions of browsers for smartphones and computers. Opera has said that the first look...

Apple is working on a 4.8-inch "iPhone 6", but it isn't likely to announce it this year, as it has run into manufacturing issues, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek claims. (more…)

Netflix has announced it is set to create yet another original series for its online streaming service, this time a show for kids as part of a collaboration with DreamWorks Animations: "Families love Netflix, so creating an original series for kids was a natural for us. And we're doing it in a big way by...

Alongside making the iPhone, iPad, Mac and the iPod, Apple has introduced another set of revenue categories, such as software, which is part of iTunes. The software category includes sales of OS X, iWork and other pro tools Apple has developed. How does Apple's "minor" business perform? Horace Dediu of Asymco has the numbers. (more…)

According to a report by German blog iFun, some carriers have already completed testing the iOS 6.1.1 update that addresses 3G performance issues faced by a number of carriers in Europe, who have also issued warnings to their subscribers not to upgrade to iOS 6.1, and Apple will soon roll out an OTA update carrying build number 10B145 (via 9to5Mac)....

Luxury car maker BMW has announced its new “BMW Genius Everywhere” program across all of its dealerships, a customer assistance setup inspired by Apple's industry leading Genius Bar program incorporated in its retail stores, reports TNW (via Adage). The German car maker has asked its dealers to hire young, tech-savvy employees to handle questions about its vehicles on...

Investment research firm Topeka Capital (via AppleInsider) is convinced Apple will present a lower-price iPhone around June, after discovering several unreleased iPhone prototypes back in December. (more…)

A Chinese website (Via The Times of India) has posted some fresh images of the alleged iPhone 5S, Apple's cheaper version of its current iPhone model. As you can see from images below, the photos show both the rear and front panels, and also a production line with the documents suggesting the leak is comes...