News

According to a post on Hacker News (via TNW), the AntiSec group claims to have hacked an FBI computer and obtained roughly 12 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), alongside user names, addresses, cellphone numbers, and more. UDIDs are strings of numbers and letters used by Apple and developers to identify your iOS device. They...

With the sixth-generation iPhone on-tap to be announced September 12th, many competitors of the Cupertino company are trying to beat them to the chase. These fall announcements are important to companies, as the holiday season rapidly approaches they want their product to be known. This week Nokia and Motorola have announcements set for Wednesday. The former market-leaders will announce...

We mainly cover Canadian Apple store grand openings, but some recent speculation and rumors regarding a Germany Apple retail store may further prove the iPhone will be released on September 21st. Inside a Sindelfingen mall, an Apple store was previously advertised to open on September 22nd, just a day after the most recently discovered September 21st...

Whether you can't afford to purchase the next-generation iPhone or you just want to trick your friends, you may consider purchasing a iPhone 5 mockup. You've seen them all over the internet, now you can finally own one for just $5.50 today. Chinese news outlet MicGadget has put a list of nearly eight mockups retailing from...

Rovio Mobile, the company behind Angry Birds franchise, has released a teaser video of its next project which seems to be an Angry Birds spinoff where pigs apparently get to fight back. The video is hosted on a seperated domain, badpiggies.com and is titled "Something PIG is coming". We're not quite sure as to what this really means....

Over the weekend a fully assembled iPhone 5 mockup video hit the net. The video was filmed at IFA 2012 by GSM Israel. As we have seen with prior rumors, the iPhone included the usual two-tone-back and 4-inch screen. Now we have more video and photos of the device, quite similar to the model we...

If you need another reason to believe the sixth-generation iPhone is coming on September 21st, maybe the latest shortages of the iPhone 3GS will be convincible. According to 9To5Mac, the email shown above was sent out to all Apple Genius Bar employees. The store employees are directed to repair iPhone 3GS displays, discuss advantages of buying a new...

Following yesterday's hands on video of an iPhone 5 dummy unit at IFA 2012, another video of a purported black iPhone 5 prototype has been leaked on YouTube as pointed out by Cydiablog. Uploaded by Chris, the guy claims to have acquired the unit from an "anonymous source" in China, which when turned on, prompts to the...

Here's a great Sunday read coming your way. The New York Times profiles the Samsung and its well-known copying ways; not just with smartphones but with TVs and more: Still, the [$1.05 billion] ruling reminded South Koreans of something their country painfully lacked, a shortcoming magnified by comparisons between Samsung and Apple. Although the name...

More leaks are reportedly coming out, this time it relates to the headphones for the upcoming 'iPhone 5'. In a hands-on video posted by Tinhte.vn (via MacRumors), we see a completely redesigned headphone that notes 'Assembled in Vietnam' on the cable, most likely being manufactured at a local Foxconn facility there. Tinhte.vn notes the purported...

Only yesterday, leaked images of a fully assembled iPhone 5 being compared with an iPhone 4 were published on the web and today, we already have a hands on video demo of what appears to be a fully assembled next generation iPhone dummy. The video was filmed at IFA 2012 by GSM Israel News (via iMore). iPhone 5 dummy is shown in an unmarked...

Reuters reports Apple plans to ride the momentum of its recent $1.05 billion court victory over Samsung and move on to other smartphones that have infringed on Apple's patents: Seeking to capitalize on a major legal victory over its rival Samsung Electronics Ltd, Apple Inc has asked a federal court in a separate case to...