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Having finished paying out $60 million to Proview merely a month back ending the 'iPad' trademark patent dispute in China, Apple is now fighting Samsung in-court and will soon be dealing with another lawsuit. This latest dispute comes from China once again and is now over Cupertino's Facetime patent. A Taiwanese man claims that Apple's Facetime service...

Apart from pulling the native YouTube app from iOS, Apple has also introduced a bunch of improvements in iOS 6 beta 4 including better 3D Maps experience, improvement in privacy settings including bluetooth sharing and updated Passboook app (via 9to5Mac). The update also brings fixes for majority of bugs reported in earlier betas. Check out the...

Apple released iOS 6 beta 4 a few hours ago and the biggest highlight of the update is removal of the dedicated YouTube app that has been included on the iPhone operating system ever since its launch in 2007. Apple has already dropped Google Maps in iOS 6, replacing it with own 3D Maps app but pulling the native...

Just like the previous beta release i.e three weeks after iOS 6 beta 3, Apple has pushed iOS 6 beta 4 to the developer community. Developers running beta 3 on their iOS devices can grab the update either as an over the air (OTA) update or manually download iOS 6 beta 4 .IPSW files from Apple's iOS...

With speculation over the past few months that the next generation iPhone would come equipped with a nano-SIM card tray, some photos have finally surfaced. A translated report from Nowhereelse.fr has brought extended proof that these SIM-card trays are in production. Translated from the source: Presented as being designed to slip into the SIM card...

Apple introduced AirDrop WiFi ad-hoc service in Mac OS X Lion 10.7 that allows users to exchange files between Macs without the need of a Wi-Fi network or any configuration. While the feature is fairly simple to use via the OS X Finder, folks over at OSX Daily have pointed out that using AirDrop is now easier...

An interesting email extracted yesterday from court documents of ongoing Apple vs. Samsung trial reveals discussions among Apple executives regarding a smaller 7-inch iPad, reports CNET. The email, which was sent by Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue to iOS chief Scott Forstall, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Phil Schiller, hints that discussions of building...

While yesterday's court case revealed a bandwagon full of Apple's long-held secrets, an interesting email involving Steve Jobs, Jony Ive, and Tony Fadell surfaced. It turns out Samsung's allegations remarking that both companies were inspired by each other, may actually hold true. The email exchange was first sent from Steve Jobs to Apple's Senior Vice...

During day 5 of the Apple vs. Samsung trial, Scott Forstall took the stand. Currently as the Senior Vice President of iOS software, he described the early stages of the iPhone. He pointed out once again that the iPad was Apple's original project, essentially being constructed before the iPhone. But when the Cupertino company employees...

A couple of weeks ago, we detailed Apple's plans of building a second smaller ‘tactical’ facility in North Carolina in addition to its massive data center in Maiden, N.C. and today, Wired has acquired some exclusive aerial photos of the construction site showing not only the new tactical data center but also ongoing installation of solar panels at the 100-acre...

In the light of all the credible sources hinting at a September 12 iPhone 5 launch event, smartphone submissions to eBay's trade-in program have increased 70% in the last three days as compared with the same period the week before (via CNET). eBay, one of the the world's largest online marketplaces, has noted almost 100,000 smartphones being offered...

With Samsung's most critical case evidence being leaked out to the public, and Apple's push to sanction them, Apple is worried that Samsung may reveal critical sale figures to the public. This morning Apple has pleaded to the U.S. District judge trying to prevent Samsung from revealing this "confidential" information. According to the latest filing,...