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Intuit’s QuickBooks Online Launches with iOS Optimized Interface
Intuit has launched QuickBooks Online, a cloud-based service to allow entrepreneurs to manage their business information online and it comes with an iOS optimized interface for the iPhone and iPad. Key time-saving benefits of QuickBooks Online include: Online banking integration - QuickBooks Online safely links your accounting to your bank, importing your statements so you...
‘Google Currents’ Personal Magazine App Goes Global, Watch Out Flipboard
Looks like popular magazine and personalized news reading apps like Flipboard and Zite have just got a new challenge on their hands as Google's own app for exploring online magazines i.e Google Currents is now available worldwide. Previously available to readers and publishers in U.S only, the app was introduced back in December 2011 for iOS and Android...
U.S. Government Sues Apple Over their ‘Aikido Move’: eBook Price Collusion
The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and publishers Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster, notes Bloomberg: Apple and Macmillan, which have refused to engage in settlement talks with the Justice Department, deny they colluded to raise prices for digital books, according to people familiar with the matter....
Apple Store Goes Down and Reveals new “We’ll Be Back” Image
Just a quick note to let you know, we have noticed the online Apple Store has gone down this evening, revealing a new image to let us know they'll be back. The old yellow post-it is gone. This further fuels the rumours that Apple has been planning an overhaul of their online stores, since they...
Apple Now Testing iTunes 11 Internally with iOS 6 Support
Apple has internally seeded a beta version of iTunes 11, according to 9to5Mac. This build of iTunes is said to have support for iOS 6, and brings a lot more iCloud support. The source says this may not be the next release, but it could be released before the end of the year. When there's...
Dissecting What a 4 Inch iPhone 5 Display Would Entail
Earlier The Verge touched on an article that discussed what has been brought up before: a 4 inch iPhone 5. The difference this time around? More detail was focused on how Apple could introduce a 4 inch display by increasing the aspect ratio to achieve a larger display; essentially lengthening the phone but keeping it...
Apple Hits The $600 Billion Mark In Market Capitalization
While the overall stock market is reportedly down, Apple's stock (AAPL : US $632) continues to climb at a steady pace, taking the company's total market capital to over $600 billion today. While some analysts are expecting Apple to hit the trillion dollar market capitalization by 2014, the company is already closing fast on snatching Microsoft's title of being...
Tim Cook To Deliver Opening Speech At 10th ‘D: All Things Digital’ Conference
Kara Swisher of AllThingsD has just announced that Apple CEO Tim Cook will be delivering the opening speech at 10th D: All Things Digital conference. The long time Apple veteran is expected to share his perspective on where the industry and Apple is headed, having played a critical role in Apple's worldwide sales and operations from its supply chain, before becoming...
Apple Testing iPhone Prototype with Modified A5X Chip and 1GB of RAM [Rumour]
According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple is testing internally an iPhone prototype that has a modified version of the A5X processor, that debuted in the new iPad. The prototype is being tested in an older iPhone 4 housing to prevent leaks, and it is being reported such a device will not be produced for...
Text4Science Project Reveals More Than 8000 Messages Collected to Date
Back in January we noted about the project Text4Science, a Canadian-led study that was part of a larger international project to learn if text messaging is making us more creative. Some initial results have come in as revealed by Text4Science, and they have amassed over 8000 messages to date. Here is some early data on...
AT&T Now Unlocking Out of Contract iPhones, via iTunes
Over the weekend, AT&T starting offering their customers with, out-of-contract iPhones, an official unlock, via Apple and iTunes. Here is a quote from AT&T about the new service: "Beginning Sunday, April 8, we will offer qualifying customers the ability to unlock their AT&T iPhones," the statement reads. "The only requirements are that a customer's account...
Find Out How Much $$ Apple CEO Tim Cook Made Last Year
In a report published by The New York Times (via Bloomberg via 9to5Mac), Apple CEO Tim Cook has been pointed out as the highest paid Chief executive officer in U.S. The report notes that Tim Cook made about $378 million, which includes salary, perks and bonuses worth $1.8 million along with a one-time stock award worth $376.2 million, that extends...