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A newly proposed device could soon be using the power of your lungs to recharge your iDevices. The AIRE mask, as it's known, will use tiny wind turbines within a breathing mask to harness the air you breath into an electrical current. Although it's still looking to go into production, the hope is that by...

An interesting report by DigiTimes suggests that Apple is preparing to launch the sixth generation iPhone with 4G LTE technology during the second half of 2012. DigiTimes has learned from its anonymous sources in Taiwan that Apple’s next iPhone is “very likely” to include integrated 4G LTE connectivity, similar to the newly launched iPad. The report further claims...

Latest report by The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that HBO is in negotiations with Fox and Universal Studios to bring their movies to the iCloud. At last week's unveiling of the new Apple TV, it was announced that users will be able to access their purchased movies via iCloud as well, a feature previously limited to music and TV shows....

Last month, Apple seeded developer's beta for Safari 5.1.4 and today, it has pushed the latest update to the public which can be downloaded for Mac and Windows platforms. Safari's latest update is 44.71 MB for OS X Lion, 47.52 MB for OS X Snow Leopard and 36.72 MB for Windows users. Major highlights of...

Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design was recently knighted late last December, and is known to be the force behind the design of iOS devices. Sir Jonathan Ive recently did an in-depth and rare interview with the London Evening Standard, which shared insight around design and working at Apple. Here's a snippet: Q: What...

A year ago, Steve Jobs approached CBS CEO, Leslie Moonves, to hammer out a deal to get CBS TV content for the rumoured Apple TV, but he declined the offer, as noted in his weekend talk at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium: Moonves told a conference audience that he met with Jobs, the late Apple CEO,...

Back in November last year, Tether released a $14.99 iOS app called iTether into the App Store which allowed unlimited USB tethering on any iPhone, even if the carrier restricted data tethering. As expected, Apple removed the app soon after but now, the same company has come up with another workaround only this time, it does not...

According to a report by Business Insider, Apple earned well over $1 billion from Google in 2011 just by having it as the default search engine in Safari on OS X and iOS. Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter notes that Apple's decision to shift from Google Maps could eventually lead to moving away from Google as a...

Apple has submitted the third revision of its new Apple Campus 2 project to the City of Cupertino. The campus will consist of 2.8 million square feet and be over four stories tall, while taking the environment into consideration. Amenities will include a cafe, fitness centre, corporate auditorium (to seat 1000 people), and the campus...

Justin Luey and I recap Apple’s iPad Keynote on Episode 50 of The iPhone Podcast. Listen to our thoughts on the event and the announcement. Everybody wants the new iPad with Retina Display, right? Subscribe to the podcast via: iTunes | Instacast | RSS You can follow all the news we discuss at our blog. Play on iPhone / iPod / iPad (...

Ars Technica recently noticed that file sizes on 1080p videos were smaller then you would normally expect. The updated 1080p files hold more 2.25 times as many pixels as 720p files, so you would expect the files to be 2.25 times larger. But of course due to some Apple magic (and compression) they were able to...

For those in Quebec, there's a deal from Rogers for the 8GB iPhone 4, as part of a March Madness sale. Normally $49 on a 3 year term, the iPhone 4 is available for only $1. It is available for new and existing customers that renew, and will require a minimum monthly service fee of...