News
Morgan Stanley Analyst Details Thinner ‘iPhone 5’ and LTE Support
Apple Insider is reporting today that an analyst for Morgan Stanley informed investors of some tidbits she has garnered on a recent trip to Asia. She claims that the third-generation iPad (with a higher resolution display) is due before the end of the second quarter and that a new iPhone will follow later this year....
Grooveshark Launches HTML5 Music Player that Streams in the Background
Grooveshark announced this morning it has launched a new HTML5 music player that works on all iOS devices right within Mobile Safari. The controversial music service plagued with lawsuits from the music industry allows users to search for any artist and stream songs for free. It was kicked out of the App Store and is...
Sony Bringing ‘Music Unlimited’ Service To The App Store
Sony will be bringing its “Music Unlimited” service to iOS devices at some point this quarter, assuming they don't get another rejection. The announcement came from head of the Sony Entertainment Network, Tim Schaaff, at a media event yesterday at CES. Android devices and PCs have already been a home to the service for some...
Ex-Apple CEO John Sculley Details his Showdown with Steve Jobs to the BBC
Former Apple CEO John Sculley spoke with the BBC at CES and gave his thoughts about the Steve Jobs biography. Jobs recruited Sculley from Pepsi back in the 80s with the famous challenge, "do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the...
Apple Publishes its Supplier Responsibility Progress Report for 2012
Apple has posted its Supplier Responsibility Progress Report for 2012 on its website that details the steps it takes in dealing with suppliers and how workers are treated. All companies must adhere to Apple's Supplier Code of Conduct if they want to do business with them, and part of that includes both scheduled and surprise...
iPhone 4S Sales In Retail Stores Blocked By Apple In China
The highly anticipated launch of iPhone 4S in China turned into a total chaos today after violence broke out around Apple retail stores. Customers and scalpers looking to sell the latest iPhone in the black market by employing migrant workers to fill the line and bypass Apple’s limit on how many handsets each person could buy,...
Apple Is Testing 3D UI With Motion-Sensing Capabilities For iOS Devices
A new patent application (via Patently Apple) published today reveals that Apple is testing a new 3D UI for iOS devices with touch-free, motion sensing capabilities that would allow users to simply wave their hand over an iOS device equipped with motion sensors. The patent suggests that the GUI could appear as a virtual room that could...
Intel Hopes To Provide their ‘Medfield’ Processors For iOS Devices
Intel has approached Apple with hopes of sneaking their new Medfield processing chip into future iOS device releases. We’ve previously reported the likelihood of a quad core chip in upcoming iOS devices which makes this possibility curious. The Medfield chip is actually a single core processor. “We don’t frankly see the need for dual core....
New Stunning Mockups of the ‘iPhone SJ’ Emerge Plus Virtual Tour [VIDEO]
Antonio De Rosa from ADR Studios earlier showed us some stunning 'iPhone SJ' concept images, a device dedicated to Steve Jobs. Now, the design studio has released further images of its latest concept, plus a new virtual tour. The new images are described as: "Totally glass capacitative screen on a polycarbonate light-weight body. New design,...
The Next iPhone Could Support AWS According to T-Mobile
According to recent interview conducted by T-Mobile's chief technology offer, Neville Ray, the next generation iPhone could support the AWS spectrum. He originally stated the next iPhone chipset would support AWS, only to retract his statement later to clarify he has no knowledge of the iPhone roadmap, notes CNET: "The next chipset will support AWS,"...
The Classic iPhone Ringtone “Marimba” Interrupts New York Philharmonic [Update]
Update 1: Further information has emerged from this story. The phone that rang was actually an alarm going off--which happens even when the iPhone is in silent mode. More info here at the NYT: “You can imagine how devastating it is to know you had a hand in that,” said the man, who described himself...
Apple Announces Education Event to Take Place in New York City on January 19th
The rumoured Apple event related to education has been officially announced by Apple to take place on January 19th, notes The Loop: Apple on Wednesday sent out an invitation to The Loop and other media outlets to attend a special event being held in New York City next week. Apple says the event will be...