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Ron Johnson, The Creator Of The Apple Store Quits

Over a week ago, we found out that the co-founder of Siri voice assistant for iPhone 4S has left Apple Inc. and today, another key post has been vacated at the Cupertino office. 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple's retail chief Ron Johnson, the creator of the Apple Store has resigned from Apple today to become the CEO...
Usman Qureshi
15 years ago

Native Gmail iPhone App Coming Soon, Submitted to Apple for Review?

Could a native Gmail iPhone app be coming soon? MG Siegler writes sources tell him Google has already submitted this app to Apple for review, and it could be coming very soon: Perhaps the biggest issue with using Gmail through the iPhone’s native mail client is that Gmail is not Push-enabled. Yes, you can hack...
Gary Ng
15 years ago

Apple to Launch Self-Checkout for Accessories via iOS App

In anticipation of the holiday season, Apple is making a number of enhancements to its online and retail store shopping offerings. Perhaps most notably announcing that customers would be able to make in-store pickups for online orders (currently only available at 20 Apple Store), and adding multiple shipping addresses for a single online transaction. Earlier today MacRumors learned...
Gary Ng
15 years ago

iMessage Coming to Mac OS X?

iMessage on OS X Lion is back in the news. We had previously reported that iMessage might be integrated into the Mac OS iChat application based on strings of code found in Lion’s iChat. However a report from last night indicates that the decision to integrate iMessage into iChat or create a standalone client not been finalized. Both are reported possibilities that are...
Gary Ng
15 years ago

Apple Airs New iPhone 4S Ads to Showcase Siri, Camera, and iCloud

Apple has introduced three new commercials today to showcase Siri, the latest camera in the iPhone 4S, and iCloud, as uploaded four hours ago to their official YouTube channel. The first iPhone 4S commercial aired just over a week ago, and it appears now Apple is gearing up for the holiday season. All of these...
Gary Ng
15 years ago

Mona Simpson’s Eulogy for Her Brother Steve Jobs Published in the NYT

If there's Sunday reading on your agenda today, you need to check out the eulogy for Steve Jobs written by his sister, Mona Simpson. Published today in the New York Times, it was read by Mona at Steve's memorial service at the Memorial Church of Standford University on October 16th. Here's an excerpt: When I...
Gary Ng
15 years ago

Siri Sucessfully Ported to iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G

iOS developer Steven Troughton-Smith has successfully ported a fully working version of Siri over to the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G. http://youtu.be/gHQyV9JQzSw http://youtu.be/p8GLwG4_qBY Steven Troughton-Smith has been working on this since the first day he got his hands on an iPhone 4S. He posted his progress on his Twitter feed (@stroughtonsmith), and now with...
iPhoneinCanada.ca Staff
15 years ago

Apple Has Acquired 3D Mapping Company C3 Technologies

It appears Apple has acquired C3 Technologies, a 3D mapping company based in Sweden, reports 9to5Mac: Sure enough, we have now learned Apple is now the owner of C3 Technologies. Sources say that C3 Technologies CEO Mattias Astrom, C3 Technologies CFO Kjell Cederstrand, and lead C3 Technologies Product Manager Ludvig Emgard are now working within...
Gary Ng
15 years ago

Apple Seeking Help From iPhone 4S Owners To Solve Battery Drain Problem

Not all but some iPhone 4S owners have been complaining about rapid battery drains both while in active use and in standby mode. Luckily though, I've not had such a problem with my handset. But now, it seems that the issue is actually quite serious as Apple engineers are reportedly contacting select iPhone 4S users to help them figure out...
Usman Qureshi
15 years ago

Facebook Shutting Down Beluga Social Text Messaging Service

According to an official statement on Friday, Facebook is shutting down Beluga social text messaging service (aka BelugaPods) which the company acquired back in March 2011. As reported by GigaOM, this move is not unexpected since Facebook now has its own dedicated Messenger app for iOS. Facebook Messenger was developed by the founders of Beluga who worked for...
Usman Qureshi
15 years ago

Jim Dalrymple Calls Bullshit on Samsung Smartphone Numbers

Today Samsung officially announced its financial results for the third-quarter, and while they didn’t release the number of smartphone units sold, that hasn’t stopped Strategy Analytics from declaring them the unit sales leader in smartphones. Strategy Analytics has compiled the third-quarter results of all smartphone manufacturers and stated that Samsung [has] becomes the world’s number one...
Gary Ng
15 years ago