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Apple has updated their Supplier Responsibility Report for 2013 and within the document it is revealed the company discovered corrupt third-party labour agents responsible for hiring underage workers: In many of the cases of underage labor we’ve discovered, the culprit behind the violation was a third-party labor agent that willfully and illegally recruited young workers. In...

This week's free App of the Week from Apple is the popular puzzle game Gesundheit!, from the developers Revolutionary Concepts. The app was featured as part of Apple's Best of 2011 and has won numerous rewards based on its attractive and creative action puzzle gameplay. The game has Retina graphics along with an original soundtrack...

When rumours began to surface that Apple was shopping elsewhere for chips used in the iPhone or iPad, there were voices saying Samsung wouldn’t be affected by this move. Turns out, Samsung may cut capital spending by as much as 20% in 2013 as a direct result of dropping demand for computer chips and Apple's...

We were one of the first to tell you about Cycloramic, the clever 360 degree video app, last December. By utilizing the vibrator motor, the app turned the iPhone 5 on a glass or smooth surface into the talk of any party. Today the app has been updated to include a much requested panoramic photo...

Earlier this morning we noted the Steve Jobs biopic led by Ashton Kutcher, JOBS, is set to hit theatres on April 19th. Now, the first video clip of the movie has made its way online over at ETonline, as first noted by MacRumors. The clip shows Kutcher as Steve Jobs and fellow co-star Josh Gad...

A new Apple filing made public by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today reveals that the company is looking into developing a sensor and alarm system that can be embedded into shoes, notifying users when their shoes have worn out and need to be replaced, Apple Insider reports. Apple's patent application for a "shoe wear-out sensor, body-bar...

Just a few days ago @planetbeing explained the status of the iPhone 5 jailbreak and noted new exploits had been discovered, but a public release was still far away. However, as the days went by @planetbeing along with @pimskeks and @pod2g kept on hinting the future of jailbreaking was "looking bright" based on further progress...

First photos of Samsung's upcoming iPad Mini rival, the Galaxy Note 8.0, have been leaked on the web today by website dday.it (via SamMobile). Looking at the photos, the device is an 8-inch white tablet that appears to be simply a large version of Galaxy S III.  The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is one of the devices...

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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has today announced that it has accepted Samsung's request to review the preliminary ruling made by Judge Thomas Pender last year that Samsung infringed on four Apple patents, reports the Korea Times. Judge Pender had recommended the ITC to order a ban on the U.S. imports of Samsung devices found to infringe...

After reporting an impressive holiday quarter earnings, Apple's stock price fell by more than 11% to $450.66, as investors were eager to hear an old-school Apple beat – which didn’t come. Well, sort of… (more…)

Twitter has today announced its brand new video sharing service Vine, that allows users to attach video clips to their tweets. Vine is currently available as a free app on the iOS App Store but according to Twitter's blog post, the service will soon make its way to other mobile platforms as well. Last year, Twitter acquired...