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Apple appointed Luca Maestri, former Xerox vice president and CFO, as the company's new corporate controller, The Next Web reports. (more…)

Phil Schiller, Apple's SVP of worldwide marketing, cooled down the rumours of a cheaper iPhone in an official interview (verified by The Next Web) with the Shanghai Evening News, saying that a cheap iPhone will never be the future of Apple's products. (more…)

Former Apple Safari Engineering Manager, Don Melton (a hire by Scott Forstall), continues to share his anecdotal accounts of his experience working for the Cupertino company. This time around, he shares what it was like when Steve Jobs announced Safari to the world at MacWorld back in 2003: Steve started the Safari presentation with, “So, buckle...

AllThingsD reports on an interview with Beats headphones CEO Jimmy Iovine and how the latter once tried to sell Steve Jobs on music subscriptions, but ultimately was unsuccessful, even after three years of pursuing the matter. Universal Music head Doug Morris told Iovine to talk to Jobs: In 2002, 2003, Doug asked me to go...

Japanese Twitter user @morisatoh has created one of the most interesting iPhone accessories I've seen. It's a quick draw sleeve contraption that is quite interesting, only because of the way it's being demonstrated on video. The man behind the video is performer Shota Mori. His video has references to the movie Taxi Driver and is kinda...

Apple will receive an Emmy Engineering Award tonight (via The Loop) at CES 2013 for winning in the following category: Eco-system for Real Time Presentation of TV Content to Mobile Devices without the use of Specialized Television Hardware Launched in 1948, the awards honour "development and innovation in broadcast technology and recognize companies, organizations and individuals...

This week's free App of the Week from Apple is the puzzle game KooZac, made by Square Enix. The concept of KooZac is simple: position the falling blocks on top of each other to create the target numbers. The game features 60 levels with three different modes and can be described as Tetris-like arithmetic game...

Right: Apple SVP Phil Schiller is currently in China; via M.I.C. Gadget Apple executive Phil Schiller is in China with CEO Tim Cook and in a recent interview with the Shanghai Evening News, the former noted cheap smartphones will not be developed by Apple in order to grab marketshare. The Next Web confirmed with Apple...

An interesting article by Wired points out that even though Apple hasn't participated in Consumer Electronics Show (CES) since 1992, the company still dominates the show. The overwhelming presence of iOS accessories reflects the the company's huge presence in the consumer electronics sector. The article notes that it is impossible to walk a dozen feet at the Las...

If your financial institution is a credit union member, the Credit Union Central of Canada has officially announced the release of their ding free ATM locator iPhone app. The app allows users to find any credit union member ATM nationwide to ensure surcharge-free transaction. Belonging to a national ATM network means you can bank ding...

Rovio's Angry Birds Space, the highest selling iOS app of 2012, has received the “Pig Dipper” update today, which features 30 new galactic-aquatic levels. The update, which is currently available for iOS and Android platforms, also introduces never-before-seen power-ups along with extra power-up specific leaderboards. "Welcome to the Pig Dipper in Angry Birds Space! This bizarre galaxy is...

A new Apple patent filing published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office suggests that the Cupertino company may be working on offering easy access to local emergency services to travellers with iPhone, through a location-based iOS app (via AppleInsider). Titled "Location-Based Emergency Information", the proposal has been credited to Scott Forstall, Apple's former chief of iOS who...