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Apple Has Shipped iPad mini Orders in Canada

Canadians have started to receive their iPad mini shipment notifications that include a UPS tracking number. Pre-orders took place on Friday, October 26th and the notifications below note they left Apple on the 28th. Although shipment notifications note a "receive it" date of November 6th, do note Apple previously posted their iPad mini delivery estimate...

UK Judge Orders Apple to Revise Website Notice

Apple has faced criticism over its decision to work around the ruling that forced the company to post a notice on its UK website acknowledging that Samsung products doesn't infringe  Apple's patents. According to Bloomberg, the UK Court of Appeal in London ordered Apple to remove the statement citing a judge comparing the designs of...

iFixit Begins iPad Mini Teardown, Reveals Design Similarities With iPhone 5

Apple's newest iPad Mini is currently getting the teardown treatment from iFixit, initial findings of which reveal a lot of design similarities with the iPhone 5. Furthermore, the dissection reveals that the LCD panel has been built by Samsung along with further confirmation of stereo speakers. The teardown shows that the device features a large metal plate similar to...

Apple Accepting Donations For Superstorm Sandy Relief Through iTunes

Apple has just started accepting donations towards the Superstorm Sandy relief efforts by launching a new page on iTunes Store, enabling users to donate money directly to the American Red Cross using their existing iTunes Store accounts in denominations of $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, and $200 (via MacRumors). The dedicated donation page is accessible through the desktop iTunes...

Apple’s 10-K SEC Filing Reveals the Company Has Over 76,000 Employees

Apple filed their 10-K this afternoon to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). The report is required by law to be submitted within 60 days after the end of a fiscal year (Apple recently announced their 2012 Q4 earnings) and also contains more detailed info compared to regular annual reports. Here are some detailed numbers...

Future Shop and Best Buy to Open at 8AM Friday for iPad mini Launch

This was expected (based on earlier Apple product launches) but we've just received confirmation from sources Future Shop and Best Buy stores will be opening at 8AM (local time) this Friday (regular opening hours are 10AM), November 2nd for the iPad mini and 4th gen iPad launch. Our tipsters note a recent meeting detailed the...

RHA SA950i Headphones (Review)

If you've never heard of RHA, don't feel bad. When I received a pair of their SA950i on-ear headphones I'd never heard of them myself. And yet, after spending a couple of weeks using them, I'd suggest it's a name worth knowing. Based in the UK, RHA (a division of Reid Heath) spent 3 years...

Confirmed: iPad mini Has Stereo Speakers on the Bottom

Yesterday's round up of iPad mini reviews revealed the iPad mini does indeed have stereo speakers, as noted in reviews from The Verge: All of the standard iPad button and switch placement is intact here, save for the move of the speaker grille to the bottom of the device (it's been around back for iPads...
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Apple Says Motorola’s Wireless Patents are Worth $1 per iPhone

Apple has finally decided to offer for Motorola Mobility (now part of Google) a deal to license to its SEP wireless patents. But from its perspective the aforementioned patents worth $1 or less, compared to Motorola's previous claims that it wants 2.25% royalty for its standard-essential patents, which shocked the tech world First reported by...