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You know, one of Apple's characteristics is (was?) secrecy; and that includes all of its products, both software and hardware. We've already written about how Safari ended up with the name "Safari," and Don Melton decided to share another piece of the Safari puzzle: how did secrecy work at Apple? Jump into the time machine...

Strategy Analytics forecasts a 35% growth for Samsung this year, which means the South Korean manufacturer will increase its lead over Apple, driven by its broad product lineup, Reuters reports. (more…)

Day 9 of Apple's 12 Days of Christmas is a single from English indie pop group, the xx. The free track is Sunset (Jamie xx Edit) along with two videos from the album Coexist, released this summer: Angels (Live in Tokyo) and Chained. The band was formed in 2008 and consists of: Romy Madley Croft,...

According to UPI, the Ashton Kutcher-led biopic on Steve Jobs will hit theatres in April, as announced by Open Road Films and Five Star Feature films: Ortenberg stated, “jOBS is certain to resonate with audiences and we are thrilled to partner with Five Star Feature Films to bring this film to theaters.” Hulme said, “We set...

Back in August G-Form dropped an iPhone 4S out of a helicopter at 1000 feet. This time around, the company has dropped a fifth gen iPod touch inside one of their latest iPhone 5 cases from 100,000 feet up in the stratosphere. The setup was lifted up via weather balloon, then dropped to the Earth....

  Corning has announced it will debut its Gorilla Glass 3 at CES 2013. The new glass will be even more durable and according to Engadget, the glass will feature a proprietary technology called Native Damage Resistance (NDR) that will reduce flaws, scratches and have overall improved strength: GG3 claims a three-fold improvement in scratch...

AllThingsD reports the latest update today to Facebook Messenger for iOS will introduce voice messages within the app, allowing users to send voice clips to friends, up to one minute long. What makes this update extra special is Facebook will be testing VOIP calls in this update, exclusively in Canada (yays): Also particularly noteworthy: In...

Have you every dreamt of managing a team of super heroes? No, me neither, but Middle Manager of Justice is a fun game. As the middle manager, you have a number of responsibilities. You hire super heroes, then prioritize their time between fighting crime, training, and other tasks. Also, you upgrade the office with new...

Yesterday TechCrunch ran a story noting its sources said Apple was in talks to acquire mapping company Waze, with various updates citing the latter wanted $750 million in a deal. Now, a follow up story by MG Siegler notes no deal is happening whatsoever: That information comes from multiple sources close to the situation. And...

Rovio announced this morning the company experienced a huge Christmas season for game downloads. During Christmas week (Dec. 22-29), the company experienced 30 million game downloads, with 8 million alone on Christmas Day: To top it all off, we had 30 million downloads during Christmas week (December 22-29) and, on Christmas Day, over 8 million...

comScore, the global leader in digital business analytics, has just published its report for November 2012 US mobile subscriber marketshare, reflecting pretty much the same figures as seen in the company's report for October 2012 US marketshare, with Samsung retaining the top spot and Apple maintaining a steady growth. comScore’s MobiLens service, that surveyed 30,000 US mobile subscribers...

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has revealed in an interview with Venture Beat's Charlie Rose that he had no choice but to strike a deal with Palm, after his attempts to convince Apple to put a Qualcomm radio in the Newton PDA failed during the 90s. The Newton PDA was developed by Apple during the 90s,...