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Kristin Paget a.k.a Chris Paget has been hired by Apple in its security team, according to a report by Wired. The elite hacker was part of a small team of hackers brought in by Microsoft to lock down Windows Vista five years ago. The source claims that Paget has confirmed via email that she is now an Apple...

iPad mini shipping times have improved and shipping times are now at one week in both Canada and the US. Apple continues to ramp up its supply chain for the holidays and this move is in line with the company's promise to ship your iPad mini by Christmas day if you order before December 4th...

Apple is that close to ending the "Designed-by-Apple-in-California-Assembled-in-China" era, as Foxconn seeks to expand its operations in North America, facing pressure from its biggest clients requesting their products to be ”Made in USA”, Bloomberg reports. (more…)

Bloomberg BusinessWeek published a lengthy interview with Tim Cook looking back over the past 16 months of work as Apple CEO. In addition to what we've already learned from the NBC interview aired last night, Apple CEO goes on to explain how the recent executive reshuffle will change the company's new products. (more…)

Despite some early complaints about the iPhone 5's screen -- or let's say, “mixed” responses -- the iPhone 5S (or whatever the name of the next-generation iPhone will be) will likely feature the currently used in-cell technology, Digitimes' sources claim. (more…)

During an interview with Brian Williams of NBC, Apple CEO Tim Cook poured gasoline on the fire when asked about the company's future plans. He suggested that the company has big plans for the living room, enough to reinforce earlier speculation about Apple building a television set in the near future. (more…)

Tim Cook sat down to talk with Brian Williams in an exclusive interview on NBC's "Rock Center" to talk about how Apple can become a "Made-in-America" company. Turns out Tim Cook and his team has plans to manufacture the Mac line exclusively in the US next year. (more…)

A few days ago Judge Judy Koh ruled the Apple-HTC settlement agreement details would not sealed (minus the pricing and royalty rates) from public view. Originally Apple and HTC agreed to show Samsung a redacted version of the agreement but U.S. court Judge Paul Grewal overruled and offered the entire document available for attorneys-eyes-only. Now,...

Chipworks has performed a systems analysis of Apple's Lightning to USB cable and how it communicates when it is inserted into the iPhone 5. They first document the four die found within the Lightning cable: NXP SP3D2 STMicroelectronics USB2A Texas Instruments BQ2025 Unknown manufacturer with markings identified as 4S (functionality is known) Back in October,...

Bell has extended the sports content of Bell Mobile TV by announcing the addition of NBA TV Canada and NBA on TSN: "Bell Mobile TV's addition of non-stop basketball action from NBA TV Canada and NBA on TSN means keeping up with your favourite sports, anytime, anywhere, just got better," said Wade Oosterman, President of...

The MacUpdate 2012 Winter Bundle is now here, which consists of 12 popular Mac apps for just $49.99 (a savings of over $500). Data Rescue: $99 Live Interior 3D Pro (Bonus for early buyers only!) Espresso 2: $75 Snapz Pro: $69.00 TotalFinder: $18.00 TotalSpaces: $15.00 Mac DVD Ripper Pro 4: $24.95 PopChar X6: $38.00 MoneyWell...

Before you commit to that big iPhone upgrade, you may want to consider what happens when you're withered, old, and gray. Or so says Scott Hannah, the executive director of Credit Counselling Society, a Vancouver-based firm. He is asking Canadians the question: are we spending too much of our income on technology? Spending that is...