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Apple is Selling an Android-powered Device in Apple Store
Maybe one of the most surprising and amusing facts of the day: Apple is selling an Android-running device right in its Apple Store. I think it is pretty obvious that the word Android doesn't show up in the product description, but the device is controlled by Android OS, despite the "thermonuclear war" Steve Jobs swore...
Apple Awarded Patents For iPad 2 Design & iOS Device Screen Rotation
Apple has been granted patents for screen rotation feature found in all its iOS devices as well as three design related patents for iPad 2, reports Patently Apple via The US Patent and Trademark Office who published a series of 28 newly granted patents for Apple today. The report details that Apple lost its bid to nix a patent troll's...
Apple 2012 Holiday Gift Guide Out
Apple is making arrangements to have the best holiday-season quarter ever. Its recently published 2012 Holiday Gift Guide is just one of the steps the company has taken to achieve its targets for this quarter. (more…)
Apple Earns More Than Double Of What Tiffany & Co. Makes Per Square Foot Of Its Retail Stores
A new data released by RetailSales after analysing more than 200 American retailers spanning 15 sectors, reveals that Apple is the most valuable retailer based on sales per square foot, earning more than double of what the country's second most profitable retailer Tiffany & Co. is making, reports AppleInsider. The analysis suggests that Apple's retail stores earn $6,050 per...
eBay and SoundHound Updated to Support the iPhone 5
A couple notable apps have been updated tonight to support the taller screen on the iPhone 5 alongside some performance updates. eBay brings a new icon to reflect their new logo, bug fixes and better support for iOS 6: What's New in Version 2.6.3- iPhone 5 support (Tallboy)- Bug fixes and improved support for iOS...
iPhone 5 Jailbreak Still “Missing Critical Pieces”, Not Releasable Yet
According to Canadian iPhone hacker @planetbeing, the iPhone 5 jailbreak is still "missing critical pieces" and is not releasable yet, as he explained today on twitter: https://twitter.com/planetbeing/status/268125859725074432 This was after he called out the fake IntelliScreenX app in the App Store we first told you about on the weekend, a tweak he personally helps make....
Apple’s “Blue Sky” Program: Just One Way Tim Cook Keeps Employees Happy says WSJ
Jessica Lessin at the Wall Street Journal reports Apple CEO Tim Cook has initiatives to keep employees happy, with one latest perk taking a cue from Google. The "Blue Sky" program allows a small group of employees take two weeks to work projects outside of their regular responsibilities: Earlier this year, Apple told some employees about...
Readdle’s Printer Pro for iPhone is a Free Download Today
Readdle has their app Printer Pro for iPhone as a free download today, as part of an App of the Day promotion. The app allows iOS users to print from your iPhone wireless to any Wi-Fi printer (or use the option to PDF print your files and images): Printer Pro is the application that lets...
Initial Sales for Microsoft Surface Tablet Described as ‘Modest’
After a large company releases a much-anticipated new product, the public relations department should have time to rest and enjoy a job well done; unless of course you do this job for Microsoft. Ballmer is at it again, using the wrong words in the wrong place at the wrong time and describing sales of their...
Chitika: Mobile Safari Users Search with the Most Specific Queries [Infographic]
A new report released by Chitika based on hundreds of millions of U.S. and Canadian online ad impressions reveals Safari and mobile Safari users are the most verbose when it comes to search queries: Mobile Safari users average 5.17 words per query (WPQ) and Safari users at 5.08. Opera users average the least at 3.88...
UK Court Orders Apple To Pay All Of Samsung’s Legal Fees In Patents Case
Earlier this month, the UK Court of Appeal in London ordered Apple to remove the misleading statement citing a judge comparing the designs of the Apple and Samsung products and replace it with a new notice. Apple showed compliance by publishing a revised notice, acknowledging that Samsung did not infringe Apple’s patents and therefore did not breach U.K....
The Ultimate Tablet Display Shoot-Out: Surface RT Vs. iPad 3 Vs. Galaxy Tab 10.1 [DisplayMate]
Folks over at DisplayMate have ran an in-depth series of Mobile Display Technology Shoot-Out tests in order to examine the performance of the Microsoft Surface RT as compared to Apple iPad 3 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (for the best display among 10 inch Android Tablets). Find out who wins after the jump! DisplayMate's test revealed that Microsoft Surface RT's display outperforms all...