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Biggest Apple Retail Store In The World Coming To Dalian China [VIDEO]
According to some advertisement boards spotted in Parkland Mall (via M.I.C Gadget), which is situated in the main Century City shopping district of Dalian, China, it appears that Apple is looking to build its largest retail store in the world at this location. The ad (shown below) translates as “Apple’s World’s Biggest Flagship Store will be coming soon”. ...
Tim Cook Tops List of CEOs With Highest Approval Rating
CNN Money is reporting that Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, is among the highest rated, when it comes to how employees feel their CEO is running the company. In a study done by Glassdoor.com, employees of various tech companies in the US were asked, "Do you approve of the way your CEO is running the company?"....
pod2g Gives an Update on 5.1 Jailbreak for A5, A5X Devices
It's been a while since we've anything about jailbreaking iOS 5.1 on the newer A5 devices and the new iPad. Within 24 hours of the launch of the new iPad we had what seemed like 4 different ways to to go about jailbreaking the newest device on the newest firmware. We even had a few...
RIM Undertakes Purge of Senior Executives as Q4 Earnings Disappoint
Canada's tech darling, Research in Motion (RIM) has started to fire off its senior level staff, according to a source close to the matter, reports the Globe and Mail: “Lots of high level people within RIM were let go today,” this person said. “Quite a few. Big shake up.” An example would be co-CEO Jim...
Apple’s iPhone Makes More Money for Google Than Its Android Phones
The Guardian details how Google makes more money from the iPhone rather than its own Android smartphones, as revealed by data provided to Oracle from Google in their patent and copyright infringement trial: Android generated less than $550m in revenues for Google between 2008 and the end of 2011, if figures provided by the search...
Apple’s ‘Thermonuclear’ War on Android Detailed by Businessweek
It was revealed in his biography that Steve Jobs wanted to spend 'every penny' of Apple's cash on hand to battle Android for stealing ideas from iOS: Our lawsuit is saying, “Google, you fucking ripped off the iPhone, wholesale ripped us off.” Grand theft. I will spend my last dying breath if I need to,...
Gmail For iOS Updated With Alternate Sender Support
Gmail has just updated its native Gmail iOS app and HTML5 web app to support sending of emails from an alternate address, as noted by iLounge. iOS users can now select from any of their configured "From" addresses when sending a new e-mail message or even replying to an existing inbox message. Like before, Gmail will...
Apple’s iTunes Logo Is Now Officially Registered By US Patent & Trademark Office
Having applied for trademark registration back in July 2010, Apple has finally been granted the registered trademark status for its iTunes logo by Patent & Trademark Office of the United States, reports Patently Apple. Apple's iTunes logo is now officially protected under a series of International Classes which includes coverage for such matters as social networking, telecom, retail and entertainment...
Virtual Store in Korea Lets You Shop with Your Smart Phone
Last year, Tesco Homeplus, a retail chain in Korea, started changing online shopping by putting up large billboards with pictures of their products, with a QR code associated with each product. You use your smartphone to scan the QR codes to fill up your cart. When you're finished shopping, you checkout online and your groceries are...
Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits New Foxconn iPhone Factory in China [PICS]
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been busy with his recent visit to China, and now Bloomberg reports he made a visit to a new Foxconn iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, China. The new Foxconn Zhengzhou Technology Park employs 120,000 people, and is home to the iPhone production line, according to Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu. Zhengzhou is...
iTunes 10.6.1 Download Released With Numerous Bug Fixes
Not much to say here other than a plethora of bug fixes and improvements in the latest update of iTunes, version 10.6.1., and should work fine with your jailbreak. • Fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size in Grid view, and syncing photos to devices. •...
How to Get the New Harry Potter eBooks into iBooks [Video]
The Harry Potter series is finally available on digital format. No longer will you or your kids have to break your back carrying the books around. However, and maybe not surprisingly, you can't get the eBooks through Apple's iBooks. Others such as Amazon have struck deals with J.K. Rowling to have the books on their...