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Tony Fadell, Apple's ex Senior Vice President of the iPod Division, has revealed an interesting truth about the original iPhone's development in an interview with The Verge. He claims that a hardware keyboard was seriously considered within Apple "before the iconic touchscreen-only design was given the green light". Furthermore, he said that there were two other versions of the device...

More chatter of an upcoming 'iTV' has surfaced, based on Apple's apparent talks with Hollywood-backed EPIX to stream films to iOS devices and an upcoming Apple television, notes Reuters: Apple Inc began talks earlier this year to stream films owned by EPIX, which is backed by three major movie studios, on devices including a long-anticipated...

There has been a lot of talk about the SAM unlock recently. Early today we told you that it seems this new software unlock has stopped working, as Apple has updated their servers to block it. If you did get to use the unlock, before Apple shut it down, then you have your activation ticket...

It looks like the new software unlock for the iPhone, SAM, has been blocked by Apple's server. The folks over a iDB are reporting that they have been trying the unlock today, and it is just not working anymore. The SAM unlock was only available for jailbroken iPhones, but there are millions of iPhone users...

This is probably a tip most of you know about, but for me it was something I had completely forgotten about until I realized free space on my Mac's hard drive was running low. Now that most of us rely on iCloud for backup of our iOS devices, older backups within iTunes are no longer...

Apple's stock price (AAPL: $603.10) has been growing at a rapid pace for the past many months. In the light of this steady growth as well as Apple's blowout Q2 2012 earnings, analysts are predicting that the share price will hit $1,111 by April 2013, according to AllThingsD. Furthermore, Apple will become the world’s first trillion-dollar company...

The tech world was buzzing when it was revealed Facebook had acquired the hot photo sharing app Instagram for a $1 billion dollar cash and stock deal. Instagram has no ad revenue model, but its userbase has grown like a weed to more than 30 million users in less than two years. Venture Beat describes...

Back in February, Apple acquired three year old start up Chomp for a reported $50 million dollars. The app discovery service acquisition leads many of us to believe a revamp of the App Store is coming soon. Now, it appears after the Apple takeover of Chomp, Cupertino has pulled the plug on the Android side...

As noted by MacGeneration (via 9to5Mac), the Mac App Store has hit the 10,000 apps mark today. The iOS App Store currently has 600,000 apps with over 200,000 exclusive apps for the iPad's bigger display. The smaller number of apps in case of Mac App Store is due to the fact that majority of software...

Nova Scotia's NDP government has proposed a law to allow consumers to cancel contracts at any time for $50 max, and also to eliminate hidden fees. Here's what the new law would bring: - cancellation fees capped at $50 - no automatic renewal of contracts - customer permission required to change fees, service options or...

Folks, I'm gonna keep this one as simple as the product itself. Called the Lazy Couch™, this small laptop accessory has been designed by Just Mobile, a company known for its iconic products such as the Xtand for iPhone / iPod, Gum Max Pro battery pack and AluPen Pro to name a few. It is meant...

When a big name video game title is ported over to iOS, it is rarely amazing, and often disappointing. Yesterday, Marvel vs Capcom 2 was released for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad in the App Store, for $2.99. A full-featured port of one of the best fighting games of all-time Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has previously...