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Apple Threatened To Face Fines Of Up To € 300,000 In Italy
Italian law demands that customers who buy electronic products in the country have the right to get two years of free assistance, irrespective of other warranties offered by a manufacturer. However, like everywhere else, Apple offers a 1 year limited warranty for its products in Italy. As a result, Italy's competition regulator is now threatening Apple Inc with...
Apple Shuts Down MobileMe, Still Allows Data Migration To iCloud
As pointed out by 9to5Mac, Apple has officially shut down MobileMe services as expected, and has also removed the iDisk and MobileMe Gallery apps from the App Store. MobileMe users who haven't migrated to iCloud yet can still make the switch, download their photos and files from Gallery and iDisk respectively. Apple introduced iCloud last...
Former OS X Chief Secretly Developing A New Cloud Startup With Ex-Apple Employees
According to a report by Business Insider, Apple's former senior vice president of Mac Software Engineering Bertrand Serlet, who left the company in March last year after 22 years of service with Steve Jobs at NeXT and Apple, is secretly working with at least two other former Apple employees to launch a cloud computing startup in downtown Palo...
Apple Files Request Seeking To Obtain ‘iPad3.com’ Domain
Apple gained control of 'iPhone5.com' domain last month which hosted a small active forum dedicated to the discussion of the iPhone 5. The domain is now controlled by Corporation Service Company, most likely on Apple’s behalf. Now, the Cupertino giant wants to acquire 'iPad3.com' domain and has filed a claim with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as pointed out by Domain Name...
Element Case Launches Vapor Pro Stealth 2 Case For iPhone 4/4S
Earlier this month, Element Case introduced the Vapor Pro ELITE™ for iPhone 4/4S, a limited edition series of bumper cases available in four different models and with three different finishes. Today, they have announced the Vapor Pro Stealth 2 for iPhone 4/4S, a re-designed version of the ever popular and Element Case Vapor Pro Stealth™. The new Element Case Vapor Pro Stealth 2™...
Telus Launches New Concept Business Store in Toronto [PIC]
Earlier in June, Telus launched two concept business stores in Saskatoon. Yesterday, the company announced the launch of a similar store in Toronto: "Today's smartphones and tablets are loaded with technology and features that can help manage and grow businesses in ways we couldn't have imagined a few years ago, and we are evolving our...
Apple Wins Injunction to Ban Galaxy Nexus Sales in the U.S. Over Siri Patent
Reuters reports Apple has been granted an injunction to ban Galaxy Nexus sales in the U.S., which comes to a blow to Samsung. Earlier in the week, Apple won a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1. According to Judge Lucy Koh: "Apple has made a clear showing that, in the absence of a preliminary...
Random Test Reveals Google Text Searches Are More Accurate Than Siri
Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray has published the results of an unscientific test to put Siri against Google text searches. iPhone 4S and new iPad users know Siri is able to return Google search results via voice--but how accurate are they compared to actual text searches? Here are the results from asking Siri 1600 questions...
Apple’s iPhone and iPad Customers Are Worth $295 Billion According to Goldman Sachs
According to a survey of 1000 iPhone and iPad customers, Bill Shope from Goldman Sachs estimates this vital customer base is worth roughly $295 billion dollars, based on the calculated lifetime value of each customer at $1,053 multiplied by an estimated installed userbase of 281 million. Other questions posed to users included how likely they would...
BrowserChooser Cydia Tweak Lets You Set a Default Browser in iOS
With the release of Google Chrome for iOS yesterday, comes another choice of browser for your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Having an alternative browser to Mobile Safari is desired by many iOS users. Google Chrome for iOS Is a great alternative. Many use Chrome on there Macs, as an alternative to the desktop version...
Steve Jobs Called It: Adobe to Abandon Flash for Android in August
Remember Steve Jobs' 'thoughts on Flash' back in April of 2010? It turned the tech world upside down from that day on, and further supplanted the fact that iOS devices did not support Flash and Apple was not willing to put their faith into a third party company like Adobe. Critics leveraged the lack of...
Happy 5th Birthday, Original iPhone [Story Time]
The original iPhone activation screen Today marks five years since the original iPhone went on sale. It was only available in the USA, but Canadians and others were able to easily buy one down south and bring it home. After visiting the Alderwood Mall Apple Store in Lynnwood and having played with the iPhone a...