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Apple has confirmed to multiple sites iOS 5 suffers from battery life issues, and that a fix will be coming in the next few weeks. Just moments ago, Apple released iOS 5.0.1 beta to developers to fix battery issues and more. In a statement to The Loop: “A small number of customers have reported lower...

Apple has just seeded iOS 5.0.1 beta to developers. The improvements and fixes include the following: Fixes bugs affecting battery life Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation Contains security improvements iOS 5.0.1 beta introduces a new way for developers to...

Having recently finished Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs and hungry for more, I turned to the internet. I watched Steve and Bill Gates dual interview at D5; I watched Steve alone at D8; I watch the Stanford address; then Steve reading of the Think Different ad; then some old WWDC presentations. All great stuff,...

During the first week of sales, Walter Isaacson's 656-page biography of Steve Jobs has sold 379,000 copies in the US. The results are detailed in a new report from BookScan US. In just a week, the biography has become the 18th bestselling book of the year. It sits one place ahead of John Grisham's 'The...

If you're tired of hearing about Angry Birds, too bad. Rovio continues to experience high-flying success with their popular game, and they recently confirmed over 500 million downloads have been achieved in less than two years. Rovio's CEO, Mikael He'd had this to say (via Silicon Angle): This is a fantastic landmark achievement for us,...

Update 2: Google messed up on Push Notifications and the Gmail app has been pulled. They just sent this out on twitter: Update 1: Push notifications don't work with this app. Also, if you're searching for it in the App Store, it hasn't propagated to 'first' yet. Just click 'Show More' a few times and...

We told you how Apple is planning a few enhancements to its online and retail store shopping system, including in-store pickups for online orders. We also learned that Apple is aiming to launch an update to its own Apple Store iOS application that will incorporate a feature such as "EasyPay". Now, an exclusive report by BGR (via MacRumors) details how...

Steve Jobs was already a "SuperStar" when he recorded this interview back in 1995. Only 40 years old at that time, he gave a detailed one-on-one interview to Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation, who also produced the Computerworld Honors Program. The interview was carried out by Foundation's executive director, Daniel Morrow. The source details: When Jobs...

in 1985, Steve Jobs left Apple and founded Next Inc, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. One year later, he recruited the renowned graphic designer Paul Rand to create a brand identity costing over $100,000. Rand created a 100-page brochure detailing the brand, including the precise angle used for the...

How much data does Siri use in a month? Well, that depends on how many instances you use Siri per day, according to tests by Arstechnica. They performed a variety of tasks for Siri that required local tasks and those that needed lookups online. In the end, they determined Siri isn't that much of a...

According to a report from SmartOffice, Samsung is requesting Apple handover their source code for the iPhone 4S's firmware, as well as the details of their subsidy agreements with all mobile carriers in Australian, as they attempts to ban the sale of the iPhone 4S in Australia.   Speaking at federal court, Samsung counsel Cynthia Cochrane said they...

According to Net Applications, a leading mobile analytics services, Apple's presence on the Web continues to expand, with Safari on iOS and Mac OS X surging this summer and into the fall. Net Applications has released its latest monthly data on Web traffic, revealing that Apple's iOS, which is riding the strength of the mid-October iPhone 4S launch, surged to 61.6%...