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Analysts have bad news for investors: Don't get your hopes up too high as far as Apple is concerned for the next two quarters, because the reality looks somewhat different. It isn't looking rosy for the Cupertino company, but we will likely see a mystery product launch (and iPad, iPhone line refresh) that will change...

Worldwide shipments of smartphones, tablets, desktop PCs and notebook PCs (or smart connected devices) grew 29.1% on a year-over-year basis, crossing the 1 billion units shipped milestone, IDC reports. (more…)

When it comes to the types of tasks one is looking to do, owners of the iPhone and the Galaxy S III really aren’t that different from one another, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (via AllThingsD). Even though both companies spend a lot of money on advertising aimed at convincing their customers that they...

Stephen Elop, the CEO of Nokia Corporation and a Canadian citizen, literally threw an iPhone on the floor during an interview on Finnish TV, when asked about some upcoming products (via WMPoweruser). The show, which is called "Hjalliksen kanssa" ("With Hjallis"), aired yesterday evening at biggest Finnish commercial TV station MTV3. During the interview, the...

Apple has launched a new page on its website titled "Why iPhone" to tout the remarkable features of its flagship smartphone, most likely a move to solidify its position as a leader in the industry and defend against the recently released Samsung Galaxy S4. What makes an iPhone unlike anything else? Maybe it’s that it...

The Wall Street Journal reports Apple has suffered a setback over the use of 'iPhone' naming rights in Mexico. A Mexican Supreme Court rejected Apple's appeal after it sued the brand 'ifone', claiming the naming rights had expired for the Mexican company: The dispute with the maker of iPhones originated in 2009 when Apple attempted to...

Last March, Shaq told Fast Company how to he begged the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs for an iPhone during its initial launch in 2007, but to no avail. Now, just recently at SXSW, Shaq tells Bloomberg more about that story, but on camera. He also shares more about his life after basketball and his...

Would you like to contact your inmate at a particular prison or correction facility? Yes, there is an app for that. Well, unfortunately this only available in Russia. As of today, Russia's prison administration launched this official smartphone app for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, which allows the user to contact persons in pre-trial detention...

For the first time in the history of Galaxy S products, the South Korean company launches the Galaxy S4 on Apple's home ground. The device was rumoured to include a couple wow-features such as eye-scroll technology, tracking eye movements allowing the user to scroll through articles based on where it is looking on the screen....

After saying for more than a year that the Apple iTV is imminent, Peter Misek of Jefferies has issued a note to investors on Tuesday (via CNET) claiming that won't happen -- at least not this year. (more…)

Automatic, a combination app and hardware unit launching this May for $69.95, is set to make your car feel "a little smarter" by displaying everything from its fuel economy to its crash response, right on your iPhone. As The Verge goes hands on with the upcoming device, it appears the device connects to a car's OBD-II Data...

According to a study published today in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene by Isaac I. Bogoch, MD, from the Divisions of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Toronto General Hospital, says the iPhone camera modified as a microscope can yield modest results in detecting worms based on their field study: The researchers mounted a 3-mm...