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Steve Jobs resigns as Apple boss; Tim Cook appointed CEO

By On August 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Steve Jobs resigns.

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iPad 2 with smartcovers

Is Apple bigger than Exxon?

By On August 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The iconic maker of iPhones and iPads briefly overtook Exxon

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Apple, Twitter screws Facebook with deeper integration

By On June 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Apple announced deeper twitter integration on iOS 5. An iOS device just became the twitter phone, twitter tablet. The deep twitter integration goes across all applications. Browsing the web on an iPad for instance, you could easily tweet the page you were reading. The deep twitter integration goes with iPhone camera. A quick panel comes [...]

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Apple introduces split keyboard on iPad

By On June 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment


iOS is an awesome writing tool. Having a split keyboard on iPad will make it an even easier way to write on it using thumbs the way I do on iPod touch. This is probably my favorite feature of iOS 5.

Image: Courtesy, Apple

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Lodsys: we want to get paid for our rights

By On June 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment


@FOSSpatents wrote:

Lodsys clearly states in one of its latest blog posts that it targets Apple and Android developers because it believes that “if you are a Developer, it’s about knowledge about the scope and risks of your own business.” That’s a formalistic position. Of course, being small does [...]

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Apple: We have fix to cure MacDefender malware

By On June 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Apple sent out Security Update 2011-003. It is a small download, just a little over 2MB. What this does is to update Mac OS X’s file quarantine malware check definition. This is Apple’s little known anti-malware software. What Security Update 2011-003 also does is to remove MacDefender, as well as its known variants. [...]

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Is Apple buying Twitter?

By On June 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

@gruber wrote, “”Imagine what else the system could provide if your Twitter account was a system-level service.” This is in reaction to MG Siegler’s post on the rumored twitter photo sharing service..

Macrumors asks, is Apple going to add twitter integration to iPhone?

Why stop at a partnership when Twitter [...]

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Apple acquires 200+ patents from Freescale Semiconductor

By On May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Apple recently received “assignment of assignors interest” for over 200 patents from Freescale Semiconductor, which relate to computer and wireless device hardware. As Patentlyo points out, this assignment doesn’t clarify whether “Apple obtained full title to the patents,” or whether the company purchased the rights, or obtained them from other means. Patentlyo also [...]

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Apple to Lodsys: don’t mess with our developers!

By On May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Apple is running defense for its App developers. Lodsys owns in-app patents, which Apple has licensed. Lodsys is going after Apple’s app developers for fringing on its patents. Apple says, we licensed this from you guys, and since our developers are using Apple software then we got their back!

Developers [...]

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Apple launches Retail Store 2.0 with iPads selling iPads

By On May 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Yes, “iPads are selling iPads at the Apple store,” tweeted, @MacRumors. Apple is using its own technology to sell its products in retail stores. Images reveal that each iPad is displaying information about the particular Apple device that they have beside them. Appleinsider wrote that Apple first launched Apple’s ‘Retail 2.0′ overhaul [...]

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