Tag Archives : Apple

Apple Inc on Tuesday invited members of the press to a news conference next week in San Francisco with a message that suggests that it will reveal the iPhone 5, as expected.  With the prominent number “5″ in the invitation’s image, the event is undoubtedly when the Apple will release its next iPhone, often referred to as the “iPhone 5″.   The newer iteration of iPhone is expected to [...]

The AntiSec hacker group claimed that it has more than 12 million Apple iOS Unique Device IDs, as well as other personal info from Apple device owners from a laptop of an FBI staffer. It has released 1,000,001 UDIDs. Tthe FBI issued a statement to AllThingsD that refutes the claim. “The FBI is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple [...]

Credit : Pocketnow.com Samsung will not easily end up on the receiving end of  the  largest patent infringement verdict in U.S. history when a U.S. jury awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages. The verdict, could lead to an outright ban on sales of key Samsung products and will likely cement Apple’s dominance of the growing mobile device market. In a statement, Samsung said it will “move immediately [...]

Samsung ended up on the receiving end of  the  largest patent infringement verdict in U.S. history when a U.S. jury found the South Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages. The verdict, could lead to an outright ban on sales of key Samsung products and will likely cement Apple’s dominance of the growing mobile [...]

Apple has made available OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 pre-release version to developers hours after pushing out the 10.8.1 update for Mountain Lion users. Most of the improvements in 10.8.1 addressed specific use cases, such as audio output from a Thunderbolt Display or crashes in Migration Assistant.   Mountain Lion 10.8.2 pre-release will be focusing on a slew of social areas as well as other [...]

Facebook released a new massive  iOS app today for its users on Apple iPhone and iPad, saying it would speed up the performance of people accessing the world’s biggest social network on mobile. The new mobile app is “a major update to the Facebook for iOS rebuilt from the ground up, to focus on one thing, performance,” said Facebook product manager Mick Johnson. Facebook for iOS [...]

It looks more and more likely the new iPhone will go on sale September 21, based on a TechCrunch report  which reports that no Verizon employee is allowed to take a vacation during that time., the piece quotes a trusted Verizon employee” who said that the US-based carrier is having “all-staff vacation blackout from the dates of Friday, September 21 to September 30.” Apple is known [...]

Apple’s shares rose to a record high on Friday and the company’s market value surpassed US $600 billion  as investors look forward to the launch of a new iPhone and possibly a smaller iPad, as well as a new television product. Apple stock hit $645.48 in intraday trading, before settling at to $645.02. That was up $8.68, or 1.4 percent, from Thursday’s close. Apple has a market value of about [...]

A major security flaw in iOS that allows for spoofing of SMS messages has been discovered by security researcher Pod2g which allow malicious texters to spoof SMS messages and make them appear to come from other person’s mobile phone, potentially getting users to reveal information they normally would not, or rack up inadvertent charges on their bill. Pod2g outlines some scenarios where this might [...]

Credit : Macobserver.com Android dominance of the smartphone market continued during the second quarter, majorly powered by Samsung’s Galaxy 3’s success.  Apple in contrast struggled somewhat as consumers unexpectedly held out for the next version of the iPhone according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, [...]