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Apple product refreshes boost Foxconn to record $3.2B profit

2013/25/03, 09:03 am

Driven by the launch of the iPhone 5 and three different iPad models in 2012, Foxconn saw a record $3.2 billion in net income.

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Apple's iCloud reigning over the greenest data centers on the planet

2013/25/03, 04:03 am

Apple is rapidly expanding its data center footprint, but not without sophisticated plans to manage its environmental impact. Here's a look at the company's ambitious efforts to build the world's greenest data centers.

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Briefly: First chapter of 'official' Jobs biographic manga goes on sale in Japan

2013/25/03, 03:03 am

A 14-page preview of the eponymous Steve Jobs manga was posted to the Web on Monday, with the first panels giving a look at how author Mari Yamazaki plans to to tell the tale of the late Apple co-founder.

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Chromebook pixel count spurs Apple marketing shift

2013/24/03, 11:03 am

Google's Chromebook Pixel outperforms Apple's Retina MacBooks in one particular spec, and Apple recently changed the way it markets its notebooks to reflect that reality.

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Apple buys 'indoor GPS' company WifiSLAM for $20M

2013/23/03, 08:03 pm

Apple recently closed a deal worth about $20 million to acquire WifiSLAM, a Silicon Valley firm focused on building technology that affords users positioning data while indoors.

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Review: GOAL ZERO's Switch 8 Solar Kit juices your iPhone with sunbeams

2013/22/03, 09:03 pm

GOAL ZERO has made a name for itself with a lineup of flexible, solar-based charging equipment tailored to outdoorsy users, but the company's latest products, including the portable Switch 8 system, represent a direct play for the attention of mainstream consumers.

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Apple working on fix for Apple ID password security hole [update: fixed]

2013/22/03, 06:03 pm

Hours after a security exploit was discovered regarding the resetting of Apple ID passwords, the company has acknowledged the issue and said it is actively working on a fix.

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Apple responds to Australian 'price gouging' allegations, blames markup on content owners

2013/22/03, 02:03 am

In a hearing with Australia's Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications on Friday, Apple attempted to reconcile the huge price gap between digital goods sold in the country and those sold in the U.S., saying that the blame ultimately falls on content owners.

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Briefly: Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak talks Apple I, Jobs, and more in rare video from 1984

2013/22/03, 01:03 am

A reportedly rediscovered video from 1984 shows Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak talking about all things Apple, including his time with Steve Jobs, creating the Apple I and Apple II, and more.

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Apple data centers now 100 percent renewable-powered, but emissions rise 34 percent

2013/21/03, 02:03 pm

Apple's data centers are 100 percent powered by renewable energy, and its corporate facilities are increasingly green, but a new report from the company shows that its greenhouse gas emissions actually increased by 34 percent in 2012.

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Apple's iCloud is most-used cloud service in the US, beating Dropbox & Amazon

2013/21/03, 11:03 am

With support built into every Mac and iOS device, Apple's iCloud is the most-used cloud media service by U.S. consumers, a new survey has found.

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Samsung hopes new jury trial with Apple will nullify patent infringement of 14 products

2013/21/03, 09:03 am

With 40 percent of the billion-dollar patent infringement verdict against it put on hold, Samsung is now asking for the court to appoint a new jury to determine whether 14 of its products infringed Apple's products at all — a move that could lead to a lower overall monetary judgment.

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Apple looks to protect dropped iPhones by shifting their orientation mid-flight

2013/21/03, 05:03 am

An Apple invention discovered on Thursday describes a system that could potentially save the most fragile components of an iPhone, such as the glass screen, by detecting when a device is falling and shifting the handset's center of mass to control its landing.

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NetNewsWire update to bring RSS feed syncing to iPhone, iPad and Mac

2013/21/03, 12:03 am

One week after Google revealed plans to shut down Google Reader, the developers behind popular RSS reader NetNewsWire announced that work on revamped iOS and OS X versions of the software is well underway, with the forthcoming rollouts said to add support for feed syncing.

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Apple gets support from Microsoft and Intel in CAFC appeal of Motorola patent case

2013/20/03, 07:03 pm

In two separate filings on Wednesday, Microsoft and Intel voiced their support of Apple in an appeal before the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals regarding the dismissal of a patent suit involving Google's Motorola.

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Sony, Phillips backed Intertrust sues Apple for alleged patent infringement

2013/20/03, 03:03 pm

Intertrust Technologies, a company owned almost entirely by Sony and Philips, has filed suit against Apple, claiming that the iPhone maker has violated 15 Intertrust patents with the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple's Mac line of computers.

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Foreign governments getting into profitable US 'patent troll' business

2013/20/03, 09:03 am

So-called "patent trolls" can earn millions of dollars by being a costly thorn in the side of companies like Apple. Now, the governments of countries including South Korea and France have shown interest in getting into that business to protect domestic firms, and also potentially make money.

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Why did Apple hire Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch?

2013/19/03, 11:03 pm

Just hours after word leaked that Apple had poached Adobe's chief technology officer, the Internet is ablaze with the question of what, exactly, the iPhone maker plans to do with Kevin Lynch.

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Apple could face penalties for bungling document handling in privacy suit

2013/19/03, 09:03 pm

A U.S. judge on Tuesday scolded Apple for not handing over important documents pertaining to an ongoing privacy suit, inviting plaintiffs to level sanctions against the Cupertino tech giant for what was called "unacceptable conduct."

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Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch reportedly leaving company for Apple [ux2]

2013/19/03, 05:03 pm

Adobe has confirmed that its Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch is leaving the company and will be joining the ranks at Apple in the near future.

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