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Apple's AirPlay is most popular screen-sharing tech, but still largely unused

2013/15/04, 12:04 pm

Tablet and smartphone owners are increasingly aware of that their devices can leverage screen-mirroring functions like Apple's AirPlay, but the vast majority of device owners make no use of this capability, according to a new study from the NPD Group.

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EU, Google antitrust settlement could see prominent placement for competing products

2013/15/04, 11:04 am

European Union regulators have accepted a proposed solution from Google to end an antitrust probe questioning whether the search giant uses its dominant market position unfairly, but Google's competitors are reportedly unsatisfied with the deal.

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Dish Network launches $25.5B bid to merge with Sprint

2013/15/04, 09:04 am

The nation's no. 2 U.S. satellite television provider made waves in the worldwide wireless industry today, as Dish Network launched a $25.5 billion bid that could see it snagging Sprint from Japanese communications firm Softbank.

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Apple employs 4 of the top 5 highest paid execs in the US

2013/15/04, 09:04 am

Four of the top five highest paid executives in the U.S. work at Apple, and none of them are the company's chief executive officer, Tim Cook.

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Microsoft rumored to be working on touch-enabled 'smart watch' designs

2013/15/04, 12:04 am

Coming amidst rumors of so-called "smart watch" products from Apple and Samsung, software giant Microsoft is now said to be mulling an entrance into the still nascent wearable computing device sector with designs of its own.

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Samsung said to plan build quality improvement to counter iPhone, HTC One

2013/14/04, 07:04 pm

Samsung in public has been defending the quality of the plastic construction of its devices, but the company is said to be "worried" internally about its Galaxy line's build quality when compared against Apple's iPhone and HTC's One.

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Australian court orders Apple must complete retail space construction

2013/13/04, 01:04 pm

An Australian court has ordered Apple to complete the stalled construction of its retail space in Brisbane's historic MacArthur Chambers building, whether or not Apple intends to occupy the space.

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Editorial: Apple's Ax SoC move from Samsung to TSMC can't happen fast enough

2013/13/04, 09:04 am

Apple's voracious appetite for powerful, efficient new chips to power its iOS devices, complicated by the tense relationship with its current supplier Samsung, is sparking a construction boom for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. But why has it taken so long?

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Apple board member Bill Campbell expects high-tech 'intimate' device era, hints at 'iWatch'

2013/12/04, 09:04 pm

In a talk at Intuit's headquarters on Friday, company chairman and Apple board member Bill Campbell aired his thoughts on the intersection of technology and "intimate" objects, which he expects will yield a new era of personal electronics.

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PebbleOS updated with third-party watchface support and iOS bug fixes

2013/12/04, 07:04 pm

The Pebble team on Friday issued version 1.1 of PebbleOS, bringing a variety of bug fixes and improvements to the Bluetooth-connected smartwatch.

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Apple hit with patent suit over simultaneous voice and data, Wi-Fi tech

2013/12/04, 06:04 pm

Apple is once again being taken to court for alleged patent infringement, as non-practicing entity Wyncomm claims the iPhone and iPad are in violation of a 16-year old AT&T patent pertaining to simultaneous voice and data transmission.

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iMessage & FaceTime outage hits Apple devices for second time in a week [update: fixed]

2013/12/04, 11:04 am

Apple's iMessage and FaceTime services saw their second outage this week on Friday, as both services were unavailable to "some users," the company disclosed.

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Apple asks developers to localize apps, opens Chinese Support forum in international push

2013/12/04, 02:04 am

In what appears to be a move toward further internationalizing its Internet services and app ecosystem, Apple earlier this week issued a letter to developers requesting they localize their apps, and launched a new Chinese language version of its Support Communities forum.

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Apple to pay $53M settlement in iPhone, iPod touch warranty class action suit

2013/11/04, 10:04 pm

Apple has reportedly agreed to settle a class action suit regarding allegedly suspect warranty practices, with the company planning to pay out some $53 million to iPhone and iPod touch owners who claim the company did not honor its one-year standard protection plan.

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Apple rumored to ink iRadio deal with record label by next week

2013/11/04, 08:04 pm

The latest iRadio rumor has Apple and major record label Universal Music Group close to reaching an agreement over royalties for the purported streaming music service, with sources claiming news of a deal could come as early as next week.

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Steve Jobs' widow to promote immigration reform in rare interview with NBC's Rock Center

2013/11/04, 06:04 pm

The late Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, will speak out on behalf of young undocumented immigrants during in an interview with Rock Center's Brian Williams.

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French minister takes Apple to task over yanking AppGratis from App Store

2013/11/04, 05:04 pm

In an interview on Thursday, France's digital industry minister Fleur Pellerin had some tough words for Apple over the company's takedown of app discovery service AppGratis, saying the move was "brutal" and put the startup in danger.

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LinkedIn buys Pulse for $90M, moves deeper into content creation

2013/11/04, 04:04 pm

In a tweet and subsequent blog post, LinkedIn announced on Thursday that it has acquired popular news aggregation and reader Pulse, with the buy signaling in no uncertain terms that the business networking giant is moving toward online content.

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Pixar campus has tree dedicated to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs

2013/11/04, 04:04 pm

A tree at the corporate headquarters of Disney's Pixar has been dedicated to Steve Jobs, co-founder of the animation studio as well as Apple.

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Boon for Apple as German court invalidates Samsung 3G patent

2013/11/04, 01:04 pm

Apple on Wednesday received a boost in its legal struggles against chief rival Samsung, as Germany's Federal Patent Court invalidated part of a Samsung patent on 3G technologies.

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