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Taiwan's tech companies banding together with Apple to take on Samsung

2013/17/04, 09:04 am

The dominance of South Korea's Samsung in the technology industry's supply chain has sparked fears among Taiwan-based companies, who are making moves to counter Samsung and align with major device makers like Apple.

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Apple taking the wraps off its first Berlin retail store

2013/17/04, 08:04 am

Apple's latest retail store, and its first in the city of Berlin, is nearing completion, as employees have begun removing the scaffolding in front of the construction.

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Apple building new downtown Reno facilities to support its iCloud data center

2013/17/04, 04:04 am

The struggling downtown of Reno, Nev., is about to get an infusion of investment when Apple begins construction of new support facilities to manage the iCloud data center now being built 20 miles away.

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Funny or Die's 'iSteve' hits the web one day early with 78-minute run time

2013/16/04, 11:04 pm

The Steve Jobs parody biopic "iSteve" has been released one day ahead of schedule, and coming in at 1 hour and 18 minutes, is as long as many feature-length films.

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Facebook reportedly hires ex-Apple Maps chief to mobile software team

2013/16/04, 06:04 pm

According to a report released on Tuesday, Facebook has picked up former Apple executive Richard Williamson, who was previously in charge of the company's iOS 6 Maps initiative, to be a part of the social networking giant's mobile software team.

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NYT wins Pulitzer for 'iEconomy' investigative series on Apple's supply chain

2013/16/04, 11:04 am

The nine-part "iEconomy" series, which investigated Asia's technology supply industry with a particular focus on Apple, netted The New York Times a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting.

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Apple granted patent for iOS app folders and 'jiggle mode' UI

2013/16/04, 05:04 am

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday awarded Apple a patent for the implementation of app folders in iOS, including the signature icon "jiggle mode" users see when reconfiguring the user interface.

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Parody biopic "iSteve" release delayed due to Boston bombing

2013/16/04, 03:04 am

Comedy website Funny or Die pushed back the debut of its parody Steve Jobs biopic "iSteve" in observance of the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday, saying the short film will see release on April 17.

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Adobe's Lightroom 5 beta gets perspective correction, improved editing functions

2013/15/04, 04:04 pm

Adobe on Monday announced the launch of a free public beta for Photoshop Lightroom 5, the next version of the company's digital photo management and editing software, which adds advanced features like a new Healing Brush and an Upright Tool.

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Apple now hiring for Oregon data center as project moves closer to completion

2013/15/04, 03:04 pm

Apple may be close to having its Prineville, Ore., iCloud data center up and running, as the company has begun advertising new job listings for engineers to staff the facility.

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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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