Apple execs, officers donate over $3 million to charity for the holidays
A handful of Apple executives and officers recently combined to donate more than $3 million worth of company shares to charitable causes.
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News Archives for 2010
Katie Marsal
HTC files for "Scribe" iPad competitor tablet trademark
A newly filed trademark from Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC revealed the company may be working on a tablet computer named the "HTC Scribe," in hopes of challenging Apple's wildly successful iPad.
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Josh Ong
Windows Phone 7 hits 5,000 apps in 2 months, equaling Palm's webOS
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform now has more than 5,000 applications written for it, well behind the 300,000 for Apple's iOS, but matching the total number of programs for Palm's webOS in just over two months.
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Sam Oliver
'Double-click' patent lawsuit attacks Apple's iPhone, iPad
A new patent lawsuit takes aim at a number of major technology companies, including Apple, HTC and Nokia, over a patent related to selecting interactive content with a double-click or double-tap.
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Neil Hughes
Apple investigating Ping-like social networking for retail shops
Apple has shown interest in creating a social networking tool for brick-and-mortar shopping, allowing iPhone owners to share comments, opinions and recommendations about any type of product.
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RIM denies PlayBook tablet battery issues, promises "superior performance"
In response to one Wall Street's analyst assertion that the upcoming PlayBook tablet was experiencing battery issues, Research In Motion responded with a statement denying the claim and promising "superior performance with comparable battery life."
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Skype for iPhone video calling now available; volume shutter app removed
As expected, Skype has added a new video calling feature to its iPhone app, giving users an alternate service from Apple's own FaceTime video chat standard. Meanwhile, an app that remapped the iPhone's volume button to serve as a shutter button has been quietly removed from the App Store.
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New Android malware could produce Chinese botnet, harvest personal data
Security experts are warning that newly discovered malware targeting Chinese users of Google's Android mobile operating system has "botnet-like capabilities" that could take control of an Android phone by communicating with a central command-and-control server.
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AppleInsider Staff
Apple expected to hold event by Valentine's Day to announce Verizon iPhone
Apple is expected to hold an event "very soon," perhaps by Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, 2011, to unveil a new CDMA version of the iPhone compatible with U.S. carrier Verizon's network.
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Daniel Eran Dilger
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