Samsung Galaxy S II ad mocks iPhone line-waiters
A new television ad by Samsung reflects its growing rivalry with Apple by painting a caricature of customers waiting in line for the iPhone.
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In-app subscriptions arrive for App Store games [u]
Apple has approved the first game developer to begin using the in-app subscription model for a gaming service, though the company took some convincing [updated].
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iPhone 4S quickly jumps to second-most popular camera phone on Flickr
Little more than a month after arriving on the market, Apple's latest handset has already become the second-most popular camera phone on photo sharing website Flickr, behind only its predecessor, the iPhone 4.
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Apple expected to launch iPhone 4S in Taiwan on Dec. 14-16
A new report has pegged Dec. 14-16 as a likely timeframe for the release of the iPhone 4S in Taiwan.
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Apple teases worldwide Black Friday sale
Apple has begun putting up teaser pages on its online stores for a "one-day shopping event" that will take place around the world this Friday.
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Amazon rumored to launch 8.9-inch Kindle Fire in Q2 2012
Amazon is prepping an 8.9-inch Kindle Fire model for launch by the end of the second quarter of 2012, a new report claims.
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Apple VP shares four keys to company's success
Drawing from 20 years of experience at Apple, Greg Joswiak, the company's vice president of worldwide iOS product marketing, has explained four keys to the company's success: focus, simplicity, courage and a commitment to being the best.
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Citigroup: Amazon plotting smartphone to challenge Apple's iPhone in 2012
Not content with entering just the tablet market, Amazon is planning to release a smartphone in the fourth quarter of next year, in a move that will challenge Apple and its bread-and-butter iPhone, says one analyst.
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Rumor: Display suppliers shipping 3M iPad 3 panels for assembly in Jan. 2012
Samsung, LG Display and Sharp have begun shipping high-resolution displays for Apple's next generation iPad as Foxconn prepares to begin assembly in January 2012, a new report claims.
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Typical iPad buyer is male, pet-owning video game player
A demographic profile of iPad owners has revealed that the three most likely traits among iPad buyers are that they are male, own pets and buy video games.
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Retailers ready BlackBerry PlayBook fire sale for holiday push
Retailers are getting ready to slash as much as $300 off the price of Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook in hopes of clearing out inventory this holiday season.
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AT&T sees 'challenges' ahead as it plans to sell Nokia Windows Phones in 2012
An AT&T executive said Wednesday that his company is finalizing discussions with Nokia to begin carrying its Windows Phone smartphones next year, while also noting that he believes Microsoft will face "challenges" in attracting customers away from entrenched rivals Apple and Google.
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Android malware has jumped up 472% since July
The open nature of the Android Market has led to a 472 percent increase in malware threats to the platform over the past four months alone, a new mobile security report claims.
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Mac platform reaches 15-year high with 5% worldwide market share
Fueled by strong gains in Asia Pacific during the September quarter, Apple saw its worldwide share of the PC market pass the 5 percent mark for the first time in 15 years, according to a new analysis.
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Teardown of Amazon's Kindle Fire reveals Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 chip
A teardown of Amazon's new Kindle Fire showed that the online retailer went with the 1GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 processor for its entry into the media tablet market.
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Apple, Chinese environmental groups meet to discuss supplier pollution concerns
Apple recently met with five Chinese environmental protection groups to address concerns over domestic supplier pollution after reports had criticized the company for using loopholes in the system.
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Steve Jobs' 'Lost Interview:' Design is keeping 5,000 things in your brain
Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs viewed designing a product as the process of "keeping 5,000 things together in your brain" and getting them to fit together, according to an excerpt from the forthcoming screening of "Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview."
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Samsung obtains March 2012 hearing against Apple in Australian patent case
Samsung has successfully obtained a full hearing with an Australian court for its patent case against rival Apple's iPhone 4S, with the hearing scheduled to take place in March 2012.
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Apple MacBook orders to remain steady in spite of chassis, HDD stutters
Shipments of Apple's MacBook will reportedly remain stable in the fourth quarter despite recent hiccups with chassis and hard drive supplies for the portables.
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Apple readying ultra-thin 15-inch MacBook for Q2 2012 release
Apple is rumored to have ordered a "small volume" of components for a 15-inch ultra-thin notebook that could appear as early as the second quarter of 2012, a new report claims.
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NYT offers a peek inside Google's secret, robot-filled 'X' labs
Google's "X" lab, a highly-secretive research center that specializes in robotics and speculative technology, is investigating a list of 100 "shoot-for-the-stars ideas," according to a new report from The New York Times.
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Apple interest in Intel switch led to purchase of NeXT, return of Steve Jobs
Apple's initial unsuccessful attempt to build a modern operating system in preparation for the switch to Intel processors led to the company's realization that it needed to purchase NeXT, a move that led to Steve Jobs' return to the company he co-founded.
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Logitech confirms no plans for new Google TV Revue after $100 million bath
Logitech has confirmed that it has no plans to release a new Google TV-based Revue after implementation mistakes surrounding the device cost the company $100 million in operating profits.
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Adobe manager puts partial blame on Apple for mobile Flash failure
An Adobe product manager has pointed to the fact that Apple had refused to support Flash on iOS as a major reason for the company's decision to halt development of the Flash Player for mobile devices.
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OS X sandboxing flaw casts doubt on upcoming Mac App Store requirement
A newly-discovered security flaw in the sandboxing functionality of Mac OS X has prompted concerns over Apple's requirement that all applications submitted to the Mac App Store must implement sandboxing by March 2012.
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