Apple Acquires Particle, A Celebrity-Backed Web App Firm

Apple has acquired another company, this time a creative consultancy firm that specializes in HTML5 and web app design, according to CNET. The firm, Particle,...
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Apple Poaches Amazon A9 Exec To Run Siri

William Stasior, the Amazon executive that was in charge of A9 and the company’s search technology behind its website, is no longer working at Amazon and is now...
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Phil Schiller: The iPod Touch Is Too Thin For An Ambient Light Sensor

Yesterday we reported that the iPod touch was lacking an ambient light sensor, the sensor that automatically adjusts your iPod’s screen brightness. And while this...
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Well That’s Awkward, New iPod Touch Is Slower Than The iPhone 5, But…

The Geekbench team has released a long list of Apple products and their benchmark scores on their site today.  The results, at first glance, are pretty...
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Tip: Access Your Email Drafts Quickly In iOS 6

OS X and iOS both have email drafts functionality in the individual email applications. While getting to your drafts in the OS X version is...
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iOS 6 Jailbreak Available With RedSn0w 0.9.15B1

A brand new version of Redsn0w (0.9.15B1) has hit the Internet, and it currently works with iOS 6. The jailbreak is tethered, meaning that any...
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Tip: You Can @-Reply People On Twitter Directly From The Contacts App

Did you know that Mountain Lion’s (10.8) Contacts application lets you view your friends’ Twitter timelines, and reply to them directly? The fine folks over...
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Apple Enables Shareable Reminders In Its Reminders App

We’ve had Reminders for a while now, but unfortunately Apple didn’t ship the application with shareable tasks or groupings, making the application slightly less useful...
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Apple To Open Third Beijing Store On Wangfujing Street

It’s pretty obvious that Apple’s trying to grow their presence in China. It seems that the  company has decided to open a store on the...
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Apple Ponies Up And Licenses Swiss Federal Railways SBB Clock

The Swiss Federal Railway SBB group made noise a couple of weeks ago when iOS 6 was released and Apple’s new Clock application used the...
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Forget About A Hack Job, Lightning Dock Connector A “Cruel Puzzle”

Curiosity killed the hack job. When it comes to Apple’s Lightning adapter, it’s not going to happen. Like most of you, we were wondering when...
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Samsung’s Chip Designer, Jim Mergard, Joins Apple

Jim Mergard, a former chip designer at Samsung, has just announced that he’s leaving his job at Samsung for a new opportunity at Apple. According...
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US Appeals Court Overturns Samsung Galaxy Nexus Injunction

The Galaxy Nexus injunction in the U.S. has been overturned by an appeals court today. In injunction, handed out by U.S. District Court Judge Lucy...
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The Apple Store May Start Stocking iPhone 5 Cases Later This Month

With the iPhone 4 and 4S, Apple sold the famous Bumper Case for $29 via the Apple Store. The Bumper was killed with the release...
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Developers Seeing Long Approval Delays For Mac App Store

Apple reviews all apps submitted to both the Mac App Store and the iOS App Store, but lately developers are seeing frustratingly long wait times...
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Microsoft Product Manager Says Office For iOS Coming In March 2013

If you’re still holding out hope for a Microsoft Office version for iOS, a new bit of information from a Microsoft product manager provides us...
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HTC Finally Decides To Pull Out Of Android Tablet Race In U.S.

With Asus and Samsung controlling the lion’s share of Android tablet marketshare, it looks like there wasn’t enough room for a second runner up in...
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Apple May Have Known About Maps Issues, But The Masses Don’t Really Care

Apple Maps issues are still making the rounds today, but it seems that while the tech press is having a field day with any nugget...
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