New York: Having found this holiday season that they cannot beat iPad, iPhone and iPod, toymakers have decided to join them, lining up a host of playthings that come to life when hooked up to the devices, gadgets that kids love to play with. Industry insiders call them "AppCessories," and expect a wide array of these items to be on display at the American Toy Fair, which officially kicks off...
11:37 AM, Feb 11, 2012
Toronto: Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphone has struggled to win over US consumers but the Canadian company has long been able to rely on the loyalty of corporate and government clients who depend on its secure email. No more. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a US federal agency that studies climate and the environment, plans to replace some of its employees' BlackBerrys with Apple iPhones and get rid of...
10:32 AM, Feb 11, 2012
Beijing: The Beijing Telecom Co Ltd., a subsidiary of the country's third-largest mobile phone operator China Telecom, may launch the CDMA version of the Apple Inc's iPhone 4S as early as February in the country, it said in a statement. It will ramp up the pressure on the company's domestic rivals in the fight to win more subscribers to the third-generation (3G) network service, People's Daily reported Tuesday. The company...
06:04 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday that a German court has ruled against it in a patent suit with Apple Inc over mobile technology, the latest verdict in an intensifying global legal battle between the two technology giants. The ruling by the court in Mannheim covered one of three patents Samsung claimed Apple violated and follows Samsung's defeat last week. The court will decide on the third patent...
02:54 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Bangalore: Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia. The iconic maker of the iPhone, iPad and iPod has barely scratched the surface of the region, home to around 60 per cent of the world's population - a fact that Apple itself alluded to in reporting an eye-popping set of earnings this...
02:19 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New York: When Apple Inc set up its customer service plan for the iPhone, it seems to have had the best intentions of humanity in mind - any phone under warranty can get serviced because it's the phone that's tied to the warranty, not the owner. So you don't have to show up in person at an Apple store to get your phone fixed, which allows the common scenario of...
11:43 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Los Angeles: The great white shark is lurking in cyberspace, in the form of an iPhone application launched this week that allows users to track a dozen of the predators as they roam around the Pacific Ocean. The California-based Marine Conservation Science Institute launched the app, which the non-profit describes as the first shark tracker of its kind, to raise funds for its research. Great white sharks have scared and...
01:32 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Shanghai: Apple Inc said on Friday it will stop selling its latest iPhone in its retail stores in Beijing and Shanghai to ensure the safety of its customers and employees. The iPhone 4S, which went on sale early Friday, caused a near-riot in one of Apple's Beijing retail stores. "The demand for iPhone 4S has been incredible and our stores in China have already sold out," an Apple spokeswoman said....
12:56 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New York: It's the dreaded sound at any live performance - a ringing cellphone. That's what happened Tuesday night at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall during the final movement of Gustav Mahler's Ninth Symphony by the New York Philharmonic. Maestro Alan Gilbert was forced to stop the orchestra until the phone was silenced. The Wall Street Journal reports that when an iPhone's distinctive "Marimba" ringtone initially went off, Gilbert turned...
07:15 PM, Jan 12, 2012
New York: Rock group The Velvet Underground filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to stop its iconic Andy Warhol-designed banana being used on covers for iPads, iPhones or other items. The 1960s rock band formed by Lou Reed and John Cale accused the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts of trademark infringement, claiming in a lawsuit that the banana design is synonymous with The Velvet Underground. The band said...
02:14 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Helsinki: Apple's new iPhone 4S consumes on average twice as much data as the previous iPhone model and even more than iPad tablets due to increasing use of online services like the virtual personal assistant Siri, an industry study showed. When Apple rolled out the iPhone 4S in October, its small improvements disappointed many analysts and reviewers, but consumer demand for the device has been strong, and buyers have extensively...
08:35 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Pune: The next time anyone approaches you out of the blue with a tantalising offer, something like a combo deal promising you the latest laptop and an iPhone for just Rs 50,000, be wary of it. You might just end up purchasing a slab of stone and a cake of soap. On Wednesday, Nisarga Shailesh Joshi, a 22-year-old software engineer working in an MNC, was cheated of Rs 50,000 at...
02:07 PM, Jan 06, 2012
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04:24 PM, Dec 18, 2011
San Francisco: Apple Inc is famous for relying on low-cost Asian manufacturers to both source and assemble its popular gadgets, but the consumer device giant recently started receiving a critical component in its iPad and iPhones from closer to home - Texas. The A5 processor - the brain in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 - is now made in a sprawling 1.6 million square feet factory in Austin owned...
01:06 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Hong Kong: Apple Inc's share of China's booming smartphone market has risen sharply in the past two years, but for now the company that sells the iconic iPhone is being outpaced by nimble rivals. It is not that Apple's iPhones and iPads are losing favour among Chinese consumers. The iconic products are flying off the shelves at Apple's five flagship stores in Shanghai and Beijing, unauthorized sellers, and even from...
01:03 PM, Dec 16, 2011
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