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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.

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.

Galaxy Nexus finally went on sale Dec. 15 at Verizon, and it's $300 on contract with a bonus data deal available for a limited time from Verizon's Web site. That $300 is the highest price you can expect to pay for a subsidized smartphone in the U.S. right now (only exception is the 64GB version of iPhone 4S). It's also on par with Verizon's other flagship phones. Droid Razr, HTC Rezound and the 32 gigabyte version of iPhone 4S.

The 10th anniversary addition of Grand Theft Auto three has launched on the iPad and iPhone with improved graphics, tough-based controls, autosave and mission retry.

Apple was named the 10th best place to work in America, from a survey of more than 250,000 employees from more than 65,000 companies.

Apple will launch the iPhone 4S in Brazil on midnight Friday, even though the phone will be costly and won't yet feature a working version of Siri.

Apple will open a research and development center in Israel that will focus on semiconductors, the Globes business daily reported on Thursday.

Apple will open a research and development centre in Israel that will focus on semiconductors, the Globes business daily reported on Thursday.

Apple will open a research and development center in Israel that will focus on semiconductors, the Globes business daily reported on Thursday.

Lana Del Rey debuted her first professional music video Born to Die Wednesday, featuring tigers, a tattooed man, and lots of blood.

From iPhones to mergers to patent wars, it has been quite the year in the world of telecommunications. Despite all the big industry news swirling around this year, the public was left with very few answers.

That's just just a fun rumor spawned by a concept video cirulating the Web that someone named Dakota Adney put together. The real innovation is just that -- the creative video. But no bona Apple expert under the sun thinks the Apple iPad 3 will be released such a radical design.

Apple introduced its various music services to Brazil and Latin America on Tuesday, including the iTunes Store, iCloud and iTunes Match services.

A simple new online music service will launch across Europe and North America this week aimed at the millions who like music but struggle with the technology to find and listen to it.

More than 100 million apps for Apple's Mac line of products have been downloaded in the Mac App Store since it debut on January 6, Apple said, Monday.

With the buzz around the launch date of iPad 3 growing louder, one company has attempted to exploit the iPad fever by releasing a video that pits the hottest gadget of 2011 - iPad 2 - against something hotter - Mother Nature's molten lava. And no prizes for guessing who won.

With Bluetooth 4.0, Apple's separate iOS devices could be instantaneously connected without a Wi-Fi connection. This could allow Apple to become a viable gaming or TV platform.

It appears some Best Buy stores didn't get the memo from Verizon to delay the launch of the Galaxy Nexus, as some customers have already purchased the phone and are flaunting their units on the Web.

Angry Birds was the first game released for Apple's iOS system in December 2009, and since then it has sold millions of versions. Players of the game use a slingshot to launch the round, red, wingless birds at pigs on or within different structures with the aim of destroying all on the playing field.

It sounds like the title of Fox's hit (for now, anyway) musical Glee might be growing more ironic by the day.

Facebook was the top free app for the iPhone in Apple's store thus far in 2011, and Twitter, Skype and Groupon were also among the Top Free iPhone Apps.