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Apple Tweaks iOS, Mac App Store: Is A Major Redesign Coming?

Apple quietly tweaked its App Store platform for Mac computers and iOS devices, rebranding a few categories and adding new features. But while most users may not notice these subtle changes, it's possible that these moves are in fact a precursor to a larger, more wholesale redesign of the App Stores.

Apple Building New Production Line Overseas, Foxconn Invests $210 Million Towards Expansion

On Monday, Apple invested another $210 million to help Foxconn, the company's largest manufacturing partner in Asia, build out a new production line for unspecified components. The plant will hire roughly 35,800 new employees to help assemble compone
On Monday, Apple invested another $210 million to help Foxconn, the company's largest manufacturing partner in Asia, build out a new production line for unspecified components. The plant will hire roughly 35,800 new employees to help assemble components for the company's line of desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, or possibly new computing devices.

Sprint To Continue Unlimited Data Plan For Next iPhone

Sprint to Launch ZTE Optik in February – Rumored Specs of the Affordable Tablet
After confirming to offer an unlimited data plan for its upcoming 4G LTE network at the beginning of this month, Sprint Nextel has confirmed that it will not change the plan even when the next iteration of iPhone arrives.
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Sprint Shares Sprint 7% As Losses Narrow

Shares of Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), the No. 3 U.S. telecommunications company, jumped as much as 7 percent after the company reported a lower-than-expected first-quarter loss.
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Judge sends Apple, Samsung to settlement talks

Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd agreed that their chief executives would participate in settlement talks to try to resolve a patent lawsuit over smartphone and tablet technology, according to a court filing.
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iPhone 5 Release Rumors: Enough Rumors; Could We Do A Reality Check Now?

The era of iPad 3 speculations is long over but the Apple fanboys are now busy creating news about iPhone 5. Check out the rumors that mostly are bizarre like 4/5-inch Screen Size, More Gesture-based, Fire-proof and Nano-SIM, DSLR camera. The phone might feature 3.5/4-inch Display, Teardrop Design and Rubberized Bezel Body, Retina Display, A6 processor, Wireless Charging, iWallet and Near Field Communication (NFC), iOS 6, Face Unlock, Universal Remote Control, New Dock Plug, Improved 3D Camera a...
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iPhone 5 Release Date 2012: Reasons Why June Launch Looks Plausible, But October Makes Sense Too

There was a time when the mid-year launch for Apple's flagship smartphone was almost an ironclad rule. But with the release of its fifth generation iPhone, the iPhone 4S, on Oct. 4, 2011, the Cupertino-based tech giant broke that tradition, making way for recent rumors that suggested the company might launch its sixth-gen iPhone, presumably named iPhone 5, in the second half of 2012. Thereby abandoning the mid-year launches and considering a 12-month iPhone upgrade cycle, starting in the fall...
iPhone 5 Concept - Design by Federico Ciccarese

iPhone 5 Release Date: 15 June Looks Probable; What Is On Cards? (Teardown Of Rumored Concepts and Specs)

The latest round of iPhone 5 rumors suggest that the Apple smartphone might be released on June 15 at WWDC. Check out the concept designs of iPhone that showcase features like 4G LTE, 3D imaging camera, universal remote control, iWallet, crack-resistant glass, improved Retina Display, Corning Gorilla Glass 2, Waterproof Nanotech Coating, Quad-Core Processor, Updated iOS with Siri 2 and Wireless Charging.
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Tim Cook Beats Steve Jobs in Popularity Among Apple Employees: Why?

Hardly 7 months have passed when Tim Cook took the post of CEO at Apple Inc. and now he has gained the top spot on top 25 Highest Rated Tech CEOs of 2012 ranking list. Tim Cook received the hottest spotlight within a few months, while it took years for Steve Jobs become so popular.
Handout photo shows Apple CEO Cook talking to employees as he visits the iPhone production line at the new Foxconn Zhengzhou Technology Park in Henan

Apple Tim Cook China Visit Seen as Ending Foxconn Controversy?

Apple is facing increasingly more criticism regarding poor working conditions at its supplier Foxconn's Chinese factories. In an effort to improve working conditions, Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Foxconn Technology Group's new manufacturing facility for the iPhone in Zhengzhou, China.
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Apple, Foxconn vow wide revamp of worker conditions

In a landmark development for the way Western companies do business in China, Apple Inc said Thursday it had agreed to work with partner Foxconn to substantially improve wages and working conditions at the factories that produce its wildly popular products.
Apple 5-inch Retina Display iPad Mini Set For 2013 Debut?

Apple 5-inch Retina Display iPad Mini Set For 2013 Debut? (Rumor)

Apple has been sticking to 3.5-inch screen size for its phones and 9.7-inch screen size for its tablets. But for past few months, we have been hearing rumors about bigger screen iPhone and smaller screen iPad dubbed iPad Mini. Recent reports have warmed up all these rumors.
Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook (2nd L) talks to employees as he visits the iPhone production line at the newly built Foxconn Zhengzhou Technology Park, Henan province in this March 28, 2012 handout photo.

Apple CEO Visits Foxconn's iPhone Plant in China

Apple Inc's Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Group, which is being accused of improper labor practices.
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Apple CEO visits Foxconn's iPhone plant in China

Apple Inc's Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Group, which is being accused of improper labor practices.
Apple CEO Tim Cook talks to employees at an Apple store in central Beijing

Apple’s Cook in China: What’s The Strategy?

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook’s visit to China isn’t for sightseeing. Rather, the new boss has met Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who may be the next Premier of China, as well as other officials.
Nokia's President and CEO Stephen Elop attends a news conference during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 27, 2012. Nokia has unveiled a new, cheaper smartphone using Microsoft's Windows Phone software, targeting a wider market for

Nokia Seeks to Retake China Market Share

Nokia will start to sell a new range of smartphones using Microsoft software in China from April, seeking to claw back market share it has seen gobbled up by Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.

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