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Jobs had Google phones in crosshairs: biographer

Posted by gracelim under Apple News, Mobile News, Steve Jobs on Saturday Oct 22, 2011

Insights into Apple co-founder Steve Jobs‘s vendetta against Google and his criticisms of fellow high-tech titans spread quickly online ahead of the Monday release of his authorized biography.

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Review: It’s not an iPhone 5, but so what?

Posted by admin under iPhone News, iPhones on Wednesday Oct 12, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — To some people, Apple’s new iPhone 4S isn’t the complete overhaul they have been hoping for. Its model number, which doesn’t include a “5,” reeks of the status quo.

That’s ridiculous.

Sure, the 4S doesn’t render the iPhone 4 hopelessly obsolete, and on the surface they’re nearly identical. But with a faster processor, new software, a voice-activated personal assistant and a souped-up camera, it’s a major improvement over the current iPhone.
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Chinese Apple fans pay tribute to visionary Jobs

Posted by admin under Apple News on Thursday Oct 6, 2011

BEIJING (Xinhua) — Chinese Apple fans poured out grief and regret Thursday over the death of the company’s visionary co-founder Steve Jobs, saying they believe the new iPhone 4S is just “iPhone for Steve.”
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Apple to showcase new iPhone after 15-month hiatus

Posted by admin under Apple News, iPhone News, iPhones on Tuesday Oct 4, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc looks set to unveil a new iPhone on Tuesday after a 15-month hiatus, hoping to fend off hard-charging rivals running Google Inc’s Android and safeguard its lead with the fifth incarnation of the iconic device.

Newly appointed CEO Tim Cook will do the honors this time from Apple’s headquarters, running the first major product launch in years without impresario Steve Jobs as he tries to take Apple to still-loftier heights.
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Amazon launches iPad rival, the Kindle Fire

Posted by admin under Apple News, iPad, iPad News on Thursday Sep 29, 2011

US online retail giant Amazon launched a touchscreen tablet computer, the Kindle Fire, on Wednesday that costs $199, less than half the price of the cheapest iPad from market-leader Apple.
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Financial Times pulls its apps from Apple store

Posted by gracelim under Apple News, iPad Apps, iPhone Apps on Wednesday Aug 31, 2011

LONDON (Reuters) – The Financial Times has pulled its iPad and iPhone apps from Apple’s App Store after losing a battle to keep control of customer data obtained through subscriptions.

Apple has recently begun to insist that subscriptions to apps that it hosts must go through its own store, giving Apple ownership of valuable data about customers from those transactions, as well as a 30 percent cut of revenues. Read More

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When iOS 5 finally hits the Internet this fall, it’ll include a number of cool new services from Apple. The biggest, clearly, is iTunes in the Cloud, which takes the entirety of Apple’s iTunes software and turns it into a cloud service. One portion of that – Apple’s cloud music service – is called iTunes Match. Read More

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Popular news reading app/service Pulse just got better by integrating some of the Instapaper features. The all new Pulse bookmarklet lets you save some story for the later reading when you will be able to access it either from your computer, smartphone or tablet. What’s more, if you use Google Chrome, there’s a dedicated Chrome extension that does the same job and we’re pretty confident similar add-ons are in works for other popular browsers. Read More

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Verizon Wireless, ATT and T-Mobile have made a $100 million investment in ISIS, a joint venture created by the three carriers to fuel the growth of mobile payments. The investment has been largely viewed as an attempt to bolster ISIS’ business to better compete against Google and its own mobile payment system, Google Wallet. Read More

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Amazon tablet seen as worthy iPad rival

Posted by gracelim under iPad, iPad News on Monday Aug 29, 2011

With Amazon reportedly poised to launch a tablet computer, technology research firm Forrester is predicting the device could be the first legitimate challenger to Apple’s iPad. Read More

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