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Apple Has Rejected Up to 8 Million iPhones Delivered By Foxconn – Gizmodo
China Business is reporting that Apple has returned up to a mind-boggling 8 million iPhones to Foxconn because of quality issues. Of course, those returned phone will almost certainly torn down for parts
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Some Apple TVs Have Wi-Fi Issues, But You Can Get a Replacement
Apple has admitted that some of its third-generation Apple TVs have Wi-Fi issues—but owners with affected hardware are now able to exchange it for a fully functional replacement. The affected units struggle to
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Four of the Five Highest-Paid Execs in the US Work for Apple
If you already feel a little hard done by when it comes to your pay check, brace yourself.
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The DEA Is Upset It Can’t Access iMessages (They’re Just Like Us!)
We've all generally come to accept the fact that, in using iMessage, our correspondence runs the very real risk of being eternally damned to the iCloud ether.
Read More »Apple Highlights App Age Ratings to Clear Up Just How Ruined Your Children …
Not sure if an app is appropriate for your kid to use?
Read More »Is Amazon in Talks to Create a Subscription Music Service?
The Verge is reporting that Amazon is in talks with record labels to create a new subscription music service.
Read More »The Most Perfect Lego Apple II+ Will Make You Want a Lego Computer
This Lego version of an Apple II+ is perfect. It has the lovely aged hue of beige, clear bricks for the Apple Monitor II, floppy disk drives with the right sticker and even
Read More »Hulu Plus Just Got a Brand New Redesign for Apple TV
Because watching television is a notoriously harrowing and grueling process, Hulu Plus just underwent a major redesign for Apple TV, making it easier to navigate and shaving off precious seconds that could otherwise
Read More »Report: Apple Is Being a Massive Cheapskate with Its Music Streaming Service
Of course this would happen.
Read More »Google Chromebook Pixel Review: Awesome, Just Not $1300 Worth of Awesome
Google set out to build " the best laptop possible ." The result: the Chromebook Pixel . A sleek and powerful device designed specifically for life in the cloud
Read More »This Is Where Apple Sources All Its Components (Spoiler: It Ain’t Just China!)
This map, put together by China File, plots all of the publicly available suppliers who fuel Apple's production lines. While the majority are found in Asia, it's interesting to see that the rest
Read More »The Burden of Apple iOS
When Apple released the iPhone in 2007 , they released iPhone OS (later known as iOS) with it.
Read More »There’s No Such Thing as a Fake Apple Product
By now, the year-old claim that Apple makes people work on fake products is well-known. How scandalous
Read More »The 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro Just Got $200 Cheaper
Apple just cut the price of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. You can now pick one up for $1,500—$200 less than the original starting price of $1,700.
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Judge Rules That Samsung Did Not Willfully Infringe on Apple’s Patents
Because the court system is an inescapable never ending maze of appeals and paperwork, a ruling doesn't seem to mark the end of anything. Even when the court said Samsung had to pay
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The 128GB iPad Is Real, It’s Here, and It’s Almost Definitely Not For You
As expected , Apple let a 128GB iPad out of the bag today. And there's almost zero chance you should buy it.
Read More »Why Facebook, Apple, and Google Will Fall Like the Roman Empire
John Naughton at the Guardian has a perfect—albeit obvious—observation: Despite their overwhelming dominance, Facebook and Apple will eventually fall. "History should teach us that for today's technology industry titans, the only way is
Read More »Android Is Popular Because It’s Cheap, Not Because It’s Good
The story goes like this: The iPhone comes out, and it's the only smartphone anyone wants, because there's never been anything like it. It is the smartphone. Step forward a few years, and
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Whoops, Best Buy Accidentally Gave Away $50 in a Coupon
Best Buy released a too good to be true coupon earlier today: Spend a $100 and save $50 automatically when you pay with a MasterCard credit card. The fine print had excluded a
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WSJ: Apple Cuts Orders of iPhone Parts Following Low Demand
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has cut orders for iPhone 5 components due to "weaker-than-expected demand" for the device. Citing "people familiar with the situation", the Journal claims that Apple
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Cloud-Based Voice Recognition Could Make Oral Commands Actually Useful
Think of voice recognition, and you probably think of Siri. Now, though, the company behind Apple's tech, Nuance, is planning a cloud-based, cross-platform system which could make the tech properly useful
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WSJ: Apple’s Building a Cheaper iPhone (Again)
The WSJ, never ones to pass up a good (or bad) Apple rumor, is reporting that the company is working on a less expensive alternative to its $200 (on-contract) iPhone. And if that
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An iPhone Lover’s Confession: I Switched To the Nexus 4. Completely.
Over the past few years I've invested a lot into Apple's products and services. As the co-founder of Germany's largest mobile development shop , I'm dealing with apps – predominantly iOS powered –
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JBL OnBeat Rumble: The Most Powerful (and Most Expensive) Lightning …
We get it. You love your iPhone 5 so much that you're willing shrug off the money you lost on the two-year-old, 30-pin speaker dock that's now obsolete. You're ready to invest in
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Apple Ignored Qualcomm’s Suggestion of Adding a Radio to the Newton
All the way back in the 90s, Qualcomm approached Apple to suggest that it might want to put a radio in its Newton PDA.
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Microsoft Just Bought a Company That’ll Help the Xbox Win Your Living Room
Microsoft just bought R2 Studios, a company that Apple and Google were both after , to help the Xbox continue its assault on living rooms across the world. R2 Studios, which was founded
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Report: Intel’s TV Service Won’t Be Announced at CES, But More Details Emerge
Bad news for anyone who was excited for Intel to finally reveal its long-rumored set top box and TV service plans at CES next week. According to Janko Roettgers over at Gigaom ,
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Samsung’s Chief Strategy Officer Prefers to Use Apple at Home
By day, he heads up Samsung's technology strategy. By night, he's a closet Apple fanboy.
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Apple, Samsung, Nokia, and Others Urge Congress to Free Up Spectrum
A band of tech giants, including Apple, Samsung, and Nokia, has sent a letter—yes, a letter!—to Congress, urging it to free more spectrum for mobile data. The Hill reports that the companies explained
Read More »Logitech’s Bluetooth Keyboard Plays Nice With All Your Apple Toys Now, Too
Following up on the release of the K810 Bluetooth keyboard and its updated Wireless Touchpad back in October, Logitech has just announced new versions of both of those peripherals designed to complement your
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