have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in less than one year.
In the press release, Apple has also revealed that more 1 billion apps are downloaded every month and so far users have downloaded more than 18 billion apps from the App Store, which has more than 500,000 apps.
CUPERTINO, California—December 12, 2011—Apple ® today announced that over 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac® App Store™ in less than one year. With (more…)

Google has just dropped a bombshell on the mobile phone industry. It has announced that it is acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash, a 61% premium.
‘, Google’s co-founder and CEO Larry Page has explained why it has decided to buy Motorola.
In 2008, Motorola bet big on Android as the sole operating system across all of its smartphone devices. It was a smart bet and we’re thrilled at the success they’ve achieved so far. We believe (more…)

JailbreakMe 3.0 Released To Jailbreak iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad 1, iPod Touch 4G, iPod Touch 3G On iOS 4.3.3 Using Mobile Safari
Swype Jailbreak App Updated; Gets Blue Tracer Line, Improved Accuracy And Now Works In Most iOS Apps
Apple Retail Store Display iPad Jailbroken Using JailbreakMe 3.0
JailbreakMe 3.0: Comex To Fix Issue Installing Some Packages & iPad Camera Connection Kit Issue
Install PDF Patcher 2 To Fix JailbreakMe 3.0 (more…)

to buy them, Microsoft has surprised everyone by announcing that it has acquired Skype for $8.5 billion.
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The acquisition will increase the accessibility of real-time video and voice communications, bringing benefits to both consumers and enterprise users and generating significant new business and revenue opportunities. The combination will extend Skype’s world-class brand and the reach of its networked platform, while enhancing Microsoft’s (more…)

AT&T has just announced that it will be acquiring T-Mobile USA from Germany’s Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion in stock and cash.
(indirectly) sometime in the future, which has been offered exclusively by AT&T since the launch of the iPhone and is also offered by Verizon from February 2011.
“This transaction represents a major commitment to strengthen and expand critical infrastructure for our nation’s future,” said Randall Stephenson, (more…)

Chronic Dev Team To Release Greenpois0n For iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak Soon; Doesn’t Need SHSH Blobs
iOS 4.3: Add Contact Phone Numbers Gets New Wait Button
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AT&T To Simplify Text Messaging Plans, Downplays Impact Of Verizon iPhone
Dev Team Releases Redsn0w 0.9.7 Beta 5 For iOS 4.2.1 (more…)

on July 10th, 2008, even they would not have thought in their wildest imaginations that it would end up becoming such a huge success.
. Fast forward to the present and the App Store is about to hit the magical 10 billion app download mark.
Apple has launched a 10 Billion App Countdown promotion to celebrate the milestone. The user who downloads the 10 billionth
from the App Store will get a $10,000 iTunes gift card.
As of today, nearly 10 (more…)

It was just last week that we heard of a news report by Japanese News Paper Nikkei about Apple and Toshiba having ended up in a partnership to build a 1.2 billion dollar facility in China to produce LCD displays for the
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. We have yet another report emanating from the same source about Apple and Sharp having tied up with Apple for …well, another 1.2 billion plant in China – again, for making LCD displays for the iPhone .
Now, with the (more…)

Apple sold 3.47 million Macs during the quarter, up 33 percent unit over the year-ago quarter. Apple also sold 9.41 million iPods during the quarter, representing an eight percent decline over the year-ago quarter.
Apple ’s CEO, Steve Jobs said:
It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple ’s history with
. iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying (more…)

The success of the A4 chip has already spawned a new vertical that Apple will now cater to. According to reports on the New York Times, HP and Lenovo have already expressed their interest to bring the A4 chip to their netbook devices. As chip industry veteran Fred Weber remarks, “
”. With A4, Apple can now pose a significant threat to the likes of Intel, Qualcomm and Nvidia.
However, Apple 's major focus is likely to be in the way the semiconductor (more…)