Apple ‘s obsession with secrecy is well known. Adam Lashinsky’s new book
offers some interesting details into the company’s practices to ensure secrecy.
employees, the company puts fresh recruits on dummy projects for a while to test their how trustworthy they are:
For new recruits, the secret keeping begins even before they learn which of these building they’ll be working in. Despite surviving multiple rounds of rigorous interviews, many (more…)

reports that according to Daiwa Securities, Apple will launch the
at Apple ‘s WorldWide Developer Conference in June 2012 instead of October like last year.
, which will benefit TPK Holding and Wintek.
Ever since Apple launched iPhone 4S, which looks like iPhone 4S rather than redesigned iPhone 5, it has been widely speculated that Apple will launch the next generation in June rather than following the annual product cycle.
Last year, Apple (more…)

saga (don’t blame you) then we would strongly recommend you to skip this post as it may sound very familiar. But if you’re like us who like the build up before the launch of an Apple product even if it means months before the next iPhone launch then read further (btw, we do have 
 as well when it comes to rumors). 
is ready for production, which could mean that Apple could launch
as early as summer instead of the October release like iPhone (more…)

Last week, we reported about a company called
, which claimed to
, with a process that applies a patent pending waterproof coating on the iPhone to protect it from water or liquids.
Though it seemed too good to be true, quite a few of you seemed to be interested in the technology that could waterproof your iPhone .
– another startup demonstrated their “WaterBlock” technology at CES 2012, which could make smartphones like the iPhone waterproof.
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backup.
It would be quite bizarre if this turns out to be true, as hackers have been working hard to bring
but still only for someone who is technically inclined.
“AppleGordon” recently purchased a brand new white iPod touch and claims that instead of setting it up as a new device, he attempted to restore it from a backup of his iPhone 4S in iTunes. Once the process was complete, Gordon claims that Siri had been installed on his iPod .
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, contrary to recent
.
Few days back, iLounge’s Jeremy Horwitz had revealed that he had managed to get access to some
, which suggested that it will slightly (1mm) thicker than iPad 2.
Also if yesterday’s report, which claimed that Sharp has failed to meet Apple ‘s requirement and won’t be
 is true then expert say that Apple will have to fall back on the design, which uses
that could result  in iPad 3 being slightly thicker then iPad (more…)

Japanese blog – Macotakara reports that according to their Chinese sources, Pegatron and Foxconn – Apple ‘s manufacturing partners have started assembling the
for an early-March launch.
Macotakara reports that Pegatron has got the bulk of the order and will be assembling almost 85% of the new iPads, while Foxconn will assemble the remaining 15%.
Accelerated schedule is made possible by earlier Chinese New Year festival, 23rd-28th January.
This (more…)

This sounds to good to be true, but Liquipel claims that they can make your iPhone (or any other device) waterproof without a case, with a process that applies a patent pending waterproof coating on the iPhone to protect it from water or liquids.
Liquipel is a revolutionary process that applies a waterproof coating to your electronic device to protect them in the event of accidental exposure to liquids. It is not visible to the human eye, virtually (more…)

Couple of days back, we had reported that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) had ruled that 
 and had banned some HTC phones from April 2012.
At that time, we had noted that if HTC can work with Google to come up with an implementation of the feature without infringing on Apple ‘s patent or remove the feature completely then the ban on HTC products won’t have any effect.
reports that HTC already has a workaround to avoid ITC ban.
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suggests that Apple will unveil two models of the next generation iPad at the Macworld|iWorld conference on the 26th of January. The
, while the two new models would focus on mid and high-range segments.
The report goes on to dismiss possibilities of a 7.85 inch
Instead of the previously-rumored 7.85-inch, the upcoming iPad models will still feature 9.7-inch screens but come with QXGA resolution (1,536×2,048 pixels), the sources indicated. (more…)