With less than 2 days to go, Apple has put up the banner for the
event at the Town Hall auditorium at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, which is going to be the venue for the big media event.
, a new entry level iPhone 4 and the new iPod product line. Apple is also expected to announce the release date for its next generation mobile operating system -
– its new cloud based service.
There have been several speculations about Apple ‘s (more…)

last year,
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will be compatible with their iOS device, despite rumors last week that
, there were still some apprehensions about couple of things.
Based on the video, folks at
In my opinion, iOS 5 beta works flawlessly on iPhone 3GS”
Though it’s still early days and we still need to find out, which other features are not supported on iPhone 3GS, things are looking quite positive.
Please share your views in the comments section and (more…)

WOW PRETTY SWEET CANT WAIT TO SEE IF SAMSUNG GONNA SELL IT TO APPLE CUZ THE RELATIONSHIP ISNT THE SAME ANYMORE CUZ APPLE SUE SAMSUNG BUT THEN AGAIN APPLE IS A BIG CUSTOMER SO PROBABLY SO BUT NOBODY KNOWS CUZ Apple and Samsung refuse to discuss their relationship AND SAMUNG IS IN A HARD SITUATION TAKING ABUSE FROM STEVE AND APPLE MIGHT JUST LOSE THE BIGGEST SUPLIER IN THE WORLD THE South Korean giant makes some of the most important components Apple (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…)

As we’ve reported earlier, AT&T continues to clamp down on
, which is one of the main reasons users
.
There has been a lot of debate and speculation on how AT&T detects the unofficial iPhone tethering. Android Police has provided some insight into how AT&T is able to identify users who are using the unofficial tethering option.
Jailbroken iPhones typically use the same tethering technique as a standard iPhone , the one that’s already present (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…)

with Google's VP of engineering, Andy Rubin and Research in Motion Co-CEO Jim Balsillie already having responded to the claims.
Facebook's star developer Joe Hewitt, who
” to Apple 's closed model, has now weighed in with his opinion. In a series of tweets on the issue, Hewitt has pointed out that Android is no better than iOS in terms of openness considering that the source code for projects are not made public until major releases. (more…)

If you are wondering if you will consume your carrier minutes while making video calls using FaceTime then the answer is “no” as you are making the call over Wi-Fi.
Apple has clarified that video calling using FaceTime will not consume the user's carrier minutes. In response to an enquiry from
Dan Frommer, Apple responded:
“The voice call ends as soon as the FaceTime call connects. The FaceTime call is over Wi-Fi so does not use carrier (more…)

Despite Apple 's efforts to keep the App Store clean, it may not have entirely succeeded according to Marco Arment, the developer behind the popular Instapaper app. According to him the App Store is littered with several apps that he says indulge in spammy tactics. He points out to a search for ”
) on the App Store to elaborate his point. Angry Birds is a popular
from Clickgamer. Arment says that a search for this game returns several results (more…)

seem to have shown these simple but minor iPhone apps on the home screen. Kevin speculates that Apple intends to turn these iPhone apps into Dashboard-style widgets.
Kevin reasons that applications like Stocks, Weather, Voice Memo, Clock and Calculator are apps for quick 'in and out' tasks, which do not require the 1024×768 real estate space available on an iPad. He speculates:
“Imagine that a five-finger pinch caused the screen to dim (more…)