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Apple is no stranger to patent suits, but the latest one alleges legal issues with the brains behind the new iPhone and iPad.
Filed by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) on behalf of the University of Wisconsin, the suit claims that Apple ‘s A7 chip violated its 5,781,752 patent known as “Table based data speculation circuit for parallel processing computer,” PatentlyApple reported (more…)
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iPhone and iPad users searching for Nokia’s Here Maps app in the App Store will come up empty.
Nokia removed its maps app from Apple ‘s store earlier this week seemingly over problems related to iOS 7. Trying to access the app through the App Store now returns an error that it’s no longer available. Nokia didn’t reveal the specific causes for the app’s ouster but did send (more…)
Hundreds of people await the iPhone 5S and 5C launch at Apple 's Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan.
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Enough customers are so far waiting in line for the new iPhones that Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster still thinks Apple can sell 5 to 6 million handsets before the weekend is over.
Tracking early morning lines at a few Apple Stores Friday morning, Munster and his team found an 83 (more…)
iOS 7 on my iPad.
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When I first saw preview images of iOS 7, I knew I would hate it. The new look and layout seemed clumsy and amateurish. Now, the new OS is installed on my iPhone and iPad, and I don’t hate its new look. In fact, I like it, though that doesn’t mean our budding relationship is perfect.
The biggest and most controversial change in iOS 7 has been (more…)
The iPhone 5C is deliciously colorful, but you're giving up a lot if you don't spend the extra $100 on the 5S.
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As anybody who’s ever shopped for an Apple product knows, Apple is a master at pricing products so you end up torturing yourself over whether to spend the extra money on a feature upgrade, even if you know it isn’t really worth the premium Apple is asking for it.
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Android may be the smartphone champ, but Apple ‘s iOS is tops in mobile Web traffic, at least according to a report out today from analyst Gene Munster.
For the second month in a row, iOS gained the lead over its rival as a source of mobile traffic, meaning more iOS devices were tracked on the Web sites examined in the report. For April, iOS captured 69 percent of all the (more…)
The next major versions of two of Apple ‘s key products are said to face delays as the company scrambles to add new security and display technologies.
In a note to investors this morning, summarized over at Apple Insider, KGI Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo said the next iPhone is being held up by Apple ‘s desire to include finger-scanning technology.
“Apple has to work out how to prevent interference (more…)
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The iPhone and iPad continue to outshine Android devices among businesses both large and small, says a report from cloud storage company Egnyte.
Among the 100,000 Egnyte customers tracked for the new report, iOS has carved out an increasingly higher share while Android’s slice has dipped as of late.
Egnyte sells online storage, file sharing, and other cloud-based services to businesses (more…)
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Apple ‘s iOS 6.1 has lured in a hefty number of users, at least according to data out yesterday from Onswipe.
Released on Monday, Apple ‘s latest OS update was downloaded by 21.8 percent of iOS users within just 36 hours. Among the iOS users tracked by Onswipe, 24 percent were iPhone owners and 21 percent iPad owners.
Further, Onswipe data sent to CNET showed that 11.3 percent of users had (more…)
The iPhone 5 and new iPads will trigger a surge in sales for Apple this quarter and next, says Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty.
In an investors note out today, Huberty said that key suppliers for both devices say their own revenue will be higher than anticipated for the current quarter. They’re also seeing above-average orders from Apple for next year’s first quarter. And demand could rise even higher before the year (more…)