Web-based jailbreak returns, supports iPad 2 and any other iOS device
Web-based jailbreak tool Jailbreakme.com is back, and jailbreaking your iPhone, iPad or iPad touch has never been easier. How easy is it, you ask? Simply …
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Google+ iPhone app submitted for approval
Late last week Google took the wraps off of its new social network, Google+. The search engine giant released an Android application in tandem with …
Android market share jumps as BlackBerry slides; smartphones now owned by 1 in 3 Americans
According to a new report from comScore, 1 in 3 Americans now own a smartphone. Google’s Android OS is ahead of the pack with a …
Apple iPad responsible for 1% of all web traffic, 2.1% of traffic in U.S.
According to a new report from NetMarketShare, the iPad accounts for 1% of global web traffic and 2.1% of web traffic in the United States …
Apple manufacturing partners may build 5 million iPad 2 units in July
Apple’s manufacturing partners are slated to build 5 million iPad 2 units in July alone, DigiTimes reports. The new claim follows an earlier report stating …
15 million iPhone 5 units said to be on order for September launch
Apple has reportedly placed an order for 15 million iPhone 5 units with Chinese electronic manufacturer Pegatron. Pegatron’s plants underwent a major expansion in 2010 …
Apple seeks preliminary injunction to halt sale of four Samsung devices
Apple on Friday asked the U.S District Court in San Jose to issue a preliminary injunction that would halt the sale of four Samsung devices …
Samsung component sales to suffer in second half, exec says
Last week, Samsung announced that it will combine its LCD and semiconductor businesses. The move is expected to conceal poor LCD sales, but the head …
Upcoming MacBook Airs to use 400Mbps flash storage?
Japanese blog Macotakara.jp is reporting from parts makers in Asia that Apple’s upcoming MacBook Air refresh, expected in the next two weeks, will use super-speedy …
Apple becomes latest ‘Anonymous’ hacker target
Notorious hacker collective “Anonymous Operations” on Sunday published data it claims to have obtained by breaching a server belonging to Apple. The data, which consisted …
Samsung to combine display, semiconductor businesses
Samsung will combine both its flat-panel display and semiconductor businesses into one unit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Samsung’s display business wasn’t profitable …
Apple to surpass HP as top notebook vendor in 2012
Apple will surpass HP has the world’s largest notebook vendor in 2012, according to DigiTimes. There’s one catch, though: that statement is only valid if …
Windows Phone to grab 17% of smartphone market next year, analyst predicts
According to Chang Chi, the deputy head of Taiwan-based Market Intelligence Center, Windows Phone will have a 17% grip on the smartphone market next year. …
BGR for iPhone now available!
We were one of the first publications with a dedicated iPhone app years back, but since then the app has become a little… stale. Well, …
Apple pushes OS X Lion GM out to developers
Apple on Friday seeded the Gold Master build of its OS X 10.7 Lion operating system to developers. The build number is 11A511, and the …
iPhone 5, iPad 3 parts suppliers get ready for lift-off
Taiwan-based component suppliers are beginning to prepare materials that will be assembled to build Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3 devices, DigiTimes reports. The …
Apple, RIM, others win Nortel patents at auction
A group of companies including Apple, Microsoft, Research In Motion, Sony, EMC and Ericsson offered the winning bid in an auction that will net them Nortel’s …
Apple, RIM win big as ITC reverses earlier decision in Kodak patent case
The International Trade Commission on Thursday reversed an earlier decision in a patent case that could cost camera maker Kodak hundreds of millions of dollars …
HP needs touch-to-share more than you might think
In my review of the HP TouchPad, which we published last night, I went off on a tangent about the “touch-to-share” functionality Hewlett-Packard introduced with …
Motorola Mobility stock dips following analyst downgrade
Facing stiff competition from Samsung, LG, and Apple, Motorola Mobility has seen a slump in its share price and market share following a recent downgrade …
Apple to ship 12-14 million iPad 2 units in Q3
Apple aims to ship between 12 million and 14 million iPad 2 tablets in the third quarter of the calendar year, possibly doubling its second-quarter …
iPhone, Android gain U.S. share in May, BlackBerry falters
Apple and Google both gained smartphone share in the U.S. last month according to new data from Nielsen. The research firm on Thursday released a …
Amazon tablet to launch in second half, production could be limited by iPad, report claims
Amazon will soon place initial component orders for its upcoming tablet, which is slated to launch in the second half of 2011 according to a …
Facing criticisms, Apple posts Final Cut Pro X FAQ
After facing criticisms from the professional community over several changes in Final Cut Pro X, Apple has updated its website with a new frequently asked …
Refreshed MacBook Air line could land July 19th with Sandy Bridge, OS X Lion, Thunderbolt
Apple will refresh its MacBook Air line of computers on July 19th, iClarified reported on Wednesday. We began to suspect the update was imminent when …
Samsung asks ITC to block import of Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Earlier this week Samsung filed a complaint with ITC against Apple and asked the government agency to block the import of Apple’s iPod, iPhone, and …
Apple iPhone 3GS to be free on contract following iPhone 5 launch, analyst says
Apple is set to finally hit the $0 on-contract mark with its entry-level iPhone 3GS once it launches the next-generation iPhone 5 later this year. …
Apple will ship 66M iPhones, 30M iPads, 17M Macs in 2011 according to analyst
Needham & Company analyst Charlie Wolf on Tuesday raised his estimates for iPad shipments in the fiscal third quarter and full year. Wolf now believes …
iOS vs. Android: Which mobile OS is more secure?
A new independent study by security experts at Symantec attempted to measure how secure Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platform are, and also to determine how these …
No second iPhone model in September, just the ‘iPhone 4S,’ analyst says
Apple will not release an “iPhone mini,” a second prepaid model or even a redesigned iPhone 5 in September, BMO Capital analyst Keith Bachman claimed …
