Motorola previews Super Bowl XOOM ad; shots fired at Apple now more subtle
As it turns out, Motorola’s Super Bowl XLV television advertisement won’t be as blatant a shot at Apple as the teaser spot we showed you …
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Apple to release iOS 4.3 on February 14th, report claims
Contradicting earlier reports suggesting AT&T might enable Apple’s new Personal Hotspot feature on February 13th, which would require a release of iOS 4.3 on or …
Verizon Wireless proclaims ‘record sales’ of iPhone 4
We reported that Apple and Verizon Wireless both stopped taking iPhone 4 pre-orders yesterday evening, but that’s not the entire story. Verizon has announced on Friday …
Apple and Verizon no longer taking iPhone 4 pre-orders
As of shortly after 8:00PM EST on Thursday, Apple and Verizon Wireless have each stopped taking iPhone 4 pre-orders on their respective websites. Neither company …
Throwback Thursday: Power Mac G4 Cube
For this week’s Throwback Thursday we’re venturing back to the year 2000. A time when the Y2K scare was in full swing, the Dow Jones …
Verizon iPhone 4 units already shipping; deliveries could begin tomorrow
Are you waiting on the edge of your seat for that brand new Verizon iPhone 4 you stayed up all night to pre-order? We’ve been receiving …
Yahoo! email bug affects iPhone as well, not just Windows Phone 7
Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that a Yahoo! email inefficiency was the culprit of a phantom data bug affecting Windows Phone 7 users. Yahoo! apologized for …
iPhone 4 Personal Hotspot may be coming to AT&T on February 13th
Last month, BGR exclusively confirmed that Apple’s new Personal Hotspot feature is coming to all iPhones with the release of iOS 4.3. In a later …
Did you have problems pre-ordering Verizon’s iPhone 4?
Accompanied by fluttering harps, shooting beams of light and a sustained angelic chorus, pre-orders for Verizon Wireless’ iPhone 4 went live on both Apple and …
Display panel for Apple’s iPad 2 acquired; lighter, thinner, smaller border?
The gang over at 9to5Mac have acquired, what they are reporting to be, a display panel for Apple’s next generation iPad — oft referred to …
Apple to ‘crack down’ on in-app payment policy violators
On Tuesday, we reported that Sony’s eBook reader app for iOS had been rejected by Apple. The reason Apple gave for the rejection was that …
Crime ring uses stolen credit cards in $1 million Apple Store shopping spree
Apple once again finds itself the target of criminal activity, though this time the scheme is slightly more elaborate than a small-time smash and grab job. …
News Corp announces ‘The Daily’
News Corp’s iPad-only newspaper The Daily is finally official and we couldn’t be happier to put this drawn-out ordeal behind us. News Corp CEO Rupert …
Are you pre-ordering a Verizon iPhone?
Preordering the Verizon iPhonecustomer surveys Pre-orders for the Verizon iPhone for existing customers start tomorrow at 3AM, and now that the date is rapidly approaching, …
Reminder: Verizon Wireless iPhone 4 pre-orders start tomorrow
Apple has issued a reminder — as if we need one — that Verizon Wireless’ upcoming iPhone 4 will become available to pre-order starting tomorrow. …
Verizon Wireless LTE modem now supports Apple computers
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday updated its “VZAccess Manager” software to add Mac support for the Pantech UML290 LTE modem. The new update — VZAccess Manager …
Apple rejects Sony eBook reader app, offers explanation
It looks like the dormant theme of raging against the App Store machine is working its way back into blogs across the Web, as The …
Apple seeds iOS 4.3 beta 3 to developers
Right on schedule, Apple has released iOS 4.3 beta 3, build number 8F5166b, to developers through its online developer’s portal. The code is available for …
Lawsuit claims AT&T iPhone, iPad billing is ‘like a rigged gas pump’
A complaint has been filed in a federal court in California alleging that AT&T regularly and purposely overcharges iPhone and iPad customers on capped data …
ITG: Samsung Galaxy Tab return rate is 15% in the U.S.; iPad only 2%
Acting as armed guards protecting the honor of the Queen, tech blogs and press across the Internet exploded in unison yesterday in an effort to …
PayPal hires Apple VP of Global Design
AllThingsD is reporting, by way of LinkedIn, that PayPal has just snatched up the VP of Global Design from Apple. The lucky lady is said …
Apple releasing iOS 4.3 beta 3 today; build 8F5166b?
One of our Apple sources has just let us know that the company’s iOS 4.3 rampage isn’t slowing down. We have been told there will …
Visa begins trialling iPhone NFC payment solution in Europe
Visa has begun trials of an iPhone-based mobile payment system in Europe, Computerworld reports. The trials, which started today, require on-device software to be installed …
Motorola’s Super Bowl ad takes aim at Apple [video]
Motorola won’t be pulling any punches during the Super Bowl this year as it prepares to run a spot that calls out Apple’s iconic 1984 …
Is this why Apple and Google hate each other?
In this month’s Bloomberg Businessweek cover-story entitled Larry Page’s Google 3.0, reporter Brad Stone touches upon what may be the root of ongoing bickering between …
Android tablets finally dent iPad market share
Lead by the impressive sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, the Android platform is finally starting to gain momentum in the emerging consumer tablet market. Analytics …
Foxconn-owned Cybermart to sell Apple gear in China
The only thing we really know about Chinese electronics retailer Cybermart in the Western hemisphere is that tourists often enjoy stopping by one of its …
Verizon iPhone 4 pre-orders begin at 3AM Eastern on February 3rd
In an email to current customers on Friday, Verizon Wireless confirmed that it will begin taking pre-orders for the iPhone for at 3:00AM Eastern Time …
ZTE displaces Apple as No. 4 phone maker; RIM bumped from top 5
Chinese consumer electronics company ZTE exploded from the “other” category in the fourth quarter of 2010 to displace Apple as the No. 4 cell phone …
White iPhone 4 disappears from AT&T site, pops up on Apple sites
Following our report earlier this week, BGR has learned that AT&T removed references to the white iPhone 4 from its online account management tool (OLAM) …
