Steve Jobs lives on in endless Apple stories, marketing schemes

Although it’s been nearly four months since Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died, there has been little slowdown in Steve Jobs news since then. In fact, some days there seems to be more than ever. [...]

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Remembering Steve Jobs, the man who saved Apple
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 56. Jobs, who reigned as Apple...
Apple Chairman Steve Jobs dead at 56
Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who resigned from the company in the mid-1980s and returned a decade...
Steve Jobs’ memory lives on
Apple founder Steve Jobs' death earlier this month brought forth an outpouring of remembrances from fanboys,...
Remains of the Day: All Steve, all the time
Steve Jobs is central to Apple, there's no question, but every once in a while it's Steve Steve Steve...

Apple to launch iPad 3 in March, Japanese report says

The iPad 3 rumor mill has heated up this week, fueled by a report from Japanese Apple blog Macotakara that the much anticipated tablet will come out in March. [...]

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Apple’s iPad Coming March 26?
Apple may ship the Wi-Fi-only version of the iPad on March 26, a little more than three weeks from now,...
Will iPad 2 supplies be hurt by Japanese quake?
The Apple iPad 2 may be another victim of the Japanese earthquake, warns a technology research firm....
Rumor: Apple Upgrading iPad, 7-inch Model Coming in ‘11
Apple is upgrading its 9.7-inch iPad with a faster ARM processor and is releasing a smaller 7-inch iPad...
Apple announces UK iPad on-sale dates
Apple has announced that the Wi-Fi model of its iPad media tablet will go on sale in the UK in "late...

162,000 sign petition targeting Apple’s Chinese factory conditions

An online petition asking Apple to protect the Chinese workers who make its more popular products has gathered more than 162,000 signatures in just over a week. [...]

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Apple nixes child labor practices at Chinese factories
Apple Tuesday said that it has terminated business with a Chinese factory that it found had employed...
Give Us Google Voice, Online Petition Demands
After a recent leak showing a Google Voice desktop application in action, fans of Google's telecommunications...
U.S. questioned China about Change.org attack
The U.S. State Department questioned the Chinese government about a cyberattack that had temporarily...
Apple MacBook component factory in China still shut down
Chinese authorities continue to inspect a factory that produces aluminum casings for Apple's MacBook...

Apple urged to make iPhone 5 ‘ethically’

A human rights group is urging Apple to ensure that the next-generation iPhone is manufactured 'ethically' in the wake of reports about working conditions in the company's supply chain. [...]

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iCloud is a bigger deal than the new iPhone
Apple's big iPhone event later today has naturally generated a retinue of rumors, almost all them...
Apple manufacturer Foxconn targeted again over human rights
Foxconn, makers of Apple's iPhone and iPad, have once again been targeted by human rights activists over...
Apple Debuts iPhone App Called Apple Store
Want to pre-order the new iPhone 4 or buy a new Mac mini on your iPhone? Starting Tuesday, there is an...
Apple reportedly unveiling next-gen iPhone on Oct. 4
The much anticipated introduction by Apple of its next-generation iPhone, possibly the iPhone 5 or iPhone...

German appeals court says ‘Nein’ to Samsung’s Galaxy Tab

A German appeals court today upheld an injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablet today, ruling that the device infringes upon Apple’s intellectual property. [...]

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German court upholds injunction on Samsung tablet imports
A German court has upheld a preliminary injunction requested by Apple, preventing Samsung Electronics...
Apple gets injunction barring Samsung Tab sales in Europe
Apple on Tuesday confirmed that a German court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking Samsung...
Apple wins permanent ban on German sales of Samsung tablet
Samsung must not sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany because it looks too much like Apple's iPad...
Court Snubs Apple, Okays Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N, Nexus Smartphone Sales
You win some, you lose some: Apple's attempt to secure a preliminary ban on Samsung's Galaxy...

Apple appeals iPad trademark decision in China

Apple has appealed a Chinese court ruling last December that rejected its ownership of the iPad trademark in the country, and could expose the company to trademark infringement lawsuits from a local company. [...]

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Apple faces legal threat to iPad trademark in China
A Chinese court has rejected Apple's lawsuits to gain control of the iPad trademark in China, while...
Report: Apple gets iPad trademark from Fujitsu
In a week’s time, Apple will have a new tablet on its way to a retail shelf near you. But it can already...
Apple requests iPad trademark from Fujitsu
Apple has filed three petitions to extend the deadline to 28 February to take the iPad trademark name...
Apple resolved iPhone trademark conflict in China
The company that owned the trademark "i-phone" in China yielded it to Apple, the Web site of China's...

Are Google and Apple really ‘monopolies’?

You hear the word "monopoly" thrown around a lot these days, especially about Google and Apple. [...]

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Apple in legal fight over the word pod
Apple is taking a company called Sector Labs to court over the word 'pod.'...
Forget iPhone 4S: Nine High-End Apple Alternatives
The iPhone 4S -- not the rumored "iPhone 5" -- was revealed this week. Apple fanatics are still...
Apple quietly drops iOS jailbreak detection API
Apple apparently has thrown in the towel, quietly dropping in iOS 4.2 an API that was intended to discover...
Apple iPhone 4 fiasco: Can you hear us now?
The inevitable anti-Apple backlash has begun. And I have to say it's been mighty fun to watch....

Apple number one smartphone vendor again, say research firms

Apple has emerged as the number one smartphone vendor worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2011, by a small margin, after losing ground to Samsung in the previous quarter, research firms Strategy Analytics and IHS iSuppli said Thursday. [...]

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Samsung hits top smartphone vendor spot globally in Q3
Samsung boosted its global smartphone shipments by 223% in the third quarter, taking the top spot for...
Apple fourth-largest PC vendor with iPad, Canalys says
Research firm Canalys on Thursday said Apple was the world's fourth-largest PC maker during the first...
HTC reports record numbers, sells more phones than RIM
After reporting sales of 13.2 million smartphones during the third quarter, HTC is now the fourth largest...
Android tops U.S. smartphone OS market with 39% share; Apple No. 1 overall vendor
Android's multiple vendors are keeping it on top in the U.S. smartphone operating system wars, although...

MacIT: IT groups grapple with managing fast-growing iOS devices

Apple recently has improved its mobile device management features, but IT groups are discovering a new set of challenges when they start to move to larger numbers of iOS devices, MacIT conference attendees are confirming this week. [...]

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Facebook adds Groups, Deals, Places to iPhone app
Facebook held a mobile-focused event for the press at its campus Wednesday to announce a number of new...
Notify Technology Unveils On-Demand Mobile Device Management
Notify Technology announced details of its NotifyMDM On-Demand mobile device management solution. NotifyMDM...
Apple patent reveals work on improved mobile touch screen
A recently released Apple patent application hints at how the company is developing improved multi-touch...
Trade groups oppose proposal to require FM in mobile devices
Trade groups representing consumer electronics makers and mobile carriers have voiced opposition to a...

Dig deep into Lion: The best overlooked, underrated features

Apple billed this summer's release of Mac OS X Lion as having more than 200 new features, but most coverage of Lion in the intervening months has focused on only a handful of them. While iOS-like navigation and app-launching interfaces, autosave/restore capabilities, AirDrop file sharing and an emergency restore partition are by all means important, there are a lot of helpful tweaks and enhancements that can easily be missed. [...]

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Overall, most Mac users upgrading to the new Lion version of Mac OS X seem to be doing so with minimal...
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Apple’s OS X server strategy: Data centers for everyone
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Apple ships preview of Lion OS, reveals new features
Apple today released a preview of Mac OS X 10.7, aka Lion, to developers, who can download the new operating...