If the Apple rumor machine is to be believed, we might soon see a lighter, skinnier and bigger brother of the current Macbook Airs. News of new Intel chips to be released in April adds credence to rumors of a … Continue reading →

Chipotle stock is up more than 470 percent over the past three years — a run that beats out even the impressive one Apple’s stock has been on. Despite that, hedge funds and stock analysts are picking the iPhone maker … Continue reading →

FreedomPop is even more ambitious than we imagined. It’s not just giving away gobs of free data; it plans to create the carrier equivalent of Web startup, and in the process turn 4G capacity into a currency that can be … Continue reading →

For all the handwringing over how Tim Cook would live up to his predecessor, employees seem to think he’s doing well — even better than Steve Jobs. That’s according to anonymous Apple employee rankings on Glassdoor.com. Employees give Cook a … Continue reading →

In line with the settlement announced last month over antenna issues on the iPhone 4, certain owners are now receiving notices instructing them how to claim their $15 settlement payment from Apple. The settlement is limited to those customers who … Continue reading →

Digitimes claims that Apple will be ramping up production of the new 15″ MacBook Pro in April, but with the new 13.3″ model not ramping up until June: As Apple will start mass producing its 15-inch MacBook Pro in April, … Continue reading →

Following his appearance at the Xidan Joy City retail store in Beijing and meetings with Chinese government officials earlier this week, Bloomberg now reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook has also toured a new iPhone production facility in Zhengzhou, China. … Continue reading →

Apple appears to be working on plans to open its largest retail store yet, advertising a forthcoming store in the main Century City shopping district of Dalian, China. M.I.C. gadget posts a photo showing promotional signage in a shopping center … Continue reading →

The latest data from Nielsen suggests that between the two of them, Android and Apple’s iOS have relegated other smartphone operating systems to sub-single digit market share. The closest competitor — RIM’s Blackberry — counted only 5% of U.S. smartphone … Continue reading →

Apart from a few tired old services like eHow, there aren’t many places you can go to find how-to guides for a range of different things complete with photos and video. Snapguide, which just launched its iPhone app and web … Continue reading →

Tim Cook is in China, but it’s not just to shake hands with foreign leaders and executives. On Wednesday, Cook took a tour of a new iPhone factory owned by its contract manufacturer Foxconn in Zhengzhou, China, Bloomberg reported Thursday. … Continue reading →

While Google’s chief executive Larry Page recently described an $2.5 billion annual run rate for the company’s mobile revenues, the company has testified that it has earned less than $550 million from Android across four years from 2008 to 2011. … Continue reading →

Apple has issued a version update for iTunes which addresses a number of bugs: iTunes 10.6.1 provides a number of improvements, including: – Fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size in … Continue reading →

Despite late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’s vow to go “thermonuclear war” on devices running Google’s Android operating system, Apple and Samsung have recently had discussions about potentially settling their ongoing legal disputes. More: continued here

Apple loves controlling the entire experience of its products, and for the iPhone and iPad, the biggest uncontrollable element is a customer’s wireless carrier. Having a say in the SIM card, in theory, pushes Apple closer to the goal of … Continue reading →