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Why I Think the Next iPhone Won’t Be 16:9

Every year it's the same rumour: "the new iPhone will have a 16:9 display." It even circulated before the first iPhone came out, and happened with the iPad too. This year isn't different. But does it make sense? Would the next iPhone really have a 16:9 screen? Read More >

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At IBM Headquarters, Siri Is Persona Non Grata

This week, IBM CIO Jeanette Horan told MIT's Technology Review that Siri, best pal of Zooey Deschanel and oft-snarky gal-Friday of the iPhone, has been banned from the company's internal networks, over concern that spoken queries might be stored somewhere. Read More >

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The Curious Case of the Upside Down Apple Logo

Sometimes, even the science and studies can be wrong. Not because of an error, but because you didn't dig deep enough. About a dozen years ago we had some discussions at Apple about the placement of the logo on the back of Apple's laptops. As you can see in this Sex and the City scene, the Apple logo is upside down when the lid is opened. Read More >

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Is Sony Supplying Screens For The New iPhone?

Rumour has it that Sony is set to be one of the manufacturers to make the next-gen, bleeding-edge in-cell displays that are reportedly going to be used in the brand-spanking new iPhone. Production of these displays is set to occur near the end of May, alongside four other companies. Read More >

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Report: The Bigger iPhone 5 May Have a Stretched-Out 16:9 Display

Bloomberg, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal all think the next iPhone will have a 4-inch screen. Now, 9to5mac is reporting that sources at Apple HQ have been testing phones with a 16:9 display, provided by a 1136 x 640 resolution screen. Read More >

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MacBook Pro Price Reduction Signals Imminent Launch

Best Buy has put the MacBook Pro on sale: $100 off every model. If that's not the clearest sign that the next generation MacBook Pro 2012 is around the corner—probably for WWDC 2012 on June 11—I don't know what is. Read More >

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Samsung and Apple CEOs Will Meet Today To Talk Possible Settlement

Apple's Tim Cook and Samsung's Choi Gee-sung will meet in San Francisco today to discuss a potential settlement in the all-out patent battle the two companies are currently engaged in. Read More >

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Apple Calms Neighbours of New Spaceship Headquarters in Predictable Apple Fashion

Remember the giant spaceship campus Apple's building in Cupertino? The people who live in the neighbourhood where Apple's mothership is landing definitely do. So Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer sent out a packet to neighborhood residents pumping up the virtues of the new campus—in a decidedly Apple way. Read More >

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Apple’s Guns are Still Blazing With Yet More iOS-Ification of OS X: Auto App Downloads

Apple's Mountain Lion might already be in "beta", but its still getting a few tweaks to make it even more like iOS. The latest is an auto-download option for Mac App Store apps -- buy on one Mac and automatically have it pushed to your other Macs (you do own more than one Mac, right?). Read More >

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Why Apple’s iPhone Charger Is So Expensive

There's no getting around the fact that Apple accessories are expensive. But instead of assuming that price meant quality, Ken Shirriff decided to tear an iPhone charger apart—and what he found justifies the expense. Read More >

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Apple Seems to be Testing iPhone’s FaceTime Over 3G

With my loved ones long away from me, I have missed the ability to use my iPhone's FaceTime over 3G a few times. Even if the quality would have been bad. Well, it seems that Apple may be testing it or getting ready for it, according to this screenshot. Read More >

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These Mac Pro Updates Are Not What We Were Expecting

Yes, these Mac Pro updates are not what you and I were expecting, but they are the only updates you are going to see in a very long time. Or ever. Read More >

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Apple Quietly Fixes “Jailbreak” From The iTunes Store

Yesterday, Apple caused a little bit of a storm by censoring the word "jailbreak" in the US iTunes Store, making many jailbroken users slightly paranoid about the state of their phone. Read More >

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Bloomberg: Steve Jobs Was Closely Involved With Development of Larger iPhone 5

First the Wall Street Journal said the next iPhone will have a four-inch screen, then Reuters agreed, and now Bloomberg's sources are saying the same thing. Bloomberg is also reporting, however, that Steve Jobs was closely involved with the design process. Read More >

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This Is (Probably) Your Next SIM Card

Over the past few months, Apple, Nokia, RIM and Motorola have all been getting very worked up over something rather boring: SIM cards. After Apple's attempt to capture the market, there's finally a new proposed design—which might actually find its way into your next phone. Read More >