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Mega retailer Walmart and prepaid wireless service Straight Talk announced Tuesday that they will offer both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 5 for customers with a no-contract $45 per month unlimited plan starting Friday, January 11. The unlimited plan, exclusive to Walmart, covers voice minutes, texting, and data, and represents significant savings over national…

Starbucks and Apple are working together to offer the Starbucks iTunes (RED) eGift basket, a combination Starbucks and iTunes gift card where 5 percent of the US$30 purchase price will be donated to Project (RED). The promotion coincides with a Starbucks promotion for World AIDS Day where the company will donate $0.05 for every “handcrafted”…

Fat Wallet maintains a website that promotes deals on popular merchandise, and they utilize that resource to support their free Black Friday iOS app. The app is compatible with iPhone 3GS through iPhone 5, although it is optimized for iPhone 5. It is also compatible with 3rd, 4th, and 5th generations of iPod touch, and…

Apple's iPad mini hit store shelves Friday morning, and Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster expects the company to sell between 1 million and 1.5 million of its 7.9-inch tablet by the end of the weekend. Preorders for Apple's small size iPad started a week ago, and the company sold through that inventory within a few…

An original Apple 1 motherboard failed to sell at auction on Tuesday. Christie's announced the auction in August, and at the time the firm expected the Apple 1 to fetch US$127,000. When the auction ended, however, the price hadn't met the reserve of $80,000, resulting in no sale. The Apple 1 was the first computer…

The iPhone 5 is among a list of smartphones that newly appointed Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer is offering to all of the company’s employees, according to an internal Yahoo! memo obtained by Business Insider late Saturday. All part- and full-time employees will be able to choose an iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X,…

Price drops on Apple’s iPhone are not uncommon in the weeks leading up to an expected refresh as retailers and carriers work to clear out inventory before the switch. For Apple’s retail partners and carriers, this can be extra tricky because Apple isn’t known for for its generous channel return policies or in giving those…

This is being seen as a desperate move by Nokia, which saw its once dominant position in the cell phone industry succumb to the one-two punch of Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone. Nokia abandoned its proprietary Symbian OS in 2010 after sales fell off a cliff, but unlike every other major player in the industry…

If you own a Mac, it is almost a given that you will also need a USB hub. They come in all sizes and prices, but the one I am looking at today, the Premium 4 Port Hub from Satechi has some nice features and an excellent price.

“TomTom has signed a global agreement with Apple for maps and related information. No further details of the agreement will be provided,” TomTom representatives said in a statement.iOS 6’s Maps app includes TomTom technologyThe company’s navigation-related technology is being used in the version of the Maps app that will be included in iOS 6 when…

The iWOW-U from SRS will give dad enhanced sound through his headphones or earphones while he listens to any of his iOS products. The quality of the sound, particularly the bass, will have dad singing along with his favorite tunes or enjoying movies, games, or audio books. From SRS. MRSP US$79.99. TMO Rating 4.5/5. The TMO…

Cricket to be the first U.S. pre-paid iPhone carrieriPhones sold by Cricket Wireless aren’t available at the subsidized prices AT&T, Verizon and Sprint offer, although they are cheaper than full-price at $499.99 for the 16GB iPhone 4S and $399.99 for the 8GB iPhone 4. Apple’s unsubsidized price for the same iPhone 4S is $649, and…

150 lucky students can still get WWDC tickets The Apple Developer website states,If you’re a student that’s creating some really cool apps, tell us about yourself. We want to reward outstanding student developers with the opportunity to attend this year’s conference on a WWDC 2012 Student Scholarship. Eligibility requirements include: You must be a paid…

Advertising Age reported the news, which included two other changes: a 70 percent cut of ad revenues for developers, up from 60 percent to compensate for lower ad rates, and the elimination of an additional fee each time a user taps an ad. Apple will now only charge a fixed rate per 1,000 ad impressions.The…

Just like the Black Friday sale Apple offers in the United States the day after Thanksgiving, it isn’t offering up any details about what discounts shoppers can expect. The company is teasing, however, that shoppers will find “amazing iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts for everyone.”Customers in the sale region will need to check Apple’s website,…

As part of the purchase, Apple is apparently planning on opening a research and development center in Israel, according to Calcalist (translation).Apple may have spent $500 million in Anobit purchaseAnobit is a chip design company, much like PA Semi — another company Apple purchased in 2006. The flash memory storage solutions Anobit designs have found…

Samson Meteor Mic Samson’s Meteor Mic is compact, shiny, retro, and totally cool. It also works perfectly for making music with GarageBand, recording podcasts and communicating through Skype and iChat. It’s priced at US$99, and TMO recently reviewed this little gem, too.    Yeti Blue Microphone Do you know some who spends their whole life on…

Moshi Zefýr 2 Cooler Moshi’s Zefýr 2 Cooler for the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air is a high-efficiency cooler that dissipates heat and prevents overheating. It works amazing well and can help extend the life of a Mac simply by preventing overheating. It’s priced at $80, and TMO has already reviewed it.   Energizer Dual Universal…

First, pick the product you wish to turn in. In the figure below, we picked a 32GB black iPhone: Choose your product Apple will then ask questions specific to the product that you picked. If it’s a computer, it will ask about your display and the case, for instance, but in the case of our…

“As its entry-level iPhone strategy, Apple is expected to cut iPhone 3GS to $0 (on contract, $399 unsubsidized) in conjunction with iPhone 5 launch,” the analyst wrote in a research note obtained by Forbes. “This approach is intended to target mid-market smartphone buyers and counter Android’s mid-market expansion.” Mr. Abramsky cited a proprietary survey conducted…

Apple announced the dates for this year’s WWDC event on Monday, March 28, and within hours had completely sold out of conference passes. With demand far outstripping supply, several entrepreneurial developers took to eBay to auction off their $1,599 passes for substantially more than face value.Open eBay auctions are still on track to hit high…

Sports Illustrated “All Access” Subscriptions – Wither iPad in This Picture? The announcement comes amidst a (mostly) behind-the-scenes battle between publishers and Apple on how subscription models will work, with Apple being rumored to want to forbid any kind of subscription access through iOS apps unless the subscription is handled in-app, where Apple controls the…

Users need to complete the online registration process at the American Express Web site to link their credit card to iTunes before picking the tracks they want to download. The first five songs purchased with the linked American Express credit card will be automatically refunded.There aren’t any restrictions on which songs can be downloaded, and…

The contest was introduced to help draw attention to the upcoming iOS version of the game, called iOOTP, which will ship around the same time OOTP 12 does this spring.