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Apple will likely move fast to roll Beats Music into iTunes Mr. Garcha said in a statement to shareholders, With iTunes stores in 123 countries, 425 retail stores, App stores in 155 countries and an army of 800 [million] users, Apple could very quickly scale a music streaming service, given its existing reach and music…

The iFixit team said, We delved inside Apple's 'refreshed' device and found the same components we'd seen in Touches of yesteryear, but with 16 GB of on-board flash memory. So it's not really that this 16 GB variant gains a camera — instead, it loses half of its 32 GB of storage. That means the…

First off there's a new version of Android, so far without a dessert-y name, so it was referred to as “Android L.” One of the new features of this version is a feature called “personal unlock,” a rather clever way for the device to determine if it is in a trusted environment and if so,…

Samsung, Quinn Emanuel hit with $2M document leak fine Quinn Emanuel came under fire for sharing the confidential documents with Samsung that were intended only for special witnesses. Samsung found itself in hot water for then allegedly using those documents to gain an unfair advantage in its own negotiations with Nokia, and for sharing the…

The traveling Steve Jobs patent exhibit makes its way to Denver, Colorado The exhibit was created by the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum, and is on loan from the U.S. Patent  and Trademark Office. It includes massive iPhone-shaped panels depicting 300 patents attributed to Mr. Jobs before his death. The opening of the…

_____________________ Social pendulums swing back and forth. It could be women's hemlines over the years or changing attitudes about American involvement in foreign conflicts. One constant remains: whenever we go too far in one direction, there's a social backlash, and the pendulum starts to swingback the other way. Right now, we've gone about as far…

Judge Koh questions Apple anti-poaching settlement “I just have concerns about whether this is really fair to the class,” Judge Koh said, according to Reuters. Employees at several Silicon Valley tech companies filed a lawsuit claiming Apple, Google, Adobe, Intel, Intuit, Pixar, and Lucasfilm all agreed to not poach employees from each other. The agreement,…

“Today marks another important milestone in Rhapsody’s 13-year history of pioneering new ways for music fans to find, discover and experience music,” Paul Springer, Senior Vice President of the Americas and Chief Product Officer of Rhapsody International, apparently oblivious to what the word “pioneering” means. “Finally,” he added, equally unfamiliar with that word's proper usage,…

Adonit's new Jot Touch connects to Adobe's Creative Cloud Along with its narrow tip, the Jot Touch with Pixelpoint offers 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity and includes two programmable shortcut buttons. It connects to your iPad via Bluetooth 4 and works with a long list of Jot-compatible apps that are already available. Adonit wasn't the…

Apple and Samsung won't end their patent infringement fight any time soon Apple and Samsung have been fighting in courts around the world over cross allegations of infringing on each other's mobile device patents. So far, Apple has scored several big wins in the fight, but hasn't been able to make any meaningful headway in…

Analysts sour on Samsung over missed Galaxy S5 shipment goals Analysts had expected the Galaxy S5 to give Samsung's smartphone sales a big boost, but that hasn't been the case. With declining faith in Samsung's ability to compete with the iPhone and other smartphone makers, analysts are becoming more critical of the company. Shipping 15…

After this news hit, Nuance shares closed higher on Monday at US$18.76 per share, a gain of $1.66 (+9.71 percent), on incredibly heavy volume of 16 million shares trading hand. Average volume was previously just 2.3 million shares. That sent Nuance's market cap up to $6 billion, and that's before the premium that would be…

Starting in December of 2013, Apple began pulling Bitcoin-related apps with wallet features, even if they were merely accessing Web-wallets such as Blockchain.info's service. At the time, I argued that Apple was making a big mistake, and that it was in the company's best interest to make iPhone into a premier Bitcoin platform. A change…

If you learned to use a computer at school as my children and grandchildren did, then you were able to process the whole thing slowly and had the extra benefit of a teacher to guide you. But if you're someone who who has had a more abrupt transition, learning can be more difficult. When I…

The circle that looks like a coaster is a Powermat Spot Duracell is partnering with Starbucks to provide the charging spots, which comply with the open wireless charging standard used by HTC, Samsung, Microsoft, and others. Charging an iPhone is also possible, but requires either Duracell's Powermat case or a small device for charging iOS…

American corporations have more than a trillion dollars U.S. held offshore, in part because of the 35 percent tax rate that money would be subject to only when it is repatriated. Apple alone has more than $100 billion outside the U.S., and the company has borrowed money from bond markets in the U.S. and Europe…

Want The Lego Movie? Look elsewhere. As we told you previously, Amazon currently in a standoff with Hachette Publishing, not only posting interminable wait times to get Hachette titles, but then publicly suggesting in customer forums that someone who wants the titles sooner should get them someplace else. If this is the same situation as…

Think your smartphone is safe when it's off? The NSA may still be able to activate it's mic. The idea that the NSA, or National Security Agency, can remotely activate your iPhone's microphone and listen in on your conversations surfaced when Edward Snowden leaked secret government documents a year ago documenting widespread surveillance on U.S.…

Suspects in Oleg Pliss-like attack arrested in Moscow The two men were 17 and 23 years old, according to Infosecurity. The suspects used phishing websites to trick victims into giving up their Apple ID user name and password, and also used a scheme where victims were promised large amounts of media content in exchange for…

Spotsetter was cofounded by ex-Google Maps engineer Stephen Tse and Johnny Lee, who had the title of CEO at Spotsetter. The LinkedIn profiles of both engineers now name Apple as their employer, with Mr. Tse's profile naming both Apple and Spotsetter. Spotsetter's service drew on multiple sources, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare, to provide…

Apple ponies up $2 million for Super Bowl fund Along with helping keep down tax payer costs for the event, and the new stadium that comes along with it, the companies will get Super Bowl publicity and their own private Super Bowl suite, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Intel, Yahoo! and several other…

According to a BusinessInsider profile on Mr. Kane, his previous prosthesis would only remember four grips, and if he needed others it required a trip back to his computer to update it. Now he can use his phone with the new one, which gives him access to a wider variety of grips and operates everything…

Tim Cook at WWDC keynote. Credit: Apple First, when we look at Apple's traditional line of products, the dates of the last updates are as follows, from oldest to newest. Mac mini – October 2012 Apple TV – March 2013 iMac – September 2013 MacBook Pro – October 2013 iPad Air – October 2013 iPad…

ooooOOOOOOoooooh. RenderMan is the software package Pixar built for rendering its own computer animation, and has been in use for computer effects going back to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan through today, noted as being used on The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter films as well. This new RenderMan release, version 19,…