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I haven't been too keen on the idea of Apple making a gold version of the iPhone and instead have been thinking that's a better option for the rumored iPhone 5C. Based on the word on the street, I'm flat-out wrong, and that instead of being garish, it'll be a product that Smaug would be…

Researchers at Georgia Tech have used a specific technique to sneak malware onto Apple's heavily curated App Store. The team wrote an app, submitted it to the App Store, and won approval even though the app had significant malware because of the way the malware code was hidden within the app. Code Gadgets & Jekyll…

Apple and Yahoo! have rolled out neighborhood-specific weather in their respective weather apps for iOS. This isn't just in iOS 7—where it was first noticed on reddit—but also for iOS 6 and iOS 5, and possibly others. The change appears to have been pushed by Yahoo!, whose data powers Apple's default Weather.app for iOS as…

Microsoft and Google are tussling over access to YouTube on Windows Phone devices. Microsoft has released not one, but two apps on its Windows Phone Apps+Games Store, and Google has blocked both of them. The Verge reported that Microsoft had reverse-engineered an API key for access to YouTube, a key that Google then deactivated. This,…

RBC Capital analyst Amit Daryanani raised his target price for Apple's stock on Thursday from US$475 to $525 based on the likelihood that new iPhone models will ship in September and that the company may expand its stock buyback program, too. Apple hasn't officially confirmed new iPhones are coming next month, but reliable sources have…

CBS had us going on Monday with a clip of Larry Ellison seemingly saying that Apple will crash and burn without the late Steve Jobs. The full interview offers a slightly different take, however, one in which Mr. Ellison calls Steve Jobs “irreplaceable” and says that Apple won't do as well without him. Mr. Ellison…

The iProp stand for iPads and other tablets is like your own personal, lightweight little beanbag. You can prop the iPad in numerous angles and it nicely balances on your lap when you want to be a couch potato. iProp in black The iProp is composed of a durable sports mesh that is made of…

Apple has run into trouble in Norway completing its 3D “Flyover” views in Apple Maps. The government of Norway is denying Apple permission to photograph the capitol of Oslo over security concerns, a problem not faced by competitors like Google that rely on satellite imagery. The image below compares Apple's Flyover imagery for Oslo and…

That Tri-tone Feeling Apple's marimba-based “Tri-tone” alert sound is ubiquitous. It's the default sound for incoming text messages on the iPhone, but it wasn't actually created inside Apple. A programmer and musician named Kelly Jacklin posted a blog entry that describes how he created the sound for the makers of SoundJam when they wanted an…

Judge Denise Cote is considering hitting Apple with some pretty stiff sanctions in the Department of Justice's ebook price fixing case against the company including restricting the types of contracts Apple can strike for five years and an additional five years of government oversight. She won't, however, grant the DOJ everything it wanted in its…

I have one word for this rumor: Please. OK, four more words: Let it be true! The story comes from GameInformer [via Joystiq], who was “approached” by people “who have knowledge of the in-development hardware,” most likely people outside of Amazon itself. VentureBeat published a response story where it said it had independently “heard rumblings…

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed its response with the court to Apple's assertion that Judge Cote made errors during their ebook price fixing trial, and criticized publishers for backing the iPad and iPhone maker. The DOJ claimed that publishers have “banded together,” just as they did to artificially force book prices up. The…

Apple is scheduled to appear in court on Friday for a hearing to review the proposed remedies in the U.S. Department of Justice ebook price fixing case, and the iPhone and iPad maker told the Judge overseeing the proceedings that she made mistakes in the way she handled the trial. According to Apple, Judge Denise…

A U.S. Federal Court has ruled that Bitcoins can be considered an actual currency, and as such falls under government regulation. The ruling was part of a case where a man was charged with using Bitcoins in a ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of over US$1 million. U.S. Court says Bitcoin can be regulated…

Apple released a new iPhone commercial that focuses on FaceTime video chats, and completely skips over hardware and software specifications, just like the other ads showing off iPhone features. Unlike companies that rattle off camera and processor specs along with screen size, Apple's ads go for an emotional pull. The latest iPhone 5 commercial, called…

 Jeff Bezos Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is adding another hat to his vast collection, newspaper publishing. The New York Times reported that Mr. Bezos has purchased The Washington Post for US$250 million in a deal that brings with it several other newspaper properties. The purchase is being made by Jeff Bezos himself, rather…

The FCC certified, lab tested  DefenderPad from Icaro Innovations provides both a lap work surface and protection against Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) radiation, Radio Frequency (RF) radiation, and heat radiation. DefenderPad The pad is a large, 16 x 11-in (40.6 x 28 cm) flat, board-type design. The surface on both the front and back is…

The U.S. Department of Justice doesn't want much, just control over Apple's entire iTunes business. This, because Apple had the audacity to do something that same DOJ had failed to do, which was bring competition to the ebook market. We've covered the news aspect of this twice today—once explaining the DOJ's proposed remedy, and a…

Apple Inc. has responded to the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed antitrust remedy, calling it draconian, unprecedented, punitive, and overreaching. The DOJ proposed on Friday morning a sweeping series of remedies to correct price fixing behavior Apple was convicted of engaging in. That proposed remedy would prohibit Apple from entering into deals with book publishers…

The U.S. Department of Justice has published its proposed remedies to address Apple's price fixing as a result of its case against Apple. The “Remedy Would Require Apple to Terminate Agreements with Five Publishers; Provide for a Court-Appointed External Monitor; Allow Competitors to Provide Links from Their E-Book Apps to Their E-Bookstores.” The U.S. DOJ…

AT&T's free Wi-Fi service will soon be gone from all 7,000 U.S. Starbucks locations and replaced with Google's Wi-Fi offering, along with the promise of speeds that are ten times faster than what's currently available in the coffee shops. In cities where Google Fiber is already in place, the Internet search giant claims Starbucks customers…

Steve Jobs was interested in the phone industry as early as 1984, according to his former boss, John Sculley. In an interview at the Young Turks conclave (reported by YourStory), Mr. Sculley said that even then Mr. Jobs was focused on the importance of saying no more often than you say yes. John Sculley, Former…

Bob Mansfield quietly disappeared from Apple's executive team webpage on Sunday and the company said it's because he'll be working on “special projects” instead. Mr. Mansfield had been serving as the company's Senior Vice President of Technologies, but now it looks like he may be throwing his weight behind secret new products. Mr. Mansfield took…

Wren Sound Systems has created the Wren V5AP speaker to be used with iOS devices as well as Macs. Everything from the enhanced soundstage to the grill has been designed to produce quality sound. Wren V5AP With an AirPlay speaker, you don’t have to worry about connector designs changing, and that may be the biggest…