Obama, Clinton, Bono Pay Tribute To Steve Jobs At Webby Awards [Video]

At the Webby awards held yesterday in New York, President Obama, President Clinton, George Lucas and a number of other luminaries paid tribute to Apple’s former CEO Steve Jobs, who passed away last year. Continue reading →

Developers Not Too Worried About 4-Inch iPhone

With a 4-inch iPhone (probably) dropping by this October, Apple has a big task ahead of itself — keeping the complexity involved during the design and development process of an app to the bare minimum. The consensus is that, if Apple does release a 4 inch iPhone, it’ll most likely switch to an aspect ratio of 9:5 from the current 3:2, keeping the width the same. (There are of course a variety of other options as well.) Continue reading →

Warning Message in iOS 5.1.1 Hints at FaceTime Over 3G

FaceTime, since its inception almost two years ago, has always remained a Wi-Fi only feature, owing to carriers’ fears of data heavy video calls clogging their already clogged data networks or probably potential loss of revenues like iMessage. Continue reading →

Case Marine: 0.25mm-Thick Case Makes Your iPhone Waterproof

Most waterproof cases for the iPhone add a huge amount of bulk to the device, but a new cover named “Case Marine” from Gooma gives your device the ability to resist water by adding a thickness of merely one fourth of a millimeter. Continue reading →

RIM And Motorola Propose Revised Nano-SIM Design to Compromise With Apple

Over the past few months, phone manufacturers and carriers have been working with standard governing bodies to draft the design of the Nano-SIM card, the successor to the currently used micro-SIM cards in iPhones and iPads. During the designing process, there was a stand off amongst Apple and a joint group of Nokia, Motorola and RIM over the design of the SIM. Apple even offered to license the patents involved in its design royalty free to reduce the opposition to the design. Continue reading →

4-Inch iPhone: Possible Scenarios

Chatter about an iPhone with a larger screen has been going on since the pre-iPhone 4S days, but this time around these claims have been backed by reliable sources like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and John Gruber. Apple has always held pride in the fact that iOS is easy to develop for, and that it isn’t fragmented like Android. Even when it upgraded to Retina displays, it made sure that the number of pixels in the new screens were a whole number multiple of the previous screen resolution. Continue reading →

4-Inch iPhone: Possible Scenarios

Chatter about an iPhone with a larger screen has been going on since the pre-iPhone 4S days, but this time around these claims have been backed by reliable sources like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and John Gruber. Apple has always held pride in the fact that iOS is easy to develop for, and that it isn’t fragmented like Android. Even when it upgraded to Retina displays, it made sure that the number of pixels in the new screens were a whole number multiple of the previous screen resolution. Continue reading →

Samsung Launches New DRAM Chips Early After Shares Slide on Apple-Elpida Alliance Rumors

Amid investor fears over the possibility of Samsung losing its spot as a key supplier to Apple, Samsung today, announced the launch of its next generation DRAM chips, based on 20-nanometer process technology with a storage capacity of 4GB. Continue reading →

Apple Responds to Lawsuits Over Siri

A couple of months ago, Apple was hit with a number of class action lawsuits which claimed that Siri’s performance didn’t quite match up to what was advertised, accusing the company of false advertising. Continue reading →

Will Google Release Chrome Browser For iPhone And iPad?

Back when Google finally released Chrome browser for Android, Sundar Pichai, Google’s SVP of Chrome, didn’t flat out deny the possibility of Chrome coming to iOS. Macquarie analyst Ben Schacte claims that Google’s Chrome team is indeed working to port Chrome to iOS. Continue reading →

What Features To Expect In iOS 6?

Typically, every major iOS release up till  now has focused on adding much demanded features lacking from the OS. Third party app support in the second major iteration, copy paste in the third, multitasking in the fourth, and (finally!) revamped notifications in the fifth (along with a slew of cloud based features). So what will it be for iOS 6? Continue reading →

Megapixel Count Isn’t Everything When Buying a Camera Phone

At a time when most phone makers are fighting a spec war in an attempt to set them apart from competition, Apple has time and again proved that not just raw numbers, but the entire user experience matters. Continue reading →

How Many iPhones And iPads Did Apple Sell Last Quarter?

Apple’s expected to reveal iPhone and iPad sales figures for the past quarter this Tuesday at their quarterly earnings call. If you remember, Apple posted record iPhone sales of 37 million units for the quarter ending December, thanks to the momentum created by the launch of iPhone 4S in October. Continue reading →

Apple Launches New Section to Highlight iPhone’s Enterprise Features

Although the iPhone is no longer deemed unfit for business users, Apple has a long way to go in this market which was earlier dominated by RIM and Microsoft. To help businesses choose between the wide variety of mobile platforms presently available, Apple has updated its website with a dedicated “iPhone in Business” section, which highlights enterprise grade features of iOS. Continue reading →

Apple In Talks With Proview To Settle iPad Trademark Dispute

Proview, the Chinese company that sued Apple claiming that they own rights to the “iPad” trademark, may now be ready to settle with Apple out of court. Continue reading →

Nokia Lumia 900 Not Good Enough For European Carriers

Although Nokia’s Lumia 900 seems to be selling well in the U.S., the company is having a tough time convincing European carriers to carry the phone on their networks.  Continue reading →

Greenpeace Activists Stage Protest At Apple’s European HQ Over Data Center Energy Usage

In a recently released report titled “How Clean is your Cloud?,” Greenpeace, an environmental NGO, slammed Apple along with Twitter and Amazon for their use of “dirty energy” to power their data centers. Continue reading →

Google Might be Fined For Bypassing Safari Privacy Settings

A couple of months ago, WSJ reported that Google, along with a few other advertising companies, used a loophole in mobile Safari to bypass the default privacy settings and track browsing habits of users. (Google has, since, stopped using this loophole.) Continue reading →

Google Co-founder Sergey Brin Calls Apple’s App Store a Threat to Open Internet

In an interview with The Guardian, Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin, said that besides government censorship and anti-piracy laws like SOPA, the biggest threat to the open internet are “walled gardens” run by Facebook and Apple.  Continue reading →

Apple And Valve Working on Gaming Console?

A couple of days back, Apple Insider reported that Apple’s CEO Tim Cook was spotted at Valve’s headquarters in Washington. Continue reading →