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Amazon e-book prices reach Wal-Mart levels after government sues Apple for price fixing
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Amazon e-book prices reach Wal-Mart levels after government sues Apple for price fixing

As a response to the Justice Department's lawsuit against Apple and five major book publishers, Amazon has gleefully announced plans to drop… Virginia Smith   |   04.12.2012   |   Comments (1)
Twitter is stealing and harvesting your personal information! #bigsurprise
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Twitter is stealing and harvesting your personal information! #bigsurprise

In 140 characters or less: Twitter is stealing and harvesting all of your information without your consent.  #uncool Whenever users… Jeremy Glass   |   02.16.2012   |   Comments (3)
Apple store worker inadvertently taps his own phone for a customer
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Apple store worker inadvertently taps his own phone for a customer

So here's how it all went down. A woman takes her son's broken iPhone to the Apple store. She gets the phone back and starts receiving… Jeremy Glass   |   02.1.2012   |   Comments (3)
Apple execs know and don't care about terrible conditions in Chinese factories
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Apple execs know and don't care about terrible conditions in Chinese factories

The New York Times has launched an investigation into the factories that churn out our beloved Apple products, and it's not pretty. Suppliers… Virginia Smith   |   01.26.2012   |   Comments (25)
Siri will tell you your dad's birthday, but not where to get an abortion
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Siri will tell you your dad's birthday, but not where to get an abortion

Much like her ostensible namesake Suri Cruise, Siri, the new iPhone 4S assistant, is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. She'll tell you where to… EJ Dickson   |   11.29.2011   |   Comments (13)
Sales of iPhone 4S and turtlenecks soar in the wake of Steve Jobs' death
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Sales of iPhone 4S and turtlenecks soar in the wake of Steve Jobs' death

It's certainly not unusual when products associated with a celebrity or public figure fly off the shelves in the wake of said person's… James Brady Ryan   |   10.10.2011   |   Comments (8)
The most meta tribute to Steve Jobs is made out of Mac parts
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The most meta tribute to Steve Jobs is made out of Mac parts

There's been a lot of touching tributes to Steve Jobs popping up on the internet. But none are quite as meta as this stunning portrait… Jessica Gentile   |   10.7.2011   |   Comments (21)
Samsung uses Kubrick defense in iPad infringement case
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Samsung uses Kubrick defense in iPad infringement case

Apple and Samsung are currently engaged in numerous legal battles in nine countries, and one of them is in California, where, in a design-patent… Jeff Mills   |   08.24.2011   |   Comments (4)
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple
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Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple

Apple's highly influential and recognizable CEO, Steve Jobs, is officially stepping down. Jobs is being replaced by COO, Tim Cook, who will… Jessica Gentile   |   08.24.2011   |   Comments (8)
New Apple technology blocks you from taking concert video with your iPhone
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New Apple technology blocks you from taking concert video with your iPhone

Apple has patented technology that will prevent iPhone cameras from filming live events. (Venue owners install infrared emitters that the iPhone… Peter Smith   |   06.17.2011   |   Comments (6)
Links: Apple "geniuses" not allowed to say "unfortunately"
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Links: Apple "geniuses" not allowed to say "unfortunately"

Gawker brings us a portrait of life as an Apple "Genius" that makes life at an Apple Store sound a little bit more like a Kim… Alex Heigl   |   06.15.2011   |   Comments (4)
Apple fights to protect apps that help drunk drivers avoid the police
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Apple fights to protect apps that help drunk drivers avoid the police

Apple's App Store is protected like Ted Nugent's guns — the company has axed apps that displayed profane tweets, political… Alex Heigl   |   05.20.2011   |   Comments (4)
Escort service app for sugar daddies approved for iPhone
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Escort service app for sugar daddies approved for iPhone

Ah, modern romance. In spite of its generally uptight and arbitrary app-approval process, Apple has given the go-ahead to a new iPhone app… Virginia Smith   |   05.13.2011   |   Comments (1)
Apple slammed for app that "cures" homosexuality
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Apple slammed for app that "cures" homosexuality

Truth Wins Out, a group that fights religious homophobia, has slammed Apple for allowing the distribution of an app designed to "cure"… Peter Smith   |   03.21.2011   |   Comments (4)
Woman sells the first spot in line for the new iPad 2 for $900
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Woman sells the first spot in line for the new iPad 2 for $900

Apple mania, it seems, has not abated. A college student, Amanda Foote, was the first person to start waiting in line outside Apple's Fifth… Ben Reininga   |   03.11.2011   |   Comments (5)
New Apple service will let you use your iPhone like a credit card
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New Apple service will let you use your iPhone like a credit card

Apple's newest edition to the things-I-didn't-realize-I-couldn't-live-without department is actually something totally awesome and… Lina Canney   |   01.25.2011   |   Comments (6)
Steve Jobs takes indefinite medical leave from Apple
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Steve Jobs takes indefinite medical leave from Apple

Just a year and a half after taking leave for a liver transplant, Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has announced that he'll be taking… Virginia Smith   |   01.17.2011   |   Comments (4)
Esquire's Minka Kelly shoot is too sexy for the iPad
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Esquire's Minka Kelly shoot is too sexy for the iPad

About a month ago, Esquire named Minka Kelly their "Sexiest Woman Alive" and ran a (surprise!) sexy photo shoot with the actress. The… Ben Reininga   |   11.16.2010   |   Comments (2)