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Apple agrees to show the heavily redacted HTC patent pact to Samsung

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 21, 2012

Samsung is more than welcome to take a peek inside Apple's ten-year patent pact with the ailing handset maker HTC, but key data will be blanked out. South Korea-based Samsung last Friday filed a motion to compel, seeking to obtain the settlement and patent license agreement with HTC, saying it's relevant to its patent battle with the iPhone maker.

As things stand now, a version Apple promised to provide will be marked as "Highly Confidential - Attorneys' Eyes Only" and will contain 33 redacted words. Apple’s generosity knows no boundaries…

Apple’s iSpaceship campus delayed until 2016

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 27, 2017

If you're an Apple fan, or at least follow the company, you know that it doesn't have a reputation for hitting deadlines. The iTunes Match launch was delayed, as is iTunes 11. And it doesn't look like the new iMacs are going to make it on time.

So it shouldn't surprise anyone that the ribbon cutting ceremony for Apple's new spaceship-like research campus has also been pushed back. According to a new report, the company's new workplace won't be set for open until mid-2016...

AT&T reportedly extending FaceTime over Cellular to all customers

Cody Lee ∙ November 21, 2012

AT&T rustled some feathers back in August when it announced that it would only allow its subscribers on its new Shared data plans to utilize the FaceTime over Cellular feature in iOS 6.

Then earlier this month, the carrier said that it would be opening up the feature to legacy data plans. And as it turns out, it looks like this might actually include unlimited plans as well...

Apple airs two new iPhone 5 ads, ‘Turkey’ and ‘Orchestra’

Cody Lee ∙ November 20, 2012

With the holidays rapidly approaching, it's no surprise that Apple has started to ramp up marketing for its iOS products. Yesterday, new iPod ads started popping up around the web. And tonight, two new iPhone 5 commercials began airing on television: 'Turkey' and 'Orchestra.' As always, we have both of the spots for you after the break...

iMessage bug reportedly fixed in iOS 6

Cody Lee ∙ November 20, 2012

Late last year, news broke of a serious iMessage bug that enabled iOS devices to continue to send and receive messages, even after being remotely wiped and having their SIM cards deactivated. It was particularly dangerous for folks whose devices were stolen, or the like.

But never fear, a new report says that the bug has been repaired in iOS 6. According to a source with knowledge of the matter, Apple has taken steps to eradicate the problem in its mobile software...

Spooky Apple patent logs everything you do in iOS

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 20, 2012

Remember iPhone location tracking? That was child's play. Should Apple have its way, future versions of its iOS mobile operating system might record every event you ever perform on your iPhone, iPod or iPad, creating a uniquely detailed footprint of your interactions with iOS devices. It would make geotagging a system-wide feature.

Every gesture invoked and input event registered could get timestamped and stored. Every phone call, every keystroke, every tweet, like, comment, game achievement, song played, you name it - basically any set of device data might get logged automatically.

But don't get all worked up about the privacy implications: good ol' Apple isn't up to nefarious intents. Matter of fact, the goal with this invention is a noble one: provide a searchable, actionable lifestream of sorts to make your mobile computing easier, more meaningful and tailored for you.

So how does the Cupertino firm plan to pull it off? Simple: by way of using a journaling file system that's already present in OS X...

Apple job listing indicates Siri in Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 20, 2012

For better or worse, Siri, Apple's digital secretary, hasn't been in the news lately. But that doesn't mean Apple's given up on her. According to a recently discovered and pretty interesting job listing on the Jobs at Apple web site, Apple is seeking a bunch of Cloud Services Interns who are fluent in several languages, indicating the company is actively working on Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish versions of Siri. The iPhone maker could also be looking to additionally enable new dialects of Chinese, French and Korean...

T-Mobile says it cannot afford the iPhone

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated September 26, 2016

T-Mobile is the furthest behind of the four major U.S. telcos in 4G LTE deployment and it's been losing customers to AT&T, Verizon and Sprint over its ongoing inability to offer the iPhone. Though the Deutsche Telekom-owned carrier offers free support and Nano SIMs to unlockers, it stopped using the iPhone name to drive sales.

As things stand now, a much-needed deal with Apple continues to be just a wishful thinking. Optimists amongst analysts are positive 2013 will be the year the iPhone lands on T-Mobile's network. Others point to the $10 billion dent in carriers' profits over high iPhone subsidy, which is estimated to an average of $425 per handset. And now, T-Mobile's op-chief re-iterates that his company won't be able to afford the iPhone unless Apple budges on its asinine position...

The iPhone 5 Lightning Dock review

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

As most of you probably know by now, Apple has no plans to create a first party dock like it has for previous versions of the iPhone. That's unfortunate, since I rely on a dock for doing videos and such, and I know plenty of others miss it as well.

The only recourse us iPhone 5 owners have, is to opt for a third party product. One such product is The Lightning Dock, a dock comprised of a solid piece of aluminum, which can be ordered in one of four configurations.

After ordering my Lightning Dock back on October 5th, I finally received it in the mail yesterday via USPS. Needless to say, I was stoked to finally have a dock that could function with new Lightning enabled devices like the iPhone 5, iPod touch 5th gen, and even the iPad mini.

Take a look inside for our hands-on video walkthrough and review...

Online iPhone 5 orders now available within two weeks

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 20, 2012

With the holidays upon us and Chinese plants working around the clock churning out Apple handsets (Foxbots should help automate assembly in the near future), no wonder analysts recently started seeing iPhone 5 inventory at Apple’s brick-and-mortar stores improving and at their highest level yet for AT&T, Verizon and Sprint customers. This week, availability of online orders on Apple's web store also has improved as a result...

Apple embedding the exploding iPod ad online

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated February 8, 2016

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgfJn8FsSKg

This reminds us of Apple's famously interactive version of the Mac vs. PC campaign spotted at the top of NYTimes.com and other big media web properties. This time around, Apple has taken its nicely done dancing commercial for the new iPods and embedded it on various places online, like the indie music review site Pitchfork that in the past ran Apple's custom iPod touch page-topper ad.

It's interesting because the publication draws hipster audience so it's clear who Apple's target is. By the way, turn down the volume before hitting the Play button. Don't you just live how the little things 'explode' out of the box?

CEO says HTC is happy with Apple settlement, but denies details

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 26, 2016

On Saturday, November 10, Apple and HTC announced that they had reached an unprecedented settlement that would effectively end their nearly 3 year-long patent war. The deal also included a 10-year cross-licensing agreement.

Other than that though, details surrounding the treaty have been fairly scarce. Analysts have opined that HTC agreed to pay Apple between $6-$8 per Android handset sold. But according to the company's CEO, that's not the case...