Verizon Wireless, the nation's biggest carrier, announced today that it will begin charging a $30 device upgrade fee beginning April 22. It will be applicable to existing customers purchasing new mobile equipment at a discounted price with a two-year contract.
With AT&T and Sprint having both been charging an upgrade fee for awhile now, today's news means that now all major wireless operators in the United States are imposing a fee on customers upgrading to new devices.
Steve Wozniak, who with his friend Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computer on April 1, 1976 , always has interesting things to say about his company, competition and the technology industry at large. In an interview yesterday, the outspoken gadget lover expressed concern over patent wars.
He argued that patent-related litigation often blocks off start-ups and young thinkers because big boys make sure they own it all.
He also isn't convinced that we'll stop using computers in the post-PC world and said it's too early to judge Tim Cook as Steve Jobs has stamped his mark on products that are three years in the queue...
As expected, the United States Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five major book publishers over an alleged price fixing related to digital books. Three publishers are reportedly close to settling with Uncle Sam in order to dodge costly and lengthy litigation and avoid risking potentially high damages.
However, Apple and two other publishers are not willing to cut a deal with the government and are said to be gearing up for a fight with the U.S. Justice Department in court, if necessary...
Apple's retail stores in London are gearing up for the Olympics as the company is reportedly stocking them with iOS gadgets, as well as international replacement MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and MacBook keyboards.
According to sources, the company is expecting an "onslaught" of journalists and international Olympic visitors and wants to bank on on a foot traffic increase.
We're talking an expected extra 325,000 daily visitors to London for the games, in addition to 10,000 print journalists alone.
Jundiai city council in Brazil has confirmed Steve Jobs Avenue, a moving gesture aimed at commemorating Apple's late co-founder, a local blog reported yesterday.
It’s interesting that the city of Jundiai is located near São Paulo where Foxconn runs a new manufacturing facility that produces iPhones in Brazil...
Yesterday, an intriguing theory on how Apple could build an iPhone with a 4-inch screen made its way around the tech world. The idea is based on the fact that Apple could make the display larger, without drastically increasing the size of the handset.
Judging from the feedback I've gathered from our readers, on Twitter, and on other websites, the consensus seems to be that this theory is way off base; Apple would never do anything like it. But to me, it feels like everyone is overlooking a few things...
9to5Mac is reporting tonight that it has learned some details regarding the next major iteration of Apple's media management software, iTunes 11. Apparently Apple has been working on it for months now, and has recently seeded an internal beta.
According to the report, the iTunes update will feature a host of new additions including support for iOS 6...
Reuters is reporting tonight that the US Department of Justice could file a lawsuit against Apple as early as tomorrow morning over its iBook Store. The store utilizes an 'agency' model, which allows publishers to name their own eBook prices.
The DOJ believes that Apple is acting in concert with a number of publishers, who have recently raised their eBook prices across multiple platforms, to raise prices across the industry — which happens to be a violation of federal antirust laws...
Earlier today we shared an interesting theory with you regarding the argument for a four-inch iPhone. The case for the larger-screened device was laid out by a Verge forum member, and has since garnered some serious attention around the web.
So much in fact, that a mock-up of the conceptualized handset has already surfaced. 9to5Mac reader Spencer Caldwell created the image you see above, which gives us a good idea of what an iPhone with a 1152x640 display could look like...
Semaphore, also known as notcom, has just announced that he has pushed out an update for TinyUmbrella, bringing it to version 5.10.11.
The new software contains a feature that allows users to save their BBTickets from their iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and CDMA iPhone 4 for later use...
Stride is a brand new jailbreak tweak from excellent jailbreak developer and designer Adam Bell. It allows you to unlock your iPhone using an 8-bit styled drawing for security, in lieu of iOS’ boring passcode option.
When you try out the tweak for yourself, it's immediately obvious that there's some highly calculated design behind this effort. Indeed, Stride allows you to unlock your iPhone with impeccable style...
SiriHeights is a brand new jailbreak tweak that allows you to easily adjust the size of the Siri window after initially invoking your personal assistant.
If you use a custom Siri theme, this tweak can help expose your theme instead of leaving it hidden behind the overlay.
Check out our video demonstation inside...