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Apple Looking to Make iOS a Part of Your Workout Routine

Cody Lee ∙ February 3, 2012

Just because Apple is in the consumer electronics business, doesn't mean it doesn't have its eye on other markets. Just last month we saw the company launch a digital textbook program, and it's also shown a lot of interest in the personal fitness space.

For the last several years, Apple has teamed up with Nike to bring fitness-tracking software to its iPhone and iPod products. Now it looks like it's trying to take that idea to the next level with its latest patent application regarding an iOS app that tracks and shares your workout information...

Apple Working on Fix for iTunes Match “Explicit Song Matching” Bug

Cody Lee ∙ February 2, 2012

Apple has been having a rough time with its iTunes Match service over the last few months. The product was more than a month late to market here in the US, and its international rollout didn't go much smoother.

Well it doesn't look like Apple's troubles are over quite yet. Cult of Mac is reporting that it has discovered a bug in the iTunes Match service that replaces songs with explicit lyrics with their cleaner counterparts...

Online Petition Against Apple’s Factory Conditions Receives 160,000 Signatures in a Week

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated February 21, 2018

Apple has received some slack of late over the perceived conditions of the Chinese workers who build its hugely popular products. With the eyes of the world currently firmly fixed on the likes of Foxconn, people are beginning to look more closely at the real cost of building our iPhones and iPads.

An online petition, set up to urge Apple to protect its Chinese workers has received 162,000 signatures in just over a week, with the number continuing to grow.

Allegations of unsafe working conditions and long hours have been rife of late, with Apple's main manufacturing partner, Foxconn, at the center of the issue...

Apple Says There is No iMessage Bug

Cody Lee ∙ February 2, 2012

A few months after Apple released iOS 5 to the public last year, a major bug was found in the software's new iMessage application. Several users reported that their iMessage accounts continued to remain active after wiping their devices.

Gizmodo added fuel to the fire yesterday when it published several images of strange iMessage conversations it was receiving on an iPhone after visiting an Apple Store for tech support. Apparently, when a Genius inserted his personal SIM card into the phone to test the device, the handset locked on to his iMessage account...

Apple Hires Xbox Live Executive to Lead App Store Marketing Efforts

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

If there was any doubt about Apple's intentions to push further into the mobile gaming space, the company just put them to rest. 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple has just added a former Xbox LIVE executive to its team of talent.

This marks Apple's third major pickup from the gaming community in less than 12 months. You may recall that it hired on some big names from Nintendo and Activision last year, and now it's stuck its hand in Microsoft's pocket...

See, Apple is Not So Evil After All

Sébastien Page ∙ February 2, 2012

Apple has been taking a lot of heat lately for failing to effectively pursue safer working conditions in its overseas manufacturing plants, but also for outsourcing its product assembly to China – because you know, they're the only company outsourcing to China...

If there is one thing the company is doing well these days, it's their charity donation program, which was initiated by Tim Cook as he became CEO of Apple last year.

Rumor: iPad 3 to Launch in March [Updated]

Oliver Haslam ∙ February 2, 2012

If you wished for another iPad 3 launch rumor when you woke up this morning, then you're in for a stroke of luck.

According to the oft-accurate Japanese blog Macotakara, Apple will announce the third generation iPad at an event due to be held in March, with a release date to come after that announcement.

The news comes after Macotakara had previously claimed that the event would take place in February, but the blog now says that there will be two events, with the one in February being described as "strange" by the site...

Rumor: Apple to Unveil iPhone 5 at WWDC This Year

Cody Lee ∙ February 2, 2012

Last year, Apple broke its three-year tradition of announcing a new iPhone during its WWDC event. The World Wide Developers Conference, which takes place in mid-June, is a major event for the Cupertino company.

For reasons unknown, Apple didn't unveil any new hardware at last year's conference. Instead, consumers had to wait until October to purchase the company's new handset. But according to a new report, that won't be the case this year...

Apple Now Third Largest Mobile Phone Manufacturer in the World

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 27, 2017

It's been more than a week since Apple published the results of its record-breaking quarter, and the news is still paying off in dividends for the company.

Last week we told you that the 37 million iPhones Apple sold during the last three months made it the number one smartphone manufacturer in the world. But what we didn't know was that it also made Apple one of the top three mobile phone makers...

Is This a Photo of the Next iPod Nano?

Cody Lee ∙ Updated November 27, 2016

It seems like it's raining spy shots today. Hot on the heels of the purported iPad 3 photo BGR leaked this morning comes an image of, what several folks are calling, the next iPod nano.

Leading up to Apple's Fall iPhone/iPod event last year, we heard a number of rumors that the next iPod nano would feature a camera. And although the refreshed device never surfaced, it appears that the product still very much exists...

Samsung Big Game Teaser Teases Apple Fanboys

Sébastien Page ∙ February 1, 2012

You might have heard Samsung is spending big bucks to have a TV commercial air during the next Super Bowl. They're so excited that they can't help bragging about it all over the web, just like a high school girl who just scored a prom date with the star quarterback.

Trying to generate buzz prior to the big day, Samsung released a teaser that, as usual, makes fun of Apple fanboys for standing in line to get the new iPhone. Of course, Samsung wouldn't have such a problem since no one actually ever had to get in line to buy a Samsung phone. That's how popular they are...

Rumor: Apple Shopping for TV Displays from Major Component Suppliers

Cody Lee ∙ February 1, 2012

Even with an iPad 3 launch almost certainly on the horizon, much of the tech world's interest still seems to be in Apple's mysterious TV set. According to the rumor mill, the iPhone-makers are expected to enter the television space at some point in the next two years.

And there's nobody pulling for that to happen more than Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Munster has been the source of several "iTV" rumors over the past couple of months, and now he's back with more gossip...