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Not bad for a company that's in the process of disappearing, right? If you remember, this same Trip Chowdhry said in early 2014 that if Apple didn't release the “iWatch” (as we all thought it would be called at that time) within 60 days, the company would disappear and become irrelevant. Those 60 days came…

Apple said the purpose of the offer is to give more developers a chance to test their Apple Watch apps as early as possible. A screenshot of the invitation: Apple Developer Invitation According to our developer sources, others who received this offer were all offered the same model Apple Watch. Speculation on the blue sport…

There are upgrades to a larger amount of space with an online service, but the most popular ones don't offer an easy way to gift that space: Dropbox suggests using your card to pay as you upgrade the recipient's account, and iCloud space can be gifted in the form of physical gift cards or digital…

More iPhone carriers means more money all the way around, according to Wells Fargo “Apple started adding more carriers but seems to have gotten more aggressive in the last six months on a relative basis,” Mr. Um told investors. Instead of driving up iPhone 5S sales, however, Mr. Um sees the new carriers as a…

Spotify buys music discovery company Echo Nest Spotify isn't commenting on exactly how much money it spent to buy Echo Nest, but sources speaking with TechCrunch said it was about $100 million. Part of the deal included multimillion dollar payouts to company founders Brian Whitman and Tristan Jehan, as well as CEO Jim Lucchese. Echo…

Wells Fargo expects China Mobile deal to boost iPhone sales Mr. Um told investors, The deal should give further confidence to both December and March quarter iPhone units. China Mobile's TD-LTE network operates in the 2.5GHz band, which could also bode well for iPhone at Sprint, which plans to overlay a faster 4G coverage in…

Apple's iPad was the popular purchase over the Thanksgiving Holiday The research firm followed the purchases of 50,000 in-store shoppers for last Thursday and Friday. Thursday was the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, followed by Black Friday which is a huge holiday shopping day. According to the company's research, the iPad mini was the…

IBM “tracked millions of transactions and terabytes of data from approximately 800 U.S. retail websites.” The computing giant then analyzed that traffic and issued a report called “Black Friday Report 2013.” According to the report, mobile traffic accounted for 39.7 percent of all online traffic, up some 34 percent from Black Friday 2012. Purchases made…

Slope iPad Stand The Slope from Dekke is a sleek iPad stand that looks great on your desk along side your Mac and Apple display. It uses nanofoam to securely hold your iPad or iPad mini in place, but it's easy to pull your tablet free with a gentle tug. The Slope matches Apple's gear…

Apple will begin accepting online orders for the iPhone 5s on Friday, September 20, at 12:01AM pacific time (3:01AM eastern), and in-store purchases will start at 8AM local time, as will iPhone 5c in-store purchases. Since the iPhone 5s isn't available for pre-order, there's a good chance that means Apple's inventory will be very limited.…

U2 frontman Bono, Apple design guru Sir Jonathan Ive, and Aussie biomorphism designer Marc Newson are teaming up for a charity auction to benefit Bono's Project (RED). Headlining the auction is a pair of 18K rose gold Apple Earpods, as shown below. The auction will be held on November 23rd, and the proceeds will specifically…

The idea that Apple is going to make a cheap iPhone just doesn't sit well with me because the low-end market is something the company has historically been willing to leave for its competitors to fight over. That said, Apple also has its own way of systematically working its way down the market ladder and…

Apple needs to make a cheaper iPhone. That's what analysts are saying, which tells me they still don't understand Apple's market. The company has proven quarter after quarter through sales that consumers are fine with its price structure, and that it has no interest in following the overall market's make-it-cheap mentality. Don't look for a…

Customers looking to purchase Apple products in the United States will soon have the option of shopping at office supply chain Staples, according to multiple tweets from Staples executives discovered Thursday by 9to5Mac. Staples currently sells Apple products in Canada and other international locations but the new deal with Apple will allow it to carry…

A rare version of an Apple Newton recently sold on Ebay for US$1,350. The see-through device appears to have been a promotional version of the Newton MessagePad 110 handed out at an Apple conference in the 1990s. See-Through Newton (Click the image for a larger version) The Newton was the pet project of one-time Apple…

Mega retailer Walmart and prepaid wireless service Straight Talk announced Tuesday that they will offer both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 5 for customers with a no-contract $45 per month unlimited plan starting Friday, January 11. The unlimited plan, exclusive to Walmart, covers voice minutes, texting, and data, and represents significant savings over national…

Starbucks and Apple are working together to offer the Starbucks iTunes (RED) eGift basket, a combination Starbucks and iTunes gift card where 5 percent of the US$30 purchase price will be donated to Project (RED). The promotion coincides with a Starbucks promotion for World AIDS Day where the company will donate $0.05 for every “handcrafted”…

Fat Wallet maintains a website that promotes deals on popular merchandise, and they utilize that resource to support their free Black Friday iOS app. The app is compatible with iPhone 3GS through iPhone 5, although it is optimized for iPhone 5. It is also compatible with 3rd, 4th, and 5th generations of iPod touch, and…

Apple's iPad mini hit store shelves Friday morning, and Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster expects the company to sell between 1 million and 1.5 million of its 7.9-inch tablet by the end of the weekend. Preorders for Apple's small size iPad started a week ago, and the company sold through that inventory within a few…

An original Apple 1 motherboard failed to sell at auction on Tuesday. Christie's announced the auction in August, and at the time the firm expected the Apple 1 to fetch US$127,000. When the auction ended, however, the price hadn't met the reserve of $80,000, resulting in no sale. The Apple 1 was the first computer…

The iPhone 5 is among a list of smartphones that newly appointed Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer is offering to all of the company’s employees, according to an internal Yahoo! memo obtained by Business Insider late Saturday. All part- and full-time employees will be able to choose an iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X,…

Price drops on Apple’s iPhone are not uncommon in the weeks leading up to an expected refresh as retailers and carriers work to clear out inventory before the switch. For Apple’s retail partners and carriers, this can be extra tricky because Apple isn’t known for for its generous channel return policies or in giving those…

This is being seen as a desperate move by Nokia, which saw its once dominant position in the cell phone industry succumb to the one-two punch of Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone. Nokia abandoned its proprietary Symbian OS in 2010 after sales fell off a cliff, but unlike every other major player in the industry…

If you own a Mac, it is almost a given that you will also need a USB hub. They come in all sizes and prices, but the one I am looking at today, the Premium 4 Port Hub from Satechi has some nice features and an excellent price.