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Starbucks said Friday it will update Passbook in iOS 6 at the end of September, presumably meaning it will integrate its existing Starbucks digital payment card into the new app for users to pay for coffee. In a tweet, the company said: “Updated to iOS 6? Our Passbook update is coming at the end of Continue Reading →

Data centers across the world use about 30 billion watts of electricity, about the same as the output of 30 nuclear power plants, with digital warehouses in the U.S. accounting for one-quarter to one-third of that load, The New York Times reports. Those are huge numbers for an industry that often puts forth an image Continue Reading →

Apple may have reserved the lion’s share of iPhone 5 handsets for its own stores, leaving other retailers more empty-handed. Citing “store sales staff and other people familiar with the situation,” the Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Apple’s own stores seemed to have a healthy stock of iPhone 5 units to sell this past Continue Reading →

Apple on Monday said first weekend sales of the iPhone 5 topped five million, beating the opening weekend for the iPhone 4S nearly a year ago by 1 million units. Demand has been “incredible,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement. He also confirmed that the company sold out completely of its initial shipment. Continue Reading →

Although the iPhone 5 hit stores early this morning, those who waited in line were unable to purchase an adapter to go with the device’s new Lightning connector. Apple told Mashable that adapters — which will allow users to connect the new charger to accessories that support the previous one — aren’t yet in stores, Continue Reading →

Apple’s Passbook has only been out for a few days, but so far retailers at least are embracing it. The app, which lets users store and retrieve coupons and loyalty cards from their favorite brands, was released as part of a software update (iOS 6) for Apple’s mobile and tablet devices. It comes pre-installed on Continue Reading →

Far more people waited in line for the iPhone 5 launch Friday than waited for the release of the iPhone 4S last year, at least according to a new research note from top Apple analyst Gene Munster. Munster’s firm Piper Jaffray counted the number of people waiting in line for the iPhone at several Apple Continue Reading →

As a “maker” n00b, I can’t express how awesome it is to build a homemade solar-powered iPhone charger. The little 2W solar panel currently sits in the window of my west-facing home office (more on that later). Now, every afternoon, as the sun starts blazing onto my desk, I soak up a little power. I Continue Reading →

Those who thought they would be safe preordering an iPhone 5 from Best Buy might be in for some bad news. 9to5Mac got its hands on an internal Best Buy memo that acknowledges the company won’t be able to fulfill its iPhone 5 preorders in a timely manner due to “current inventory allocation.” So what Continue Reading →

Apple Maps is not a bad product, and yet many users hate it. Even for a company as huge as Apple, it has to be frustrating to be in this situation — to acquire three different mapping-related companies over the years, and to have dozens and dozens of engineers work on an app that is Continue Reading →