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We recently showed you just how badly some of Apple’s retail elite behave when no one’s watching, but surely they were taught better, right? You bet they were: Apple tells its new recruits exactly what what to think and say. How do we know? We read Apple’s secret Genius Training Manual from cover to cover. Continue Reading →

You may know that you can boot Windows on your Mac machine by virtue of the two operating systems sharing the same processing technology. What you may not know is you can actually run both at the same time through emulator software like Parallels. The app has been around since 2006 (ever since Apple switched Continue Reading →

The Apple versus Samsung spat’s certainly grown partisan, but the connection between the two firms remains symbiotic — Samsung needs Apple’s money, and Apple needs to ensure it keeps its grip on Samsung’s ample supply of parts. The way the firms talk about each other you’d think this was a hate affair, but the two Continue Reading →

AT&T is opening a 10,000 square-foot flagship store on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue this weekend. Yes, it borrows heavily from the Apple Store’s look, feel, and overall experience. (Sort of like that other retail store from another electronics manufacturer). There are even Genius-wannabes that can help you out your smartphone, tablet, or other AT&T-powered gizmo. But Continue Reading →

Did Apple’s huge win over Samsung in court last week send Galaxy device owners heading for the hills? According to new data from cell phone resale company Gazelle.com, Samsung smartphones are being dumped by users following a California jury’s declaration that 21 of Samsung’s Android devices infringe on Apple patents — the company reports a Continue Reading →

Apple’s latest tweak to its online store has now included a real-life genius that you can chat to if you’re undecided about buying your next iPhone or iPad. If you’re based in the UK, Germany, Spain or Brazil, you can surf to either product page, and an “Ask Now” button in the top right corner Continue Reading →

Sameer Singh at Tech-Thoughts has done some nifty detective work to put together a manufacturing cost estimate for the iPad mini based on leaked part information, and has come up with an estimate of $189.32. Included among Singh’s iPad mini estimated bill of materials are an A5 processor that costs $13.50, a display that costs Continue Reading →

As the whole world should know by now, Samsung was found guilty of infringing on Apple’s patents. That intellectual property included such items as using one’s finger to tap the screen to zoom in. Another infringement concerned the so-called bounce-back patent, and then, of course there’s patent 915, which pertained to pinching and zooming. Meanwhile, back Continue Reading →

It has been widely reported that Apple’s next-generation iPhone will include near field communication capabilities, and a Chinese blog on Monday published the first images that showed the alleged NFC chip integrated into the phone’s internal components. After an in-depth analysis, however, AnandTech has concluded that NFC in the next iPhone is “highly unlikely” and Continue Reading →

Hey, look at this: Yet another YouTube app overhaul, which features a bunch of … features. See if you can guess what’s most important about the new Xbox app from Google’s perspective, via a PR email YouTube sent out Tuesday morning: “Today we updated the YouTube app on Xbox, making it up to 5X faster Continue Reading →