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Apple may be enlisting a couple of more suppliers to help meet demand for its mobile products. Later this year, the iPhone maker will tap into the resources of Taiwan-based Wistron to build 5C handsets, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing “people familiar with the supply chain.” Next year, Apple will employ Compal Communications, Continue Reading →

In order to whet appetites for the new FuelBand SE, which hits shelves on Wednesday, Nike released its companion app, the refreshed Nike+ Move, to the public a day earlier than expected. Exclusive to iPhone 5s owners, the Nike+ Move app uses the M7 coprocessor found in the iPhone 5s to gather information from the Continue Reading →

Can your mobile phone become a replacement for manually typing in a password? That’s the promise of a new application called Knock, which launched on Tuesday, which uses an iPhone paired with a Mac desktop or laptop computer to log you in to your locked machine. The system takes advantage of the newer low-energy Bluetooth Continue Reading →

Google updated its Search app for iOS on Tuesday, adding a slew of new features for both the core search experience as well as Google Now. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store. The update largely focuses on Google Now. Here’s what’s new: Notifications – Get notified when it’s time Continue Reading →

The 2014 International CES (January 7-10 in Las Vegas) is around the corner. Thinking back to last year’s show, there were a few trends that stood out: The Goldilocks Screen-size Strategy If the 4″ iPhone screen was too small and the 5.7″ Samsung Galaxy Note screen was too big, perhaps the 4.7″ HTC One screen Continue Reading →

It was only a matter of time: The first exhibition of Emoji Art and Design has just been announced. Forced Meme Productions sent out a call for artists working in the medium of wee characters to submit work to the show, which will run December 12 through 14 at the New York City Eyebeam Art Continue Reading →

Apple already has a number of solar power inventions to its name, but Thursday’s filing is one of the first to propose a solution that can be made viable in the near term. As noted in the patent, titled “Power management systems for accepting adapter and solar power in electronic devices,” Apple is not looking Continue Reading →

Apple released a statement to The New York Times on Tuesday night noting that a manufacturing issue has caused shortened battery life in a ‘very limited’ number of iPhone 5s devices. At its introduction, the phone was reported by Apple to have nearly identical life to the iPhone 5, and most tests have borne that Continue Reading →

Apple could sell as many as 51.5 million iPhones during the holiday quarter, says Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley. In an investors note out Tuesday, Walkley said he expects strong sales of the iPhone 5S through December as Apple bumps up supply to meet the heavy demand. The more expensive 5S is currently outselling the Continue Reading →

The numbers are now in and Apple crushed estimates, having managed a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $8.26 per share on $37.5 billion in sales. Apple’s September-quarter results certainly fall in line with the trend we’ve been seeing recently as the breakneck growth Apple has enjoyed in recent years continues to slow. In the year-ago quarter, Continue Reading →