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In a recent interview with All Things D, Beats Audio’s CEO, Jimmy Iovine, said that he spent three years trying to persuade late Apple cofounder Steve jobs to start a subscription-based streaming music service over a decade ago before the whole idea gained popularity. According to the report, Iovine tried to push Jobs into launching a subscription service while working with him in 2002 and 2003 as head ...

According to recently released estimates from the research firm IDC, PC estimates show an overall contraction of 4.5% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2012 with Apple following suit with a 0.2% negative growth rate. Apple shipped roughly 2.03 million Macs over the three-month period ending in December, just 3,000 units short of last year’s performance. Despite the negative growth in quarter four, Apple still ...

Japan’s number one cellular carrier NTT DoCoMo recently said it would be willing to negotiate a deal to sell the iPhone, a device that has become a driving force in net subscriber growth for Apple’s partner carriers in the country. Katoru Katō, the president of NTT DoCoMo, said his company would be willing to add the iPhone to its existing lineup if the telecom can reach a mutually beneficial ...

One of the many interesting products at CES 2013 turned out to be the Tethercell, which is basically an app-enabled AA-sized battery with a twist. The physical product is actually a plastic enclosure with wireless circuitry the size of a AA battery that holds a common replaceable AAA alkaline battery. The AAA battery powers both the Tethercell device and the AA-powered product you insert the ...

In a detailed new report exploring the long history and questionable future of HP, BusinessWeek is sharing previously unpublished information about the lengths Steve Jobs was willing to go to in order to help former HP boss Mark Hurd return to the company from which he was practically excommunicated.

Having been forced to resign by HP’s board in 2010, Hurd was embroiled in a controversy stemming back to claims ...

This week in Las Vegas, the tech giants at CES 2013 have been vying to impress the masses with its new line of so-called smart TVs.

As MMi covered in depth on Tuesday, Samsung is busy showing off everything from a 55-inch OLED TV with Multi-View features to Evolution Kits that promise to keep TVs up to date and as "smart" as a hunk of equipment can possibly be.

But is everyone really ...

Apple is all over this year's Consumer Electronics Show. And that's pretty remarkable when you consider the fact that Apple isn't even there in an official capacity. Come to think of it, Apple hasn't been to CES in 21 years. But it's presence is unmistakable in Las Vegas this week.

You would be hard-pressed to find many booths that don't offer some accessory or contraction that works with (or was ...

There seems to be a lot of buzz about the possibility of a low-cost iPhone recently. When asked about the chances of it happening, Apple Marketing Chief Phil Schiller said that the Cupertino California company is not interested in making cheap, low-profit products. The comments, which were originally made to the Shanghai Evening News, are not a guarantee of what’s to come. If you look in the past, the company famously ...

Google has released yet another application into the iOS App Store; this one is called Google Coordinate. It’s free; however, it requires that you have a Google Coordinate license for the app to actually work. Google does offer a free trial for the service so you can see if it's right for you.

Google Coordinate is a way for an employer to make their workforce more efficient at what they do. With it, the employer can assign jobs to certain workers ...

Angry Birds, love them or hate them, is still one of the most popular games in the App Store today. There have been many different versions of the game, as Rovio has worked with NASA to bring space physics, and Lucasarts to bring Star Wars-themed gameplay to Angry Birds. One of the newer flavors of Angry Birds, Angry Birds Space, has received an update today that adds 30 new levels and some additional power-ups in version 1.4.0.

The 30 new levels are water-based, and they’re still in space. The ...

Reuters is reporting T-Mobile could begin offering the iPhone within the next 3-4 months.

The report comes on the heels of a report claiming T-Mobile USA already having nearly 2 million iPhones running on their network while averaging close to 100,000 new iPhone activations a month. The official sale of the iPhone appears to mimic T-Mobile’s plan to end traditional phone subsidies and move toward installment ...