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Even as AuthenTec’s board of directors seems to be moving toward the approval of Apple’s $356 million acquisition of the fingerprint sensor chip company, a new report suggests that Apple seems to be continuing its search with talent and technology required to assist its mobile payments effort. According to The Australian, Apple recently signed a deal to work with the Australian firm, Microlatch, on similar ...

MetroPCS is currently in talks with Deutsche Telekom to merge with T-Mobile USA and although no agreement has been reached, the two companies seem to be having ongoing discussions regarding the matter. An acquisition such as this one would add a potential 9 million subscribers to T-Mobile USA’s user base. The Dallas-based MetroPCS recently issued a press release stating the current situation between the ...

Former Apple executive, Tony Fadell, recently introduced the second-iteration of his company’s Nest Learning Thermostat. The second-generation thermostat boasts features such as new hardware and software, wider compatibility, more apps and a refreshed design. The company is even announced that it is rolling out version 3.0 of its Nest software for its existing owners along with the debut of ...

Nokia recently released a new commercial that attacks Apple’s new iPhone, with the focus on the iPhone 5’s lack of color options. This is quite different from Samsung’s campaign, which tends to make fun of those who wait on lines and the general lifestyle of iPhone users. What seems to be a bit strange here is that Nokia seems to be focusing in on what seems like a largely irrelevant feature as opposed to touting ...

MMi reported September 25th that the culprit in the iPhone 5 shortage is thought to be Apple's in-cell displays, which help make the refreshed iPhone lighter and thinner, while preserving the remarkable clarity of the display screen.

“Apple is facing significant production constraints due to a move toward in-cell display technology,” analyst Ben Reitzes of Barclays said at the time. “Apple is struggling ...

A new jailbreak tweak is in Cydia today called iWidgets by iOS developer eldwin and as the name suggests, it’s going to give you widgets. Shown above are the two default widgets that the tweak comes with – a clock widget and a calendar widget. These widgets are made from HTML and you can interact with them while they are on your home screen. If they look familiar, it's because they are; these are nearly identical to the Mac OS X dashboard widgets.

To add widgets ...

Apple Maps may be leading iOS 6 users into empty parking lots, but there’s one thing it does extremely well: managing data.

That’s right, Apple's new maps app is incredibly efficient, in fact it makes Google Maps look bloated in comparison. Apple’s new maps app as much as five times less data than Google Maps. While this could be the result of each phone’s map “prowess” Onavo claims the difference ...

iOS 6 gives Siri support for languages including Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Cantonese, and Korean. For anyone not looking to upgrade to iOS 6, but rather stay on iOS 5 to keep their untethered jailbreaks, you will find that Siri isn’t quite as multilingual. If you would like to add support to Siri in iOS 5 for the languages that she learned in iOS 6, then there is a new jailbreak tweak in Cydia today called Assistant Language+ by ...

Even if you like making your MacBook Pro with retina display look awesome with vinyl or other kinds of stick-on designs, you may want to reconsider putting them on the machine. Apple is now telling their customers that it is a bad idea to use palm rest covers on retina display-equipped MacBook Pros.

According to a post today by Apple, using any kind of palm rest cover on the MacBook Pro with retina display can ...

With rumors about the new Apple iPad mini reaching fever pitch this week, we are beginning to hear rumblings about production of the new device commencing in Brazil.

Apple and its manufacturing partner Foxconn have placed no shortage of resources into Brazil and making its South American production output as strong as possible. If the latest suspicion is proven correct, the iPad mini will ...

Although most Apple watchers have their eyes trained on next week's rumored iPad mini launch, Apple is not expected to follow a similar course with its popular smartphone line.

For Apple, the benefits of releasing a smaller and more affordable iPad are clear. With the likes of Amazon and Barnes & Noble taking a bite out of the iPad's market share with their respective tablet creations, ...