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As part of a special media event, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer recently unveiled major changes to photo management and sharing service Flickr. The changes include full resolution image support, 1 Terabyte of storage for each user, and a revamped user interface. The announcement was nearly overshadowed by news of Yahoo’s $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition and the company’s move into a historic Times Square building the New York Times ...

Shortly after Apple published the full testimony which CEO Tim Cook plans to give to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in the U.S. Senate, the government body issued its own findings on the company’s offshore tax practices, saying subsidiaries were used to purposefully avoid paying billions of dollars in domestic taxes. According to the subcommittee’s report, Apple moved billions in profits out of the U.S. to affiliate corporations, such as Apple Operations International ...

According to the latest data from NPD Group, domestic sales of Mac computers were about even year over year in the month of April. This is seen as a potentially positive sign for Apple based on Gene Munster’s interpretation. Munster’s forecast called for total worldwide Mac sales for the June quarter to be down about 5% year over year.

Due to the fact that the NPD Group tracks domestic ...

In an effort to improve the standing of its smartphone lineup against the iPhone, Samsung is turning to third-party developers for help. The South Korean tech giant is offering $800,000 in prize money for Galaxy-specific apps. Samsung’s global developer competition will see 10 winners with the prize money distributed among them. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company is seemingly interested in apps that ...

Apple is pulling out all the stops in India to attract new customers to the iOS ecosystem in hopes they will never leave.

For the better part of two years now, the headlines have consistently reflected how India will one day prove to be a huge market for Apple's iPhone and the smartphone industry at large. Just last month, The Times of India reported that Apple will have a banner year in India over the next twelve ...

Verizon has Monday announced that they have turned on 4G LTE cellular coverage for six new locations in the United States. Verizon is the leader of 4G LTE coverage in the United States as competing cellular carriers like AT&T, Sprint, and T-mobile lag behind slowly trying to catch up.

The six new locations that now have access to Verizon’s 4G LTE network are:

• Adrian, Michigan
• Corbin,

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AT&T in November of last year began enabling FaceTime over cellular for iPhones running iOS 6 that had the ability to connect to 4G LTE, in other words, the iPhone 5. It was supposed to be limited to tiered data plans and shared data plans only.

Monday AT&T has revealed to The Verge that they will be enabling FaceTime over cellular for everyone and anyone, as long as they have an iOS 6 device. The new system will ...

One has to wonder if Tumblr CEO and founder David Karp is striking the above pose today. Karp's juggernaut blogging social network is being acquired by Yahoo... for more than $1 billion dollars (insert Dr. Evil accent)

The news was well-circulated throughout the iOS ecosystem today, which makes sense given the popularity of Tumblr on iOS. As of this writing, the Tumblr app is a huge hit in the App Store, consistently ...

Sources speaking with Taiwan's Economic Daily News report that testing has begun in earnest on Apple's forthcoming iWatch.

According to individuals in the know, Apple's intelligent touchscreen smartwatch is getting closer to mass production.
In fact, as of this writing, the company is chiefly concerned with reading the device's 1.5-inch OLED screen.

It is believed but not confirmed ...

Asymco analyst Horace Dediu is out with a new report based on research and analysis showing that Apple's retail stores are now generating record revenue per visitor.

Already boasting the most lucrative square footage across the global retail landscape, Apple's retail stores now generate approximately $58 per visitor.

"In the US, on a sales per square foot basis, Apple retail continues to perform ...

In case you've missed out on the new jailbreak tweaks Cydia has seen, this recap will highlight the tweaks we've shown you this week. These are in no specific order.

1. JellyLock – FREE

JellyLock is a jailbreak tweak that has been in private beta for some time and has just been released into the public repositories of Cydia. The tweak gives iOS an Android Jellybean-like lock screen that offers shortcuts for unlocking the device, getting to the Camera, and getting to various customizable applications. You have full control over the tweak’s appearance, ...