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To some Apple fans, it was all but certain and a foregone conclusion that late Apple co-founder and iconic CEO Steve Jobs would be named Time magazine's "Person of The Year" for 2011. Although Jobs has received no shortage of high-profile tributes since his October passing at the age of 56, Time Magazine, alas, did not bestow this year's top honors on the iDevice pioneer.

With Jobs "snubbed" ...

Everyone wants a bigger piece of the iTunes market share - especially Samsung.

Next year, the South Korean consumer electronics giant will aggressively escalate its efforts to compete with iTunes, most likely as the result of serving up digital content directly to customers who purchase Samsung products like smartphones, tablets, and even televisions.

Those who believe iTunes and Apple ...

Retina Display MacBook Pros? Yes please.

That’s the rumor Digitime’s started this morning in a report citing “sources in the upstream supply chain.” The rumored MBPs would double the current MBPs’ resolution with a 2880x1800 pixel display. Doing a bit of complicated math after some deductive reasoning (dividing the rumored resolution by two) it appears the sources are citing the resolution for an ...

Everyone in the jailbreak community is eagerly anticipating the release of an untethered jailbreak for iOS devices on iOS 5 (confirmed to work with iOS 5.0.1 as well). Therefore, everyone has their eyes on @pod2g right now who is the iOS hacker currently showing significant progress with the jailbreak.

The hacker previously released a video demonstrating a working untethered jailbreak ...

As mentioned before, Microsoft has been getting busy releasing several new apps for the iOS platform recently. As the company continues to roll out apps, one was overlooked - a brand new Halo app built for the iPhone. This app is more useful than the previous Bungie Mobile app which was released a while back.

In Halo Waypoint, users will not only get to see their stats outside of the game, but will ...

It seems like Apple ends up heading to court very often nowadays and this time ist no different. Seattle-based Cequint Inc. is seeking unspecified damages related to claims of Apple products infringing on caller ID related patents. The company who seeks to go to court in Wilmington, Delaware (where the complaint was filed yesterday) wants to prevent Apple from using the technology being disputed. ...

Apple has recently hired Jan-Michael Cart, best known for creating demos of proposed Notification Center tweak, to intern with the company for the next seven months. Cart’s internship follows two other recent hires known for notification work. This suggests that the Cupertino giant is aware that iOS notifications still need some work.

Cart is currently a junior majoring in Mass Media Arts at the University ...

Microsoft has been releasing apps for the iOS platform left and right with the release of My Xbox LIVE, OneNote for iPad, and SkyDrive. The company seems to be taking another major step by introducing Kinectimals onto the iOS gaming platform. The game, which is primarily aimed for children, involves interacting with virtual animals. Kinectimals debuted last year as an Xbox 360 game, which took advantage of the Kinect ...

The UK carrier O2 has launched a pilot program named O2 Lease, which allows customers to rent Apple’s iPhone 4S. It is actually pretty interesting to note that no carrier has tried this before now. The idea of the program makes sense as not everyone needs something for an extended period of time, which is why things such as cars, houses, etc. can all be leased. With technology constantly evolving, ...

The 60-minute PBS documentary “Steve Jobs – One Last Thing,” which originally aired on November 2 is now available in a slew of different places. For those of you who missed it originally, the documentary included many interviews including interviews with Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak, Walt Mossberg, and even an interview with Jobs himself with a “never-before-broadcast interview from 1994.”

If ...

It's a headline that must make Alec Baldwin smile.

After a lengthy test review process by the FAA, American Airlines has been given the green light to let pilots use iPads in "all phases of flight." As MMi reported earlier this year, American Airlines has been angling for some time to become the first major domestic airline to make the switch to completely electronic manuals.

During ...