Apple

Apple issued a formal response to the Locationgate/iMhere/iGiveupNamingThisThing scandal this morning, admitting the storing of the location cache went too far and the "bug" will be fixed in an upcoming software update. Well it wasn't an outright admission.



This is Apple after all, and this is as close as we'll get to them saying "We #$^#@& up."

The press release opens with a blanket statement that seems to absolve Apple of all guilt. ...

Not one, but two - that's how many new tablet computers Sony raised the curtain on today. The consumer electronics behemoth is optimistic about the chances its two Google Android-based touchscreen tablets have at competing with Apple's presently untouchable iPad and iPad 2.

According to Sony, both tablets will reach consumers this fall, Reuters is reporting. The tablets, called S1 and S2, will use ...

Patently Apple is reporting the Canadian Intellectual Property Office published Apple's official notice of abandonment of the "POD" trademark.

This comes after seven long years of litigation attempting to secure "POD" as an Apple trademark. In the wake of the iPod's popularity Apple fought to keep third party manufacturers from cannibalizing the "POD" trademark. Also, it prevented competitors from branding ...

Once again we find ourselves discussing the iPhone 6 before we've even enjoyed our first look at the iPhone 5. But reports surfacing Monday suggest that Apple is already laying the foundation for its sixth generation iPhone, at least in terms of the device's LCD display.

Here's what we know - or think we know based on the latest reports: Apple is planning to work with Sharp to produce futuristic, next-generation ...

The Twittertariats over at TweetDeck have released version 2.0 of their Twitter app. The app has been rebuilt from the ground up keeping in mind "a series of guiding principles" they identified from the original app according to the developers.

There are a bevy of new and improved features, most notably the ability to create fully customizable columns with infinite scroll lists. Your twittering juices should b salivating now. ...

We posted about Banana TV a while back, which lets you use a Mac as an AirPlay destination for video. We're working with developer Erica Sadun to market the app, and so I see the support emails daily - the most common one being "when can I stream audio"?

With the recent discovery of the AirTunes private key, it's now possible to integrate streaming audio from an iOS device to ...

Bloomberg is reporting the first Federal Lawsuit has been filed against Apple pertaining to the iSpy/Locationgate/other-generic-name scandal.

The suit was filed April 22 in Tampa, Florida, at a federal court by Vikram Ajjampur, a Florida based iphone user, and William Devito, a New York based iPad customer. The two men filed suit hoping to have a judge bar the alleged data collection by Apple.
...

In my brief time here on the planet I've noticed a few things about iPod nano users. They tend to be young chic females sporting leggings and oversized sweatshirts while sloshing around campus in Ugg boots. Or they're like my roommate: A twenty something workout fanatic from Wisconsin who needs a pair of "buds" in his ears during any moment of physical exertion. Woot!.com currently has a deal that would make him spit ...

9 to 5 Mac is reporting Apple has started notifying customers that their recent iMac purchases would not be shipped till next week. This seems to confirm CNET’s Brian Tong ‘s report new iMacs would be due out by the end of April or the first week in May.

Prospective iMac owners have eagerly anticipated the update after the Macbook Pro refresh saw the implementation of Intel’s ...

The evidence continues to mount that Apple will release its long awaited white iPhone 4 on Wednesday. Beginning over the weekend and reaching a fever pitch Monday morning, major media outlets are picking up on the supposedly leaked information that Best Buy's inventory has been updated to reflect white iPhone 4 stock. And it appears that Wednesday will mark the product's official release.

...

Reports surfaced Monday morning that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has responded to accusations that iOS devices track user location data. Late last week, two prominent security researchers came forward saying that they have discovered that the iPhone maintains a location log that includes longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates as well as a timestamp. Each time the iPhone is synced to the computer a new log file is ...