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Tim Cook On Siri: “We’re Doubling Down On It,” “We Have A Lot That Siri Can Do”

Speaking during the D10 conference with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a bit of insight into what we can expect from Siri in the future. While he didn’t specifically dive into what improvements will be made, he did say that we can expect exciting new features from the product, which

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Apple TV has Sold 2.7 Million Units This Year, Says Tim Cook

Apparently the Apple TV is not much of a hobby any more as it looks set to more than double its sales figures this year. Steve Jobs was well known for saying that the Apple TV set top box was a “hobby,” but when it sold 3 million units last year, it seemed to move

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Apple CEO Tim Cook: Patent Wars Are A “Pain In The Ass”

Apple CEO Tim Cook is on stage at the D10 conference in California speaking with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher from AllThingsD. Mossberg and Kara asked Tim Cook what he specifically thought about the ongoing patent wars — Apple is currently fighting several companies including HTC and Samsung. When asked whether the patent wars hurt

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More Photos Leak of the New iPhone’s Alleged Back Panel

More alleged (high-res) photos have leaked of the new iPhone’s back plate and, yes, that strange two-tone color combination is still present. Ugh, two-tone? It looks like something from an 80s movie trying to pretend it’s the year 2000. Actually, the black metal (instead of silver) surrounding the black version looks pretty slick. Aside from

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Additional iPhone 5 Back Panels Leaked

We just published an image of what is allegedly the back panel of an iPhone 5 and now several new images have surfaced online. The new parts, published by uBreakiFix, line up with earlier leaks suggesting the 3.5mm headphone jack will be on the bottom of the phone. That seems a bit odd to us, though,

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iPad Prototype with Two Dock Connectors Sells for a Hefty $10,200

  How much is an original iPad with a second dock connector worth? Apparently $10,200. Yesterday we pointed out that an iPad prototype with two dock connectors had shown up on eBay.  At the time of that writing there was about 12 hours left in the auction and the price was sitting at $4,500.  Well,

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Apple’s WWDC Keynote Kicks Off At 10am PST June 11

Earlier this morning Apple published its full schedule for its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) event. Now the company has confirmed that the entire show will get kicked off on June 11th at 10am Pacific with the company’s keynote. We’ll definitely hear more on OS X Mountain Lion and plenty about iOS 6, including the possibility

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Apple Posts WWDC Schedule and Launches iPhone App

We’re just a few weeks away from WWDC, one of Apple’s biggest annual events, and the company has just posted its schedule for the conference as well as an iPhone app for anyone who is attending. It’s bound to be a busy few days for developers and press alike. We’re expecting to learn more about

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Alleged iPhone 5 Back Panel Leaked

We’ve already seen pictures of what are allegedly the headphone jack, the earpiece, the home button and the SIM tray of Apple’s next-generation iPhone and now we have another leak to add to the collection. 9to5Mac published images of what are reportedly the back side of Apple’s new iPhone that came from a Chinese parts reseller.

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Apple Television Orders Reportedly Rolling in to Foxconn

Foxconn has reportedly begun accepting orders for the “trial production stage” of the long-rumored Apple Television set.

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MacBook Pro Reportedly Constricting Supply Chain Labor

Rumors are circulating that Apple’s orders for the new versions of the MacBook Pro line are causing labor shortages through out the supply chain.

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iPad Prototype with Dual Dock Connectors Appears on eBay (UPDATED)

Rumors and patent filings have suggested for years that the original iPad was going to come with dock connectors for both portrait and landscape mode, and now an eBay auction has lent some credence to those stories. Considered somewhat of a myth, patent documents did exist for an iPad with two connections, but no one

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1.2 Million iOS Devices Were Jailbroken With Absinthe 2.0 This Weekend

Last Friday’s Absinthe 2.0 release was huge for jailbreakers the world over, who had been waiting many months for the Chronic Dev-Team to release a jailbreak for iPhones, iPads, iPod touches, and Apple TVs running the latest iOS 5.1.1 firmware. The release was so big, in fact, that it was used to hack more than

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Apple Stock will Still Hit $1,000 a Share, Says Analyst

The share price of Apple has been dancing the Mambo lately as it goes back and forth in its value, but at least one analyst still sees the potential for the price to hit $1,000 a share.

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Samsung Argues that a 4G Galaxy Tab 10.1 Doesn’t Compete with a 3G iPad 2

With bargaining now off of the table, Samsung and Apple are back to swatting at one another in the courts.  Now it appears that speed may make all the difference. Earlier this month Apple attempted to once again ban the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and very late on Friday night the Korean manufacturer filed its rebuttal to

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Buffalo Deal: Memorial Day Weekend Means Your Favorite iOS Games Are on Sale

What would Memorial Day weekend be without several of your favorite iOS games going on sale? If you’ve been hesitant to splash down your hard earned dollars on titles such as Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD (iPad) — which is on sale for only $0.99, by the way — this weekend is as good

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Apple Preparing to Sell Nest Learning Thermostat at Retail Stores

When you’re Tony Fadell, former Apple Senior Vice President, you never really leave the company behind. Not when you’re considered the “father of the iPod.” So it makes sense, then, that Tim Cook and co. would be interested in Fadell’s new project, Nest, which is an elegant, Wi-Fi-enabled thermostat compatible with the iPad, iPhone and

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Steve Jobs Girlfriend Cast in jOBS: Get Inspired

The made for TV movie that will show us a large chunk of Steve Jobs’ life has cast the mother of his first child. One of the darker periods of Steve Jobs’ history swirled around an artist named Chris-Ann Brennan, with whom he had a child. If you’ve ever seen The Pirates of Silicon Valley

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iPhone Plant in Zhengzhou China Gets a Video Tour

A new report from a Chinese television network gives us a rare opportunity to see some of the main production facility for the iPhone. Covering 5.6 square kilometers (2.2 square miles), the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, China employs 115,000 workers and produces 70 percent of all the iPhones for Apple.  If those numbers aren’t big enough for you,

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Untethered iOS 5.1.1 Absinthe 2.0 Jailbreak Tool Now Available

The Chronic Dev team just announced that its untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5.1.1 is now available. The tool is called Absinthe 2.0 and, according to 9to5Mac, was unveiled during Hack in the Box 2012 in Amsterdam. The team first announced the jailbreak solution on May 21st. Absinthe 2.0 is supported on the following devices:

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Steve Jobs “Would Have Lost His Mind Over Siri,” Insider Says

We’ve found that Siri generally works pretty well, but the beta voice-control application certainly has its flaws. Those flaws, however, may provide a glimpse at the changes in how Apple executives direct Apple following the departure of the late Steve Jobs. In a report from Fortune titled “How Tim Cook is Changing Apple,” the author, Adam

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Apple’s App Store Gets New ‘Free App of the Week’ and ‘Editors’ Choice’ Promotions

Apple appears to have introduced a new “Free App of the Week” promotion to its App Store, offering up a different iOS title each week that won’t cost you a penny. This week’s choice is Cut the Rope: Experiments, which is free on both iPhone and iPad. Users noticed the new promotion when the App

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Grand Theft Auto III for Android and iOS Drops to $.99 for Memorial Day Sale

Yes, Rockstar Games’ newest release Max Payne 3 is all kinds of awesome, but let’s not forget about the game that put this popular publisher on the map. Grand Theft Auto III offered a memorable gaming experience and its mobile port definitely does it the game justice. Originally considered a steal when it released on

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Apple’s Execs “Energized” and “Blown Away” About Roadmap

When Apple lost Steve Jobs in 2011, many thought his passing was the beginning of the end of innovation. And, over the past several months — with only the iPhone 4S and new iPad to show for — the company hasn’t done a great deal to dispel that notion, even despite another great quarter. According

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John Malkovich Stars In Apple’s Latest Adverts for the iPhone 4S [Videos]

John Malkovich, the actor famous for movies such as Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading, and Con Air, is the star of two new Apple commercials for the iPhone 4S, entitled “Joke” and “Life.” Just like all of its iPhone 4S commercials to date, Apple’s latest teasers focus on Siri, its voice-controlled assistant. In the

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