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Chief executive officer of Canonical, the maker of Ubuntu operating system, confirmed at a meeting that Apple had acquired boat load of sapphire glass made by GT Advanced. He complained that last year Canonical intended to use sapphire glass for one of the first premium Ubuntu-based smartphones called Edge, but …

Chief executive officer of Intel Corp. said in an interview that the company’s relationship with Apple was “growing closer”. Unfortunately, he did not reveal any details about the development of relationship, but he clearly demonstrated that the chip giant is interested in providing Apple what it needs to win. “We …

Microsoft Corp. apparently has not cancelled plans to release its Office software suite for Apple iPad media tablet, according to a report. The programs – including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote – may become available as soon as in the first half of this year. But isn’t Microsoft too late …

Apple introduced its second-generation media tablet – the iPad 2 – in March, 2011, nearly three years ago. The slate was in many ways better than its predecessor, which was discontinued immediately after the newcomer hit the market, and became a huge success. For a number of reasons Apple still …

Apple TV set-top-box (STB) was historically a pet project for the company, but recently things began to change as the company started to treat the product as a fully-functional device, not as an accessory for iPod, iPhone or iPad. The rumour has it that Apple is getting ready to release …

Apple’s online stores in the U.S. and the U.K. on Tuesday changed shipping estimates of the latest Mac Pro desktops to April, delaying the highly-anticipated product by another month. The reasons why Apple cannot ship the new workstations immediately are still not clear. Apple’s new Mac Pro utilizes numerous proprietary …

Apple has expanded the team of engineers who work on the iWatch smart-watch to over 200 people and is continuing to hire, according to a media report. In case the information is correct, then the development of the device is ongoing and hence it hardly makes sense to expect the …

At present Apple uses artificial sapphire-crystal glass for its touch ID fingerprint scanners and iSight cameras on its iPhone smartphones. But it looks like Apple is preparing to expand usage of the advanced material as the company’s manufacturing partner has acquired equipment to substantially boost output of sapphire-crystal glass. In …

Chief executive officer of Apple, Tim Cook, said in an interview that this year the company would finally introduce new product categories that could trigger further growth of the firm. As usually, the head of Apple remained tight-lipped about those devices and did not reveal when the company plans to …

Steve Wozniak, a co-founder of Apple, said in an interview that the company he helped to establish could make smartphones based on Google Android operating system in order to boost market share. At the same time, he said that the iPhone handsets have the right amount of features and capabilities …

Although Steve Jobs always wanted to build his own universe around Apple and its products, he carefully examined devices made by other companies and in many cases liked them. One of the companies he admired was Sony, so, he frequently visited its headquarters, looked at new products and shared his …

Imagination Technologies and Apple on Thursday made a disclosure with the London Stock Exchange that the latter has extended its multi-year, multi-use license agreement that allows it to utilise PowerVR graphics cores. The announcement means that Apple plans to continue using ImgTec’s PowerVR graphics in its future system-on-chips that power …

One of the first things that Steve Jobs did when he returned to Apple in the late nineties was to cancel all plans regarding making Apple Mac OS available to third-party PC makers. However, several years later he was considering to allow Sony to use the innovative OS X operating …

Apple's long rumoured iWatch could feature solar-powered, wireless or even kinetic based charging if a report from The New York Times is to be believed. Early last year The Verge reported that Apple was apparently having trouble with battery life on the upcoming wearable device, so it is possible that …

Imagine a world where the overly friendly young chaps and chap-esses in an Apple store didn't actually have a clue what they were talking about, regularly make up technology to describe what your looking at and were happy to accept bribes. KitGuru checks out secret cam footage of this alternative reality.

Lenovo Group became the world’s largest maker of personal computer by starting with its strong base in China, the world’s fastest growing market, and by acquiring PC business from IBM Corp. in 2004 and a number of other smaller PC makers later on. This week Lenovo announced plans to take …

When Apple added an opportunity to buy books, music and videos wirelessly from iPhone, it was a huge breakthrough for the company and its customers since it provided a lot of convenience. Nowadays e-commerce services in the pocket are no longer a breakthrough. But what about opportunities to pay for …

Apple seems to be gearing up for an overhaul of the Apple TV, recent changes to the company's main website would suggest. The set top box device is now being promoted as a full product line alongside Macs, iPods and iPhones when previously, the Apple TV didn't even have its …

Apple’s iPhone 5c has been criticized by various market observers for its high price and lack of breakthrough features since its launch. Without any surprises, the demand for the smartphone was much lower compared to the demand for higher-end iPhone 5s that costs only $100 more in the U.S. During …

Apple late on Monday announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 first quarter ended on the 28th of December 28, 2013. The company’s record results were mainly conditioned by record shipments of its iPhone smartphones and iPad media tablets. Still, the company posted lower gross margins due to increased price …

After tinkering with multiple screen sizes for the next-generation of its smartphones, Apple has reportedly made decision to use 4.8” display with its iPhone 6, according to an analyst. While nothing is cast in stone yet, it looks like Apple again plans to stick to only one premium iPhone model …

At the Consumer Electronics Show this year tens of companies revealed their smart wearable gadgets designed for various use cases. However, market analysts believe that the actual revolution on the market of wearable computing devices will start after Apple says its word and releases its highly-anticipated iWatch gadget. Last year …

Apple and Samsung this week agreed to hold mediation talks ahead of the third trial between the companies in two years that starts in March. The companies proposed to discuss possible settlement by chief executive officers of the two firms as well as their senior legal counsels. The talks do …

Without doubt, Apple’s new Mac Pro workstation is impressive both inside and outside. Unfortunately, its availability is pretty scarce at the moment even in the U.S. According to a media report, the product will be available for purchase in Apple’s own stores sometime in March or April. At present Apple …

Apple has been fined 20 million New Taiwan Dollars after the country's Fair Trade Commission found that the company was illegally interfering with price plans on phone networks. The commission found out through a series of emails that the country's three biggest phone networks, Chunghwa Telecom Co, Far Eastone Telecommunication Co …

Tim Cook has hinted at Apple's big plans for 2014 in a letter to employees, the letter also praised the ‘innovation' that went in to the new Mac Pro, IOS 7 as well as the iPhone 5s. buy a essay online Employees have revealed the email to 9to5Mac and it …

Over the last couple of years iOS has proven a very popular gaming platform for many people. Games are now the most popular category on the App Store accounting for 175,000 of the 975,000 apps currently available. Logitech have released a new controller to take advantage of those games that …

Well it may be hard to believe, but a company have just released the World's biggest iPhone speaker – weighing in at an eye popping 178KG. We received an email this morning from zany creator Eric Calderon detailing the new design. The speaker is designed from 44 elements and two …

This has not been the week for Apple users, first the new Macbook Pro's with retina display were experiencing keyboard and trackpad issues and now the new iPhone 5S is suffering from a battery defect. These problems have come from Apple using a new battery that it said would last …

Last week Apple introduced its new line of Macbook Pro laptops with retina displays and they were made immediately available after the event. Like with any Apple launch,  a wave of customers instantly ordered whatever they could afford but the usually happy and satisfied Macbook Pro owners aren't so impressed …