New iMacs To Be Released On Friday

Apple has revealed that its new iMacs will go on sale on Friday, November 30.
Unveiled last month, the new iMacs features what apple calls a “stunning design” and a new manufacturing process called “friction stir” welding which allowed the company to make their new computers thinner than the previous generation.
More: Apple Unveils Thin New iMac
However, that same production method was rumored in the past to cause delays in mass production of the new iMacs. These rumored delays was …

Rumor: New Apple Products to be released halfway through 2013

The 4th generation “iPad 4” has just been released this month and the iPhone 5 was released in September, but there are already rumors regarding the release of Apple’s succeeding tablet computers and its flagship smartphone products.
Apple claims that the iPad 4 is twice as fast as its predecessor. It features Retina display, the latest Apple A6X chip and the Lightning connector that was introduced with the iPhone 5. The tablet computer provides hardware architecture for audio-visual …

Former Apple Engineer Criticizes Apple Web Efforts, Backs Twitter Acquisition

A former senior software engineer at Apple has come out with a proposal to Apple: it should buy Twitter.
The reason for this, as Patrick B. Gibson says, is that Apple has not been the best at efforts in the internet front.
In a post on Tumblr, Gibson says that “Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is getting better at web services.”
Design, he says, has always been the forte Apple trumps its competition with. However, he says Google is catching up and Apple should be …

Samsung Moves To Add iPad Mini, iPad 4, iPod Touch To Lawsuit

Samsung has filed a motion to amend its existing complaint in a federal court in California to add the recently-launched iPad Mini, iPad 4 and fifth-generation iPod Touch.
The motion alleges that the iPad Mini, iPad 4, fifth-generation iPod Touch and three earlier versions of it violate the same patents Samsung in its complaint accuses Apple of infringing.
The motion was filed by Samsung at the United States District Court for the Northern Distric of California, San Jose.
Apple unveiled the …

Apple-HTC Settlement Void If Either Company Gets Bought

The Apple-HTC settlement which was announced by both companies earlier this month will become invalid if either of the parties involved gets acquired by another party, a report claims.
First noticed by Florian Mueller of Foss Patents, the agreement is said to feature a clause that nullifies the Apple-HTC settlement if another firm buys out either Apple or HTC.
Mueller writes that the agreement contains the following clause:
“In the event of a Change of Control of a party, this Agreement shall …

Apple iPad tops Christmas wish list among US Kids, Survey

According to a Nielsen survey, children from six to 12 years of age in the United States prefer an Apple iPad over a Nintendo Wii U for Christmas.
The survey results revealed 48 percent of the children who participated in the survey wished for an iPad to get first place, and the Wii U comes in at second with 39

Judge Orders Apple To Detail HTC Settlement Terms To Samsung

A federal judge has ordered Apple to reveal the terms in its settlement with HTC to its rival Samsung Electronics.
According to a report from Bloomberg, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal told Apple in an order that it must divulge licensing terms it has with HTC in light of their recent settlement.
However, Samsung and Apple cannot publicize the terms in the iPhone maker’s agreement with HTC as the information has been classified as for “attorney’s-eyes-only”, Bloomberg says.
The order …

Apple Gets Patent On Turning Fake Pages

Apple has just been awarded a patent for skeumorphic turning of pages on electronic readers.
You read that right, Apple now owns life-like turning of fake pages on any device.
The information comes to us by way of The New York Times in a report that revealed Apple’s D670,713 patent.
The patent titled “Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface” claims “The ornamental design for a display screen or portion thereof with animated-graphical user interface, as …

Apple Hardware Boss Unloads Over $10 Million Apple Stock

Newly-appointed Apple hardware chief Dan Riccio has just unloaded a sizeable chunk of his Apple holdings.
To be exact, at the time he sold nearly 20,000 shares of Apple, he gained $10.73 million.
Apple has revealed the stock sale in a filing which indicates Riccio sold 19,726 shares and donated 1,000 more to charity.
Riccio was named Apple Hardware Engineering Senior Vice President back in June when Bob Mansfield was announced to be retiring from the company.
However, as part of the departure …

Thieves Steal $1.5 Million Worth Of iPad Mini Tablets At JFK Airport

It seems the iPad Mini is not just popular with regular consumers; it’s also a hot item for thieves.
According to The New York Post, thieves have stole $1.5 million worth of iPad Mini tablets at JFK airport.
In their report, authorities have told them that the thieves before midnight on Monday stole the iPad Mini tablets from the same building where the infamous 1978 Lufthansa heist, which involved $5 million in cash, happened.
Authorities have also told the Post that this heist may be an …