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RUMOR: Photo of 10″ Apple Tablet Glass

The Mac Observer says a source sent them a photograph of what is claimed to be the glass to be used in Apple’s yet to be announced tablet device. The Mac Observer says they trust the…

The ION iTYPE Gives iPhones a Full-sized Keyboard

Press Release: ION iTYPE TRANSFORMS iPhone® INTO AN ULTRA-PORTABLE DESKTOP COMPUTER Full-Sized Desktop Keyboard Enables Fast, Accurate Text Entry on iPhone Cumberland, R.I. (Jan. 7, 2010) –…

iHound GPS Tracker for iPhone

iHound [$2.99 - iTunes link] is an app that, if you lose your iPhone, will let you send it a message and then track it down via GPS. Similar to the service Apple offers, but you don’t need…

How and Why Apple Does Controlled Leaks

The Wall Street Journal provided comfirmation of an Apple tablet device had all the earmarks of a controlled leak. John Martellaro talks about this for the Mac Observer. “Often Apple has a…

RUMOR: iTablet will be on Verizon, iPhone… Maybe

Computerworld is rumoring that Apple’s allegedly-to-be-announced-January-27th iTablet/iSlate will run on Verizon’s CDMA network according to… an analysts sources. “The tablet will be…

RUMOR: Hulu iPhone App Coming Soon

BusinessInsider Reports: Hulu is in the process of developing an app for Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch, we have learned from a plugged-in industry executive. The app is coming soon…

Facebook 3.1 for iPhone Adds Push Notifications

Facebook has released v3.1 of its free social networking app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Added in the upgrade are push notifications, which signal new messages, comments, photo tags and…

Apple’s Purchase of Quattro Wireless Confirmed

Mobile advertising company Quattro Wireless confirmed today that it has been acquired by Apple. Happy New Year from Quattro Wireless! We are thrilled to let you know that Apple has acquired…

App Store Reaches Three Billion Downloads

Apple announced today that the App Store has now reached three billion downloads in it’s less than 18 month existence. The one billion mark was reached last April and two billion was in…

Install OS X Snow Leopard in VMware Windows 7

Redmond Pie has some instructions on how to install Snow Leopard in VMware Workstation 7 on a computer running Windows 7, Vista or XP. You will need an Intel processor which supports…

Unreal Engine 3 Ported to iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch

From AnandTech: I got together with Mark Rein last week and he showed me an Unreal Engine 3 tech demo running on a 3rd generation iPod Touch. The same Unreal Engine 3 that powers Gears of…

Outside Weather App for iPhone

This is a cool weather app for the iPhone. It gives you a graphical representation of what the weather is like outside. Outside is available in the App Store for $2.99. Push Notifications…

RUMOR: Verizon Wireless Preparing for the iPhone

BusinessWeek has written an article about how Verizon Wireless has been upgrading its network so it will be ready for the iPhone in the event that Apple drops AT&T as the exclusive carrier.…

iPhone Passes Windows Mobile in Market Share

comScore has released a list of the top smartphone operation systems by market share in the United States. The numbers for October show Research in Motion on top, followed by Apple, then…