Apple cuts prices again on refurbished iPads

Apple cuts prices again on refurbished iPads
From 9to5Toys.com: Apple this morning dropped prices across the board on iPads in its refurbished Apple Store as noted by MacRumors. We’ve recently seen quite a bit of iPad price reductions at 9to5Toys, some even steeper than this. For instance, Walmart has a new iPad mini for $80 off and refurb iPad Mini 16GB for $250. The new […]

HP expands Mac-cloning design approach across all of its latest notebooks

HP expands Mac-cloning design approach across all of its latest notebooks
HP appears to be taking its If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em design philosophy to something of an extreme with the new HP Envy notebook. A gallery posted by The Verge shows just how closely HP has copied Apple’s MacBook Air designs in almost every respect, from the wedge profile through the chicklet keyboard, trackpad and colors … […]

Judge in Apple eBook case says U.S. government has evidence to prove pricing conspiracy ahead of trial

Judge in Apple eBook case says U.S. government has evidence to prove pricing conspiracy ahead of trial
Earlier this month we heard that Apple submitted to the courts that it engaged in “contentious negotiations”– and not a pricing conspiracy– at a time when publishers were already considering methods of getting Amazon to increase pricing. According to the latest comments from a judge in the high-profile eBook pricing case, Apple might not be […]

Best Buy to extend a $50 discount across the entire iPhone lineup starting this Sunday

Best Buy to extend a $50 discount across the entire iPhone lineup starting this Sunday
From 9to5Toys.com: Beginning this Sunday, Best Buy will be extending a $50 discount on every current iPhone offering when purchased with a 2 year contract, reports AllThingsD.  This promotion is said to make a 4 week run and will drop the price of an iPhone 5 down to just $150. Historically speaking, iPhones do not […]

Jony Ive’s new look for iOS 7: black, white, and flat all over

Jony Ive’s new look for iOS 7: black, white, and flat all over
With the grand unveiling of Apple’s next operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch approaching, sources have provided detailed descriptions of what users and developers alike could expect from the software’s fresh look. As we reported in April, Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design Jony Ive has been leading a thorough overhaul […]

iPhones get 4G data on AT&T’s GoPhone plan from today

iPhones get 4G data on AT&T’s GoPhone plan from today
Engadget reports that iPhone users can now get HSPA+ and LTE data on AT&T’s revamped GoPhone prepaid plans. The company had previously excluded iPhones from data access on these plans. The $65 plan includes 1Gb data, while other plans require either an add-on data package or attract a data charge of 1¢ per 5kb. The […]

Passbook passes via MMS on the way for Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon customers

Passbook passes via MMS on the way for Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon customers
Customers of Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon will soon be able to receive Passbook tickets, coupons and gift cards via MMS instead of email, allowing easier installation. The announcement was made by  mobile marketing company Skycore on Market Wired. The recipient of an MMS is instantly alerted on their home screen. An MMS pass recipient simply has […]

Apple Maps 3D flyover coverage significantly expanded in California

Apple Maps 3D flyover coverage significantly expanded in California
If you like to check out locations before you visit them, or wander down memory lane afterwards, you’ll be able to do so in quite a few new areas of California, as Apple Insider notes significantly expanded flyover coverage in the State. The new support includes San Bernardino, Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and Moreno Valley, among […]

Apple posts new iPhone “Music Every Day” ad

Apple posts new iPhone “Music Every Day” ad
Apple has just posted a new iPhone 5 ad to their YouTube channel, detailing many of the ways people use their iPhone to listen to music. The ad is reminiscent of the “Photos Every Day” ad that debuted a few weeks ago. Like the previous photo-centric commercial, this ad is mostly void of a voiceover, […]

Instagram reportedly mass-deleting seemingly-random accounts for ‘violation of terms’ (Update: accounts being restored)

Instagram reportedly mass-deleting seemingly-random accounts for ‘violation of terms’ (Update: accounts being restored)
UPDATE: Some users are reporting that their accounts have been restored following the deletion earlier this evening. We’re still waiting on an official response from Instagram. It seems many Instagram were caught off-guard today when the free photo-sharing app suddenly deleted a significant number of accounts, citing “terms of service violations” as the reason despite many affected users having no such […]

AT&T explains its new 61 cent/month administrative fee policy

AT&T explains its new 61 cent/month administrative fee policy
. Thanks reader Kory for screenshot AT&T started this month charging an administrative fee of $.61/month/user for its mobile customers in addition to its current fees. While the fee may be small, as the Verge notes it adds ‘up to hundreds of millions of dollars’ over 24 month contracts and millions of customers. What gives? […]

9to5Toys Last Call: App Sales Galore, $80 Logitech UE Bluetooth Speaker, 35% off SlickWraps, more

9to5Toys Last Call: App Sales Galore, $80 Logitech UE Bluetooth Speaker, 35% off SlickWraps, more
From 9to5Toys.com: A large majority of the deals we cover each day come from a variety of ‘Daily Deal’ websites that feature a couple exceptional deals for just 24 hours. We know you can’t be at your computer every second of the day, so we’re going to roundup the best daily deals to make sure you have […]

gMusic app unofficially brings Google’s new “All Access” subscription music service to iOS

gMusic app unofficially brings Google’s new “All Access” subscription music service to iOS
When Google unveiled its brand new $9.99/month “All Access” Google Play music streaming service earlier this month at its I/O keynote, we quickly learned that the service would not be coming to iOS initially. Google didn’t get into why, but today developers of the popular gMusic iOS app has unofficially brought support for the service […]

1Password 4 for Mac beta signups are now open

1Password 4 for Mac beta signups are now open
1Password has just announced the private beta for the overhauled version of their Mac client. Users interested in testing the new update can sign up through the 1Password beta page. 1Password 4 for iOS (see our review) launched in December of last year. The new features from that update will finally make their way to the […]

Verizon Cloud service now available on iOS devices

Verizon Cloud service now available on iOS devices
After announcing that it would be rolling out a new Verizon Cloud service to iOS and Android users back in April, the carrier provided an update today informing us that the service is now available to iOS devices and additional Android users. The app, available for free on the App Store here, will allow users […]

Rumor: Cheaper iPhone is being tested in a plethora of colors, will be produced July-September

Rumor: Cheaper iPhone is being tested in a plethora of colors, will be produced July-September
Credit: Ferry Passchier Japanese Blog Macotakara purports to have some interesting details on the plastic ‘low cost’ iPhone Apple is expected to release later this year. The site says that runs of colors Navy, Gold Orange, White and Gray are in one run of the device and  White, Pink, Green, Blue and Yellow-orange are in another. There is no […]

Microsoft lies and cheats to portray advantage in tablet ads

Microsoft lies and cheats to portray advantage in tablet ads
Optical illusions? The iPad screen on the left is actually bigger Earlier today Microsoft unleashed its second ad in what appears to be a new campaign focusing on directly comparing iPad to Windows 8 tablets side-by-side– not unlike Apple’s own very successful ‘Get a Mac’ campaign. However, it appears that some of Microsoft’s claims are turning out […]

Jon Stewart rubs Tim Cook’s Senate testimony the wrong way [Video]

Jon Stewart rubs Tim Cook’s Senate testimony the wrong way [Video]
You can’t help but laugh at Stewart’s ribbing of the senators’ questioning, but it is pretty clear Apple is pushing for simplicity and is only jumping through the loopholes because they are there. Tim Cook appears very genuine in his hopes for a more simple, fair tax code. In other news, Apple is doubling its […]

Apple confirms WWDC keynote address scheduled for Monday, June 10th

Apple confirms WWDC keynote address scheduled for Monday, June 10th
Apple has confirmed to AllThingsD that this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will kickoff with a keynote address on Monday, June 10th. Apple typically kicks off its WWDCs with keynotes. Apple previously said that it would debut new versions of iOS and OS X at WWDC. The conference runs from June 10th until June 15th. We’re […]

Microsoft hits iPad again, this time about hardware specs, multitasking, printing

Microsoft hits iPad again, this time about hardware specs, multitasking, printing
Following up on its ad from yesterday claiming that the iPad is not a productivity device, Microsoft has posted a new ad pitting Windows 8 tablets against the iPad. Today’s ad focuses on expressing that Windows 8 tablets are better productivity devices with the full Microsoft Office suite rather than just OneNote and multitasking capibilities. […]