Although many apps are free in the App Store, a lot of them require in-app purchases to use all the functionalities of the program. The problem occurs when people don’t realize that they are being billed large amounts. According to one group, a lot of times these purchase trap apps are games targeted toward kids, who click on the costly …
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Apple Prepping Pay-By-Phone Chip For New iPhone This Year?
You’ll be hearing a lot more about NFC—near field communication—this year, as more and more cell phone manufacturers add NFC chips to their handsets. It’s basically a way to use your phone at a tap-to-pay credit card machine used by various retail stores. You may already have tap-to-pay built into one or more of your debit or credit …
Winner of Apple’s 10 Billionth App Download Promo Hangs Up On Company
You can’t blame Gail Davis for hanging up on the person who called her to congratulate her on downloading Apple’s 10 billionth app and winning a $10,000 iTunes gift certificate. Her husband and her both don’t have iPods capable of using App store items.
“I thought it was a prank call,” Gail Davis said to Cult of Mac. “I …
Two Minute Video: Apple’s Future Without Steve Jobs
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence. Apple COO Tim Cook is taking over in Jobs’ absence. This has happened twice before, and Apple’s been no worse for wear.
The reality is that Steve Jobs won’t be at Apple forever. Whether he never comes back from this current leave of absence or he ends up retiring one day, the …
The White iPhone 4 May Be Available By End of February
You probably hear a rumor about the white iPhone 4 once a week, but it seems this time the news might be true. Macrumors has received a screenshot of what supposedly is a Best Buy inventory database showing that the mythical product will be available in stock February 27, just in time for a late Valentine’s Day present. It could be a …
Mac, iPhone And iPad Sales Fuel Apple’s Record-Breaking Quarter
Newsflash: Apple is white hot right now, in case you hadn’t noticed. Having very little competition in the tablet space? Good for business. Having a wildly popular cell phone? Good for business. Redesigning the MacBook Air and dropping the starting price to just under $1,000? Also good for business.
On a conference call yesterday (you …
Just Got A New Verizon Phone? Get $200 Towards The iPhone (There’s A Catch)
If you purchased or upgraded to a new Verizon phone before the big iPhone announcement last week, perhaps your fists are bruised with the rage of a thousand poundings to your desk as you watched the news unfold.
“Two years!” you screamed into the night, your voice hoarse with a rage similar to the rage associated with the …
Well That’s One Way To Recycle Your Apple Computer
Need to get rid of that old Apple G4 or Mac and those ungrateful kids say that the technology is too old for them to use? Here’s some creative ways that people came up with to spruce up their old Mac products so they can still get some practical use out of it.
Apple G4 As A Mailbox
This Apple G4 tower brings a whole new meaning to …
Can Tim Cook Keep Apple Afloat In Steve Jobs’ Absence?
Apple’s announcement that CEO Steve Jobs will be taking a medical leave of absence has left many wondering about the company’s future.
Jobs maintains that he’ll “continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company,” but has handed day to day operations over to Apple COO Tim Cook. That’s not really saying much, …
Pushing Pixels: Will The iPad 2’s Screen Be Insanely High-Res?
Of the myriad iPad 2 rumors making their way across the internet so far, there’s one in particular that’s both fascinating and unbelievable. And I say “unbelievable” not in the sense that it’s impossible to believe, but more in the sense that if it’s true, it’ll be unbelievable in a “that’s amazing” kind of way.
Several reports are …
Steve Jobs To Take Medical Leave Of Absence
This is kind of an odd press release, but Businesswire has just put up something simply titled Apple Media Advisory that apparently contains the following e-mail from Apple CEO Steve Jobs to all Apple employees:
“Team,
At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will
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Is Apple Killing Off The iPhone And iPad ‘Home’ Button?
Well this ought to be interesting. Apple has made the pre-release code for the next version of its iOS software available for developers to tinker around with. This is the underlying software that will eventually end up on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches—called iOS 4.3.
Scores of curious developers have finished scouring the code …