iPhone 5S feature a new 64-bit A7 chip and an M7 coprocessor, meanwhile 5C iPhone is almost internally identical to the iPhone 5. Developers checked apps for compatibility with iOS7 during few months of beta testing, Continue reading »

Best Buy and Walmart are slashing prices of Apple’s iPhone 5C in effort to encourage customers to buy this model, because analysts speculated that model 5C wouldn’t do as well as high-end Apple 5S (costs $200 with a contract). When iPhone 5C went on sale almost three weeks ago it cost $100. Best Buy is selling 5C for $50 only if you sign a two-year wireless contract and the deal lasts only through October 7^th. Continue reading »

According to BGR, the new Apple’s smartphone iPhone 6 will have 4.8-inch screen. Their source is Peter Misek, analyst at Jefferies & Co. and he is currently among the top analysts covering Apple, because he has had a few good calls in the past regarding unreleased Apple products. After Misek’s report Apple stocks jumped more than 1%. There have already been early reports from The Wall Street Journal and KIG Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo. Continue reading »

App OpenDoor is a free app that provides users a randomized IP address to keep their browsing habits anonymous and enables users to circumvent firewalls and access restricted sites. Anonymous developer of this app has said that “as the developers of an app that protects users’ privacy and anonymity online, it only makes sense to do the same ourselves“ and that Apple provided no notification that OpenDoor had been pulled, the got that information from consumers. This is not the first time that Apple has removed apps from its App Store in China. Apple has previously removed apps for falling foul of censorship laws include one providing access to forbidden books, a news app for a US-based broadcaster founded by banned spiritual group Falun Gong. Chinese social media users are very critical of latest Apple’s move. In their opinion, the decision diminished Apple’s moral standing and comparing it unfavorably to Google as a champion of Internet freedom. This app remains available in App Stores outside China, but prior to its removal from China App Store on July 11^th, this app was being downloaded ca. 2,000 times a day and that was almost a third of the app’s total downloads. Continue reading »

Apple has hires a new expert, an ex senior VP of technology development at the CableLabs, with backgrounds such as developing TV apps, Internet voice, video technologies… In 2011 Mule led development of a Wi-Fi app designed to connect users to the best possible hotspot. Apple has been building ties to the pay TV business and it’s also reportedly working with Time Warner Cable to bring the cable operator’s TWC TV app to the device. Continue reading »

Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell claims that Apple’s new CEO Tim Cook isn’t the next Steve Jobs. Bushnell met Steve Jobs in 1974, when Jobs showed up at Atari in sandals and demanded a job interview. Atari employed him as a $5-an-hour developer. In his opinion, Cook probably thinks he’s innovating, when in fact it’s just micro-evolution. “If I were to choose somebody to run international manufacturing and processing and keep the wheels on the bus, Tim Cook is about as good as anybody can get,” said Bushnell. He is more impressed with Google’s approach, which focuses on testing new products and ideas even when some might fail. Continue reading »