Author: Jordan Golson

Temple Run: Oz has hit the App Store, the second movie tie-in for Imangi after Temple Run: Brave last year. Both movies are Disney flicks, with the latest version set in the land of Oz. Oz the Great and Powerful takes place before the famous ‘Wizard of…

The Wall Street Journal reports on recent moves Apple has made to increase sales in India, one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Recently the company has launched the iTunes Store and the Apple TV there, and it was rumored that Apple Retail …

For years, Apple Public Relations has issued press releases for major product announcements, handed out exclusives and loaner units to a few select reporters and columnists, and occasionally signed off on an interview with one of the senior executives …

Brazilian electronics maker IGB Electronica SA, which owns the trademark to ‘IPHONE’ in Brazil, has said it is willing to discuss selling the trademark to Apple following the launch of a line of Android phones bearing the ‘IPHONE’ mark in that country….

Mophie has announced the iPhone 5 version of its popular Juice Pack line of battery cases. The $79.95 Juice Pack Helium comes with a 1500mAh battery that can give the iPhone 5 80{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} more battery life, good for an estimated additional 6 hours of LTE u…

Apple vice president of retail Jerry McDougal, a key player in Apple’s retail development over the past 12 years, has departed the company to spend more time with his family, reports IFOAppleStore. McDougal was Ron Johnson’s right hand man when he wa…

The New York Post reports on Bob Tedeschi, a former columnist for the New York Times’ Gadgetwise blog who was sent undercover in 2010 to develop an app. The story was eventually spiked, but Tedeschi kept the project going. The app he created, Bobo Exp…

Walmart and Straight Talk Wireless are now carrying the iPhone 5, offering a $45 unlimited talk, text and data plan with no contract. It was previously reported by That’s It Guys. Straight Talk is a subsidiary of TracFone, and its iPhone customers …

Apple today seeded build 12D50 of OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion to developers, the fifth beta release reports 9to5Mac. The first 10.8.3 beta was seeded back in November, and the third and fourth releases were released in December. Though the update comes…

A less expensive iPhone is in the works and could go on sale as soon as this year, reports the Wall Street Journal. Digitimes reported something similar earlier today. The translucent iPhone case for the iPhone 5, from iPhone5modWhile Apple has explor…

Aiming to compete with waterproof but usable iPhone cases like the Lifeproof, Otterbox has announced its Armor Series of cases. The case is designed to protect the phone from submersion for up to 30 minutes as well as 10 foot drops. Innovative design…

Intel has signed off on active fiber optic cables made by Sumitomo Electric Industries, the first of their kind to go into mass production. The cables can be up to 30 meters (just under 100 feet) long, and provide full 10Gbps throughput with little pe…

Apple has released a new television ad showcasing the iPad and the iPad mini with a young girl singing Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” to her grandfather over FaceTime. I’ll be home for Christmas. You can count on me. I’ll be home for Chris…

A day after a Kickstarter project was killed because of restrictions on Apple’s MFi program that prevented Lightning and 30-Pin connectors from appearing on the same device, Apple has changed its guidelines to allow third-party devices to have 30-pin a…

Google, via its newly acquired Motorola Mobility unit, is developing a “stand apart” phone to compete with the iPhone, reports the Wall Street Journal. The phone, which the company aims to release next year, is designed to compete more strongly with th…

Rovio is celebrating Angry Birds’ third anniversary by upgrading the game with iPhone 5 support and also disclosing that an Angry Birds movie is tentatively scheduled for release in 2016. On the third anniversary of the release of Angry Birds, Rovio En…