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Apple revises campus plans, postpones secondary complex to save money

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Even with $145 billion in its back pocket, Apple isn’t above a little cost-saving. Following rumors that its new campus was $2 billion over budget, the company has revised its plans for the facility. While the UFO-style HQ is untouched, a secondar…


App Store hits 45 billion total downloads, iCloud notches 300 million users

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After cluing us in on the state of its ever-stuffed coffers, Apple’s given us a quick progress report on its App Store, noting that it’s reached a total of 45 billion downloads — a 5 billion jump since the end of its last quarter. Cook’s crew als…


Apple fined $2.29 million over ’4G iPad’ claims in Australia

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Australia’s federal court has fined Apple for “deliberately” misleading customers on local 4G capabilities of its latest iPad. The Cupertino-based company recently agreed to the terms, which included AU$2.29 million fine and a cool AU$300,000 in cost…


Best Buy Mac discounts hint at clearing inventory, Ivy Bridge revamp coming soon?

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Cupertino is unsurprisingly tight-of-lip on when it plans to add Ivy Bridge to its desktop and laptop line, but we think that’s not far off: we’ve even seen some benchmarks. Now, in a move that smacks of inventory clearing but could equally mean noth…


Apple’s iPad WiFi + 4G renamed ‘iPad WiFi + Cellular’ across many of its online stores

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Remember Apple’s new iPad WiFi + 4G? Well, forget that moniker, as this variant of the company’s latest slate has been quietly re-dubbed as the iPad WiFi + Cellular. As noticed by 9to5Mac, the change occurred within the last “24-48 hours” across many…


Apple needs to redefine itself, but that shouldn’t take long

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We know that Apple can be OCD-ish about dictionaries at times, but is any brave Cupertino intern ready to step up and run the gauntlet? Apple’s definition of itself in its own Dictionary application is looking dusty, while all it really needs is a qui…


Apple to announce plans for its $100 billion cash reserves tomorrow morning

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A slew of successful, high margin products have left Apple sitting on an almost unimaginable amount of money — $97 billion as of its last earnings report — and led to the natural question of just what to do with it. According to a press release just…


Apple’s Sir Jonathan Ive: our competitors have ‘completely the wrong goals’

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London’s favorite only remaining evening free-sheet has snagged an interview with Apple design maven Sir Jonathan Ive. In the piece he talks about being thrilled and humbled by his recent Knighthood, the importance of his London upbringing and why Ap…


Rumor mill: Will the new iPad have a tactile display?

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Remember Senseg’s tactile touchscreen displays? Well, last December the company showed off a screen that used an electrostatic field to simulate friction and textures on the glass. Such technology was a couple of years away from being commercially vi…


Microsoft files EU antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility, claims unfair licensing practices

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Early last week, the European Commission gave Google its blessing regarding the purchase of Motorola Mobility. But the honeymoon has been anything but relaxing for the search giant and its latest power-play acquisition, after Apple filed an antitrust c…