Apple Maps offers automatic caching for offline navigation

While most media attention about Apple Maps has centered on bridges on dry land, landmarks that don’t exists and other oddities, the digital cartographers at Cupertino, Calif. have been stuffing the app with some amazing features, like offline browsing....

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Supplies of iPhone 5 is ‘extremely limited’ amid unprecedented demand

Remember the cliffhanger scene in movies: a damsel in distress is tied to railroad tracks ahead of an oncoming train. Will the hero arrive in time to rescue her? That’s a bit like the situation we have with the iPhone 5. Analysts are trimming their...

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EE to launch the UK’s first LTE network on October 30

Folks in the UK who recently purchased an iPhone 5 will be happy to hear that in less then a month, they’ll finally be able to use the handset to its full potential. It’s official: the country’s first LTE network will go live on October 30. The network...

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Here are some gorgeous iPad mini mockups

Now that the iPhone 5 launch has come and gone, the rumor mill’s attention has turned to the iPad mini. Apple is widely expected to unveil a smaller version of its popular tablet sometime within the next month. There’s been a lot of talk over what...

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Apple rolls out TV shows in the Cloud to Germany and Switzerland

Good news today for folks in Germany and Switzerland. Reports are coming in this afternoon that Apple has recently started rolling out ‘TV shows in the Cloud’ in the two countries. For those unfamiliar with the feature, it allows users to replay...

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T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS to become one

Following its failed acquisition with AT&T, T-Mobile USA’s parent company Deutsche Telekom just announced that it has reached a deal to combine its U.S. operations with MetroPCS, the nation’s fifth-largest carrier. What’s in it for you? For starters,...

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WSJ confirms mass production of the iPad mini

The Wall Street Journal lent its aura of credibility to the iPad mini rumor with a report out this morning declaring that Apple’s manufacturing partners in Asia have started mass-producing the device, in time for a rumored October 17 announcement...

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Things updated with iPhone 5, iOS 6, Siri support

One of the best task management apps available on iOS or the Mac, just received a fairly substantial update. Things, a darling app among many Apple enthusiasts and the Getting Things Done crowd, receives support for the iPhone 5′s larger display,...

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iPhone share rising, everyone else looks flat or down

Analytics firm comScore is out with new research data concerning the mobile landscape in the United States during August. Good news for Apple: the iOS is on the rise among smartphones, going from 31.9 percent during the three-month period ending in...

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Consumer Reports says nice things of Apple Maps

Consumer Reports, an influential U.S. magazine published monthly since 1936 by Consumers Union, gave Apple’s iPhone 5 a thumbs-up recently but initially slammed iOS 6 Maps navigation (“we were disappointed”). Melted bridges aside, the publication...

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Study: Android tablets catching up on the iPad

We can deride the quality and culture of Android tablets, but the once ginormous lead Apple’s iPad had is shrinking amid the rise of tweener tablets. In a bit of a two-edge sword, a new study finds 25 percent of Americans own a tablet, with Apple’s...

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NYT introduces news web app for iPad

  The New York Times today announced a new web app to read news, optimized for Apple’s iPad and written using common HTML5 web technologies. The paper cautiously deems the app “an experiment” of sorts, though it looks and feels superb. The web-based...

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Forbes runs ‘Untold Stories About Steve Jobs’, here are your highlights

  Hailed as the master of catch phrases, Apple’s late mercurial co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs was and continues to be a remarkable source of memorable quotes. Forbes shares some previously unknown tidbits about Steve Jobs life, leadership style...

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Nest launches sleeker thermostat, CEO says he’d never compete with Apple

We covered the sexy Nest Learning Thermostat before , with Jeff saying calling it “the thermostat that Cupertino would have created if they were into that sort of thing”. Today, the company took the wraps off a new version of the Nest thermostat which...

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Apple could have wireless Lightning adapter in the works

  Apple’s new, miniaturized dock connector that debuted on the iPhone 5 under the Lightning moniker so far proved an annoyance as customers with legacy 30-pin dock accessories are required to purchase Apple’s pricey adapter. Worse, as Apple’s...

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