NYPD meets FMI: Cop nabs iPhone thief in NYC
Don't walk past police with a stolen iPhone in your boot. According to the New York Times, a quick-thinking police officer and Apple's Find My iPhone managed to retrieve a woman's stolen iPhone. The woman was in a handbag store in Manhattan when a thi...
Apparent announces WiFi-powered Doxie Go scanner
Apparent has announced a new model of its popular Doxie Go scanner with Wi-Fi support. The tiny appliance can be charged up, slipped into a bag and carried around for on-the-go scanning of documents, receipts or other slip of paper you want to digitiz...
Apple increasing operations in Israel with Anobit, new research center
Apple recently confirmed its purchase of Israeli-based flash memory firm Anobit, and today Israeli business newspaper Calcalist reports [Google translation, subscription required] Apple will open a research center in Haifa this February. Calcalist not...
Apple denied appeal at Dutch ban of Galaxy Tab 10.1
A Dutch appeals court has dismissed Apple's appeal to have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned in the Netherlands on Tuesday. The move confirmed the Dutch lower court's ruling from last year which stated that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 were not a copy of Appl...
iTunes 10.5.3 now available, adds iBooks 2 textbook sync
Apple has released iTunes 10.5.3 for Mac and Windows. As of this writing, it's available from Apple's site, but not Software Update.
As noted by MacStories, the new version adds support for synchronizing the iBooks 2-savvy textbook format announced...
"Greener" Apple power adapters will cost manufacturer
Manufacturer Volex makes power and USB cables for Apple. As a part of Apple's "green push," the company will move to halogen-free power cables within the year, according to the London Evening Standard. The change will initially cost Volex quite a bit...
iPhone 4S customers lining up in China
With only hours before sales begin, customers are lining up to buy the iPhone 4S in China. There are five Apple Stores in China, and Tech In Asia reports that each location already has "hundreds" of eager shoppers waiting for doors to open.
As we'v...
Florida Apple Store to triple in size
Apple's retail business continues to roar along, as new openings and remodels continue. Now, a Florida Apple Store is being redesigned, the result of which will triple its current size.
ifoAppleStore reports that Apple Store Florida Mall in Orlando...
Apple pays $5 million to settle Elan lawsuit
Apple has reportedly opted to settle a patent dipute with Elan to the tune of US$5 million. The settlement allows the company to avoid a trial and possible ban of Apple products. Elan's complaint was over two multi-touch patents.
Early last year...
Apple to appeal ruling in Italian court
Earlier this week, Apple was fined for poor communication of its warranty policies in an Italian court. Today, Apple has stated that it will appeal that ruling, according to The Register.
Apple was fined 900,000 Euros (approximately US$1.2 million)...
Preliminary assessment: Apple unlikely to secure Galaxy Tab 10.1N ban in Germany
A preliminary assessment in a German court this week suggests that Apple probably won't secure a ban of the Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1N in that country. The court believes that the recently-redesigned Tab 10.1N has "...moved away sufficiently from the l...
Steve Jobs awarded posthumous special Grammy
Steve Jobs has been awarded a posthumous Grammy by the Recording Academy. On Wednesday the group announced the winners of its 2012 Special Merit Awards, including musician Dave Bartholomew, recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder and Steve Jobs.
Jobs, B...
