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• Are U.S. Emergency Alerts Working on Your iPhone?
• iPhone 5 Sales Alone Contributed 0.5% to the U.S. Economy
• Facebook Helping Advertisers to Install Apps Without Leaving the Facebook App
• All 3,600 British Airways Pilots to Get iPads
• Apple Tracking 1 Million Supply Chain Workers’ Working Hours
• Would you get a Brazilian…IPHONE?
• Apple Offering Free Next Day Shipping On All Items In The U.S.
• Apple Gets Design Patent for the Original iPhone
• iOS 6.0.2 out: Update folks (iPhone 5 and iPad mini Only)
• Samsung Takes Cellphone Lead from Nokia, Widens Lead Over Apple

Are U.S. Emergency Alerts Working on Your iPhone? Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:42 PM PST The U.S. National Weather service said that it would start sending emergency bulletins directly to people’s phones earlier this year. Looks like the system is working for more people now. Continue reading →

iPhone 5 Sales Alone Contributed 0.5% to the U.S. Economy Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:05 PM PST How big was mobile this year? Huge. Like mobile data usage doubled. Like the iPhone 5 alone is estimated to have contributed $75 billion to the U.S. economy in 2012. Continue reading →

Facebook Helping Advertisers to Install Apps Without Leaving the Facebook App Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:46 PM PST Facebook is helping developers—and advertisers—get more people to install iOS apps right from the Facebook app itself, without needing to leave the Facebook app. This doesn’t, however, signify anything more than Facebook tapping into existing iOS APIs within its own app. Continue reading →

All 3,600 British Airways Pilots to Get iPads Posted: 18 Dec 2012 01:05 PM PST British Airways is betting big on iPads. As part of huge investments in it’s flight crews, all 3,600 BA pilots will be getting iPads in the cockpit as some point in the future. Continue reading →

Apple Tracking 1 Million Supply Chain Workers’ Working Hours Posted: 18 Dec 2012 12:18 PM PST In an update posted on its supplier responsibility webpage, Apple notes that it is now tracking working hours of over a million workers involved in its supply chain, up from last month's figure of 900,000 and January's figure of 500,000. Continue reading →

Would you get a Brazilian…IPHONE? Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:36 AM PST Brazil’s IGB Eletronica SA has announced its new line of Android smartphones, the IPHONE Neo One to come out soon. Continue reading →

Apple Offering Free Next Day Shipping On All Items In The U.S. Posted: 18 Dec 2012 11:20 AM PST In light of the holiday season, Apple is offering free next business day shipping on all the products listed on its online store till the 21st of this month. These products not only include Apple's Mac and iOS devices, but Mac, iPhone and iPad accessories from third-party manufacturers as well. Continue reading →

Apple Gets Design Patent for the Original iPhone Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:44 AM PST The United States Patent and Trademark Organisation (USPTO) today granted Apple a design patent for the first generation iPhone's "ornamental design," known to be a key turning point in the dynamics of the mobile industry. Continue reading →

iOS 6.0.2 out: Update folks (iPhone 5 and iPad mini Only) Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:30 AM PST Just getting word now that Apple has pushed out an update to iOS 6 that is supposed to fix WiFi issues. Continue reading →

Samsung Takes Cellphone Lead from Nokia, Widens Lead Over Apple Posted: 18 Dec 2012 10:22 AM PST This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, but for the first time Samsung has topped Nokia as the top cellphone supplier in the world. Also not surprising, Samsung has widened its lead over Apple in the smartphone class as well. Continue reading →

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