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• How Apple designed the iPhone for ‘normal people’
• Leaked document hints at upcoming Amazon streaming music service
• Steve Jobs’ tenure at Pixar profiled in upcoming book
• Samsung says new “Wonder Material” can make phones ultra-thin and flexible
• Amazon Fire TV Review Roundup: Good product, but some features need improvements
• comScore: Apple top OEM manufacturer with 41% market share
• Internal Apple document acknowledges threat to iPhone from larger Android smartphones
• Sprint offers to pay you $650 if you switch from another carrier
• Apple seeds fifth beta version of OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 to Developers
• Switchr is a New Tweak That Brings the Original Auxo to iOS 7

How Apple designed the iPhone for ‘normal people’ Posted: 04 Apr 2014 04:21 PM PDT Apple vice president Greg Christie, who worked on the first iPhone, testified Friday in a San Jose, Calif. courtroom about the development of the device. Christie was testifying on behalf of Apple as part of the company’s $2 billion patent infringement case against Samsung. Continue reading →

Leaked document hints at upcoming Amazon streaming music service Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:29 PM PDT Rumors suggest Amazon is planning to launch a streaming music service that may tie into its Prime service. A leaked document published by Digital Music News claims to show the terms of the contract being offered to smaller publishers and digital rights owners. Continue reading →

Steve Jobs’ tenure at Pixar profiled in upcoming book Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:47 PM PDT Steve Jobs is known for his role as CEO and co-found of Apple, but he also played a major role at Pixar Animation Studios. In a new book to be released next week that was previewed by Gizmodo, Former Pixar president and co-founder Ed Catmull talks about Steve Jobs and his role in the company. Continue reading →

Samsung says new “Wonder Material” can make phones ultra-thin and flexible Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:10 PM PDT Samsung today announced that it has discovered a "groundbreaking method" to commercialise synthesising graphene, a material more durable than steel with high flexibility, ideal for use in wearable devices and smartphones. Continue reading →

Amazon Fire TV Review Roundup: Good product, but some features need improvements Posted: 04 Apr 2014 01:25 PM PDT Amazon unveiled its media streaming device, the Fire TV, earlier this week to take on competing devices like the Apple TV, Chromecast and the Roku box. Continue reading →

comScore: Apple top OEM manufacturer with 41% market share Posted: 04 Apr 2014 12:22 PM PDT According to a new report from comScore, Apple is leading as the number one OEM smartphone manufacturer with 41% market share. Samsung, Apple’s top competitor when it comes to hardware manufacturing, is in second place and gaining speed with a new high of 27%. Falling in third, fourth, and fifth, are LG at 6.8%, Motorola at 6.3%, and HTC at 5.4%, respectively. In hardware, LG was the only platform of the bottom three that grew, with 0.3% growth. Continue reading →

Internal Apple document acknowledges threat to iPhone from larger Android smartphones Posted: 04 Apr 2014 11:43 AM PDT While Apple continues to maintain that the iPhone is a better product than Android phones, an internal document reveals that the company is well-aware of the threat to the iPhone from cheaper and/or larger Android phones. Continue reading →

Sprint offers to pay you $650 if you switch from another carrier Posted: 04 Apr 2014 10:50 AM PDT Sprint, the third-largest carrier in the US, has started a limited time offer under which it'll pay up to $650 in early-termination fees for subscribers who switch from their existing network to Sprint. Continue reading →

Apple seeds fifth beta version of OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 to Developers Posted: 04 Apr 2014 09:59 AM PDT Last night, Apple seeded the fifth beta version of OS X Mavericks 10.9.3 (build number: 13D33) to developers. The new beta version arrives a week after the fourth beta version was released. Continue reading →

Switchr is a New Tweak That Brings the Original Auxo to iOS 7 Posted: 04 Apr 2014 09:07 AM PDT While Auxo 2 may be impressive, some prefer the look and feel of the original Auxo over the crazy new tricks of its second iteration. A new tweak by the name of Switchr looks very similar to the original Auxo and has almost identical functionality, but has been restyled to fall in place with the visual appearance of iOS 7. Continue reading →

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