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Another Possible Suicide at Foxconn

Would be at least the 14th this year

(Newser) - Another worker apparently committed suicide at a Foxconn factory in China, Reuters reports. Local media states the employee “fell to death” at one of the manufacturing facilities today. Labor rights groups say, prior to this death, at least 13 other Foxconn workers have committed suicide this year. The company...

Psst, Santa, Kids Want Tech, Not Toys

iPhones, iPads trump traditional wishes

(Newser) - Forget Barbie and GI Joe—Christmas lists these days are much more likely to be topped by an iPhone or iPad, the Telegraph reports. The iPhone 4, iPod Touch, and iPad were the top three most desired toys, according to the latest Duracell Toy Report. The report, ironically enough, features...

Dad, Son, iPhone Grab Awesome Earth Shots

Jerry-rigged contraption gets out-of-this-world video

(Newser) - A high-flying Brooklyn father-and-son team have captured among the most impressive amateur video ever of the stratosphere using an HD video camera, iPhone, and a weather balloon. Views from as high as 100,000 feet (19 miles) show the curvature of the Earth as the balloon rocks back and forth...

Verizon Gets Cozier With Apple, Will Sell iPads

Customers can bundle it with MiFi wireless device

(Newser) - Verizon delivered a surprise today with the announcement that it would start carrying the iPad in its stores later this month, Electronista reports. An optional deal would bundle the iPad’s standard Wi-Fi model with a Novatel MiFi 2200, allowing users to share a 3G connection with other devices. The...

Apple Trademarks 'There's an App for That'

We recommend Google debut "there's an application for that" campaign

(Newser) - Apple has been granted a trademark for the catchphrase “There’s an app for that,” forbidding all other Internet or handheld-based software services from using the slogan. Apple is notorious for jealously guarding its patents, the Huffington Post notes, recalling the story of the developer whose iPodRip app...

Verizon's iPhone Won't Be Quite the Same

For one thing, no surfing while talking

(Newser) - News that Verizon will start selling the iPhone next year comes with a catch, the Wall Street Journal explains. Because Verizon's technology (CDMA) differs from AT&T's (UMTS), their respective phones will differ in certain ways. Notably, Verizon users won't be able to surf the web or send email while...

Verizon iPhone Due Early 2011
 Verizon iPhone Due Early 2011 
Oct 6, 2010 2:51 PM CDT

Verizon iPhone Due Early 2011

Apple also developing iPhone 5

(Newser) - Apple will have an iPhone available for the Verizon network by early 2011, the Wall Street Journal reports. The new model will be similar to the iPhone 4, but employ the CDMA wireless technology used by Verizon. The move means iPhones will no longer be exclusive to AT&T's network....

iPad Catching On Faster Than the DVD Player

Adoption rate the fastest ever

(Newser) - Apple sold 3 million iPads in the first 80 days of its shelf life, and is currently selling about 4.5 million a quarter, making it by far the fastest-adopted piece of technology in history, CNBC reports. Its nearest competitor is the iPhone, and that sold a mere million units...

Shut Off the Smartphone, Lest You Kill the Bar Debate

There are times for your iPhone; the bar is not one

(Newser) - Sure, you know to shut off your smartphone at the movies, maybe in the boardroom, and we hope in the bedroom, but there's one more place too sacred for technology: Your favorite watering hole. Ever since Derek Brown got that shiny iPhone, he finds himself Googling the answers to trivia...

Apple Loosens Up on Apps
 Apple Loosens Up on Apps 
Sep 10, 2010 4:05 AM CDT

Apple Loosens Up on Apps

Restrictions lifted, guidelines published

(Newser) - Apple has done a U-turn and scrapped restrictions introduced earlier this year on what tools developers can use to build applications for the iPhone and iPad. Developers will now be allowed to use tools based on Adobe's Flash, and restrictions on other programming languages have been lifted, the Wall Street ...

How to Confront an iPhone Addict ... Politely

Sorry, but no, you shouldn't approach rude strangers

(Newser) - Sarah Lorge Butler cannot believe she needs to remind us of this, but “it’s not polite to use a BlackBerry or iPhone at the table. Ever,” she writes for CBS . After running into two situations—one involving a friend, the other a stranger—in which she wanted...

Apple Patent Could Kill Jailbroken iPhones

For your own good, though!

(Newser) - The US government is a-OK with you jailbreaking your iPhone but, not surprisingly, Apple is not. To that end, the company applied for a patent to disable jailbroken devices, the Register reports. Ostensibly, Apple just wants to protect you from an unauthorized user breaking into your phone: The patent application...

Soon, Your iPhone Could Be a Credit Card

Apple hires wireless payment expert to lead global commerce

(Newser) - So we all know the iPhone can do pretty much everything (except sometimes make a phonecall), but Apple has in its sights the next way it can help you spend your money: Swiping the handset like a credit card. Apple has hired an expert in near-field communications, a relatively new...

iPhone Users Have More Sex Partners

And Android users are chaste

(Newser) - If you're looking to get laid by a wider range of paramours, maybe you should trade in your Android for an iPhone. A new study shows that female iPhone users have an average of 12 sexual partners by age 30, and male iPhone users 10 partners, compared with six for...

10 Ridiculous iPhone Insurance Claims

'I buried it in the garden.' Um, really?

(Newser) - Most iPhone owners are so addicted, they take the gadgets everywhere—which may explain how so many get dropped into toilets or, you know, blenders. Yes, that’s how one guy claims his broke, but it’s not the most bizarre story insurance firms have ever heard. Online insurance company...

Safari Flaw Leaves iPhone, iPad Open to Digital Hijackers

Mobile OS can automatically load malicious code

(Newser) - The iPad, iPod, and iPhone have a gaping security hole that hackers could easily exploit to hijack a device, security experts warn. Apple's mobile version of the Safari browser opens PDFs automatically, so all a hacker would need to do would be to embed malicious code in such a document....

Go Ahead, Jailbreak Your iPhone: Feds

Copyright Office ruling applies to all mobile devices

(Newser) - Modifying a smartphone to run applications not approved by the manufacturer is not illegal, the US Copyright Office said today—which enthusiasts immediately understood to mean " jailbreaking your iPhone is A-OK." Apple had warned of "copyright infringement, potential damage to the device and other potential harmful physical...

Thief Swipes Phone... During a GPS-Tracking Demo

Really, what are the odds?

(Newser) - A thief biking down the street plucks an iPhone out of a girl's hands and takes off. It's his lucky day, right? The girl is an intern on an errand for her boss—who also happens to own the phone. She's screwed, right? Except if her boss is an exec...

The Loveless Marriage of AT&amp;T, Apple
 The Loveless 
 Marriage of 
 AT&T, Apple 

#ATTFAIL
Jul 20, 2010 6:43 AM CDT

The Loveless Marriage of AT&T, Apple

AT&T faces network problems, customer wrath

(Newser) - AT&T and Apple are stuck in a "loveless celebrity marriage," publicly praising each other while they bicker constantly behind the scenes. The dysfunctional relationship sets the stage for the industry as phone manufacturers design phones that suck ever-more bandwidth, while strained wireless carriers try to crack down...

Maybe Verizon Doesn't Need the iPhone?

Company steadily increasing market share with Droids

(Newser) - Even without the iPhone on its network, Verizon has steadily improved its share of the smartphone market, increasing from 20% to 26% since 2008. During the same period, AT&T's smartphone market share has dropped from 45% to 40%, reports the New York Times . Both companies remain publicly professional and...

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