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Greenpeace praises Apple for reducing use of conflict minerals Posted: 13 Feb 2014 11:02 AM PST Following the release of Apple's annual supplier responsibility report on Thursday, environmental organization Greenpeace spoke out with praise, celebrating the iPhone maker's efforts to cut its use of conflict minerals.

Apple gained overall share as smartphones outsold feature phones for first time in 2013 Posted: 13 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST Consumers' increasing desire for smartphones has been a boon for Apple as the company's share of the overall mobile phone market increased by nearly 10 percent in 2013, according to new data published Thursday.

Apple set to discontinue legacy, non-Retina iPad 2 Posted: 13 Feb 2014 07:02 AM PST After nearly three years on the market, Apple's second-generation iPad, which sports an A5 processor and non-Retina display, is now on the chopping block, and is expected to be discontinued in the near future, AppleInsider has learned.

Rovio's 'Angry Birds Stella' to debut this fall with female protagonist Posted: 13 Feb 2014 05:55 AM PST Finnish game developers Rovio on Thursday unveiled Angry Birds Stella, a new entry in the Angry Birds franchise featuring the pink, female Stella character as the game's protagonist.

Apple hires yet another medical sensor expert as 'iWatch' hype grows Posted: 13 Feb 2014 05:32 AM PST Apple continues to bolster its team by hiring medical sensor experts, with the latest grab being former chief technology officer of a company that specialized in noninvasive monitoring technologies -- yet another hire that will help fuel speculation that the company is working on a so-called "iWatch" with biometric sensing capabilities.

Apple wants to stop, track down spammers with automated disposable email addresses Posted: 13 Feb 2014 02:56 AM PST The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent application describing a system that thwarts spam mail by automatically generating and handling "disposable" email addresses, all while being transparent to the end user.

Apple releases 2014 Supplier Responsibility report, pushes against 'conflict minerals' Posted: 12 Feb 2014 10:00 PM PST Apple on Thursday released its latest Supplier Responsibility report covering a wide range of human and environmental issues, noting that it will be cracking down on the use of so-called "conflict minerals."

Google's strict policies for 'open' Android OS revealed in newly public documents Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:32 PM PST New documents published to the Web on Wednesday reveal Google imposes decidedly strict tit-for-tat terms on device makers looking to use the "open" Android platform.

Comcast to purchase Time Warner Cable, future Apple TV partnership uncertain Posted: 12 Feb 2014 07:30 PM PST It was reported earlier on Wednesday that Apple is preparing to debut a new Apple TV platform in partnership with Time Warner Cable, but Comcast is now said to be finalizing a purchase of TWC that could affect continued negotiations.

iPhone upgraders leave nearly $13.5B in old hardware to collect dust Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:33 PM PST The results of a survey published on Wednesday show U.S. consumers who hold on to last-generation iPhones after upgrading or moving on to another smartphone have amassed some $13.4 billion in mothballed hardware.

Apple seeds sixth OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks beta to developers Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:04 PM PST Keeping with its weekly beta update schedule, Apple on Wednesday seeded the sixth OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks beta to developers on Wednesday with no significant changes.

Highly suspect photos claim to show 'iPhone 6' chassis [u x2] Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:54 PM PST A trio of "blurry cam" photos purportedly showing Apple's next-generation "iPhone 6" chassis have made their way to the Web, with the part sporting rounded corners and a thin design matching the current-generation iPad lineup.

IDC critical of Apple for not selling profitless, sub $200 iPhones in market share report Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:17 PM PST Market research firm IDC has reported new figures seeking to explain why Apple, the most profitable smartphone vendor on the planet, is "underperforming the overall market" by not emulating the profitless manufacturing of low end phones by its competitors, most of whom are losing money.

Microsoft considering allowing Android apps to run on Windows - report Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:04 PM PST In an effort to bolster its struggling Windows platforms, Microsoft is said to be "seriously considering" allowing Android applications to run in both the traditional Windows environment, as well as on the Windows Phone mobile platform.