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Advertisers criticize Apple for holding back customer targeting data in iAd campaigns Posted: 18 Feb 2014 10:25 AM PST Apple's refusal to open its vast trove of purchase data and demographic information to advertisers is said to be the principal factor inhibiting the growth of the company's nascent iAd platform.

Apple patents MacBook with illuminated touch controls in chassis, bezel & frame Posted: 18 Feb 2014 05:47 AM PST A new patent filing reveals Apple's experimentation with a touch-sensitive MacBook chassis, which would offer the ability to sense a user's touch across a notebook's entire bezel, potentially allowing the company to eliminate physical buttons and allow for a more intuitive computing experience.

Apple's second 'your verse' story focuses on iPad in mountaineering Posted: 18 Feb 2014 03:25 AM PST Apple on Tuesday expanded its "your verse" iPad media campaign by adding a second story to its dedicated mini site, this time highlighting the tablet's use in professional mountain climbing.

Apple patents sensor-packed health monitoring headphones with 'head gesture' control Posted: 18 Feb 2014 02:09 AM PST In one of the earliest pieces of evidence pointing to Apple's push into the fitness and health monitoring field, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted the company a patent for a biometric headphone system that can sense a variety of metrics including temperature, heart rate and perspiration levels.

Samsung's Galaxy S5 said to ship with swipe-style fingerprint sensor in home button Posted: 18 Feb 2014 12:48 AM PST In a bid to counter the popularity of the Touch ID system found in Apple's iPhone 5s, South Korean electronics giant Samsung will reportedly outfit the home button of its upcoming flagship Galaxy S5 handset with a swipe-style fingerprint reader.

Apple readying tools to simplify mass iOS device deployment and management Posted: 17 Feb 2014 04:50 PM PST Apple's next free iOS 7 update is expected to fix bugs and enhance a variety of user interface elements, but fresh rumors claim the release -- supposedly coming in mid-March -- will also include a major overhaul of the Mobile Device Management mass deployment system and will launch alongside a totally new "Volume Services" Web client.

Apple updates Sales and Trends for iTunes Connect, helps developers parse sales data Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:39 PM PST Apple on Monday released a new version of its iTunes Connect Sales and Trends tool, which aids developers in understanding sales data so they can make changes to better target their products.

Ambitious 'Outernet' could bring unfettered Internet access worldwide via mini satellites Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:52 PM PST A New York-based firm has a bold idea that could bring the Web to regions of the world where Internet access is either too costly to deploy using traditional methods, or is censored at the behest of government regimes.

Apple seeds latest OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks beta to developers Posted: 17 Feb 2014 01:42 PM PST As part of its weekly beta update schedule, Apple on Monday seeded the seventh OS X 10.9.2 Mavericks beta to developers.