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Nvidia to take on Apple TV with Shield set-top box featuring Android TV Posted: 04 Mar 2015 10:39 AM PST The latest major company to step into the crowded set-top box market, where the Apple TV competes, is Nvidia, whose upcoming Shield media player will be powered by Google's Android TV platform.

'iPhone 6s' said to ship with 2GB of RAM, Apple leaning toward including Apple SIM Posted: 04 Mar 2015 09:12 AM PST Apple's 2015 iPhone update will purportedly add some features introduced in the iPad Air 2 last year, including an upgrade to 2 gigabytes of RAM and the possibility of pre-installing the Apple SIM, giving users the ability to select a carrier on their own out of the box.

Apple reclaims top spot in movie product placement rankings Posted: 04 Mar 2015 08:54 AM PST Apple has once again, after a three-year gap, taken the Overall Product Placement title in Brandchannel's Brandcameo Product Placement Awards, highlighting the companies inserted most often into Hollywood movies.

Uber's first-ever public acquisition, maps firm deCarta, will lessen reliance on Apple, Google Posted: 04 Mar 2015 07:33 AM PST Ridesharing startup Uber has finally shown its hand in the mergers and acquisitions market, picking up small navigation and geospatial services firm deCarta in a move that some say is designed to help Uber lessen its dependence on mapping services from Apple and Google.

Apple Watch publicity tour comes to Chinese fashion magazine YOHO Posted: 04 Mar 2015 06:45 AM PST The Apple Watch is continuing to make the rounds of fashion magazines, this time in the form of a Sport model on the April cover of China's YOHO, which bears the slogan "Being Young is an Attitude."

Google reportedly looking to bring Android Wear support to iOS Posted: 03 Mar 2015 09:15 PM PST Google is allegedly developing an Android Wear app for iOS, a move that would expand support for the wearables platform beyond Android handsets and enable iPhone and iPad owners to use products like the Moto 360 and the LG G Watch.

Website builds interactive Apple Watch app previews with help from developers Posted: 03 Mar 2015 05:33 PM PST A new website has created interactive Web versions of bite-sized Apple Watch apps slated for release next month, offering prospective buyers a chance to test drive the device before it hits store shelves in April.

Apple discussing settlement with battery maker over alleged employee poaching Posted: 03 Mar 2015 04:18 PM PST In a court filing on Tuesday, Apple informed a Massachusetts federal judge that it is in discussions with A123 Systems to settle out of court a lawsuit claiming Apple poached the battery maker's key engineers for a secret internal project.

Apple Watch wins prestigious iF Design Gold Award ahead of public debut Posted: 03 Mar 2015 03:48 PM PST Before an expected launch in April, Apple's upcoming Apple Watch was given top honors at the 2015 iF Design Awards, an annual industrial design competition dating back to 1954.

Credit unions lead new round of 18 Apple Pay additions Posted: 03 Mar 2015 02:44 PM PST Apple continues to forge forward in expanding card support for its fledgling Apple Pay service and on Tuesday added 18 new credit unions and banks to the list of participating issuers.

AT&T to ship LTE-enabled Modio iPad mini case on March 20 Posted: 03 Mar 2015 01:18 PM PST AT&T has announced that its Modio case for the iPad mini, which adds LTE support to otherwise Wi-Fi-only models, will ship on March 20 and cost $50 with a two-year data plan.

New SSL/TLS flaw leaves Safari vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attack, Apple promises fix Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:33 PM PST A newly-discovered flaw in some implementations of cryptographic protocols SSL and TLS -- including those used by Apple's Safari and Google's Android AOSP browsers -- could allow an attacker to force clients to use older, weaker encryption that would make it significantly easier to intercept secure communications.

BitTorrent Sync gains new look, Mint for iOS picks up bill reminders, Sonos adds simpler Room access Posted: 03 Mar 2015 11:56 AM PST A trio of important app updates were released onto the iOS App Store Wednesday, adding a new Pro service for BitTorrent's Sync file sharing, interface refinements for Sonos Controller on iOS, and bill reminders for Intuit's iOS budget tracker, Mint.