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Wearables come together as Misfit launches official activity tracker for Pebble smart watch Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:14 AM PDT Misfit and Pebble on Tuesday announced a new long-term partnership, beginning with the launch of an official Misfit activity tracking application that runs on the Pebble smart watch.

Apple could sway 35% of Android & Windows Phone buyers with bigger iPhone, survey finds Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:02 AM PDT Already on track to capture nearly half of the smartphone market in 2014, Apple could dramatically expand the iPhone's customer base at Android's expense by adding a new model with a larger display, according to a survey released Tuesday by the investment arm of the Royal Bank of Canada.

Apple continues to experiment with super-low pricing as new $1,099 iMac already discounted to $979, $830 for students Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:03 AM PDT Through its indirect channel of trusted resellers, Apple has become increasingly aggressive on Mac pricing in 2014, offering discounts that go well beyond historical trends. That continues with big savings on the company's new iMac released just last week -- a pattern that suggests the company is actively experimenting with lower price points across multiple product families.

Apple TV gains 4 new channels, including ABC News with live video Posted: 24 Jun 2014 07:30 AM PDT Parents, news junkies, and sports fans now have a number of new streaming content options from Apple as the company added channels for ABC News, PBS Kids, AOL On, and Willow as part of an over-the-air update Tuesday morning.

Needham raises Apple target to $97, expects Swift programming language to enhance iPhone superiority Posted: 24 Jun 2014 07:19 AM PDT Investment firm Needham on Tuesday broke its typical semi-annual schedule and updated its price target for Apple stock to $97, citing stronger than expected iPhone sales and also the surprise announcement of a new programming language called Swift.

ConEd will help NYC residents connect their air conditioner to their iPhone for free Posted: 24 Jun 2014 06:53 AM PDT With another sweltering summer in the offing, New York utility ConEd is once again looking to ease the load on its aging power grid by offering customers a free outlet adapter that will turn a standard window-mounted air conditioner into a WiFi-connected unit that can be controlled from an iPhone.

Survey finds 14% of watch-wearers interested in hypothetical $350 Apple 'iWatch' Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:19 AM PDT Investment firm Piper Jaffray published the results of a new fashion-focused survey on Tuesday, in which respondents were asked about a rumored Apple "iWatch," with interest in such a device found to vary wildly based on price.

Google "dismantled" Android hardware initiatives after buying Nest, claims disputed report Posted: 24 Jun 2014 01:19 AM PDT A report seeking to profile both Google's Sundar Pichai (who replaced Andy Rubin as head of Android) and Nest founder Tony Fadell claims that Pichai appointed Fadell to run Google's hardware. Fadell retorted that the story "is 100% wrong," but neither he nor Google have refuted any of the more titillating details about Pichai or the search giant presented in the article.

Google's Nest to open smart home platform, share data with developers including Google Posted: 23 Jun 2014 11:54 PM PDT Nest Labs, makers of the Nest Learning Thermostat and Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector, announced on Tuesday that it will be opening its smart home platform to third-party developers and partners, which includes parent company Google.

Rumor: Apple's 12-inch MacBook Air to enter production in Q3 Posted: 23 Jun 2014 11:04 PM PDT A report out of East Asia on Tuesday claims Apple's partner manufacturers will begin production of the long-rumored 12-inch MacBook Air sometime in the third quarter.

Microsoft offers MacBook Air owners up to $650 in store credit to 'trade up' to Surface Pro 3 Posted: 23 Jun 2014 08:22 PM PDT In a trade-in program launched on Monday, Microsoft is again luring Apple device owners to make the switch to Windows by offering Surface Pro 3 buyers up to $650 in store credit for certain MacBook Air models.

Apple suppliers to start production two larger 'iPhone 6' models in July, both may see Sept. launch Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:26 PM PDT Following rumors of a massive Foxconn hiring spree, Bloomberg on Monday reported Apple's suppliers are slated to start production of two larger screen iPhones next month ahead of a possible concurrent September release.

Samsung & Quinn Emmanuel ordered to pay Apple, Nokia over $2M for leaking secrets Posted: 23 Jun 2014 05:29 PM PDT Samsung and its?Quinn Emmanuel attorneys have been ordered to pay over $2 million in legal fees to Apple and Nokia related to the leaking of their confidential patent licensing agreement.?

Apple joins NCWIT in push for gender balance in U.S. tech industry Posted: 23 Jun 2014 04:51 PM PDT At the White House Summit on Working Families on Monday, the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), with which Apple is an alliance partner, announced an ambitious program to fast track 3,500 women into the U.S. tech industry by 2016.

Apple's Ahrendts offers tips on transitioning to a new job in LinkedIn post Posted: 23 Jun 2014 04:16 PM PDT Apple's newly hired SVP of Retail Angela Ahrendts posted an article to LinkedIn on Monday, offering advice to those transitioning to new jobs, just as she did recently in joining Apple.

Apple looking to expand Siri localization with at least 9 new languages Posted: 23 Jun 2014 03:39 PM PDT A number of recently discovered jobs listings on Apple's website hint at future Siri localization, with the company looking to hire native speakers of languages used in burgeoning markets like Brazil and Russia.

Sprint's 'satisfaction guarantee' lets customers test out hardware, services for 30 days risk-free Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:56 PM PDT In what appears to be a response to T-Mobile's recently announced iPhone 'test drive,' Sprint on Monday said it will begin a risk-free program in which new customers can try out the carrier's network and services for 30 days.

Oops: Samsung cheers "Galaxy 11" sponsored soccer star Landon Donovan who wasn't in the World Cup match Posted: 23 Jun 2014 01:48 PM PDT Despite sponsoring soccer teams--and funding a "Galaxy 11" fantasy league designed to associate its products with alien-battling futbol stars--Samsung didn't seem to be aware of the U.S. lineup of athletes playing in this weekend's World Cup match when it sent out yet another embarrassing tweet.

Microsoft follows Apple's lead, slashes pricing for OneDrive cloud storage Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:48 PM PDT The latest shot in the cloud storage wars came on Monday from Microsoft, which announced a restructuring of its OneDrive offering that will more than double users' base storage allowance, as the software giant reacts to recent price cuts from rivals Apple and Google.

Bono criticizes Apple for being 'annoyingly quiet' about raising $75M for fight against AIDS Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:29 PM PDT U2 frontman Bono appeared onstage for an interview this weekend at the Cannes Lions festival with Apple designer Jony Ive, and while the two spoke of their successful history together in raising money for The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Bono did take the opportunity to criticize the company for downplaying its role.

Civilization Revolution 2 coming to iOS next month, FTL gets a deep discount Posted: 23 Jun 2014 12:03 PM PDT Apple gamers will get a leg up on consolers as 2K Games will bring the next iteration of Sid Meier's long-running Civilization series directly to iOS in July, while developer Subset Games has slashed the price of massively popular space command sim FTL for a limited time.