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Rumor: Apple to hold event this month to unveil Retina MacBook Air & finalize Apple Watch specs Posted: 04 Feb 2015 10:50 AM PST Apple may be planning to hold a media event in late February to showcase the final version of its upcoming Apple Watch, and also debut a newly redesigned MacBook Air, potentially with a Retina display, according to a new report.

Verizon cuts $10 off many monthly shared data plans, starting at $30/1GB Posted: 04 Feb 2015 09:02 AM PST Ongoing price wars in the U.S. mobile industry have led Verizon to shave $10 off the monthly rate of a number of its shared data plans, in line with aggressive strategies taken by AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint.

Inside the highly customizable companion app that will connect your Apple Watch to your iPhone Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:02 AM PST The forthcoming Apple Watch is all about customization, as demonstrated by the long list of user-configurable options found in the companion app hidden within Apple's iOS 8.2 beta for iPhone.

iPhone 6 launch led Apple to 47.7% share of US market, edging Android's 47.6% Posted: 04 Feb 2015 05:37 AM PST For the first time since the end of 2012, Apple's iPhone edged out all devices running Android for shipments in the U.S., becoming not only the top device, but also the top domestic platform for the quarter.

Apple testing mysterious camera-equipped vehicles in the Bay Area Posted: 03 Feb 2015 08:33 PM PST A number of minivans with what appears to be camera equipment and a LiDAR sensor mounted to the roof that have appeared around California in recent weeks could be part of a new Apple project, as at least one of the vehicles is registered to the iPhone maker.

Oscar winner Alex Gibney bringing new Steve Jobs documentary to SXSW Film Posted: 03 Feb 2015 07:15 PM PST Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney will premier his latest project, a feature entitled "Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine" that chronicles the late Apple CEO's influence on the modern world's relationship with computers, at the annual South by Southwest film festival next month.

HTC disses Apple, Samsung in new rap video Posted: 03 Feb 2015 05:18 PM PST Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC recently released a bizarre music video starring rapper Don G alongside backup dancers dressed as smartphones, dubbed "Hold the Crown," in which the former waxes lyrical about the relative superiority of HTC's handsets and executive team.

Apple Inc. shares approach ex-dividend as it gears up to distribute $2.8 billion to shareholders [u] Posted: 03 Feb 2015 05:15 PM PST On February 12, Apple will pay shareholders of record a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share, but investors will need to buy shares by February 5th (to have settled ownership of the company's stock by the market's close on February 9) in order to qualify.

'Enhanced sapphire' said to lower reflectivity, boost suitability for smartphones Posted: 03 Feb 2015 04:28 PM PST Mobile device manufacturers may finally have a reason to evaluate sapphire on an equal footing with traditional strengthened glass, as a new method of dealing with sapphire is said to have lowered its reflectivity significantly.

Apple Pay adds BECU, BBVA Compass, others ahead of rumored 'Samsung Pay' launch Posted: 03 Feb 2015 03:19 PM PST Millions more consumers now have access to Apple Pay as BECU, Golden 1, Alliant, and First Tech -- four of the ten largest credit unions in the country -- have been added as partners alongside leading regional banks BBVA Compass and Fifth Third, while Samsung is rumored to introduce a payments program of its own at the Galaxy S6 launch next month.

Apple's iOS 8 now on 72% of customer devices, nearly double any Android version Posted: 03 Feb 2015 02:31 PM PST Adoption of Apple's latest mobile operating system continues to grow, according to the company's App Store statistics, with 72 percent of iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches now running on iOS 8 while no single version of Google's Android has surpassed 40 percent.

Rumor: iOS 8.2 will release to the public in March, ahead of April's Apple Watch launch Posted: 03 Feb 2015 11:55 AM PST Apple may lay the groundwork for the April launch of the Apple Watch by debuting iOS 8.2, a software update required to connect the iPhone to the accessory, a month earlier, in March.