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Apple ships LTE-equipped fourth-gen iPad, iPad mini units, possible ETA for Friday in some cases

Your LTE-capable, fourth-gen iPad or iPad mini could show up as early as Friday. Per Mac|Life, emails went out Tuesday afternoon, alerting buyers of both tablets the devices are shipping this week. The LTE iPad mini email alerts started arriving from Apple this morning. Later the same day, word began spreading of fourth-fen LTE iPad […]

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Sprint activates 4G LTE networks in 9 additional U.S. cities

It never hurts to have a fast connection. According to PC Magazine, wireless carrier Spring revealed on Tuesday that it has begun work on its 4G LTE network in nine new cities. The new markets include: – Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. – Oakland/Fremont/Hayward, Calif. – Key West, Fla. – Fort Smith, Ark. – Michigan City/La Porte, […]

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Some 15-inch Retina Display MacBook Pro owners complain of graphical glitches following Retina EFI Update v1.0 installation

If you have a Retina Display, the last thing you want is graphical weirdness after an update. According to AppleInsider and threads on the Apple discussion boards, a number of 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display owners are experiencing noticeable drops in graphics and processor performance after having updated their machines to the latest EFI […]

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20% Samsung price hike could affect Apple’s margins by 1-2%

The ne’er ending fight between Apple and Samsung continues. Following up on yesterday’s story about Samsung potentially raising the cost of building mobile processors for Apple, such a change would be expected to reduce the company’s overall margins by as much as 2 percentage points. Per AppleInsider, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray noted on Wednesday […]