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Apple offers support to Sichuan Yaan earthquake victims (updated)

If you want to help the earthquake victims in China, here’s your chance. Per 9to5Mac, Apple has updated its official China website homepage to offer its respect and sympathy following the disastrous magnitude 7.0 earthquake that has affected the country over the past few days. The acknowledgement present on Apple’s site reads as follows: “Our […]

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Hardware iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Purported images of next-gen iPhone camera leaked

You’ve gotta admit, Apple doesn’t let people down when it comes to its built-in cameras. Per French Web site NoWhereElse.fr, a leaked image purporting to show off a camera component and another piece of a supposed “iPhone 5S” have hit the Internet, fanning the rumors that Apple’s follow-up to the iPhone 5 is on deck. […]

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Rumor: Microsoft’s Xbox, Kinect employees helping to develop smartwatch

Microsoft is prototyping its own wrist-worn device. According to The Verge, a reliable source familiar with Microsoft’s Xbox plans has revealed that the company has been developing a wrist-worn device for just over a year. Microsoft was initially rumored to release a “Joule” heart rate monitor accessory for the Xbox, but the company has since […]

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Apple releases Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 4.05

On Thursday, Apple posted its Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 4.05, an update designed to extend RAW image compatibility for the Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11 applications. The update, a 5.13 megabyte download, adds support for the following cameras: – Fujifilm X20 – Fujifilm X100S – Fujifilm X-E1 – Fujifilm X-Pro1 The update requires an […]

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Hardware iPad Rumor

Rumor: Next-gen iPad to be 15% thinner, 25% lighter, use smaller, more efficient battery

This could be nifty. Per MacRumors, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has on a number of occasions offered accurate information on Apple’s product plans, recently published a new research note outlining his expectations for Apple’s fifth-generation iPad. Kuo expects mass production and shipments of the new iPad to ramp up in the August-September timeframe, […]