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Accessory iPhone News

Corning unveils Gorilla Glass 2 at CES, material now 0.8mm thick and withstands 121 pounds of pressure

Because you always wanted your iPhone to be nigh-on-invincible. Per Gizmodo, Corning unveiled its new Gorilla Glass 2 at CES this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. While the original Gorilla Glass was about 1 millimeter thick, the new material is 20 percent thinner at just 0.8mm. Corning said Gorilla Glass 2 will enable device makers […]

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Hardware Rumor

Rumor: Apple developing wearable, Siri-controlled computing devices

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: It’s the rumors that make technology interesting. Per the New York Times, Apple has reportedly begun work on new, tiny, wearable devices that could be controlled with Siri, or used to input information to devices like the iPhone. One of the prototype products developed by Apple, […]

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iPhone News Patents

Recent Apple patent points towards shatter-proof, shock mounted iPhone glass

You can’t knock Apple for trying to make a sturdier product. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a recent Apple patent applications shows the company looking to create a “shock mounting cover glass in consumer electronic devices,” the invention claims a tunable shock mount sandwiched between the phone’s glass and other hardware. There’s […]

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MacBook Pro Rumor

Rumor: Next-Gen MacBook Pro units to feature fast solid-state drives, larger trackpads

A new rumor attributed to unnamed sources says the coming refresh of MacBook Pros will feature larger trackpads and boot from SSD, even on models equipped with a conventional hard disk drive. Per Boy Genius Report, the “new laptops will contain glass trackpads that are even larger than the pads found on current-generation MacBook Pro […]

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iPhone News

Early shelf space spotted for iPhone 4 at Best Buy, The Source stores

You’ve been hankering for it. And it may finally be here. After several months of delays, the white iPhone 4 looks like it is finally about to hit U.S. store shelves. Per Engadget, tipsters have sent in some photos of the pricing tickets for the device at both Best Buy and The Source. What’s more, […]