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Apple, Oprah Winfrey pen multi-year partnership deal to work towards original programming content for Apple

It’s hard to go wrong with Oprah in your corner. Apple has announced that the company has partnered with Oprah Winfrey as part of its effort to create original television content, thereby adding to its growing lineup of shows. The company offered the following comment:

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Computer History Museum talks with Scott Forstall, others, about history of the original iPhone

This is pretty interesting. This week, the Computer History Museum posted a full two hour round table lecture/discussion about the creation and release of the original iPhone in 2007. The panel, moderated by John Markoff includes Hugo Fiennes, Nitin Ganatra and Scott Herz as well as a follow-up conversation with Scott Forstall.

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AT&T discontinues 2G network, ends cellular connectivity for first-gen iPhone

It’s time to move on where AT&T, the first-gen iPhone and cellular service are concerned. On Monday, AT&T announced that its 2G wireless network was officially shut down on January 1, 2017, following four years of planning for its discontinuation. This means that the 2G network available to the original first-gen iPhone will no longer […]

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Prototype iPhone nabs $1500 on eBay

Anybody remember the original iPhone? I do, I had one and I think it’s still my favorite design of all of them so far. The body was aluminum, except for a section at the bottom which was plastic so as not to interfere with reception, all rounded edges, and a nice chrome bezel around the […]

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Rumor: Best Buy to open new iPhone 5s, 5c incentive program on October 11th, offer $100 credit for any working smartphone

Never doubt the power of an incentive program. Per AppleInsider and TechnoBuffalo, electronics retailer Best Buy appears on the verge of kicking off another trade-in program aimed at getting iPhone 5s and 5c customers through its doors, this time offering a minimum of US$100 toward the purchase of one of Apple’s two new phones in […]