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New sources back iPad Mini predictions

Further to similar predictions earlier this week, two major US sources have also reported that Apple will unveil an iPad Mini before the end of the year. The Wall Street Journal reports that Asian component suppliers are readying for mass production of the device this September. It concurs of reports …

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Analyst predicts iPad mini launch this October

Apple with this October launch an iPad Mini to rival Google’s new Nexus 7, a US analyst has predicted. The new device, Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves told CNet, will boast a 7.85 inch screen, carry 8GB of internal storage and retail for $299. Hargreaves predicts sales of 10m in …

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Sony, Microsoft and Apple bid on new top level domains

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has released a list of companies who have bid to secure their brands as one of the new TLD (top level domains). A host of new TLDs will soon be offered, complementing existing ones such as .com, .co.uk, .biz and .org. …

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Diablo III in 2880×1800 on new retina MacBook Pro; iOS 6 announced

Apple has revealed its new line of MacBook Pro laptops that for the first time include retina-display. That’s Apple’s name for its ultra-high pixel density screens, first debuted in iPhone 4 and later included in the iPad 3. These new MacBooks will have a resolution of 2880×1800. That’s far in …

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Staff riot at Foxconn plant

The world’s largest electronics manufacturing plant descended into chaos on Monday night as male workers rioted. Foxconn’s Chengdu plant in Sichuan is the beating heart of many Western electronics products – including Xbox and Apple – but has hit the headlines in recent years due to accusations of poor working …

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Believable iPhone 5 pictures leak

The first plausible pictures of what will likely be called the iPhone 5 have appeared online. 9To5Mac claims to have obtained the snaps from smartphone repair company uBreakiFix. The main star is the larger screen that stretches from one side of the device to the other without a border. The …

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Apple’s "smart TV" enters production, rumour suggests

The first of Apple’s secretive smart TVs has apparently entered production. China Business News reports that Foxconn’s Shenzhen factory has received the first order for the product and is producing the initial models on a trial basis. Banking analyst Piper Jaffray has predicted that the product – which presumably cannot …

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Report: Facebook to release smartphone by 2013

Facebook is making big strides towards creation of its own smartphone, if a report by The New York Times holds water. According to the report, Facebook employees, engineers, and others familiar with the matter say that the company has made major additions to the group already working on ‘Buffy’ (the …

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