App uses HealthMap technology; allows individuals to track, report local outbreak information.
[Reuters] BOSTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new iPhone application, created by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as H1N1 (swine flu), on the ground in real [...]

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Microsoft has officially announced that the next skin point release for their handheld operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, will launch on Oct. 6 and include App Store Windows Marketplace for Mobile (catchy!) and MobileMe MyPhone services.
[The iPhone Blog] WMExperts asks the impertinent question:
Will Windows Mobile 6.5 be available for any phones [...]

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While it’s apparent that Apple is at least trying to make its iPhone App platform easier to stomach for developers, the company is still not pleasing everyone.
[BusinessInsider] Digg engineer-turned-iPhone developer Joe Stump is the latest to write an angry, public rant to Apple. But his, unlike some others, is peppered with entertaining swear words! (It’s [...]

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On Friday, Apple shipped Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, their latest computer operating system (which is jailbreaker safe!), and for the first time focus wasn’t on fabulous new consumer-facing features, but on internal re-architecting, the (far too often quoted) refinements and enhancements.
[The iPhone Blog] Many of these advancements, as we’ve discussed before, were [...]

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The concept that most drove the iPhone (and by extension the iPod Touch) above and beyond all smartphones or multimedia players was the ability to purchase and use apps within the device.  While cogitating on this as well as the hypothesized upgrades available in iTunes 9, a thought crossed my mind.
[What's on iPhone] Why isn’t [...]

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While all of the attention this weekend was around the launch of Snow Leopard, Apple opened up three new retail stores; two new stores in the US and one in Germany.
[TUAW] First, the company opened a new store in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday, which is now Apple’s second store in Germany, after the store [...]

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Apple says it’s not to blame for a series of exploding iPods and iPhones, according to a report published on Friday. The company has been under fire, so to speak, for devices overheating and shattering across Europe and the U.K.
[Mac World] Sheesh… and you thought the data rates were bad.
Exploding iPhone Investigation:
This exploding [...]

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As has been discussed here ad nauseum, AT&T’s network has been stressed by the iPhone. Since the users of Apple’s device tend to use the internet more than owners of other smartphones, AT&T’s data network gets bogged down during peak periods.
[Ethiopian Review] Now, BusinessWeek has an article that attempts to explain why, after more [...]

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Ars Technica reports that Apple resellers are currently reporting low stocks of most iPod models, and no additional shipments of the existing models are reported to be available. Additionally, resellers report that the stock-keeping units (SKUs) for all existing models have been classified as discontinued.
[Mac Rumors] The current line of iPods is on its last [...]

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Daily Finance is reporting today on the iPhone’s pending release in China. We’ve been reporting on this gradual deal for a while now. Back in July it looked like the deal might be delayed until 2010, but earlier this month, Apple’s VP of iPhone and iPod product marketing Greg Joswiak (among others) traveled to China [...]

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Apple today issued a media alert announcing details for the July 21st release of its financial results for the third fiscal quarter and second calendar quarter of 2009.
The results will cover sales from March 28th, 2009 through June 26th, 2009, and will be released at the close of trading (4:00 PM Eastern / 1:00 PM [...]

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Microsoft is happy to announce that they will be opening several Microsoft retail stores near and neighboring Apple retail stores come later this year, and early 2010.
While Microsoft declared its intentions to enter the retail game and counter Apple’s public image months ago, its chief operating officer Kevin Turner on Wednesday revealed just how important [...]

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Roger McNamee of Sprint’s ad department is having a little too much fun when it comes to making advertisements for their new Pre cellular phone.
Looking above, you will see the new Pre advertisement released by Sprint just recently.
Okay, so their Pre is doing pretty good in sales, but that doesn’t give them any right to [...]

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With the iPhone 3GS came video recording capabilities. With video recording capabilities, came the ability to upload said recorded videos to YouTube via 3G and Wi-Fi. Since June 19th, 2009, YouTube announces that their uploads have increased from mobile devices by 400% per day.
When watching most of the videos uploaded from an iPhone 3GS, you [...]

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