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New iPhone App ‘Outbreaks Near Me’ Locates H1N1 (Swine Flu), Infectious Diseases

Date September 2, 2009

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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, [...]

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The Competition: Windows Mobile 6.5 Launches Oct. 6

Date September 2, 2009

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Image via The iPhone Blog
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 [...]

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Apple, China Mobile Still in Talks Over iPhone Distribution in China

Date September 2, 2009

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Wireless carrier China Mobile has confirmed that the company is still in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone in China even though rival China Unicom last week announced a distribution deal for the handset.
[iPhone Alley] [...]

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Rockstar Games to Release GTA: Chinatown Wars to iPhone This Fall

Date September 2, 2009

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Software developer Rockstar Games announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will arrive for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch handsets later this fall.
[iPhone Alley] According to Touch Arcade, the game, which is presently available for the [...]

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Mac Clone Maker Sues Apple Over Snow Leopard

Date September 2, 2009

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Psystar claims it’s just like Microsoft, Google in new antitrust lawsuit filed in Florida.
[ComputerWorld] Mac clone maker Psystar last week sued Apple for a second time, charging that it illegally ties the new Snow Leopard operating system to its [...]

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AT&T Gets a Fuzzy Signal on Apple’s iPhone

Date September 2, 2009

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Did AT&T get a sour apple when it snagged the iPhone?
[Wall Street Journal] Maybe. AT&T’s exclusive right to offer Apple’s smart phone over the past two years has attracted new customers, and at least initially enhanced the [...]

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Three New Apple Retail Stores Opened This Past Weekend

Date September 1, 2009

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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 [...]

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Apple Says Exploding iPhone’s Not Their Fault

Date September 1, 2009

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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. [...]

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GPS Nails iPhone Thieves Shopping at Wal-Mart

Date September 1, 2009

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[Zdnet] “All right, buddy gimme the iPhone, credit cards and PIN numbers.”
“Yes, sir, here you are.”
“Now, get outta here.”
That was more or less the conversation in the appropriately named Pittsburgh neighborhood of Shadyside, home to an Apple store.
Back home, [...]

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Apple Resellers Report iPod Stocks Dwindling, All SKUs Being Discontinued

Date August 30, 2009

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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 [...]

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Rumor: Apple May Be Working on XL Tablets Running Full Mac OS X

Date August 30, 2009

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This one caught us by surprise, but it comes from a source that has always been 100% reliable: Not only Apple may be working on a 10-inch tablet, but also in 13″ and 15″ [...]

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Are iPhones Really Exploding All Over the World?

Date August 29, 2009

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Image via Gizmodo
We have done some research, and it appears than the rumors of iPhones exploding all around the world—”world” as in “France, UK, and Belgium”—are greatly exaggerated.
[Gizmodo] Here are all the known cases, and Apple’s official answer:
In France
• [...]

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iPhone will drop in China on Friday

Date August 27, 2009

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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, [...]

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Microsoft to be Opening Retail Stores Close to Apple Retail Stores

Date July 18, 2009

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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 [...]

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