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AMD hires chip experts from Qualcomm and Apple, aims to move beyond the PC

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith Even more transfer news from chipmakers, although this one isn’t quite as litigious.AMD has hired two senior engineers “with experience” at Qualcomm and Apple. The hires have been confirmed by AMD, which added that the new recruits would help the chipmaker expand into new markets — though the spokesperson didn’t specify what these markets would be. Charles Matar, with expertise in low-power and embedded chip design will join from Qualcomm as…

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What Do I Do When One of My Favorite Apps Gets Pulled from the App Store?

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Alan Henry Dear Lifehacker, I just got a new phone, and I went to go download an app that I’d previously purchased, only to find that it was no longer available! I paid the developer good money, but it looks like they’ve taken the app down for some reason. So I can’t install the app, and I can’t get a refund. What can I do? Sincerely, Buyer’s Remorse Dear Buyer’s Remorse,…

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Ex-Microsoft Execs Explain Why They’re Using iPhones Now

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Megan Rose Dickey In light of the news that former Windows head Steven Sinofsky uses an iPhone, Spark Capital partner Bijan Sabet wrote a post asking why former Microsoft employees end up using products from other companies.  Sabet noted how some might say Sinofsky is using the iPhone to evaluate the competition. Well, that’s exactly the case, Sinofsky wrote in the comments. “I have owned every iphone released (and every ipad and galaxy and kindle),” Sinofsky writes. “It is far…

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America’s first bookless public library will look ‘like an Apple Store’

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As reported on The Verge. By Laura June Bexar County, Texas says that it will open the first 100 percent digital public library system in the country, unveiling plans for its first location this past week. The plan has been in the works for a while, headed up by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, who says he was inspired to create a digitally native library while reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. “If you want to get…

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Apple Cuts Orders For iPhone 5 Components, Reports WSJ

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Apple has cut orders for iPhone 5 components due to weaker-than-expected demand, reportsthe Wall Street Journal. The article said that “Apple’s orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half of what the company had previously planned to order.” In addition, orders for other components have also been reduced. Suppliers were notified last month. The company’s stock dropped last month due to reports…

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How would you change the mid-2012 MacBook Air?

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As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper Remember when people decried the MacBook Air as a dumb idea when it first launched? Well, given the amount of Ultrabooks that are now floating around the world, we bet they’ve not shared that opinion publicly too often. The most recent vintage of the unit gained USB 3.0 ports, Ivy Bridge chips and, well, not the one thing that would have made the unit unbeatable — a retina-class display. No, instead that feature…

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Skifta Streams Your iPhone’s Media to Any DLNA-Compliant TV Set

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Adam Dachis iOS: Previously mentioned DLNA media streaming app Skifta was once only for Android, but now they’ve released a client for iOS. It takes some of the media already on your iPhone (or other iDevice), or from media servers on your network, and allows you to send them to any DLNA-compliant television set. To some extent, Skifta worked as described. I set it up quickly by choosing my iPhone as a content…

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The Apple economy dominates CES 2013, but Samsung isn’t far behind

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As reported on The Verge. By Ellis Hamburger Apple hasn’t made an appearance at CES since 1992, but its products are everywhere. At CES 2013, iPhones and iPads adorn the sides of booths for everything from Bluetooth speaker manufacturers to car audio companies. Booth after booth is named iFrogz, iSkins, and iLounge. Row after row of companies like Otterbox and Speck have made fortunes building cases for Apple products. Just Mobile’s booth is something like an aluminum…

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In Apple’s War on Taxes, Surrender Costs $28 Billion

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As reported on Wired. BY RYAN TATE Apple CEO Tim Cook. Photo: Brian X. Chen/Wired   With the U.S. Senate reportedly finishing an investigation into how Apple and others dodge taxes, and with Apple fighting for an officially sanctioned tax holiday, it’s worth taking stock of Apple’s tax liabilities. Dealing with the tax man, it turns out, could cost the company upward of $28.5 billion or send it on a shopping spree abroad. Even as Apple lobbies…

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Is Apple testing a new iPhone right now?

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister There’s very little doubt that Apple is developing a new iPhone, and a new version of iOS, but today The Next Web claims to have seen the very first sketchy evidence of Apple’s next handset and mobile operating system. According to the publication, one iOS developer discovered that a device named “iPhone 6,1” running iOS 7 was making requests from an IP address within Apple’s Cupertino campus itself. NOW WOULD BE…

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