Apple’s crop of recent hires includes Richard DeVaul, founder and president of AWare Technologies. Mr. DeVaul is known for his work in wearable technology, and will be taking on the title of Senior Prototype Engineer at Apple.   Read More →

Filed under: Apple We’ve had a few concerned readers contact us, worried that Apple has deleted or otherwise discontinued the “Downloads” section of its Web site. Fear not, gentle reader, they are still available in the same place as always: http://www.apple.com/downloads/ . What caused the confusion was the redesign of Apple.com that took effect at the end of last week. In order to make room for an iPad tab in the navigation... 

When a pair of rugged adventurists decides to trek 700km across a frozen lake in Siberia, chronicle the expedition in a daily blog complete with photos and videos — and share it all on the Internet — it should come as no surprise when Apple hardware and software features prominently among their gear. Vašek Sůra and  Read More →

If you’re starting to shoot more than a little HD video direct to SD cards, you might be starting to take more notice of the card’s Class as well as capacity. Now Lexar has announced new SDHC cards delivering Class 10 speed rated options in 4GB and 8GB varieties. (more…)  Read More →

PayPal updated their iPhone app earlier today with a bunch of new features, but by far the biggest addition was a ‘Bump to Send Money’ feature.  Read More →

One day, you’re going to die. And when you do, you online presence – like your social network profiles, your blog comments, and your web services – will serve as your very first memorial. Here’s how it’ll play out. (more…)  Read More →

In today’s Remainders: new beginnings. Tim Bray, co-founder of XML, starts a new job at Google (and has his sights set on Apple); several Windows Phone 7 team members are leaving… to develop apps for Windows Phone 7; and more. (more…)  Read More →

Section: Communications , Cellular Providers , Smartphones , Mobile When they were announced, the HTC Desire and Legend quickly became the Android phones to want.  Read More →

FROM GAMERTELL – When your Xbox 360 dies, send it off in style with an RROD coffin from Alexis Vanamois. The coffin-shaped box has an RROD symbol on the lid and holds your defunct Xbox 360 and one controller. MORE  Read More →

Filed under: Hardware , Apple , iPad Apple’s new iPad battery replacement service is actually an iPad replacement service. Apple announced this week that if an IPad requires service due to a dead or dying battery, it will replace that iPad entirely with free shipping. The service itself costs US$99. Note that the battery must have died on its own accord; if you dropped it, spilled Mountain Dew inside or otherwise damaged the iPad in a... 

The latest retail sales data from the NPD Group show that Mac sales in February jumped 43 percent year-over-year, coming on the heels of a 36 percent increase in January. Those results led Piper Jaffray anlyst Gene Munster to estimate sales of 2.8 to 2.9 million Macs this quarter, according to AppleInsider.  Read More →

Apple recently nabbed a former Google product manager for a secretive “pretty neat role” with the company, while a new Google employee has shared harsh words about Apple’s “Disney-fied” approach to the mobile Internet.  Read More →

Dell’s new Android-based Mini 5 (Streak) details were leaked to Engadget last week and seem to have some of the features desired on future iPod touch devices.  Read More →

The Wall Street Journal over the weekend profiled iPhone usage among employees of Apple’s longtime rival Microsoft, noting that approximately 10,000 Microsoft employees, representing about 10% of the comp…  Read More →

Tim Cook, Apple’s COO and temporary CEO for six months while Steve Jobs received a liver transplant, was awarded US$5 million and 75,000 share options last week. The total would be $22 million at Apple’s current stock price, noted The Register.  Read More →