Chinese authorities discover another 22 fake Apple stores in Kunming

Chinese authorities discover a further 22 fake Apple stores in Kunming

After the discovery of a fake Apple Store in the Chinese city of Kunming last month, Chinese authorities have now discovered that there are a total of 22 unauthorized Apple retailers operating in the same area.China’s Administration for Industry and Commerce in the Yunnan provincial capital...

Apple's App Store passes 500,000 apps, 18 billion downloads

According to an Apple press release today, Apple’s App Store has now over 500,000 apps and customers have downloaded over 18 billion (yep, billion with a “B”) apps to their iOS-powered iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches. Apps are currently being downloaded at a rate of 1 billion p...

PLAY by AOL Music arrives in the App Store

AOL has just released its PLAY music app and it looks very interesting. It offers free music streaming as well as a way to share what you're listening to with your friends via Twitter and Facebook. The app comes with its own music player with access to your iTunes library and also enables you to ...

Apple Store offering free next-day shipping for last minute shoppers

The Apple Store is looking to help you out with any last minute holiday shopping by offering free next day delivery on a huge range of products. Some of the items covered are the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Apple TV and some Mac models. Unfortunately the iPhone 4S is not included. In order to qual...

Fake iPhone ring found to be using actual iPhone components

Police in Shanghai, China have discovered a group of five people assembling and selling fake versions of the iPhone. Those arrested are thought to be part of an organised gang that were buying in parts from Guangdong in southern China and assembling them in rented apartments in Shanghai.Some of t...

Chinese Police Bust Fake iPhone Makers Who Used Genuine iPhone Parts

Chinese police in Shanghai have arrested a gang of five people for making and selling fake iPhones on the black market. Unlike the other fake iPhones we’ve seen, however, these ones were made using a selection of real iPhone parts.Bloomberg reports that around 200 fake iPhones were seized d...

Apple to announce Nuance partnership, data center integration at WWDC?

TechCrunch has followed up on their original report on Apple/Nuance partnership talks, saying the deal might already be on its way and could be part of next month’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote. More specifically, we're hearing that Apple is running Nuance software - and ...

Apple looking to open an R&D facility in Israel

According to a report by Ynetnews, Apple is looking to open a research and development center in Israel. A delegation of Apple representatives headed by VP Ed Frank is currently in the country meeting with high tech companies such as Intel. The new R&D operation will apparently be lead by Ah...

Apple Q3 2010 financial results conference call

Follow along with TiPb as we listen to and comment on Apple’s Q3 2010 financial results conference call. We’re not live-blogging this, just posting highlights so you’ll need to refresh from time to time to see new notes.If you want to listen while you read, head on over to Apple...

Super Bowl to be streamed online for the first time, available on iPhone, iPad

The NFL has announced that this year will be the first year that the Super Bowl and the Pro Bowl will be streamed live across the internet. What’s more, iPhone and iPad users will be able to view the games on their devices too. The NFL stream will be available to view on its own site and t...