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Study shows Android handsets depreciate in value faster than iPhone

by Chris Rawson (Feb 9th 2012 at 4:00PM)

The iPhone has always had a robust market for used handsets, with even older models still getting rather good returns for their former owners. Priceonomics has done a study of the used smartphone market and compared the depreciation in resale value for the iPhone versus Android and BlackBerry ...

Apple Store employees accept petitions from protesters

by Chris Rawson (Feb 9th 2012 at 2:00PM)

Slightly over a dozen protesters from Change.org and SumofUS delivered a petition signed by more than 250,000 people to the Grand Central Terminal Apple Store today. Both organizations are urging Apple to improve working conditions at factories run by its overseas suppliers, particularly Foxconn's ...

Apple stock soars, company worth more than Google, Microsoft combined

by Mel Martin (Feb 9th 2012 at 12:30PM)

Whoa! As of this writing (noon EST) Apple stock has reached a new high of US$493.85, which is a new a record. It also gives the company a market capitalization of $465 billion, which exceeds the combined totals of Google and Microsoft. Apple passed Microsoft in Market Cap back in May of 2010. At ...

Steve Jobs' 1991 FBI file has been released

by Steven Sande (Feb 9th 2012 at 11:26AM)

Have a bit of time? Want to learn more about Steve Jobs' life than you were able to dredge up reading the Walter Isaacson biography? All you have to do is read the 191-page 1991 FBI background investigation of Jobs that was done when he was being considered for an appointment to the President's ...

Google after 2.25% of every iPhone sale

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 9th 2012 at 11:00AM)

Google is in the process of acquiring Motorola and its 17,000 patents. Everyone from analysts to tech pundits are wondering if the search company will adopt the handset maker's aggressive patent litigation strategy. Legal experts criticize Motorola for violating the terms of FRAND, which requires ...

Daily iPhone App: Spice Invaders

by Mike Schramm (Feb 9th 2012 at 10:00AM)

If you're tired of tower defense games, I don't blame you. Feel free to skip this post, but let me say this before you go: I wouldn't spotlight yet another tower defense game if it wasn't special. That's why Spice Invaders has made the cut. The standard tower defense tropes are in place. Build and ...

Slidevana provides pro design templates for Keynote

by Erica Sadun (Feb 9th 2012 at 8:00AM)

Slidevana is a curious thing. This US$69 bundle offers a set of professionally designed slides. These templates map out the kinds of data most speakers want to communicate, providing specific elements you can customize. Called "Dark," this first release includes a clean presentation style that ...

Apple shows interest in European patent laws

by Mike Schramm (Feb 9th 2012 at 6:00AM)

Apple has delivered a letter to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute asking for basic principles for that region of the world on patents and their licensing, according to the Wall Street Journal. The letter asks for consistency across the board in how patents are owned and shared, ...

White MacBook reaches end of life, education sales to cease

by Chris Rawson (Feb 8th 2012 at 6:30PM)

Although discontinued for consumer sales last July, the plastic MacBook remained available for sale to educational institutions as a (relatively) low-cost option for schools seeking portable Macs for students. If you were wondering how long that would last, wonder no longer; seven months later, ...

Apple resellers in Europe say inventory delays affecting business

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th 2012 at 6:00PM)

Life is a bit difficult for Apple's Premium Resellers in Europe now that the company is expanding retail locations throughout the continent. A post by France's Les Echos profiles a complaint by eBizcuss, the largest and first authorized reseller of Apple products in France (through their ICLG ...

Siri may speak and understand Chinese, Japanese, and Russian by March

by Chris Rawson (Feb 8th 2012 at 5:30PM)

According to Chinese tech site DoNews (sketchy English translation here), Apple plans on bringing support for Mandarin Chinese to Siri as early as March of this year. Other dialects of Chinese, such as Cantonese, will remain unsupported for the time being. Support for Japanese and Russian is ...

TUAW TV Live: Looking at what's new in the Appleverse

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th 2012 at 4:55PM)

Today on TUAW TV Live I have a lot of hot new products to demonstrate, both in terms of hardware and software. Most of these items haven't been reviewed yet on TUAW, so you'll be getting a first glimpse at what's coming up soon. Below, you'll find a Ustream livestream viewer and a chat tool. The ...

Apple stock gains nearly $100 since Steve's passing

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th 2012 at 4:15PM)

Apple 2.0 editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt is back today with another fascinating Apple statistic: "[Apple] has gained nearly one Facebook in value since Steve Jobs died." Elmer-DeWitt remarks that the share price of AAPL on October 4, 2011, the day before Jobs passed away, was US$372.50 and that the ...

Daily Update for February 8, 2012

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th 2012 at 3:45PM)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

Tweetbot 2.0 update adds inline images, Readabilty integration and more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 8th 2012 at 2:50PM)

Tweetbot was already a great Twitter client and the 2.0 update that rolled out today makes the app even better. Tweetbot 2.0 has several notable features including inline image preview and a single-tap link which automatically opens content inside the app. If the page you request is text-heavy, ...