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Daily Update for April 15, 2013

by Steven Sande (Apr 15th, 2013)

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 ...

Scammers swap fake iPhone parts for real ones

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 15th, 2013)

According to a report in TechWeb, Chinese scammers are using Apple's return system to swap fake iPhone parts with real ones. An independent Apple shop in Wenzhou reportedly turned in 121 iPhone 4S parts, claiming they were broken. These parts comprise the core of the phone's internals and are ...

I bought a fake Mophie Juice Pack (so you don't have to)

by Richard Gaywood (Jan 16th, 2013)

I find it wryly amusing that the first phone I ever owned with a sealed-in, non-swappable battery -- the iPhone, of course -- was also the first phone with a battery life so short as to warrant the ability to swap the battery. Hence the commercial popularity of battery cases like the various ...

$635,000 in bogus Lightning cables nabbed in Alaska

by Steven Sande (Jan 4th, 2013)

One of the functions of the US Customs and Border Protection agency is to seek out and seize counterfeited goods, and the Alaska Dispatch is reporting that the CBP nabbed more than US$635,000 in counterfeit Lightning cables and adapters during a search in Anchorage. The cables and adapters ...

Seven tips to help you avoid counterfeit apps in the App Store

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 21st, 2012)

There are several recent examples of unsavory titles slipping through the cracks of Apple's approval process. Apps like counterfeit Pokemon apps and a cloned beer timer app have made it into the walled garden of the iOS App Store. Instead of relying on Apple to be a safety gate, iOS owners need to ...

No Comment: Proof that Samsung shamelessly copies Apple

by Chris Rawson (Sep 28th, 2011)

We saw this image posted to Reddit after seeing it linked on Daring Fireball, and it was just too good not to share. Below you'll see a very long image that shows how extensively Samsung has copied Apple in its products, packaging, presentation, marketing, and even app interfaces. Any one of ...

Fake iPhones seized from LA warehouse

by Mike Schramm (Feb 7th, 2011)

Police in the port of Los Angeles have seized what they say is over $10 million worth of counterfeit Apple devices from a warehouse. The fake iPods, iPhones and iPod touches were reportedly brought in from Asia recently, and they were supposedly going to be sold around CES this past year, duping ...

Counterfeit version of open source game Lugaru HD being sold on Mac App Store

by Mike Schramm (Feb 3rd, 2011)

Another developer is offering Wolfire Game's Lugaru HD title on the Mac App Store for 1/5 of what the official game is selling for. How? As per the terms of the Humble Indie Bundle a while back, Wolfire decided to open source the game, though not its assets or characters, and the other version on ...

Chinese counterfeit iPhone workshop raided

by Dave Caolo (Jan 20th, 2010)

It's well known that China has a significant black market problem, especially when it comes to electronics, including the iPhone. Earlier this week, Chinese officials reported raiding a factory in Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen in Southern China, where they seized 1,000 counterfeit iPhones and arrested 28 ...

Counterfeit iPhones selling well in Asia

by Dave Caolo (Sep 11th, 2007)

With iPhone Fever running high, and no official Asian sales scheduled for 2007, opportunistic electronics manufacturers in China are doing a brisk business in counterfeit iPhones. Bloomburg reports that the so-called "Chinese iPhone" sells for approximately $133US and is a fully-functioning phone. ...