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Verizon not closing unlimited plans yet, but still trying to transition customers away

by Mike Schramm (May 21st, 2012)

We reported that Verizon was going to shut down unlimited data plans when customers purchased new phones and shared data plans were available. The company now says that while it does want to try and phase unlimited data plans out, there will still be options for customers currently under ...

Apple Store may be coming to Masonville Mall in London, Ontario

by Mike Schramm (Dec 30th, 2011)

Attention, Masonville Mall in London, Ontario: You may be getting an Apple Store next year. A local radio station reports that the Eddie Bauer store in that location is closing soon due to bankruptcy, and city records say that the relevant authorities are checking out a $3 million project for ...

Verizon data plans leaked, unlimited users will be grandfathered in

by Mike Schramm (Jun 22nd, 2011)

Android Central says it's nabbed an official document laying out the brand new Verizon data plans that are scheduled to take effect next month, and there's good news for those of you currently using an iPhone on Verizon with an unlimited plan: it looks like you'll be grandfathered in. We ...

Verizon unlimited data to end in July

by Mike Schramm (Jun 21st, 2011)

Bad news, Verizon users. The rumors were true, and Verizon will be ending its unlimited data plan this July. According to AllThingsD, Verizon confirms it's moving "to a more usage based model in July," with exact details to come later on. Unfortunately, it's unclear what Verizon still plans ...

Apple holds shareholder meeting, Tim Cook presides

by Mike Schramm (Feb 23rd, 2011)

Apple held its latest shareholder meeting in Cupertino today, and while Jobs was apparently in attendance (and re-approved as a board member, along with William Campbell, Millard Drexler, Albert Gore, Andrea Jung, Arthur Levinson and Ronald Sugar), Tim Cook was the one overseeing the ...

Apple opening store in Anchorage, Alaska

by Chris Ward (Feb 22nd, 2011)

Apple will open its most northerly store in Anchorage, Alaska, later this year according to ifoAppleStore. It will be nearly 300 miles north of the current most northerly store in Aberdeen, Scotland, and within driving distance of the Arctic Circle. Apple is currently advertising for retail staff ...

Paris and Palo Alto getting new Apple Stores

by Mike Schramm (Feb 4th, 2011)

ifoAppleStore has news of two new stores opening up soon. First up, Paris is getting another new store (in addition to the Opera store opened there recently) in the Carré Sénart shopping and entertainment complex, about 30 miles south of downtown. The area is reportedly quite built up ...

Time Warner fights 99 cent rentals, too

by Mike Schramm (Sep 29th, 2010)

NBC isn't the only broadcast company that's fighting Apple on 99 cent iTunes rentals. Apparently Time Warner doesn't want in on the plan, either. That's according to its CEO Jeff Bewkes, who told a conference of media executives in London that Apple is underselling television content by providing ...

More details on AT&T wireless data: grandfathering, checking your data usage

by Michael Rose (Jun 2nd, 2010)

Update: We have a full rundown of the changes and AT&T's feedback. In case you missed it early this morning, AT&T's new mobile data plans (DataPlus, DataPro and Tethering) have given up on the idea of unlimited data in favor of a split tier of 200MB at the low end ($15) and 2GB at ...

Vodafone Australia will offer unlimited data plan for iPads

by Dave Caolo (May 26th, 2010)

There's good news for iPad customers in Australia. Vodafone announced today that they will offer an unlimited data plan for the iPad 3G. Here's the deal: For AUS$49.95 (approximately US$41 as of this writing) per month, users can enjoy unlimited data. Not bad! The rest of their plans have been ...

GDC 2010: Hands on with Pocket Creatures

by Mike Schramm (Mar 14th, 2010)

One of the best things about going to a convention like GDC is what we in the business call "doing research," which you might know as "playing games." We often get to check out the latest and greatest that developers are working on, and so when Tactile Entertainment offered us a chance to check ...

Macworld 2010: Chatting with Phil Libin of Evernote

by Mike Schramm (Feb 12th, 2010)

There are some big fans of Evernote on the TUAW staff -- we've talked quite a bit about the app that promises to store important clips and notes from anywhere, and make them accessible at any time. But even if you haven't heard of the app before, the interview with CEO Phil Libin is definitely ...

ASUS wants to be "another Apple"

by Chris Rawson (Feb 10th, 2010)

ASUS chairman Jonney Shih has successfully guided his company through the spinoff of their manufacturing arm Pegatron (whom Apple is already ready to do business with), and in the process stated that he wants the computer maker to become "another Apple," but one based on open-source platforms like ...

O2 announces iPhone 3G S pricing

by Christina Warren (Jun 9th, 2009)

OK, UK iPhone fans, O2 has released its iPhone 3G S pricing plans for monthly and Pay & Go customers. Depending on your plan, your 16GB or 32GB iPhone 3G S could be free (but you'll be paying a healthy monthly tab). The full details for monthly and Pay & Go plans are on O2's site, but ...

Aurora Feint devs share their social code in OpenFeint

by Mike Schramm (Feb 18th, 2009)

The folks behind the popular Aurora Feint series of iPhone games have decided to share their work creating a "social MMO" system on the iPhone with other developers. They've just announced a system called "OpenFeint," which other devs will be able to license and use in their own games. OpenFeint ...