In a surprise announcement to battle Apple and Amazon.com in the e-publishing world, Microsoft has partnered with bookseller Barnes & Noble, forming a new venture that will operate to “accelerate the transition to e-reading, which is revolutionizing the way people consume, create, share and enjoy digital content.” Here’s the news from Redmond: NEW YORK and [...]

The cases for  iPhone and iPad come in a variety of shapes, sizes and not to mention expensive materials. Swarovski crystals, gold additions and luxurious leather fabrics greet the Apple enthusiasts looking for a luxurious cover for their gadget. But today we stumbled across something more interesting.  The Grasswood Macbook Pro cover comes with an [...]

According to Forbes, luxury automaker Lexus is planning to set up the automotive equivalent of ‘Genius Bars’ in its showrooms, to assist consumers with understanding the technology inside their new cars. Trained at a specialist college in everything from telematics to electronic mirror settings, the cadre of employees will be on hand to answer questions [...]

In the wake of Steve Jobs’ death and Apple’s surging marketshare, books about both Apple and the Steve Jobs legacy have flooded the market. Some like Walter Isaacson’s intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs offer a more personal take on Apple while others work from a product-centric point of view. Ken Segall’s book [...]

Update: Apple has announced plans for much of the $97.1 billion in cash it has accumulated from sales. The company said it will begin giving shareholders a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share; it will also buy back $10 billion of its own shares over 3 years. Apple last offered a dividend in 1995 Here’s [...]

Apple has sent out invitations for a major media event on March 7 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. It is expected that tech giant will unveil the iPad 3 – the latest iteration of its groundbreaking tablet. This will be the first major Apple product release since the death [...]

Official Release: The new Mercedes-Benz A-Class is “always on”: Mercedes-Benz puts the iPhone® on wheels Stuttgart. Mercedes-Benz is making smartphones mobile and ensuring that such electronic assistants will in future be fully linked into the car’s infotainment system. First off the blocks is the Apple® iPhone®, which Mercedes-Benz has now integrated comprehensively into the user [...]

Google and other online advertisers bypassed the privacy settings of an Apple web browser on iPhones and computers in order to survey millions of users, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The Journal said the companies used a special code that tricks Apple’s Safari software into letting them monitor the browsing habits of many users. [...]

Via Business Insider: “Apple’s stock is hitting new highs during today’s trading. It’s currently at $494. That makes its market cap ($460 billion) greater than Google ($198 billion) and Microsoft ($257 billion) combined. The crazy thing is that Apple is just getting started. It could sell a ton of iPhones, iPads, and even TVs this [...]

Best Buy has reportedly sent out a survey asking consumers about a potential Apple TV product. The survey, posted by the Verge, provides all sorts of tidbits about what an Apple TV could be. This includes: A 42″ 1080p LED flat-panel screen Incorporates the Apple iOS, including the iCloud service, as well the ability to [...]

Apple's spectacular growth, fueled by demand for the iPhone, will soon see its market capitalisation reach $500bn and beyond

After we reported previously in Steve Jobs’ “One Last Thing” – Apple Unveils New $6 Million Dollar Fifth Avenue Store Cube, “As a testament to being a perfectionist, Jobs tweaked their Apple flagship to be sleeker, simpler and less complicated. With the extra hardware on the glass removed, in addition to eliminating the small bollards [...]

'This feels like the invention of radio, television or the movie cinema...'

According to Digitimes, Apple is preparing the new Siri-powered Apple television sets — to be released in 2012. Apple is said to be initially working on 32-inch and 37-inch sizes. In Walter Isaacson’s biography of the late Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs stated: “‘I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to [...]

Update: MacRumors has also confirmed our story, that “Apple pushing its manufacturing partners to meet deadlines that would allow the company to launch the iPad on Steve Jobs’ birthday, February 24th.” Before stepping down as Apple CEO, Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple, focused on the form and [...]