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Hi-tech contact lenses show texts and maps

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Imagine texting while driving, or placing a call while showering, without holding your phone in your hands. It’s not sci-fi any more – a new technology allows information like text messages and driving directions to be projected onto a contact lens. The hardware behind this invention is a spherical curved LCD display that can fit into a contact lens, developed by Ghent University’s Centre... 

NYPD Attends iPhone 5 Launches to Register Devices

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For recent iPhone releases at Apple stores in the New York area police have been posted up to register peoples phones. As usual, the excuse is that this will be a measure to keep us safe, or to keep our property safe if it happens to be lost or stolen. In a statement to The Gothamist Police Commissioner Ray Kelly used just this excuse. He said: “The theft of Apple phones and other hand-held devices... 

Samsung seeks to ban iPhone 5 sale in the US

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It was a long time coming, but now it has been officially confirmed – Samsung is going to pursue a ban on the US sales of the Apple iPhone 5. The Koreans believe that the latest iOS smartphone infringes on at least 8 of their LTE patents. The official statement goes as following: Samsung anticipates that it will file, in the near future, a motion to amend its infringement contentions to add... 

iPhone 5 to recover US economy

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The sales of iPhone 5 in the fall could be a tangible help to the economy of the United States of America. Retail sales of the device have long surpassed all bold predictions and made a positive impact on the overall profit of the retail segment of the market. According to experts, the American economy will get additional $3.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012. Analysts give very bold predictions... 

12 million Apple iOS users' data spied by FBI

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A hacktivist group associated with Anonymous claims it has lifted over 12 million Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) from an FBI computer and released 1 million of them as an archive. The leaked data includes names, phone numbers and addresses, but people still buy the spy-phone as if it’s the only phone on the market. ­“During the second week of March 2012, a Dell Vostro notebook, used... 

Apple Granted Patent To Disable Cameras According To Location

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Recording, communicating during protests, political events could be restricted. Apple was granted a patent last week that will enable it to wirelessly disable the camera on iphones in certain locations, sparking fears that such techniques could be used to prevent citizens from communicating with each other or taking video during protests or events such as political conventions and gatherings. The... 

South Korea’s Samsung to contest US court ruling

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A sign is posted in front of a Samsung Electronics office on July 30, 2012 in San Jose, California. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics says it will contest a United States court ruling ordering the company to pay damages to the American rival Apple. “We will move immediately to file post-verdict motions to overturn this decision in this court and if we are not successful, we will appeal this... 

Internet should not have gatekeepers or regulators - Steve Wozniak

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Apple’s co-founder fears that freedom of information is under attack, with the internet controlled and regulated in unnecessary and harmful ways. RT talked to Steve Wozniak on a range of topics, from Wikileaks to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. Steve Wozniak knew personal computers would change the world someday, even during his start at Apple, a company he co-founded with Steve Jobs in the early... 

Russian mobile operator calls Apple "dictatorship"

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The major Russian mobile phone operator MTS has slammed Apple for its ‘too’ strict sales policy by not allowing a cut in the device’s $1,000-plus price tag in the country. ­The iPhone’s high cost makes them a hard sell in the Russian market where rival models can be purchased for as little as $120, according to MTS. Apple’s strict requirements on retail locations bring additional costs. “They’re... 

Samsung overtakes Nokia, ending their 14-year reign

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Samsung Galaxy Note: The poll showed analysts on average expect Samsung to have sold 88 million cellphones in January through March, surpassing the 83 million which Nokia sold in the quarter Samsung ended Finnish phone maker Nokia’s 14-year leadership of the global mobile phone market in the first quarter of the year, outselling the struggling handset maker for the first time ever. It’s... 

Samsung Galaxy S3 to launch in April

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Samsung Galaxy Note: The new S3 has a bigger screen, closer to the mid-sized Note tablet/phone. It will also have a quad-core processor when it launches in April, say several reports Samsung’s Galaxy S3 will go on sale in April – and will launch in the UK first as part of a tie-in with the Olympics this year. The hi-tech handset is the follow-up to one of the most iconic Android smartphones... 

Samsung wants to Ban the iPhone 5 in Korea

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Sneaky Samsung is supposedly preparing a patent suit against Apple that should ban the next-gen iPhone sales in Korea. This was shared by a senior Samsung executive, wishing to remain anonymous, with The Korea Times. The soon-to-be patent suit will involve Samsung’s wireless technology patents, which will supposedly be used by Apple in the iPhone 5 (or 4S). Apparently the Korean manufacturer... 

Steve Jobs battles cancer, first picture since he left Apple released

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Frail: Steve Jobs is helped into a car by a friend outside his home in California. Looking gaunt and frail, this is Steve Jobs seen for the first time since his surprise departure from Apple last week. This picture, taken outside the technology mogul’s California home, fuelled fears that Jobs was nearing the end in his eight-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The 56-year-old Apple founder looked... 

Steve Jobs steps down as Apple CEO, remains Chairman

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Less than an hour ago Apple’s Board of Directors announced that Steve Jobs resigned as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. His place will be taken by Jobs’ trusted Tim Cook, who up until now was Apple’s Chief Operating Officer. Steve Jobs’ stepping down as Apple’s CEO doesn’t mean he is quitting Apple. The Board of Directors has elected him to be the company’s... 

Apple wants to turn off iPhone cameras

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A new product from Apple may disable customer's iPhone cameras. Some of the newest technology out of Apple headquarters won’t be in tablet form or fit in your pocket. Rather, the computer gadget giants have filed a patent that will keep their customers from using the camera function on their own iPhones. Apple has been working on a plan that will allow concert halls, sporting arenas and other... 
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