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Apple is not paying Foxconn an additional subsidy toward improved wages for workers on the iPhone, iPad and Mac production lines, an executive has said.

There have been claims that Apple has been paying a 2 per cent subsidy on Foxconn

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Apple holds the lead in terms of mobile OS usage reports mobile ads network, Millennial Media this morning — Apple devices accounted for 30 percent of mobile ad impressions.

The network claims it reaches 82 percent of 72 million mobile web users in the US. It tells us that Apple

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Apple is about to apply a host of changes to its Genius Bar, including provision of overnight repairs, in addition to warning retail staff to expect a major event soon.

The Genius Bar changes are being declared as a

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From the “hmm, we don

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Microsoft is seeking iPad owners to take part in an in-depth study as the company plans its own breed of business-focused tablets.Microsoft User Research has launched the study and is now seeking iPad owners willing to take part in the two-hour session at its headquarters in Seattle.

Intriguingly, the Facebook page the company first sought iPad users through was closed down shortly after being published. And as The Guardian

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Wall Street analysts don

The iPad has been an untarnished success for Apple, now it seems the company is set to introduce two new and smaller iPad models, just in time for Christmas!

The usual shady component manufacturing sources (Digitimes) are chattering, saying Apple may be getting services in from Compal Electronics, who may be manufacturing 5.6-inch and 7-inch OLED panels for the future iPads.

The Digitimes sources claimed Apple has

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The iPhone 4 is becoming Apple

AT&T is promising to make its network, erm, better, with CTO, John Donovan promising the company will

Apple appears to be panicking in its reaction to the widely-reported antenna issue plaguing most iPhone 4s — in its latest maneuver to attempt to

RIM still has some fight left, despite the rapid incursion of the likes of Apple and Android into its space — but does the BlackBerry 6 OS take this fight far enough to see off the new smartphone champions? Decide for yourself through watching the latest sneak preview video clip of the new OS to emerge from Research In Motion. (Via: BGR).

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How has Apple come so far, how has it managed to work from being a company on life support into a force that dominates the technology industry? That

OK, perhaps the title could be considered a little misleading, but Google does have a big new idea for mobile advertising and it is being presented as,

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Apple’s Flagship Shanghai store opened today with the following human Chinese/machine English translated words from Ron Johnson:

“I travel the world, read each and every Apple store, but confirmed that Shanghai Pudong impressive, this is a perfect store. When Apple Shanghai store site, selected the Pudong meaningful place. We hope that the buildings have their own unique characteristics, but also hopes that the Building and the surrounding environment together. We hope that in years to come, Pudong is the Apple store is still a prime landmark. “

Probably better to watch the video below:

iOS MP4 video here

My but here is an interesting thing: an alleged image of an Apple-branded touch screen that is a tiny 3-x-3cms in size. What could it be for? (More images after the jump).

MacRumors reports the image appeared this morning over at tw.apple.pro (translation), where the author claims to have been passed on the image by his

How interesting, it appears the 5-megapixel camera used in the iPhone 4 won