Apple’s 12 Days of digital gifts comes to the US for the first time
Apple’s donning the Santa suit again this year to dole out digital freebies, and for the first time, iOS users in the US make it to the “nice” list. Today, the company has launched the annual 12 Days of Gifts for 2013, offering one complimentary s…
Apple’s ’12 Days of Gifts’ App for 2013 Now Live, Includes U.S. Customers
Apple today released its annual “12 Days of Gifts” app for iOS devices, setting the stage for the actual giveaway of free content from the company’s various digital stores from December 26 through January 6. Apple has offered the giveaway for several years in Europe, Canada,…
Apple’s Tumultuous Relationship With Bitcoin Apps
Over the past several years, Apple has removed, denied, or otherwise prevented a number of Bitcoin-related apps from being available to users on the App Store. Most recently, the company required the developers behind Gliph — a secure messaging app that also allowed users to transfer…
Former iOS Chief Scott Forstall Surfaces After Quiet Year of Traveling and Philanthropy
Apple’s former SVP of iOS software Scott Forstall has largely remained out of the spotlight since officially leaving Apple at the beginning of the year, but Amir Efrati from new technology site The Information has some news on what Forstall been up to….
iPhone 5s and 5c come to Straight Talk and Net10 on December 13th
Cost-conscious iPhone 5s or 5c buyers will soon have a pair of fresh choices for prepaid service. Tracfone has announced that both Straight Talk and Net10 will sell Apple’s latest smartphones through Walmart on December 13th. As with unlocked de…
iTunes Match Expands to Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Apple has recently expanded iTunes Match availability to several Scandinavian countries, according to both reports on Twitter and tip from a MacRumors reader.
iTunes users in Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden now have access to the service, which has a yearly price of 249 kr in Denmark,…
Hour of Code campaign teaches programming in 30,000 US schools (video)
Code.org wants to make computer science a staple of the classroom, and it’s taking a big step toward that goal today with the launch of its Hour of Code campaign. Over 30,000 US schools (35,000 worldwide) will devote at least one hour this week to…
Square Debuts New Card Reader Developed by Former Apple Lightning Connector Designer [iOS Blog]
Square today unveiled a newly redesigned Square Reader, which is approximately 45 percent thinner than the previous version and more accurate at reading credit and debit cards thanks to a new slightly wider but tapered design. As noted by Wired, Squa…
Pandora adds alarm feature to iOS app, lets you trade clock radio buzzing for the Buzzcocks
Granted, this might not be for everyone. Some need that infernal clock buzzing to get out of bed — particularly on a cold winter’s day like today — but for those who prefer to be lulled awake by machine-curated internet radio, Pandora’s followed…
iPhone 5s Nears 100% Availability in Apple’s U.S. Retail Stores
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster today issued a new research report claiming that supplies of the iPhone 5s in Apple’s U.S. retail stores have reached “100% availability”, showing that his survey of 60 locations revealed full availability of all color/capacity/carrier…
