A new wave of rumors surrounding the next iPhone suggest that the device will be getting in-cell touchscreens. Compared to the current multi-layer touch panel technology, the new screens are thinner and lighter as they allow manufacturers to integrate the touch feature directly into the LCD. The result would be a substantially thinner smartphone and [...]

A refreshed iPhone is expected in October, and Apple is considering using a material called liquidmetal in order to differentiate itself from the competition, according to reports. iPhone 5 rumors aside, what is liquidmetal and why build a phone out of something that sounds so strange? Apple uses liquidmetal for the SIM ejector tool in [...]

The Chinese rumor mill has hit full blast today claiming to have details about the imminent release of an iPad mini. Chinese net portal, NetEase, has a story on a rumored new mini Apple tablet. NetEase claimed that the device will be released around the third quarter of this year to “counter attack” the upcoming [...]

Apple has issued a security update targeting malware that is estimated to have infected more than 650,000 Mac computers running the OS X operating system. The Java update made available for download Thursday removes the most common variants of “Flashback,” a type of malware known as a trojan. The update also configures the user’s web [...]

Talk about Apple being the next stock to hit $1,000 highlights a race on Wall Street to reach that milestone. Priceline, Apple, Google and Intuitive Surgical are in a four-way battle to see which will be the first Standard & Poor’s 500 stock to break the $1,000-a-share barrier. Wednesday, Priceline (PCLN) was $745.90, Google (GOOG) [...]

Google is to move into the online tablet business to compete directly against Apple and Amazon, it has been reported. According to the Wall Street Journal, the search giant will market tablets in a deal with manufacturers and sell them directly to consumers like Amazon. It will be a second attempt to enter the real [...]

Apple has been slapped with a second class-action lawsuit alleging that its ads for the iPhone 4S’s Siri voice-activated search feature constitute false advertising. “Through its nationwide multimedia marketing campaign, Apple disseminates false and deceptive representations regarding the functionality of the Siri Feature,” reads the complaint, filed in the US District Court in Los Angeles. [...]

Apple’s TV set (unrelated to Apple’s media player, also called Apple TV) could be launched next year, according to a research group. While some dispute the existence of any such project, other reports had raised the possibility of an Apple branded TV set in 2012 itself. But according to reports in Business Insider, quoting the [...]

Apple has conquered at least half of all American households as more than 55 million homes have at least one of the company’s ubiquitous products. Of those who don’t yet have an iPhone, iPod, or Macbook in their abode, ten per cent are planning on springing for one within the year, so that number is [...]

MELBOURNE — Apple Inc. will email all buyers of its new iPad in Australia to offer them a refund, a lawyer for the company said on Wednesday, after the nation’s consumer watchdog accused it of misleading advertising over one key aspect of the product. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken legal action to [...]