Apple has been trying to distance itself from Google Maps and to offer a similar service of its own for iOS users. The company has been warming up for this for quite some time, acquiring a number of other ventures which could help it in this. And now, we are told that Apple will finally be unveiling the new feature at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.
DigiTimes has a knack of churning out Apple-related rumors regularly, now many of which eventually turn out to be accurate enough. Now, the publication has claimed that the manufacturer, Pegatron, has been acquired the manufacturing of the next-gen iPhone from Apple. And that this iPhone is expected to be released during September this year.
Apple has been the tech giant leading the way in a lot of ways, from profits to quality of its products to business growth. However, once in a while, there are those rare things in which another company is able to beat Apple to grab the top spot. For instance, Amazon was now able to score higher than Apple when it comes to online shopper satisfaction.
In more than one ways, Apple’s rise in recent years has been truly meteoritic. With the launch of its iDevices, Apple shot to a height of success and popularity in so brief a time that it must be a record in itself. Now, the company has beat the long-time king of the world of computing, IBM, to land at no. 17 spot on the Fortune 500 list of companies.
Research-In-Motion is trying to gain traction by devising novel ways to bring back the attention of the world to its device. The latest move by the handset maker is the launch of a campaign titled ‘Wake Up. Be bold’. The campaign became famous when it first staged an anti-Apple demonstration in front of an Apple store in Australia.
Every month, probably millions of users would be searching Google to know about when the next smartphone from Apple, touted as iPhone 5, may land. Many of these queries may end up redirected on the domain www.iPhone5.com. The domain isn’t currently owned by Apple and now, the company has filed a claim with the World Intellectual Property Organization to gain control of it.
Rumor says Apple is preparing to launch a $799 MacBook Air by the second half of 2012. The price of this upcoming MacBook is $200 less than the company’s current cheapest model. Is it a new strategy against the new “Ultrabook” laptops that are coming to market? Could be. Hope, it’s not just a rumor.
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Apple has been quite vigilant in rolling out updates for its iOS platform. This has been an excellent strategy since Apple keeps patching fixes for any bugs that are a part of the earlier release. Now, the company has announced the release of iOS 5.1.1 which goes on to take care of a number of bugs. The bugs which have been fixed in this release are mentioned below.