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KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has been one of the most vocal sources claiming that Apple will be including a fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5S, indicating that Apple's 2012 acquisition of AuthenTec is ready to bear fruit for the company as a differentiating feature for the next iPhone. In a new research report, Kuo outlines his belief that in order to limit rival Samsung's...

Apple has updated its Cards app to promote Mother's Day more prominently, as well as putting new Mother's Day ads on the Apple Online Store. Mother's Day in the United States occurs on Sunday May 12th this year.What's new• Improves address verification on multi-card orders sent to recipients in different countries• Fixes several issues that caused the app to quit unexpectedly•...

To celebrate the one year anniversary of its rebranding, Pocket (formerly Read It Later) has implemented new sharing capabilities. Pocket has long had tools to share articles via social networks like Facebook and Twitter, but has added a new "Send to Friend" function along with a redesigned Share Menu. Send to Friend offers a way to share annotated content from Pocket with anyone. Select...

Rolocule's Rolomotion is designed to convert an iPhone or an iPod touch into a motion controller, similar to a Nintendo Wii Remote. The iPhone motion controller combines with games streamed over AirPlay using the Apple TV, allowing for motion-based gaming directly on a television. The Rolomotion concept takes advantage of the iPhone's gyroscope, magnetometer and accelerometer to track...

Former Apple employee Richard Williamson has been hired by Facebook, reports Bloomberg. Williamson, who was in charge of Apple's iOS mapping team, was fired in November after Apple Maps faced extensive criticism for its poor performance.Williamson joined Facebook in the past couple of weeks to be a manager within its expanding mobile-software group, said two of the people, who declined to be...

Time Warner Cable is making 10 live television networks available for viewing out of the home on its iOS app, plus on demand TV shows and movies from 26 networks. Users can view Live TV from any Wi-Fi connection, and over Verizon 3G and 4G connections if they have Verizon. Previously, Time Warner customers could watch hundreds of channels on their iOS devices in their home, but the live TV...

Just a day after rolling out an updated app with several new features and enhancements, the team behind popular Gmail management app Mailbox has announced that it has removed the reservation system that had previously left some interested users waiting up to several weeks to gain access to the service.Good news! Mailbox is now available without having to wait in line. After 10 weeks of...

Funny or Die's Steve Jobs movie "iSteve" was scheduled to premiere today on the humor site, but following today's bombing at the Boston Marathon the company has posted a banner announcing that it has delayed the movie's premiere until April 17. The movie, which stars Justin Long as Jobs and Lost's Jorge Garcia as Steve Wozniak, is still having an in-theater premiere at the New Beverly Cinema ...

Ultra popular email management app Mailbox has received its first update since being acquired by Dropbox last month, adding several improvements to the user interface. Mailbox's claim to fame is its simple design and intuitive gesture-based controls that turn emails into tasks. Today's update adds enhancements on both fronts, offering more specific adjustments for snooze times and the ability...

Google today updated its YouTube app for iOS with a number of new features, including quick access to new uploads and support for viewing live streaming events.What's New in Version 1.3 * Quick access to new uploads from subscriptions via "My Subscriptions" feed on the Guide * Access to Live streams * Queue up videos to play on TV * One Channel branding for video creator channels *...

In an effort to get his banned app returned to the App Store, AppGratis CEO Simon Dawlat today posted an online petition at save.appgratis.com, asking AppGratis users to send an email to express support for the app.In an official statement to the Wall Street Journal on april the 8th, Apple said we violated two of its iOS Guidelines. But we know we haven't. And we have written our side of...

After running into a downed power line in 2008, Jason Koger lost both of his hands. Five years later, he has almost a full range of motion after being the first double amputee to be fitted with prosthetic hands that can be controlled by an iPhone app, reports CNN. The i-limb ultra revolution, made by Touch Bionics, is the newest in prosthetic technology. According to the developers, it is the...

Tech in Asia highlights a report [Google translation] from Chinese site TechWeb describing how employees at a repair shop in China scammed Apple by turning in counterfeit iPhone parts to be replaced with genuine parts.The scam saw a Wenzhou Apple shop owner turning in what he claimed were 121 iPhone 4S BAND parts (the core of the phone, worth about $476 each) that were broken and asking that they ...

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has contacted app developers via its iTunes Connect program to ask them to localize their apps in multiple languages and to market that their apps and books are localized. In the letter to iTunes Connect members, Apple noted that the App Store and Mac App Store are available in 155 countries with support for 40 languages, saying that "it has never been more...

Multiple users have emailed MacRumors and posted on Twitter that they are having difficulties sending and receiving iMessages. Both iMessage and FaceTime were down earlier this week for several hours, though Apple's Services Status page does not indicate any problems as of 7:30AM Pacific time. Update: Apple has updated its system status page indicating issues with both iMessage and...

ZeptoLab today previewed the third in its Cut the Rope series of games, this one called Cut the Rope: Time Travel. The company didn't include any details on the new game beyond this teaser trailer, but it's likely to incorporate some sort of time shifting mechanic.The other two games in this series, Cut the Rope and Cut the Rope: Experiments, both became bestsellers on the App Store and won...

Fruit Ninja, the fruit-annihilating game that’s been downloaded by millions of users, is currently available for free as part of Apple's "App of the Week" promotion. The game, which originally launched in 2010, asks players to use intuitive swipe gestures to destroy fruit while avoiding bombs. Fruit Ninja has had a number of updates since it was released, adding a variety of items along with ...

Turntable of Turntable.fm fame today launched a new radio app, featuring songs that are hand-picked by friends and other app users. While Turntable.fm is designed for chatting with other users while listening to music, Piki builds playlists based on the preferences of others. The app allows users to pick a song, which is then incorporated into the radio playlists of followers, creating unique...