Apple courting American Express cardholders in India with a 10% cash-back offer

Apple courting American Express cardholders in India with a 10% cash-back offer

The iPhone is expensive, even if you live in the West, so you can only imagine how hard it must be for someone living in places like India. That’s not to say Indians are poor, but let’s be honest, there’s an obvious difference in income levels.

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AT&T to allow FaceTime over cellular for all customers by end of the year

AT&T to allow FaceTime over cellular for all customers by end of the year

When Apple introduced FaceTime over cellular feature in iOS 6 last September, AT&T only allowed customers with a Mobile Share plan to use the feature.

Since then it has been slowly expanding access to the feature to other customers.

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Pentagon grants security clearance to Apple’s iPhone and iPad

Pentagon grants security clearance to Apple’s iPhone and iPad

It’s official: The smartphone and tablet gaming market is bigger than dedicated mobile gaming

It’s official: The smartphone and tablet gaming market is bigger than dedicated mobile gaming

AllThingsD, citing a report published by IDC and App Annie, says that people are spending more money on games for their smartphones and tablets than are spending games on dedicated videogame consoles like the Nintendo DS or PlayStation Vita.

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iOS, Android control more than 90 percent of worldwide smartphone market

iOS, Android control more than 90 percent of worldwide smartphone market

IDC has released a new report on global smartphone shipments broken down by operating systems, revealing that iOS and Android collectively account for a staggering 92.3 percent of worldwide smartphones.

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New York attorney general puts pressure on Apple, Google and others to prevent smartphone thefts

New York attorney general puts pressure on Apple, Google and others to prevent smartphone thefts

Smartphones are increasingly becoming common targets for theft, which has a lot of government reps worried. To tackle the thefts, New York attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, has written to Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung, enquiring about the technology they’re building to help make stolen phones useless.

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T-Mobile Increases Price of iPhone By $50

T-Mobile Increases Price of iPhone By $50

T-Mobile USA, the fourth largest carrier in the U.S finally started offering Apple’s iPhone on April 12th.

As you probably know, customers could either pay the full price ($579.99/$679.99/$779.99) for the 16GB/32GB/64GB iPhone 5 up front or they can pay $99.99/$199.99/$299.99 up front plus $20 monthly instalments for 24 months.

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Apple said to update AppleCare with subscription service, improved in-store repairs

Apple said to update AppleCare with subscription service, improved in-store repairs

Apple plans to make some significant changes to its AppleCare service program later this fall, with a new subscription plan and updated policies to handle damaged iPhones.

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Apple has a long wait list for police requests to decrypt iPhones

Apple has a long wait list for police requests to decrypt iPhones

Apple receives so many police requests to to unlock seized iPhones that the company has to enlist law enforcement agencies in a waiting list to address each of their requests.

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comScore: iPhone reaches record U.S. smartphone marketshare of 39 percent

comScore: iPhone reaches record U.S. smartphone marketshare of 39 percent

comScore’s latest numbers for the three month period ending March 2013 show strong growth for Apple in the U.S. smartphone market, as it continues its lead as the top OEM in the region with an all-time high 39 percent market share, up from 36.3 percent in December.

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