Apple Settles with Chinese Company over iPad Trademark Rights
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Apple has finally settled its two-year legal battle with Proview International for ownership of the “iPad” name in China. The two had been embroiled in a tangled web of lawsuits and …
Google Chrome Browser Coming to iPhone and iPad
Google/Apple(SAN FRANCISCO) — Google announced today that its popular Chrome browser, which has been available for Macs, PCs, and Android, is coming to Apple’s iPad and iPhone.“Some of you have been very persistently asking about something…
Popular iPhone, iPad App Released for Android Phones
PRNewsFoto/Flipboard(NEW YORK) — The social news magazine Flipboard, one of the most popular apps for the iPhone and iPad, is finally heading to Android phones. “People are using Flipboard on one out of every 10 iPads right now,” Flipboard co-founder …
Report: Apple Removing Google Maps from iPhone, iPad
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Apple is reportedly looking to eliminate Google Maps from its devices.Citing current and former Apple employees, the Wall Street Journal says the company plans to remove the maps app, which is currently preloade…
Murder Caught on iPad Video Chat
Comstock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — A Massachusetts man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death as their daughter’s friend watched via an iPad video chat is being held in jail without bond Tuesday. Christopher Piantedosi, 39, allegedly showed up at the …
FAA Scolds iPad Bird-Strike Videographer
File photo. Tom Brakefield/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Even if you don’t remember the name Grant Cardone, surely you remember his video. Cardone was on the recent Delta flight hit by birds shortly after takeoff at New York’s John F. Kennedy …
Apple Reports Blowout Profits Again on iPads, iPhones
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Apple announced strong second-quarter earnings Tuesday, beating Wall Street estimates and easing worries that the tech giant may be losing steam.Apple said that profit nearly doubled to $11.6 billion, or $12….
Reports: iPad Mini Coming this Year
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Apple launched its new iPad just six weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean the world isn’t itching for the next Apple tablet. Rumors of a 7-inch iPad (current versions have a 9.7-inch screen) have popp…
New iPad Heads to South Korea, 11 Other Countries
Apple, Inc.(NEW YORK) — The new iPad is headed overseas. Apple’s new tablet will be available on Friday, April 20 in Croatia, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, South Korea, Uruguay and a handful of other countries…
Five Charged in China After Boy Sells Kidney for iPhone, iPad
ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images(CHANGSHA, China) — What would you give up to have the latest smartphone or best tablet device? The most popular of these devices often cost the figurative arm-and-a-leg, but would they be worth giving up a real kidney…
New iPad Named Best Tablet by ‘Consumer Reports,’ Despite Heat
Apple, Inc.(NEW YORK) — Consumer Reports has named Apple’s latest iPad the best tablet on the market. The magazine gave a favorable review for the new iPad, despite previous reports that the device could reach high temperatures. The weekend after the …
Apple’s New iPad Hits Stores; Thousands Line Up for Tablet
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(CULVER CITY, Calif.) — Apple’s new iPad hits store shelves Friday morning, and in anticipation of the sale, thousands lined up outside of Apple stores to get their hands on the latest tablet.Among those wai…
Man Claims He Used iPad to Cross Into US
Apple Inc.(DERBY LINE, Vt.) — A Canadian man traveling by car to Vermont claimed his iPad helped save the day after he realized he left his passport, which is required to cross into the United States, at his home in Quebec.Martin Reisch, 33, said he a…