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New York - Most folks have frequented a Wal-Mart when searching for the best products at the most reasonable prices in the past. Rural folks and city dwellers alike may soon find the latest in a reasonably priced iPhone at $99. Rumors abound over the newswire and publications that an iPhone may be available at Wal-Mart by late December or even as early as Christmas. Wal-Mart corporate headquarters at Bentonville, Arkansas declined to confirm the announcement though, stating, "we are not making an ... Read More

New York - America’s biggest retail giant Wal-Mart will soon be selling the world famous Apple iphone 3G. The stories published by Bloomberg and San Joe Mercury News made it even more clear that the Wal-Mart employees made it clear that iphone will be soon sold over the counter by the American retail magnet like the other smartphones like Samsung, Palm, RIM etc. According to Reuters several employees of Wal-Mart had a firm speculation about selling of iphone through the retailer in one or ... Read More

New York - Computer major Apple announced on Friday that it has crossed the 300 million download mark from its App store; 0.60 million applications are downloaded on a monthly basis, with over 2 million downloaded each day. This is an enormous total keeping in view the vintage of the store, just five months. This is a benchmark in such a competitive market. This was informed with a bang of print ads in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. The ... Read More

Seattle - Since opening the Apple iTunes App Store in July, users of iPhone and iPod Touch have purchases more than 300 million applications. 60 million applications are downloaded on a monthly basis, with over 2 million downloaded each day. Other companies, link Handango, have offered applications for smart phones for years, but users were often confused and frustrated by the download process. With the streamlined use of the iTunes store, Apple has been able to take down the last hurdle for widespread ... Read More

New York - Amazon has come up with a new mobile shopping feature called Amazon Remembers. The new app is available for download at the Apple App Store. This application makes it possible for people to take a picture of a product that they want to purchase and send it to retailers. The retailers will look at the pictures of the items and try to match the item to products that are currently in their inventory. The new application has been available since Wednesday at ... Read More

New Yorko - After a wide range of controversy, Apple pulled their suggestion from their knowledgebase for Mac users to download anti-virus software Tuesday. Mac’s advertising boasting of their systems safety being stronger than Window’s PC for some time now, made many users wonder if in fact the thought of having a Mac would be even more secure, was not the truth. According to Bill Evans, a spokesman for Mac, the reason for pulling the publicized suggestion from their site was due to the ... Read More

New York - For the first time Apple is recommending to users of its operating system to install an antivirus. According to the company the Mac could be vulnerable to web applicaton exploits which have replaced operating system vulnerabilities as the greatest threat to the to computers. In the past few months threats have been identified that attack Mac which affect specific vulnerabilities of computers, regardless of their operating system. The amount of virus circulating for Windows is still much higher, but increased sales of ... Read More

New York - Since the hype began about the up and coming BlackBerry storm, customers have been widely anticipating the Smart phone, which is said to rival the IPhone – filled with seemingly endless applications that allow the user to customize their phone any way that they would like. The versatility that comes with the phone is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to usability. People everywhere are accustomed to the BlackBerry brand. Why not create a phone that has ... Read More

New York - Apple Inc's  iPhone 3G  became the most popular mobile phone among consumers in the United States for the first time in the third quarter, selling more units than the Razr from Motorola Inc. The Razr had held the top spot for 12 consecutive quarters, according to the research firm NPD Group of Port Washington, New York.  Statistics from NPD does not include purchases by businesses. Apple, which launched the latest model of the iPhone in July, saw sales rise even though ... Read More

New York - When Apples executive Tony Fadell who was in charge of the company’s iPod division stepped down from his position, he was replaced by Mark Papermaster. Papermaster was at the time a vice president of microprocessor technology development at IBM; a well known competitor of Apple. Papermaster joined Apple as the senior vice president of devices, heading the company’s iPod and iPhone hardware engineering teams. At the time of his hiring Apple felt that Papermaster would bring his leadership skills to ... Read More