iSwifter’s New App Brings All Flash-Based Facebook Games to the iPad

While Facebook is slowly working out the kinks to bring more games to mobile, there’s a small company in Menlo Park, Calif., that has beat them to it.
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Sprint’s Hesse: We’ll Make Money on the iPhone … Eventually

“Carrying the iPhone will be quite profitable,” says Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, for the umpteenth time.
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Apple Moves Toward Larger iPhone Screens

Apple Inc., which is expected to launch its next-generation iPhone later this year, has ordered screens from its Asian suppliers that are bigger than the ones used in iPhones since they debuted in 2007, people familiar with the situation said.

China Mobile Confirms Talks With Apple on iPhone

The comments, made at a shareholder meeting on Wednesday, follow what sources say was a meeting earlier this year between China Mobile and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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Psyonara Psystar

After it was cold-shouldered by the Supreme Court, we’ve likely heard the last from Psystar.
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MacBook Pro Makeover in the Wings

The MacBook Pro, Apple’s flagship laptop, is about to get a transformative overhaul. Sources familiar with Apple’s plans say the company intends to debut, at its upcoming Worldwide Developers conference, the first major upgrade to the line since the aluminum unibody in 2008. The new MacBook Pros will feature a significantly thinner chassis, new high-resolution “Retina-esque” displays, faster processors chosen from Intel’s third-generation Core series chips, code-named Ivy Bridge, and Nvidia GPUs. Most of these details were first reported on Monday by 9to5mac.

At 28, Few Tech Titans Could Hold a Candle to Zuck

Happy birthday, Mr. Zuckerberg. Where were your fellow tech luminaries when they turned 28?
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Court Issues Mixed Ruling in Apple-Samsung Patent Case

In a mixed ruling, a federal appeals court on Monday revived Apple Inc.’s bid to block U.S. sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Tab tablet computer, but rejected other Apple legal claims that sought to bar sales of Samsung smartphones.

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Apple Preparing Upgrade to iCloud

Apple Inc. is preparing an upgrade of its online service iCloud that includes new photo-sharing features, according to people familiar with the matter.

Apple Says Samsung’s Email Purges Destroyed Potential Patent Evidence

“Spoilation of evidence.”
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