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Apple’s iPhone 4S Cracked Open, Money Spills Out

Arik Hesseldahl in Mobile on October 19, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

Research house IHS iSuppli has opened up Apple’s iPhone 4S to see who’s in and out among its suppliers and to estimate how much it cost to make.

Apple iPad Event Liveblog

John Paczkowski in News on January 27, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

After months of feverish speculation and as many years of wishful thinking, Apple uncrated its tablet computer–the iPad–at an invitation-only event in San Francisco this morning. We’re covering it live with photos and text.

Lonely Planet Names New U.S. Head as Its Digital Strategy Escalates

Kara Swisher in News on October 12, 2009 at 10:33 pm PT

Lonely Planet, best known as a traditional travel guidebook publisher, is announcing a new U.S. head tomorrow–John Boris of Zagat Survey–as it increasingly moves to reposition the company as much more of a “cross-media” platform. As the paid versus free content online debate gets louder over the next year, how well known brands like Lonely Planet–which has a strong reputation among consumers–handle the fallout will be more and more interesting to watch.

New iPhone Is Better Model–Or Just Get OS 3.0

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on June 17, 2009 at 10:00 am PT

Apple’s new iPhone 3G S and OS 3.0 offer plenty of new features. But the software may be enough of a boost to keep many users from buying the new model, Walt Mossberg writes.

No Way. Cows Automatically Point North? I Call Bullsh …

John Paczkowski in News on August 27, 2008 at 3:19 pm PT

Holy cow. … Cattle grazing or at rest tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction–just like a compass needle. This according to European researchers who scrutinized Google Earth photographs of 8,510 cattle in 308 herds around the world.