Gamestop is working on a tablet device specially designed for gaming. In what appears to be an unconnected move, it’s also now accepting Apple portable devices as a trade-in. The tablet won’t be a brand new creation but rather an existing device that will become “a GameStop certified gaming platform.” It will be repackaged, sold [...]
Most of our stories at GeeksAreSexy concentrate on technology, but we also touch on science. And today we have a tale that involves biology, chemistry and physics. The biology involves a Swedish elk. That’s an animal that, while known as an elk in Europe, is called a moose in North America. The animal’s species name [...]
There are plenty of news and rumor floating about concerning Apple’s iPhone 5 — both the product itself and the infamous missing handset. San Francisco Police have formally confirmed that they did assist Apple security staff in visiting the home of a suspect in this year’s case of the stolen iPhone. The force said it [...]
An Apple employee has lost a prototype of the next generation of iPhone in a California bar. And if that sounds familiar, you’re might be forgiven for being a little cynical. The story this time comes from CNet which reports the handset was lost in San Francisco’s Cava 22 (pictured via Google Street View), a [...]
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Apple’s iTunes streaming service has begun testing, and it appears to be better than expected. The service, known as iTunes Match, will be a paid-for feature ($24.99 a year) in iCloud, the company’s online storage service. The word match is the key there as this isn’t cloud computing in the traditional sense and [...]
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To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I [...]
< Apple is adding earthquake notification for Japanese users of the iPhone. But the alerts aren’t in an app: instead they are built into the operating system itself. The iOS5 feature was uncovered by 9to5Mac, which was sent a screenshot of the Japanese edition. It connects the device to an early warning system launched in [...]
You might be aware of Apple’s lawsuit against Android device maker Samsung (SEO:005930), which claims that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is just a little too similar to Apple’s iPad 2. (If you weren’t, that’s the skinny.) This week, Webwereld.nl, the Dutch counterpart to Computerworld, was poking around in Apple’s case files and noticed something… wonky. An “exhibit” supplied by [...]
If you’re in Starbucks sometime soon, you can get a free app with your coffee and cupcake. Just as they’ve been offering a free music tracks, now the “Pick of the Week” program gives you free app download. Just pick up a free card at the counter and enter the code at iTunes. Did we [...]
