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Australian iPhone 4 glowing/fire incident found to be caused by failed screen replacement, not battery

Ok, remember the Australian glowing/fire/iPhone 4 plane thing from this past November? It wasn’t the battery. Per AppleInsider, an investigation into the cause of an iPhone 4 that began glowing and emitting “dense smoke” on a flight landing in Sydney, Australia last fall has traced the problem to a battery punctured by a screw misplaced […]

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Walmart offers discounted prices on iPhone 4, 4S units with AT&T contract

If you were headed to Walmart anyway… Per The Mac Observer, Walmart reduced the prices for the AT&T version of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S on Friday, leading to speculation that new versions of Appleā€™s combination iPod and smartphone are coming this spring. The 8GB iPhone 4 was reduced from US$88 to US$34 with […]

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Assorted, unmarked iPad 2 units sporting different A5 processor, offer up to 16% additional battery life

Ok, this is interesting. Per Engadget, an updated model of the US$399 iPad 2 is floating around at retail, and it might improve battery life by as much as 16 percent. The site is reporting that the lower-cost version of the iPad 2 introduced in March has quietly introduced a new 32nm A5 processor, and […]

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Adobe releases Flash Player 11.2.202.235

Late Thursday, Adobe released Flash Player 11.2.202.235 for Mac OS X, a 10.9 megabyte download via MacUpdate. The new version contains a series of currently-unlisted fixes and changes. If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.