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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 Apple’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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AT&T ends T-Mobile acquisition effort

Sometimes you’ve just gotta throw in the towel. Per AppleInsider, AT&T has given up its efforts to buy carrier T-Mobile, citing opposition from federal regulators. A statement by AT&T says the company will take a pretax charge of US$4 billion that was stipulated in the agreement between the two carriers if the deal were dropped […]

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Apple posts Black Friday savings teaser, leaves iPhone out of potential deals to be had

Come Friday, there shall be savings. And probably shoving to get to those savings. So, look, try to be polite and don’t shove other people for the savings, all right? Per MacStories, Apple has placed a teaser on its web site, saying that it will be holding a “special one-day Apple shopping event” on Friday. […]

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Apple, magazine publishers in long-standing stalemate over iPad-based subscriptions

In as much as the iPad has been seen as the device to help bring magazines back into a better range of profitability, the devil may be in the details. Per MediaMemo, Apple and magazine publishers have still not been able to reach a deal for selling subscriptions on the iPad, as publications reportedly want […]

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Rumor: Apple May Opt for Bing as iPhone Search Engine

With relations between Apple and Google growing strained, a new set of rumors places Apple as having gone into discussions with Microsoft towards making Microsoft’s Bing search engine the default for the iPhone. According to Businessweek, a source close to the story offered the following: “Though Microsoft did not confirm or deny any chatters on […]