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Apple states HomeKit-based devices to surface in June, refutes reports of delays

The HomeKit stuff will begin arriving in June according to Apple. Refuting a recent report claiming delays with the home automation software platform would push back the launch until August or September, Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller went on record as saying that “HomeKit [hardware certification] has been available for just a few months and we […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook to give away estimated $785 million fortune to charity

It might be about time to change your name to “Charity”. Or start doing something really good that requires a bit of financing. Apple’s Tim Cook, in an interview with Fortune magazine, stated that he planned to donate his estimated US$785 million fortune to charity – after paying for his 10-year-old nephew’s college education. “You […]

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Apple Stores moving towards becoming 100% Green

In a recent Fortune interview, as part of the Brainstorm Green conference, Apple’s VP of Environmental Initiatives spoke about Apple’s continued drive towards using 100% renewable energy. During the interview, Jackson touched upon Apple’s use of renewable energy for their data centers (100%), their corporate facilities (94%), and plans for the new “spaceship” Apple campus. Jackson […]

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Apple, Time Inc. reach terms on iPad distribution

If you can get the biggest players to sort terms out, the rest will follow. Per the Wall Street Journal, Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the U.S., has reached a deal with Apple to allow print subscribers of its titles to download iPad editions for free. The article reports that Apple and Time […]

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Apple Sells 750,000 iPhone 3G S Units Upon Launch

The numbers are in and Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster claims Apple sold 750,000 iPhone 3G S handsets over the launch weekend. According to Macworld UK, Munster’s estimate that Apple sold about 750,000 iPhones over the three-day weekend, is 50% more than his initial prediction (500,000) but 25% less than the 1 million iPhone 3Gs Apple […]