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Rumor: AT&T blocks vacation days in mid-October, hinting towards iPhone 5 release

It’s when companies stop employee vacation time that things get interesting. Per the cool cats at Boy Genius Report, AT&T has reportedly blocked its employees from taking vacation days in mid-October as the carrier gears up for the launch of Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone. Employees at AT&T retail locations have allegedly been blocked from taking vacations […]

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Analyst: App Store downloads to increase by 61%, prices to jump 14% in calendar year 2011

If you remember your economics class, an old supply and demand chart should pop into your head. Those charts are applicable. Per AppleInsider, having recently hit the 15 billion download milestone, a new analysis has found that downloads from Apple’s iOS App Store will increase 61 percent in calendar year 2011, while the average selling […]

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Rumor: Apple developing iOS-based HDTV for late 2011 release

Sometimes you have to turn a hobby into a full-time job. Per DailyTech, Apple is rumored to be working on an iOS-powered connected TV, possibly for release as early as this fall. A former Apple executive, speaking anonymously, said the company plans to “blow Netflix and all those other guys away” by bundling Apple TV […]

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Analyst: Full iPhone 4 recall could cost Apple $1.5 billion, affect operating income by 1%

Following up on the iPhone 4 antenna issue, one research investment firm has studied the numbers and determined that a recall of the iPhone 4 could cost Apple as much as US$1.5 billion. Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst for Bernstein Research, said in a note to clients on Tuesday that while a full product recall is […]

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AT&T revises employee work schedules, fourth-gen iPhone expected

It’s all falling together as it has in years past. Per Boy Genius Report, AT&T employees have been informed that the phone is actually coming, and may in fact be on sale in the month of June. The announcement matches employee vacations for June affecting the cell carrier and back at the end of April, […]