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We’ve just updated the iOS Firmware Downloads page’s look and added automatic updating, so it will always have the latest firmware. You can go check it out at http://pwnmyi.com/firmware/.

Well Apple has now started selling that little Lion thumb drive they mentioned a while back. It costs $69, like they reported, and, well, obviously installs Lion onto your Mac. They do have one important note on their website about it. “Important Note When you install OS X Lion using the USB thumb drive, you [...]

With the launch of Apple’s iCloud.com, Apple has also released the server and ports for iCloud’s IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV (calendar), and CardDAV (contacts) services. Use the servers and ports below to setup your iCloud @me.com email address, contacts, and calendar in your own client.

Today, Apple lauched the iCloud website. From the iCloud website you can check your @me.com email, manage your contacts, manage your calendar, go to Find my iPhone, and use the new iWork beta. If you happen to be an old MobileMe customer, when logging in, you will be presented with the option to move your [...]

The creator of the iPhone, iPod and iPad, Apple, now has more money to spend than the United States government, the BBC reports. According to the Latest figures from the US Treasury Department, the US has an operating cash balance of USD$73.7 billion (NZD$83.8 billion), while Apple’s most recent financial results shows it has reserves [...]

Apple’s soon to arrive iPhone 5 may have a built-in NFC (Near Field Communication) chip to allow mobile payments, with much speculation about who Apple might partner with for such a venture. Google has already entered into an alliance with MasterCard and Citi for its ‘tap and pay’ Google Wallet service, and there has been [...]

According to a report published today on Boy Genius Report, Apple’s major US carrier partner AT&T is getting its staff prepped for the release of the next iPhone handset, expected sometime in mid-September. The report cites a ‘proven source’ that claims that AT&T’s retail arm has been communicating with its legions of employees, telling them to [...]

If you have been holding out for a high-end smartphone this year you are probably waiting to see exactly what Apple and Motorola bring to the table with the iPhone 5 and Droid Bionic respectively, so far insight tells us that the Droid Bionic is perhaps the most highly anticipated smartphones of the year, however [...]

Apple has recently seeded the 4th beta version of iOS 5 to developers, just less than two weeks after the 3rd beta was released. Although we must wait until fall to see iOS 5 on our devices, the new update (Build 9A5274d) is providing some pretty interesting insights into iOS 5 according to the devs [...]