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DISH Network makes bid to buy Sprint out from under SoftBank

By Joseph Keller, Monday, Apr 15, 2013 a 1:40 pm

DISH Network has launched a $25.5 billion bid to merge with Sprint. Although Japanese carrier SoftBank is currently preparing to purchase Sprint, shareholders for the third-place U.S. carrier would have the opportunity to reject that bid in favor of DISH Network’s.

Foxconn reportedly ramping up for iPhone 5S production

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Apr 15, 2013 a 10:39 am

iMore previously learned that Apple was targeting an August time frame for the next-generation iPhone 5S, and while that may or may not include more recently rumored software scheduling issues, it does sound like the general time frame is still accurate enough for Foxconn to start ramping up for production. Lorraine Luk of the Wall Street Journal writes:

Google's goal is to make the Star Trek computer commonplace

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 a 5:39 pm

Apple says its goal is to delight its users, but in reality it's probably closer to continually making the personal computer more personal, more accessible, and ultimately, more human. What then is Google's goal? To index all the world's data? Turns out, it might also be something far more human... and more Star Trek. Farhad Manjoo of Slate writes:

Tonight. iMore show. Guy English. Marc Edwards. Comics. iOS 7. Facebook. 6pm PT/9pm ET. Be Here!

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 a 1:31 pm

It's a mighty Mobile Nations team-up on tonight's iMore show as Dubug's Guy English and Iterate's Marc Edwards join Rene to talk about comic confusion, the Facebook phone, iOS 7, and more.

Facebook Home Launch Day commercial

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 a 3:37 pm

Facebook's latest Facebook Home commercial, Launch Day, shows CEO Mark Zuckerboard addressing the team while one of the members screws around on -- you guessed it -- Facebook Home. As the zero-concentration span dude zips around his Facebook Home, what he sees gets made manifest, be it lawn cart or flood. And... it still seems more than slightly onanistic. It shows off Home for Home's sake, not for users sake.

Watch apple board member Bill Campbell discuss the future of intimate technology

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 a 10:19 am

Longtime Apple board member Bill Campbell gave a talk at Intuit, where he once served as CEO and currently serves as chairman of the board, about the future of technology and how it will likely become more intimate with everything from Google Glass to Apple initiatives he wasn't at liberty to discuss (but fill in your own iWatch, at least short term). According to Ashlee Vance of Businessweek:

Verizon increases wait time on upgrades, introduces stricter policies

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Apr 12, 2013 a 9:08 pm

Verizon today announced that upgrades will now take longer, extending the wait time from 20 to 24 months, and that they'll be harder to get, disallowing upgrades between device types. Here's the new deal, according to Verizon:

T-Mobile says iPhone 5 sales going gangbusters

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Apr 12, 2013 a 6:06 pm

T-Mobile USA says their first full day for iPhone 5 sales are going really, really well. How well? Ina Fried of AllThingsD spoke to T-Mobile CMO, Mike Sievert, and he said:

Pebble releases official public watch face SDK

By Joseph Keller, Friday, Apr 12, 2013 a 5:07 pm

Pebble has released the public watch face SDK for its E-Paper smart watch. Developers can now start making their own watch faces for the device, which iOS users will install via the Pebble iPhone app.

Apple reportedly set to pay $53 million in iPhone warranty settlement

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Apr 12, 2013 a 12:41 pm

Apple has reportedly agreed to pay out $53M in regards to a settlement agreement concerning iPhone warranties. The basis was that Apple turned away customers under their one year and extended two year warranties for iPhone defects. Apple's old liquid damage policy stated that if one of the sensors were turned pink or red, Apple had the right to void warranty claims for any reason. Since, the policy has been changed. Wired's David Kravet writes: