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AT&T introduces new trade in program, offers $100 for your old smartphone

By Joseph Keller, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 5:58 pm

AT&T will begin a program tomorrow that offers at least $100 off the purchase of a smartphone when a customer trades in their current AT&T smartphone. The offer applies to any smartphone sold by the carrier, including the iPhone. According to AT&T:

iOS 7 will debut on time, of course

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 5:43 pm

While I ascribe to the theory of multiple universes, and there may indeed be several in which Apple is a clown made entirely of candy, in precisely none of them was iOS 7 not going to ship on time. If you need any more evidence of that, I give your Mr. John Paczkowski of AllThingsD:

Instacast releases free beta for Mac users

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 12:49 pm

Vemedio has made a public beta version of their popular iOS podcast app, Instacast, for the Mac. If you're a Mac user, and an Instacast user, you'll no doubt already be salivating at the thought of perfectly synced podcast bliss.

T-Mobile offers free access to MLB At Bat streaming

By Joseph Keller, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 11:14 am

T-Mobile USA, the official carrier sponsor of Major League Baseball, is offering free access to some streaming features of the MLB At Bat 13 app. TmoNews reports that customers who download the app via T-Mobile’s network between today, May 1, and June 30 will have access to the Game of the Day, along with radio broadcasts and highlights from the day’s other games.

Jonathan Ive rumored to be working on new Mail, Calendar apps for future versions of iOS

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a 10:00 am

We've already heard from multiple sources that Apple's vice president of design, Jony Ive, has been working on making iOS flatter and more refined, but now he's also rumored to be working on brand new Mail and Calendar apps as well. It's not clear right now whether a complete revamp of such core personal information management software would be ready in time for iOS 7 this year, or for iOS 8 next year, but the focus sounds interesting. According to Bloomberg:

Thor 2: The Dark World hits theaters this fall, but you can get lots of great Thor stuff from iTunes right now

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 a 11:20 pm

The first teaser trailer for Thor 2: The Dark World has hit the internet and... I don't know what to make of it yet. I enjoyed Malekith, the accursed dark elf, as Walt Simonson rendered him in the Thor comics decades ago, but I don't get any real sense of his character here and how it plays into whatever greater story arc they have for Thor this time around. And his look in the film doesn't really wow me so far.

BlackBerry CEO supposedly says dumb things about the future of tablets, but what are the smart things?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 a 9:09 pm

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins was quoted today as saying tablets didn't have much of a future, product or market-wise. Given the huge, and still growing success of the iPad, even the idea sounds ridiculous. Here's what Bloomberg claimed he said:

EE expands 4G LTE to 12 more UK towns, total up to 62

By Richard Devine, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 a 7:49 am

The UK's only current 4G LTE provider, EE, has announced the switch on in another 12 towns across the country beginning from today. This is of course fantastic news to anyone in the affected areas with an iPhone 5, or LTE capable iPad or iPad Mini using the EE network.

The Mailbox security failure that wasn’t

By Nick Arnott, Monday, Apr 29, 2013 a 9:38 pm

A few days ago it was reported that the popular Mailbox app was falling short on protecting user data. Developer Subhransu Behera published a post on his blog outlining what he considered to be security failures on the part of Mailbox.

Microsoft makes Windows Phone commercial, sells iPhone instead

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Apr 29, 2013 a 7:21 pm

Microsoft has released a new commercial for the Windows Phone Nokia Lumia 920, and in it they show off both Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S. A lot. So much, in fact, it's hard to know what the commercial is about until the very end, when the Lumia 920 finally makes an appearance. Anyone outside Microsoft see the problem there?