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Vancouver Apple store robbed by bear spray wielding thieves

By chrissyboy6969, Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 a 3:27 am

The Vancouver Apple was robbed on Monday evening by three men armed with bear spray. Bear spray, also known as pepper spray is used to fend off bear attacks and is equally effective against humans. The men stormed into the open store and hit around 40 people with the spray causing mayhem and confusion. The men made off with iPods, iPads and laptops from the display areas.

Ferrari looking to expand partnership with Apple, announces car that comes with iPad minis

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 a 4:01 pm

Ferrari said today that it is in talks with Apple to expanding their in-car entertainment partnership, also unveiling a new, iPad mini-equipped car. The car, called “LaFerrari”, is a 1 million euro hybrid four-seat vehicle with iPad minis in the passenger seats. LaFerrari was announced at the Geneva motor show. Bloomberg reports:

Former Apple ad man talks Mobi, Tripod, and other rejected names for what ultimately became the iPhone

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 a 11:47 am

The iPhone could have gone by a number of other names, according to former Apple advertising lead Ken Segall. Segall, at an event at the University of Arizona, listed several alternative names for the iPhone that Apple was mulling around, and the reasoning behind each of them. Those names were “Mobi”, “Tripod”, “Telepod”, and “iPad”. Of these possible names, Segall revealed that “Tripod” was under serious consideration for a while. 9to5Mac reports:

Budsnaps arrive on Kickstarter, a simple way to stop your earbuds from falling out of your ears

By chrissyboy6969, Monday, Mar 4, 2013 a 9:01 am

A new project has arrived on Kickstarter called Budsnaps, that claims to be able to stop your Apple earbuds from falling out of your ears when moving around. Anyone who uses Apple’s iconic white earbuds will instantly recognise this problem and now there could be a really simple solution to stop them falling out.

Apple announces 1 billion iTunes U downloads

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 a 2:43 pm

Apple announced today that iTunes U, their podcast-like service that provides for educational content from universities, museums, libraries, and like-minded organizations on iTunes, has topped one billion downloads. According to Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services:

Apple still opaquely filtering iCloud emails that contain spammy phrases

By Joseph Keller, Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 a 2:33 pm

Apple has long been filtering/censoring email messages sent through their service, originally .Mac, then MobileMe, and now iCloud. Charitably, this could be viewed as just another layer of anti-spam, however the lack of transparency remains concerning. This issue was brought back into the spotlight when a Steven G., a developer of screenplay writing software, received a complaint from a customer who was having trouble delivering a script. Robert X. Cringely of Infoworld quotes the developer:

Apple holds annual shareholder meeting, Tim Cook talks competition, stock price, new product categories

By Joseph Keller, Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 a 2:10 pm

Apple’s annual shareholder’s meeting was held this morning at the company’s Cupertino headquarters. These meeting are to allow shareholders to ask questions of Apple’s leadership, as well as hold elections for the board of directors.

Apple joins Facebook, others, in support of same-sex marriage

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 a 5:56 pm

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Apple is joining several companies, including Facebook and Intel, in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8, a California law that prohibits same-sex marriage by defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman.

Staples begins selling Apple accessories

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 a 11:40 am

Staples has started selling Apple accessories. Covering a wide range of products, items such as iPad Smart Covers, Airport Base Stations, and Apple TVs can be found on the office supply chain’s online store.

Macs at Apple headquarters breached through Java exploit, fix to be issued today

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 a 2:29 pm

Apple has said that it has been attacked by hackers. The same group previously targeted Facebook. Computers at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters were attacked, the company said, but no data appears to have been stolen. Speaking to Reuters, Apple said that the intrusion was not widspread: