NEWSTALK 860 » iphone

Americans Have Spent a Ridiculous $5.9 Billion Fixing Their iPhones

Mike Adams — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:33:05 +0000

People sure do love their iPhones, but they also can't seem to stop dropping them—good news for the booming iPhone-repair business. In fact, a recent accident survey by SquareTrade found that the American population has spent nearly $5.9 billion fixing their damaged phones since the first device hit the market in 2007.

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Man Sues Apple for Siri's Imperfections

Shauna Wright — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:30:50 +0000

Apple iPhone 4S users know that Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant, can be hit or miss. Sometimes she understands you perfectly and reacts with precision, and other times? Well, not so much.

But a New York man is so upset by Siri’s flaws and foibles that he’s filed a lawsuit against Apple.

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I-Phone Technology Getting Out of Hand

Jim Bell — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:22:46 +0000

This is getting ridiculous. Is nothing safe from high tech snoops? Here's the latest thing to be concerned about. If you have an iPhone, that creepy guy standing near you holding a phone may be reading your text messages.

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Will Apple Unveil the iPhone 5 on October 4?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:42:32 +0000

Sources claim Apple’s newly-installed CEO, Tim Cook, will preside over an October 4 media event in which he will announce the long-awaited iPhone 5.

The date is consistent with previous reports setting early October as the release date for the next-generation smartphone.

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Apple: We're Not Using High Tech to Follow You Around. Honest.

Jim Bell — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:10:42 +0000

A week after researchers found what appeared to be a detailed log of users' locations stored on iPhones and iPad 3Gs, Apple has finally ended its silence on the controversy to insist that it's not tracking customers' locations.

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iPhone Secretly Tracks Your Every Move, Claims Security Experts

Andree Valentine — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:11:54 +0000

Security experts Peter Warden and Alasdair Allen have made a startling discovery about Apple's iPhone and 3G iPad: The devices secretly track and record your location.

Apparently, this has been going on for 10 months, despite the fact that Apple has never previously disclosed that they keep a record of all their iPhone users whereabouts.

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Few Line Up For New Verizon iPhone

Andree Valentine — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:14:09 +0000

Despite years of anticipation for Verizon Wireless customers wanting the popular iPhone 4, reports were surprised to see that very few people waited in line Thursday morning to buy it.

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Verizon Gets iPhone 4 (Finally!)

Andree Valentine — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:09:13 +0000

After years of speculation and rumors swirling every month about the expected Verizon iPhone launch date, the day has finally come for Verizon Wireless customers and iPhone lovers.

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