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Sunday, September 30, 2012

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Apple rolls out fix for iPhone 5 Wi-Fi network data bug
Glitch keeps iCloud storage at 25GB until 2050
Oracle taps Nokia for maps
Apple seeks patents for camera gesture techniques
Apple backtracks on 'most powerful' map app claim
So Apple, now you're doing more consumer research?
Techs Factor: Cowell to seek next Zuckerberg
Do you remember when Sony was Apple?

Apple rolls out fix for iPhone 5 Wi-Fi network data bug

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:24 PM PDT

Bug allowed Apple's new handset running on Verizon to consume precious cellular data while connected to a Wi-Fi network. [Read more]

Glitch keeps iCloud storage at 25GB until 2050

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:34 PM PDT

Instead of a downgrade to 5GB of storage, Apple has pushed users' renewal dates 38 years in the future. [Read more]

Oracle taps Nokia for maps

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:47 PM PDT

The database giant is expected to announce a deal to use the handset maker's growing stable of location-based services, The Wall Street Journal reports. [Read more]

Apple seeks patents for camera gesture techniques

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:31 AM PDT

Recent applications also point to dramatically improved techniques for preventing and removing red eye in images. [Read more]

Apple backtracks on 'most powerful' map app claim

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:31 AM PDT

The Web page describing the beleaguered map application has dropped a claim that it's the "most powerful mapping service ever." [Read more]

So Apple, now you're doing more consumer research?

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:01 AM PDT

It seems that Apple, until recently thought not to be fond of consumer research, is now desperate to discover what people think of its software. [Read more]