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• Apple close to launching iTunes Radio in Canada
• New Tips and Tricks section added to Apple’s iPhone web pages
• Best Buy, Walmart and other retailers discount the iPhone 5c by $50
• Apple is the top handset maker in the US, Android the leading platform
• NYT article offers detailed behind-the-scenes look into the launch of the first iPhone
• Apple Touch ID vulnerable to spoofed fingerprints, hijacking of Apple ID
• Amazon working on Apple TV-like media device for the holiday season
• Tim Cook sends an email to employees on the eve of Steve Jobs’ second death anniversary
• Susan Bennett: The real voice of Siri
• Rdio offers radio streaming music service to compete with iTunes Radio

Apple close to launching iTunes Radio in Canada Posted: 04 Oct 2013 06:02 PM PDT Apple’s iTunes Radio service may be expanding to Canada, says a report in 9to5Mac. The source of this rumor is Apple’s Canadian employment website which contains job listings for an iTunes Canada Music Programmer  whose duties include iTunes Radio . Continue reading →

New Tips and Tricks section added to Apple’s iPhone web pages Posted: 04 Oct 2013 04:36 PM PDT Apple is all about improving the user experience and that philosophy extends into almost everything it does. An excellent example of this user-oriented focus is the new “Tips and Tricks” section that appears on the company’s marketing pages for its iPhone models. Continue reading →

Best Buy, Walmart and other retailers discount the iPhone 5c by $50 Posted: 04 Oct 2013 02:57 PM PDT A few weeks after launch, the iPhone 5c is being discounted by big box retailers in different promotions that kick off this weekend. At three different US retailers, the colorful handset will be available for $50 or less. Continue reading →

Apple is the top handset maker in the US, Android the leading platform Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:18 PM PDT The latest ComScore report shows that Apple is the leading handset manufacturer in the US, beating out competitors like Samsung, Motorola, LG and HTC. iOS as a platform, though, is still second to Android, but, in the last three quarters, it gained some ground on its competition. Continue reading →

NYT article offers detailed behind-the-scenes look into the launch of the first iPhone Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:51 PM PDT The original iPhone launch keynote was not just Jobs' best performance, but also, one of the best product launches ever. But there was a lot that went into making Jobs’ vision of the iPhone a reality, and a detailed NYT article offers a great behind-the-scenes look into the design and development of the original iPhone. Continue reading →

Apple Touch ID vulnerable to spoofed fingerprints, hijacking of Apple ID Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:03 AM PDT A German security firm claims a vulnerability in Touch ID and iCloud allows a hacker to access a locked device and potentially gain control over an owner’s Apple ID. This is one of several vulnerabilities associated with Apple’s new fingerprint sensor. Continue reading →

Amazon working on Apple TV-like media device for the holiday season Posted: 04 Oct 2013 10:16 AM PDT Amazon has some big plans for the holiday shopping season. It recently refreshed its Kindle lineup of e-readers and is supposedly working on a soon-to-be-launched set-top box that’ll stream media from Amazon right into your living room. Continue reading →

Tim Cook sends an email to employees on the eve of Steve Jobs’ second death anniversary Posted: 04 Oct 2013 09:51 AM PDT On the eve of the second anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death, Tim Cook has sent an email to employees. Here’s the full text of the email, which was posted by 9to5Mac. Continue reading →

Susan Bennett: The real voice of Siri Posted: 04 Oct 2013 07:19 AM PDT Siri, that personal assistant in each and every iPhone (4S and above), is actually a real person, not some computer generated piece of code. The team at CNN did some digging out, and they discovered that the real Siri isn’t Allison Dufty, as The Verge reported last month, it’s actually a woman from the Atlanta area known as Susan Bennett. She did some voice work in 2005 for a company called GM Voices. GM Voices then worked with ScanSoft, who added Susan’s voice in their database, a database that Apple then used to generate Siri. Continue reading →

Rdio offers radio streaming music service to compete with iTunes Radio Posted: 04 Oct 2013 06:25 AM PDT Rdio is known for its all-you-can-eat streaming radio service that lets you listen to any music track in their catalog. Now, the online music service is looking to take on Pandora and iTunes Radio with a new streaming radio station feature. Continue reading →

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