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• Rumor: Apple TV with the same A7 chip inside the iPhone 5s and iPad Air to come out in 2014
• Retina iPad mini Benchmarks confirms 5x performance improvement over original iPad mini, 7% slower than iPad Air
• iPad Air vs. Retina iPad mini in Photos
• Retina iPad mini Unboxing Photos
• Roundup of Retina iPad Mini first impressions, part two
• Apple, GT Advanced and ion cannons may pave the way for sapphire displays
• Developers now allowed to generate 100 promo codes per app release
• Steve Jobs called Android founder Andy Rubin “Big Arrogant F***”
• Steve Jobs Inducted Into Bay Area Business Hall of Fame, Eddy Cue accepts award with emotional speech
• Retina iPad mini benchmarks reveal A7 chip clocked at 1.3GHz, 5X better performance than original iPad mini

Rumor: Apple TV with the same A7 chip inside the iPhone 5s and iPad Air to come out in 2014 Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:01 AM PST Just about every device running iOS also runs on Apple’s brand new 64-bit A7 chip. Only two notable exceptions come to mind: The Apple TV and the iPod touch. The latter might cease to exists, but with regards to the former, rumor has it that the Apple TV will be refreshed in 2014 with A7 in tow. The source of the rumor is none other than KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a pretty solid track record when it comes to this stuff. He says Apple’s goal is to sell a little over 8 million of these faster Apple TVs next year. Continue reading →

Retina iPad mini Benchmarks confirms 5x performance improvement over original iPad mini, 7% slower than iPad Air Posted: 13 Nov 2013 01:31 AM PST John Poole of Primate Labs reports that the Geekbench 3 benchmarks suggest that the Retina iPad mini is powered by a 1.3GHz A7 chip like the iPhone 5s, which is 100Mhz slower than iPad Air’s 1.4GHz A7 chip, just as we had reported yesterday.  Continue reading →

iPad Air vs. Retina iPad mini in Photos Posted: 12 Nov 2013 11:47 PM PST Now that Apple has unexpectedly launched the Retina iPad mini, we’ve finally got a chance to compare the two iPads. The most interesting thing about the new iPads this year, is that in terms of specifications they’re exactly the same, expect for the screen size of course and slower clock speed of Retina iPad mini’s A7 chip. Continue reading →

Retina iPad mini Unboxing Photos Posted: 12 Nov 2013 10:04 PM PST After months of rumors and speculations, the day that we've been eagerly waiting for has finally arrived. Apple's iPad mini with Retina Display went on sale in several countries earlier today (to our surprise). Continue reading →

Roundup of Retina iPad Mini first impressions, part two Posted: 12 Nov 2013 04:25 PM PST Apple quietly launched the retina iPad mini today, with the highly anticipated tablet just appearing on Apple’s online storefront. We saw a round of hands-on reviews following Apple’s October from event attendees. Now that the Retina mini is in the hands of the public, another set of more detailed first impressions are starting to hit the Internet. Read on to see what these early adopters have to say about Apple’s next generation 7.9-inch device. Continue reading →

Apple, GT Advanced and ion cannons may pave the way for sapphire displays Posted: 12 Nov 2013 03:28 PM PST We are going to hear a lot about sapphire in the coming years now that Apple has partnered with GT Advanced Technologies to produce the material. One of the latest articles on the subject, penned by Matthew Panzarino of TechCrunch, discusses the manufacturing process behind the material. Apple it turns out picked a perfect partner in GT Advanced and may find itself at the forefront of innovation when it comes to synthetic sapphire production. Continue reading →

Developers now allowed to generate 100 promo codes per app release Posted: 12 Nov 2013 02:06 PM PST As originally spotted by Realmac, Apple has doubled the number of promo codes available to developers in the iTunes Connect section of the developer’s portal. This allotment of codes  is replenished with each new version of an app. Continue reading →

Steve Jobs called Android founder Andy Rubin “Big Arrogant F***” Posted: 12 Nov 2013 12:19 PM PST We knew from Steve Jobs’ biography that he didn’t like Android much, and that he wanted to “destroy Android, because it's a stolen product.” According to a new book called Dogfight, Jobs didn’t like former Android head Andy Rubin much either, calling him a “big arrogant f**k.” Continue reading →

Steve Jobs Inducted Into Bay Area Business Hall of Fame, Eddy Cue accepts award with emotional speech Posted: 12 Nov 2013 11:43 AM PST Steve Jobs was posthumously inducted into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame last Thursday by the Bay Area Council for being a great business leader, and making significant contributions in the field of technology. Continue reading →

Retina iPad mini benchmarks reveal A7 chip clocked at 1.3GHz, 5X better performance than original iPad mini Posted: 12 Nov 2013 10:07 AM PST The Retina iPad mini went on sale today, with select reviewers having already received the device from Apple. As you’d expect Geekbench scores for the device are out, and reveal that like the iPhone 5s, the iPad mini’s A7 chip too is running at 1.3GHz. Continue reading →

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