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• OS X Mavericks motion tracking is helpful, not harmful
• Launch day iPad Air popular among iPad owners
• Best Buy, Apple and others price match Walmart’s discounted 16GB iPad Air
• Plugin allows developers to mine bitcoins while you play their games
• Google Maps updated with improved hotel search results and transit directions
• Touch ID sensor paired to iPhone 5s’ A7 chip to prevent it from being swapped
• iPad Air Unboxing Video and Hands-on
• Samsung tops Apple in JD Power tablet customer satisfaction ratings, but doubts raised over methodology
• How to check iPad Air availability at all nearby Apple Stores
• iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c went on sale in India and 15 new countries today

OS X Mavericks motion tracking is helpful, not harmful Posted: 01 Nov 2013 05:11 PM PDT OS X Mavericks contains code that senses movement and reset idle time when motion was detected. This discovery hit the Internet like wildfire with people offering a wide range of reasons why Mavericks would want to track your movement. A follow-up report from The Verge reveals this is meant to benefit users, not spy on them. Continue reading →

Launch day iPad Air popular among iPad owners Posted: 01 Nov 2013 04:37 PM PDT Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster surveyed launch day iPad Air customers and found that most were iPad owners who were upgrading. Based on the information he gathered in this survey, Munster believe the US iPad market is becoming increasingly saturated. Continue reading →

Best Buy, Apple and others price match Walmart’s discounted 16GB iPad Air Posted: 01 Nov 2013 03:23 PM PDT After the iPad Air was announced, Walmart followed up with its own announcement that confirmed the retailer would sell the iPad Air at a discount. Instead of the full $499 price tag for the 16GB, WiFi-only model, Walmart is selling the tablet device for $479. Continue reading →

Plugin allows developers to mine bitcoins while you play their games Posted: 01 Nov 2013 02:38 PM PDT Icoplay’s Simon Hill talked to PocketGamer recently about freemium games and how bitcoin may revolutionize the world of in-game purchases. We could be at the cusp of a brave, new world where in-app purchases are a thing of the past and smartphone processing power is harnessed to produce virtual currency. Continue reading →

Google Maps updated with improved hotel search results and transit directions Posted: 01 Nov 2013 01:33 PM PDT Google has updated its popular Google Maps app for iOS with key improvements in hotel search results and transit directions. Bug fixes round out the list of changes in version 2.4.3 of the app. Continue reading →

Touch ID sensor paired to iPhone 5s’ A7 chip to prevent it from being swapped Posted: 01 Nov 2013 01:06 PM PDT The security measures Apple has put into place for the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 5s are quite incredible. There’s the “secure enclave” within Apple’s new A7 chip that holds all the encrypted fingerprint data, and today a new security measure has been discovered that prevents Touch IDs from being swapped on an iPhone 5s. Continue reading →

iPad Air Unboxing Video and Hands-on Posted: 01 Nov 2013 01:04 PM PDT After months of rumors and speculations, iPad Air went on sale in 42 countries earlier today. The new iPad Air sports an iPad mini-like design, is much thinner and lighter than the iPad 4. It is powered by Apple’s new A7 chip with 1GB RAM. Continue reading →

Samsung tops Apple in JD Power tablet customer satisfaction ratings, but doubts raised over methodology Posted: 01 Nov 2013 12:20 PM PDT Apple often likes to cite J.D. Power’s customer satisfaction ratings in its keynotes to highlight how its devices are the best in market, even if they don’t have the highest market share. But in J.D. Power’s latest tablet customer satisfaction report, it was Samsung and not Apple who topped the ratings. Continue reading →

How to check iPad Air availability at all nearby Apple Stores Posted: 01 Nov 2013 11:04 AM PDT The iPad Air went on sale today in more than 40 countries all over the world, and supplies are starting to dry up, with higher capacity models being the most affected. If you’re heading to your nearby Apple Store to buy the iPad Air, here’s a way you can get to know if the store has enough stock. Continue reading →

iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c went on sale in India and 15 new countries today Posted: 01 Nov 2013 10:29 AM PDT We’ve been so busy covering iPad Air launched related news, that we almost forgot that today was the third wave of iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c launch. iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c went on sale in 16 new countries earlier today. Continue reading →

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