On Saturday night, at precisely 9:19 and 30 seconds, my iPhone, my iPad, my computer and, for all I know, my toaster were informed that Herman Cain had endorsed Newt Gingrich . The ping-ping of the devices suggested that something momentous had happened — alerts from both The Post and the New York Times — but in fact it was just additional evidence that the Republican Party has become a circus: One clown endorsed another. Read full article > >

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A reporter will discuss the challenges posed by increasingly globalized high-tech industries, based on a deep look inside the economics of Apple’s manufacturing.

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Economix Blog: Charles Duhigg Responds to Readers on Apple and the iEconomy

The New York Philharmonic concertgoer whose marimba tone interrupted a performance, resulting in its stoppage, says he hasn’t slept in days.

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Ringing Finally Ended, but There’s No Button to Stop Shame

Jonathan Ive, the designer behind the iPhone, iPod and iPad, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.

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Knighthood for Apple design head

Motorola Mobility can try to force Apple to remove its products from Germany’s stores after winning a patent case against the iPhone-maker.

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Motorola wins Apple patent fight

Steve Jobs originally wanted Apple to be able to operate the iPhone without help from carriers. That’s what John Stanton, a venture capitalist and wireless industry veteran, told his audience at a Seattle speech Monday, IDG News reported . According to Stanton, when Jobs was first percolating ideas about the handset from 2005-2007, he discussed the plausibility of going around carriers and using the unlicensed spectrum that WiFi networks rely on for the phones. Read full article > >

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Report: Steve Jobs wanted Apple to be a wireless carrier

Walmart has unveiled new apps for the iPad and the iPhone that allow shoppers to browse inventory at their local store, scan products and create voice-activated shopping lists. The iPad app debuted last week and the response has been “phenomenal,” said Gibu Thomas, Walmart’s senior vice president of mobile and digital. The new version of the iPhone app includes both a bar code scanner and a QR code scanner. The new voice-activated shopping list can also help customers find coupons and provides a running tally of the bill. Read full article > >

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Walmart introduces new iPhone, iPad apps

Siri, Apple’s new artificial intelligent software on the iPhone 4S, has been part of some interesting conversations.

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Noticed: When Your Phone Humors You – Noticed

The iPhone is the latest in a succession of status objects that have fostered urban crime.

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Big City: Easy to Use, or Steal, iPhone Inches Out of Reach

Heather E. Henderson sat down for lunch one recent afternoon at Bourbon Steak, the Georgetown Four Seasons restaurant where she’s a regular. She ordered raw oysters, Singapore noodles and one of the head bartender’s house-made apple sodas. Then, she engaged her lunch companion: the iPhone that has commanded — or at least divided — Henderson’s attention on countless eating excursions. Read full article > >

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Solo diners find a new companion right at their fingertips

Apple is using its scale and prowess to deliver products at more aggressive prices, giving it more industry power.

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Apple’s Lower Prices Are All Part of The Plan

Apple customers are not happy after having problems upgrading to the new version of the iPhone’s mobile operating system , iOS 5, on Wednesday. Taking to Twitter, Facebook and Apple’s support forums, users reported that their phones and tablets had been wiped — or worse, bricked. So many people were having problems with the update that the upgrading error message, “error 3200,” nabbed a spot as a worldwide trending topic on Twitter. Read full article > >

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iPhone iOS 5 upgrades: serious headaches

Early reviews of the iPhone 4S may have been uniformly great, bordering on glowing. But the best part of Wednesday’s coverage of Apple’s latest has been reviewers’ transcripts of their conversations with Siri — the personal assistant. Initial reports revealed that Siri’s got answers for just about everything from pop culture queries to math problems. She’s even got an answer to the eternal question, “What is the meaning of life?” that pays homage to Monty Python . But she’s also shown she has a good sense of humor. Read full article > >

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iPhone’s Siri shows off her sense of humor

The iPhone 4S is loaded with dazzlers: faster speed, a camera that takes crisper shots, global reach and transformative voice recognition.

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State of the Art: IPhone 4S Conceals Sheer Magic – Pogue

Part of Steve Jobs’s legacy will be the lessons learned by those who worked closely with him over the years.

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Steve Jobs and the Power of Taking the Big Chance