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Apple Considering Twitter Takeover in 2013?

Twitter is a hot topic these days and is only set to get bigger and bigger in 2013, especially as it is now seen as a viable tool for other companies to make money. This may have also put it within the radar of companies looking for a possible acquisition. Is it possible that Apple may be considering a Twitter takeover in 2013? The value of Twitter has increased dramatically, so only a company with seriously [...]

Woman Tasered by Police After Attempting to Buy Too Many iPhones

A 44-year-old Chinese woman named Xiaojie Li is reported to have been tasered at a mall in the US after an apparent misunderstanding about the number of iPhones she could purchase from an Apple store. Last Friday Li bought two iPhones from an Apple store in Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua, N.H., as that was the limit imposed at that particular store. She wanted to buy more phones though which she claims were [...]

Black Friday Sales up 20% From Last Year

Black Friday is a popular time in the United States as people flock to the stores after Thanksgiving to gain thousands of discounts on all the best items. Amazon was the big choice for online sales and discounts, where Walmart, Target and many others picked up consumers from all over the United States. This year sales were up an amazing 21 percent from last year. We take a look at [...]

Google Launches Underwater "Street View"

All of the grumbling and disapproval of Apple’s new Maps application gives competing developers the perfect opportunity to shine. One major omission is the Street View feature, which is a part of Google Maps exclusively. Recently, Google released Street View onto their mobile browser edition of the application. We have learned that this was not only project Google has been working on to improve Maps – enter: Underwater Street View. [...]

Man Finds Curious Factory Photo on iPhone 5

When buying a new iPhone, you expect it to be untouched; sealed in the infamous cellophane of the sleekly designed iPhone box. You assume the manufacturing process goes pretty smoothly without a hiccup or much human interaction. However, when powering on his new iPhone 5 for the first time, Brent found an unexpected image already saved to the Camera Roll. As Brent reported to AppleInsider, his brand new iPhone 5, shipped directly from China contained [...]

Am I Eligible to Upgrade My iPhone?

New releases and announcements from Apple always leave us thinking. “I gotta have it”. Its fun to stay caught up with the latest technology and have the hottest new gadgets, but due to those pesky mobile contracts, we aren’t always eligible to get the devices we want at an affordable price! Anticipating numerous amounts of people asking this very question, the three main iPhone carriers in the U.S. make it [...]

AT&T Activates LTE in Four Major Cities

With the iPhone 5 release just hours away, AT&T is making some important, last-minute upgrades to the network. Since the new iPhone model is LTE compatible, it has seriously forced compatible phone companies around the world to ‘beef-up’ the coverage of the advanced wireless technology. Starting on the West coast of the United States, AT&T announced yesterday that LTE was officially operational in Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon and Honolulu, Hawaii. [...]

What is the iTunes Music Festival?

The trouble with many concerts is that you pay to see one band play their hit songs for one single night; perhaps a few hours in total. While it may have been a great show, you are still limited to that one style and genre of music by the same single band. What if you were able to see all of your favorite bands in one venue? What if the [...]

Apple controller?

Apple files a patent where  they seem to be talking about – a videogame controller? While a lot of articles on the web say that Apple was working on a dedicated Gaming console, Suckmytrend.com had already figured out that the plans shown were actually a technology that was made with the mindset of working togheter with next-gen consoles. The technology is based on Apple’s “Near Field Communication” or NFC for short. For [...]

Apple Credentials No Longer Required for Free-App Downloads in iOS 6

In each new beta rollout of iOS 6, developers are discovering more and more features all the time. Aside from major new features such as Passbook, Facebook integration, and Siri upgrades, Apple is incorporating many additional, less advertised tweaks and improvements. Though it has been available to Android users for the life of the platform, the ability to download free apps from the App Store without having to enter an [...]