Following up on yesterday’s report claiming that Apple’s supply chain is set to begin gearing up for the introduction of 32-inch and 37-inch television sets in 2012, Digitimes now claims to have received more information about companies likely to play roles in supplying components for the products. Among the highest-profile companies involved in the rumors is Apple’s primary iOS device manufacturing partner, Foxconn, which is said to also be likely to win the contract for assembly of the television set products.
Category: Technology news
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Apple Pushing to Introduce iPad 3 on Steve Jobs’ February 24th Birthday?
FocusTaiwan reports (via 9to5Mac) that Apple pushing its manufacturing partners to meet deadlines that would allow the company to launch the iPad on Steve Jobs’ birthday, February 24th.
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iiNet to buy Internode
iiNet has announced that it will acquire rival South Australian internet service provider (ISP) Internode for $105 million.
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Unveiling the RMIT air-powered motorbike
A clean and green motorcycle prototype designed by RMIT University student Dean Benstead has been unveiled at the 2011 Sydney Motorcycle and Scooter Show.
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Aussie hacks Siri to automate home
An Australian man has become one of the first to hack the iPhone 4S voice recognition app Siri but his motives were not sinister – he wants to use the smartphone as a home automation tool.
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Apple On Track for NFC-Enabled iPhone in 2012?
Following conflicting rumors about whether the iPhone 4S would include near field communication (NFC) technology (rumors that were eventually decided in the negative), Digitimes reports that Apple is indeed one of the vendors still expected to introduce NFC-enabled operating system software (and thus hardware) in 2012.
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Kiwi library in trademark fight with US corporation
A small New Zealand library is fighting to keep its trademark free software from the clutches of a United States corporation.
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iOS 5.0.2 Not Coming This Week?
Macerkopf.de follows up their original iOS 5.0.2 report and now says the 5.0.2 update won’t be coming this week, as originally reported.
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Code Strings Hint at Possible iChat Services for iOS
RazorianFly points to a Tweet from developer John Heaton revealing strings within the iOS code making reference to iChat-related services such as Jabber and AIM that are not currently supported directly by Apple on iOS.
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Teenage Honduran builds open source eye-tracking computer interface for the disabled
This unique and worthwhile project was put together by a 17-year-old electronics and programming whiz from Honduras, of all places.