Apple News & Mac Rumors

Apple wants to control your car door and starter with the iPhone

Here's yet another stop on the merry-go-round of Apple speculation, this time it is a few patent applications for automobiles. Looks like Apple wants to include a built-in remote unlocker, engine starter, and parking locator in a future iPhone.

iTunes Store turns 10, launches timeline to remind us of iPods and cheezy songs of yore

On April 28, the iTunes Store turns ten years old and Apple has setup a microsite within the iTunes Store highlighting related milestones by year along with the top songs and albums of that year.

Sprint posts lowest new subscriber numbers in 4 years, moves just 1.5 million iPhones

Sprint has posted their lowest new subscriber count since 2009. And while they've been posting quarterly net losses since 2007, they've shaved off some of those figures quite a bit since last year. They're currently entertaining offers of partial and full…

Apple to hold WWDC 2013 on June 10, expect iOS 7 and OS X to feature heavily (Updated, keynote times confirmed)

Apple has finalized the dates for this year's Worldwide Developer Conference. It's to take place on June 10 and last for four days, and we're expecting news on iOS 7 and the future of Apple's OS X desktop software.

Apple’s quiet time continues, as Tim Cook says “amazing” things will come in late 2013 and into 2014

Apple CEO Tim Cook has dropped a very heavy hint we won't be seeing any new product launches from the company this side of the summer, but it has got some exciting things planned for the fall and into 2014.

iPhone 5S likely delayed, iPhone 6 coming in 2014, says analyst

Apple's iPhone 5S has been delayed till August or September. Meanwhile, analysts report that the iPhone 6 will be out next year, and feature a larger screen.

HTC One now available unlocked for just under $600

The HTC One is now available without a contract, following a successful unlocking of its Developer's Edition. The new version is 32GB and significantly cheaper, but removes the unlocked bootloader.

Shanghai Auto Show: Apple and Volkswagen team up to create the ‘iBeetle’

Volkswagen paints the Beetle a couple new colors and comes up with a new limited edition, the iBeetle. More impressively, however, the German automaker designs a new app turning the driver’s iPhone into an extended vehicle instrument cluster.

8 apps to help you lead a greener life (Earth Day Roundup)

Why not try out a few eco-friendly, green apps and do your bit for Earth Day? We round up the best apps on multiple platforms for anyone looking to reduce their negative impact on the planet.

Worst app of the week: ‘Pocket Heat’ kills your iPhone, not frostbite

When Pocket Heat worked, it nearly set your phone ablaze and drowned its battery. Now it doesn't work and still costs $1. We can't decide if it's worth more now that it doesn't work or not. Either way, it's a pretty awful app.

Volkswagen iBeetle offers built-in iPhone dock, custom app

Designed to take advantage of the massive popularity of Apple's iPhone 5, the Volkswagen iBeetle offers a variety of custom options that will appeal to anyone obsessed with Apple products.

Hands on: Twitter #Music hits the right note on discovery, goes tone-deaf on streaming

The newly launched Twitter #Music app may allow you to discover your next favorite band. But when it comes to streaming the songs you want to listen to, #Music hits all the wrong notes.

Siri is a secret spy! It reports your dirty questions back to Apple

Apple recently confirmed that questions asked to Siri are stored by the company for two years. However, the company claims that the stored data is kept completely anonymous, disassociated with the user's phone number or Apple ID.

Rumor: iPad 5 to be lighter and thinner than previous model

The latest gossip suggests a lighter, thinner iPad will debut this year with mass production hitting its height from August to September.

The Unity Engine designer unveils his first title, ‘Static Sky’

Nicholar Francis has had a profound impact on the modern gaming landscape thanks to his work on the Unity Engine, but not thanks to his own games. His new studio Framebunker looks to change that. Its very first game, a sci-fi tactical shooter for tablets, is…