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AMSTERDAM, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dutch trendsetting website PassedOn (www.passed-on.com), the recently launched digital eWill (Emotional Will) service, signed a deal last week to begin storing a part of their data on Apple's signature iCloud. Due to an overwhelming surge in members within the first two months of its international debut, PassedOn has decided to relocate part of its data onto Apple's iCloud storage. Currently available in 10 languages, PassedOn has drawn near...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online After more than 5 years, Apple has some very strong competition in the smartphone market. As such, many industry analysts have suggested that Apple should release a cheaper iPhone in order to compete in new and emerging markets. While Apple has never done anything which could be considered “cheap,” talk about such a low-priced phone has been strong in recent months. In December, investment research firm Topeka Capital said...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online America has a bit of a love affair with all-things Apple. Not only are these products seen as a status symbol, a piece of somewhat affordable luxury, they’re also quickly adopted and often set the standard by which other products are judged. One could assume, however, that the iPhone maker doesn't get the same kind of reception in other parts of the world. For instance, in the last 12-months, Apple has come under scrutiny...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online As the long legal battle between the two tech giants progresses, reports have surfaced that Tim Cook, the man who succeeded Steve Jobs as Apple’s chief executive, opposed the decision to sue Samsung in April 2011. According to Reuters reporters Poornima Gupta, Miyoung Kim and Dan Levine, individuals “with knowledge of the matter” said that the 52-year-old Cook believed that suing the South Korean firm would be a mistake,...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Rumors that Apple is developing a smart watch have resurfaced in the wake of reports published Sunday that the Cupertino, California-based company is currently testing a curved glass display screen. According to Nick Bilton of the New York Times, the iPad and iPhone manufacturers are “experimenting with wristwatch-like devices made of curved glass.” Citing anonymous sources familiar with the project, Bilton added that the...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online And then, there was one. Last April, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) brought a lawsuit against Apple and five book publishers, claiming these companies had conspired together to fix book prices in order to defeat Amazon. Not looking for any trouble, three of these book publishers settled immediately, leaving Macmillan and Penguin left to fight the DOJ alongside Apple. Penguin reached a settlement this past December. Today,...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Following in Apple’s footsteps, HP is now cracking down on student and underage workers in their factories in China. According to the New York Times, HP has now issued new rules to their factories regarding these workers. These new regulations are even stricter than Apple’s guidelines for their supply chain partners. For instance, HP is now requiring all workers in their factories must be there voluntarily and not against...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online As Apple and Android fight for mobile dominance, analysts continue to play scorekeeper in the Great Smartphone War. And it looks like Android is far from being overtaken as top dog. In a report published yesterday, analyst group Canalys said that smartphone sales have increased and that Android OS and Apple iOS are worlds apart when it comes to market share. However, while the 2 fiercest competitors in mobile may be separated by a...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online New research data from ABI confirms what we've already known for some time: In the global scheme of things, Google's Android is far out pacing Apple's iPhone. All told, there are some 1.4 billion smartphones in the world, 798 million of them Android-based. 294 million of these smartphones are Apple branded devices, leaving 45 million to Windows phone and the remainder going to BlackBerry and the rest. What makes this study so...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Yesterday Apple rolled out a new section of their iBookstore, featuring titles from independent authors. This section, named Breakout Books, serves as further evidence that readers are choosing more independent titles, and Apple’s new platform is helping these authors find a larger audience. Many of the titles found in Breakout Books are distributed by Smashwords Inc., an e-book distributor based in Los Gatos, California that...