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The Latest Steve Jobs Action Figure Is a Horrifying Mutant

The Japanese Jobs fanboys at Legend Toys absolutely nailed the face of the late Apple tycoon on its newest action figure. It’s a phenomenal job. But, quick question—why are his hands the size of skateboards? Really! The stubble, the glasses, the nose—it’s like the toymakers scanned his face before he was sent to the Foxconn…

This iPad Mini Ad Parody Is Actually Better Than the Original

Apple’s iPad mini ad is almost as adorable as the shrunken tablet itself, featuring it and its larger sibling playing a duet of Heart and Soul. But what about the rest of Apple’s hardware? They’re seemingly given the cold shoulder, which is what prompted the folks at Cinesaurus to create this all-encompassing parody that even…

You Can Finally Charge Your iPhone 5 with Normal USB Cords

The new iPhone (and new iPads’) cable connector has been about as controversial as a gadget cable connector can get. It’s smaller, which is nice, but it’s expensive and incompatible with everything. Which is why I love this little adapter. The EU already forces Apple to sell this adapter, which will turn any Micro USB…

Apple’s Not Saying How Many iPad Minis It Sold

Apple doesn’t hesitate to trumpet its successes, but its first public acknowledgement of iPad mini sales is mostly notable for how much it doesn’t say. The company’s crowing this morning focused on total iPad opening weekend sales of three million; that’s iPad mini and fourth-generation iPads combined. And, for all we know, still-available iPad 2…

Seems movie ticket purchasing may be coming to Siri with iOS 6.1: a Fandango backend will help buy tickets. [9to5mac]

Apple Only Pays 1.9 Percent Tax Outside the US

According to an international financial statement filed by Apple, the company manages to pay just 1.9 percent income tax on its foreign earnings, meaning it pays a mere $713 million in tax on earnings of $36.8 billion. Despite making less the year previous, earning just $24 billion outside the US in the fiscal year ending…

The iPad Mini Costs $141 More Than Its Components Add Up To

According to a teardown by IHS, renowned estimator of how much companies actually pay for components, Apple’s iPad Mini carries a $188 cost of materials. You know how Google and Amazon are just barely breaking even on their tiny tablets? This is the opposite of that. For some perspective, the 16GB Nexus 7 carries a…

Apple Hides Its Latest Samsung Apology With Some Clever Code

The saga of Apple’s court-enforced public apology to Samsung continues. The first, newspaper-printed mea culpa read as too tongue-in-cheek for the judge’s liking. Now it turns out that the follow-up, a condensed contrition on the Apple Store’s UK home page, has come with a few caveats as well. Namely, that you have to go hunting…

Apple Posts Its Apology To Samsung, But For Real This Time

After trying to be snarky and biting with its court ordered apology to Samsung, and being reprimanded by the UK court and told to fix it, Apple has now put a second, simple, much less back-handledly “Samsung’s dumb and we’re the coolest” apology on their UK webpage. Hopefully this will be the end of it.…

The iPad Mini’s Screen Isn’t Retina But Its Pixels Are Super Small Compared to the iPad 2

The biggest beef that people will have with the iPad Mini (other than price, that is) is that it doesn’t come with a pixel dense Retina Display. It’s the only new iOS device-iPad 4, iPhone 5, iPod Touch-that doesn’t have one. But it turns out, its screen is still much better than the iPad 2…

Exclusive Interview With Chinese People Who Are Totally Not in iPad Reselling Ring

Names have been withheld to protect the innocent Gizmodo: So, what are you here to buy? Lady 1: iPad Gizmodo: iPad 4 or iPad mini? Lady 1: Both! Gizmodo: Which one’s for you? Lady 1: I like the mini. Gizmodo: So you’re going to keep the mini? Lady 1: 16 gigabytes Lady 2: Something in…

Someone Already Built an iPad Mini Into a Car

Want an iPad Mini but you’re not sure it really fits into your already many-screened gadget line-up? Soundwaves of Tampa have an idea. Why not use it to turn your car stereo into an iDevice? The iPad Mini only went on sale this morning, but these guys had a custom dash in a 2012 Toyota…

Here’s Your Obligatory iPad Mini Drop Test

With every new Apple gadget, you’ve got to have a drop test to see how it fares in clumsy hands. This test from SquareTrade pits the new iPad mini against its big brother the iPad 3, and chief rival the Nexus 7. All and all, it holds up pretty well, but nothing is invincible. It’s…

Apple’s Arial Apology Hits the UK Newspapers

Apple’s apology to Samsung has hit the printed newspapers today. It’s shorter than the one it was ordered to rewrite, but does it sound like Apple means it this time? As with the apology that appeared on Apple’s web site, this “apology” isn’t called an apology and doesn’t contain the word “sorry” or anything vaguely…

New iPad Teardown: Just How Different Is It?

The new iPad came out the blue, its launch feeling a bit awkward, booting out as it did a perfectly good iPad 3 in the process. Still, reviews have been positive – but just how different is it on the inside? Short answer: not very. To the untrained eye, in fact, it’s tough to tell…

You Can Jailbreak iOS 6.01 Already

iOS 6.01 just came out today and Redsn0w can already jailbreak it. The jailbreak doesn’t work on newer hardware, only on iPhones and iPads that have an A4 chip and lower. Meaning: iPhone 5 or new iPad owners, hold tight. The rest of you, you have a jailbreak option. The Redsn0w jailbreak of iOS 6.01…

Wine Simplified Is an iOS App That’ll Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Wine

As you grow a little bit older and stop taking as many tequila shots on a random Tuesday night, you’ll inevitably venture into the pinky raised world of drinking wine. It’s scary! It’s intimidating! It’s snooty! But it doesn’t have to be, you can learn everything you need to know about wine with an iOS…

iOS Update 6.0.1 Is Out, and It’s Mostly Bug Fixes

Apple just pushed out an update for iOS. Great! It’s almost all bug fixes. Uh… still great, sort of. Here’s the list: Fixes a bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air. Fixes a bug where horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard. Fixes an issue that could cause…

Scott Forstall’s Most Heinous Crimes Against Humanity

Scott “Wild West” Forstall is dunzo at Apple-and for good reason. Everyone except Steve Jobs hated him, and his design ideas were appalling. However, as an Apple alum he’ll still spend the rest of his life unimaginably rich. There will never be justice for what he did to us. Below, the worst of his terrible…

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Bob Mansfield’s Back at Apple Because Everyone Hated Scott Forstall Apple’s former senior vice president of Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield has pulled a Michael Jordan and come out of retirement, just after Scott Forstall was pushed out. Coincidental timing? Not a chance, says AllThingsD. Mansfield retired in August, but came back to Apple in June…