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Apple Store Coming to University Park’s Mall at University Town Center

After years of rumors and whispers, the Apple Store is officially coming to the Mall at University Town Center. Apple applied Friday for a building permit for a new retail…

Apple Adds ‘Selfie’ Section to App Store

Apple appears to be the latest entity to jump on the selfie bandwagon, adding a new section to its App Store dedicated solely to apps that are ideal for taking…

A Tragic Wake-Up Call for SXSW?

AUSTIN, Texas — A drum kit stood assembled and cans of beer were piled in a bucket. But otherwise, the outdoor stage at Cheer Up Charlie’s was empty Thursday afternoon,…

Google Glass Game ‘Global Food Fight’ Ready for Release

Google Glass owners have attracted bemusement — and outright hostility — for showing off the novel wearable computer, which can access the Internet and take photos. But come Thursday, the…

United Airlines to Offer Free Movies on Apple iOS Devices

Starting next month, United Airlines will let users watch hundreds of movies and TV shows free on their laptops and Apple iOS mobile devices. The airline said customers with compatible…

SXSW Music Picks: Watch Keith Urban, Pitbull, Kendrick Lamar for Free!

Kendrick Lamar, Keith Urban, Soundgarden and Pitbull are among the big-name acts scheduled to perform at the first-ever iTunes Festival at SXSW. It might just be the hottest ticket of…

Groups Protest Chemicals Used in Apple’s iPhone

Apple’s labor practices are under attack by two activist groups who contend the company makes its iPhones with a hazardous mix of chemicals that threaten the health of factory workers…

Starbucks Upgrades iPhone App to Allow Digital Tipping

Starbucks customers using the company’s iPhone app will be able to show some love to their baristas by tipping them through their smartphones starting March 19. The Seattle coffee giant…

NASA Visualization Explorer Now Available For iOS

The popular NASA Visualization Explorer app, first launched for the iPad in July 2011, is now available for the iPhone and all Apple iOS devices. The app, which features the…

SXSW: Snowden Talks of Internet Security

AUSTIN Declaring that the U.S. government is “setting fire to the future of the Internet” by spying on Americans and being unaccountable for that, former National Security Agency contractor Edward…

Missing Malaysian Jet: You Can Help!

Satellite Imagery Provider Invites Public’s Help Missing Airplane: Malaysia Airlines MH370 Click Here to Help Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vanished somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam…

Disney TV Exec Sweeney Leaving to Direct TV Shows

Anne Sweeney, a top Disney television executive who helped bring ABC TV shows to Apple’s iTunes digital store, is leaving the company in January 2015. Sweeney, co-chair of Disney Media…

Kickstarter Campaign for Neil Young’s PonoMusic System Starts Strongly

One of Neil Young’s not-so-whimsical mottoes has long been “Quality — whether you want it or not,” but it appears there’s a population of music fans that does want it,…

SXSW 2014: Watch Coldplay Concert for Free

Coldplay will open the first-ever iTunes Festival at SXSW on Tuesday. It might just be the hottest ticket of the 2014 South by Southwest, which runs through Sunday in Austin,…

Apple is Asking Record Labels for Exclusive iTunes Releases

Apple has begun pressuring the major record companies to offer new releases exclusively through its iTunes store — a move that would initially block availability on streaming services such as…