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Foxconn, the primary assembler for Apple products, went on a massive hiring spree, indicating that production of the iPhone 5 could be underway, according to Asian news source M.I.C. Gadget.

Early on the morning of March 16, Wong Tat joined a line of about 100 people waiting for the launch of the new iPad in a chilly rain outside an Apple store on the outskirts of San Francisco.

Disagreement emerged on Sunday over the re-listing of an electronic stock exchange that suffered a high-profile crash last week, a breakdown that forced it to unwind its initial public offering of shares.

BATS Global Markets, the U.S. exchange operator that withdrew its public offering Friday after a computer glitch sent its newly-issued stock into a tailspin, should develop a "credible IPO plan" and go through with it in the second quarter, its founder and current director said.

Apple's new iPad barely hit the shelves just over a week ago, but complaints are already starting to pile up. While the highly anticipated tablet packs some exciting features such as Retina display, quad core graphics and 5-megapixel iSight camera, there are also a few glitches in the matrix.

In today's competitive world, Microsoft and Apple are known rivals and each does its best to reach the top and gain a larger share of the market. With such tough rivalry, it makes sense to promote and use your own products, instead of the competition's. On this note, Microsoft is now banning purchases of Apple products with company funds.

Last year, Apple managed to sell roughly 30 million iPhones in the last quarter alone. Since it launched the iPhone 4S, it sold about 20 million units of the handset, making it one of the best sellers in the history of smartphones. The next iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, is expected to be even more popular. Analysts forecast that Apple will sell about 50 million iPhone 5 units in 2012 and 2013.

Apple's new iPad is being criticized for some shortcomings, and one of the complaints are related to the yellow tint found in the Retina display of the new tablet.

The new iPad is the first 4G device from Apple and the next iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, is all set to be second. But a job posting at Apple Web site reveals that the tech giant may add more connectivity features to the upcoming iPhone.

iPhone 5 rumor mill has been supercharged into overdrive in the past few months with speculations flying all around the media world, faster than any product's news in the super smartphone arena.

When Apple release its third generation iPad with 4G LTE connectivity, it was assumed that the next iPhone will also be 4G LTE-enabled. Now it is almost confirmed that the assumption are true as iOS v5.1 code unveils the notion of 4G iPhone.

Apple' new iPad is a lot like iPad 2, except when it come to Smart Covers. Smart Covers, unveiled in 2011 along with iPad 2, are one of the coolest features of iPad. Along with adding fancy to the tablet, smart covers also offer ease of use functionality. Covering the tablet's screen with smart cover makes the iPad go to sleep and opening the cover wakes up the tablet. But now most of the smart covers on the new iPad do not work in the way as they were supposed to be or they used to work o...

At a time when the tech world is busy churning the rumor mill about Apple TV, a recent report from Patently Apple also added iPhone 5 to the scene, saying that the Cupertino-based tech giant might offer a universal remote control feature to upcoming iPhones and possibly iPads.

Apple's recently released New iPad has received an overwhelming response from many of its users. But at the same time, the device is not free from criticisms.

Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), putting Nokia and other Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone.

Because of serious glitches in equity-market trading operations on Friday, Bats Global Markets Inc. announced it has scuttled its planned initial public offering, which had been scheduled to close on March 28.

Stocks rose in light volume on Friday, buoyed by rising energy and basic materials shares, as the S&P 500 kept showing resilience even as it posted its second negative week so far this year.

Research In Motion plans to give developers a prototype BlackBerry 10 device to help them design applications for future smartphones that will run on a modified version of the software running RIM's poor-selling PlayBook tablet.

When Anton Marinovich turned 18, his grandmother gave him $1,000 with strict instructions to invest in the stock market. He chose Apple Inc

According to iMore's editor-in-chief Rene Ritchie, the iPhone 5 will retain the current 3.5-inch screen as its predecessors, but add a few new features like 4G LTE and a micro dock before Apple releases the device in October 2012.

Apple shares took a tumble on Friday, taking a nine percent plunge in stock prices due to a technical system glitch, causing a flash crash on the BATS (Better Alternative Trading System) exchange on the same day BATS launched its IPO. The error also affected BATS stock to drop 4.7%, prompting a halt on the trading of its own shares.

Just one week since has passed since Apple's new iPad went on sale, and there's already trouble in paradise. Many owners of the brand new tablet have complained about excessive warmth - the new iPad can get up to 13 degrees warmer than the iPad 2 during normal operation. But there's a bigger gripe - users are complaining about how the battery of the new tablet charges.

After announcing plans of surpassing Apple in the Chinese market, Microsoft has taken another shot at the Cupertino-based tech titan by rivaling the new iPad's Retina display. If manufacturers hold their end of the bargain, Windows 8 tablets and hybrids will feature displays that rival, or even exceed, the new iPad's Retina display, Microsoft said.

Rovio is working on getting its new Angry Birds Space game to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform (WP7), its chief executive said on Friday, putting Nokia and other Windows phones more on a par with the iPhone.

One of the biggest complaints from new iPad owners is that the tablet takes too long to charge, but a new study has found that it might be worth the wait.

Much of iPhone 5 rumored specs are predictions based upon the new iPad features, smartphone rivalry/competition and Apple's behavior. Rumors about the next iPhone featuring 4.6-inch display are neither based on iPad nor on Apple's behavior. It is just a false prediction based on the day-by-day hardening competition in the market where rivals like Samsung, Motorola and HTC are releasing some big-screen Android smartphones.

Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S3, may be seeing a release date in the near future. The new device may be unveiled on May 22nd, according to technology news site Geek.com.

When Samsung Electronics rushed its first smartphone to market in a panicky response to the smash-hit debut of the Apple iPhone, some customers burned the product on the streets or hammered it to bits in public displays of disaffection.

Apple's third generation tablet, dubbed the new iPad, has been on sales for almost a week and it is coming to 24 more countries today. According to Apple, more than 3 million units of the new iPad have been sold. The new iPad is grabbing headlines, not just because it is a very popular product, but also it boasts of a marvelous screen resolution (2048 X 1536 pixels). However, the new Apple tablet is catching unwanted attention - users are complaining of poor Wi-Fi reception and the number of ...