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Walmart has partnered with Apple and TracFone subsidiary Straight Talk Wireless to sell the popular iPhone 5 sans contract, at a low price of $45 per month.

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday repeated a new rumor that Apple is working on a cheap iPhone model. But the nearly constant flow of rumors about Apple devices often leads tech-lovers to premature exuberance.

You'd think if Apple wanted to make a low-cost iPhone, it would be small.

Apple just updated its online store with new information about its redesigned 27-inch iMacs, which will now ship between three to four weeks.

OS X Mountain Lion is now the most widely used version of Mac's desktop operating system, which is now running on roughly a third of all Macs.

Apple announced on Monday that iOS customers have downloaded more than 40 billion apps from its mobile App Store, with almost 20 billion of those downloads coming in 2012 alone.

The iRadio, Apple's planned radio streaming service akin to Pandora, is reportedly still in the works.

Spotify has removed a feature from its desktop application that allowed users to purchase and download new music in an effort to "simplify" its service.

Apple's Q1 2013 earnings will be the first report to include sales for the iPhone 5, iPad Mini, iPad 4, and all holiday sales as well.

Apple may be pursuing a new kind of touch panel technology for its next-generation iPhone. Innolux's "Touch On Display" panels are thin, tough and more touch-sensitive.

With new Apple devices come brand new accessories, and we've rounded up some of our favorite cases and other additions for the iPhone 5.

A federal judge in California threw out a fraud claim by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) that Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) infringed upon the name App Store.

Apple has reacted to the “Do Not Disturb” bug issue and posted a support document on its website saying that the troubling bug in iOS 6 would automatically be fixed from Jan. 7 onwards.

Analysts believe Apple will sell its next-generation iPhone, the iPhone 6, in a greater variety of sizes and colors to sell to more customers in international and lower-income markets.

By removing annoying obstacles and adding logical and desired features, iOS 7 can bring Apple one step closer to the perfect mobile operating system.

Tech fans have anticipated Apple's iPhone 5 release date for the past year, and now that 2013 has begun focus has shifted to the company's next release. New identifiers found in developer logs hint that Apple could be testing its next generation smartphone, presumably the iPhone '6.'

Advanced Micro Devices, United States Steel, Deutsche Bank, Hewlett-Packard, Bank of America, Apple, Citigroup, Facebook, BP Plc and ArcelorMittal are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday.

In 2012, battles were fought on retail shelves, on TV ads, and in social media and courtrooms -- and living rooms -- around the world.

Competing with Amazon's Kindle has been costly for Barnes & Noble, the world's largest bookstore chain.

This past year didn't come without its fair share of failures. Check out our list of the top five tech flops from 2012.

Here we compare all the tablets released this year to determine the best overall slate in the 7- and 10-inch categories.

A slew of smartphones were released in 2012, from multiple Android models to Windows Phone 8 to Apple's iPhone 5 -- the best of all.

Marvell Technology Group, General Electric, Nokia Corp, Siemens AG, Cisco Systems, Apple and ArcelorMittal are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.

This year looked to define the world's tech giants, as Apple, Google and Microsoft faced their own hurdles. Each came up short in some way.

As text messaging turned 20 years old this year, traditional SMS messages have seen a decline for the first time in the United States. Will texting eventually be replaced by social media and other messaging apps?

Apple, which reported record annual income, paid its top officers extremely well in 2012, with stock awards calculated to pay them even better.

Apple's seventh-generation iPhone and fifth-generation iPad may feature ultra-thin, ultra-sharp display technology from Sharp Inc.

The Auxo app switcher, which significantly expands the usefulness of the iOS multitasking tray, is now available to purchase and download through the Cydia Store.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) said its new retail store network was a holiday success; the company plans to open six more soon.