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Apple hopes to make all drivers safer with a new invention, which lets users wirelessly control the music playing in their car without ever taking their hands off the steering wheel. In a patent that was quietly granted on May 15, Apple describes a new remote control that can be clipped onto any car's steering wheel.

Shares in South Korea's Samsung Electronics extended their heavy slide on Thursday, on speculation that arch rival Apple Inc is looking to cut its reliance on Samsung memory chips and turn increasingly to Japanese chipmaker Elpida.

According to sources from within Apple's foreign supply chains in Hong Kong, Apple has ordered bigger screens for its next iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5, even though no exact measurement was provided. Production on the iPhone 5 is said to begin next month, while the release date has been scheduled for sometime in the fall, likely around October.

Shares of Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU), the only U.S. maker of memory chips, jumped as much as 9 percent Thursday on a report that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, had placed a huge order in Japan.

Google will reportedly work with up to five different manufacturers at once to offer a wide variety of Android devices, including both smartphones and tablets. The move is a big power play from Google in its efforts to surpass Apple, and it could absolutely work, mainly because it's worked before with Microsoft.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, sold more than 35 million iPhones in its most recent quarter, through its retail network and mobile carriers.

Little by little, we are slowly putting the pieces of the iPhone 5 puzzle together. On Saturday, Hong Kong-based components supplier SW-Box claimed to have come into possession of a group of new components, including a headphone jack, ear speaker, and a Wi-Fi cable part, which are all allegedly being built for Apple's sixth-generation iPhone. What else does Apple have in store for the iPhone 5?

Apple is reportedly dropping Google Maps in favor on a new in-house application, which will be similar to Google Maps' software but is described as a much cleaner, faster, and more reliable experience. The new software will reportedly be released alongside iOS 6, Apple's next mobile operating system.

In a move that pushes it closer to covering all the bases in social media, Facebook has rolled out its very own App Center. The site unveiled the Facebook App Center, a one-stop-shop for apps of all media types, on Thursday, May 10.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its primary iPad and iPhone supplier, Foxconn Technology Company Ltd. (Taipei: 2354), will share the costs of improving labor conditions inChinese factories, Foxconn CEO Terry Gou said.

Ever since the launch of the iPhone 4S in 2011, Siri has been an integral part of the Apple consumer experience. But while many experienced Users pretty much know what Siri can and cannot do, one group of researchers has decided to really put her capabilities to the test.

Every new 2013 Cadillac XTS will come with an Apple Incorporated (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad with a suite of customer education apps pre-loaded to teach new owners about the car's Cadillac User Experience (CUE), General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) announced on Wednesday.

A month ago, shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, closed at their record high of $628.64. On April 10, they hit their all-time high of $644. Now they are at $570.

Thanks to the rapid growth in the use of apps and services, the personal cloud will eclipse the personal computer (PC) as the hub of consumers' digital lives by 2014, introducing a new concept for how people store, synchronize, share and stream content.

According to recent report cited in DigiTimes, Apple is going to launch a new MacBook Air sometime around the third quarter of this year. Further, the report has suggested that the new Air would be priced by the company at a price as low as $799.

Apple has criticized Samsung's recent success as the world's number one smartphone maker by saying that the South Korean tech giant got to the top spot by copying the Cupertino-based company's products. This comes at a time when both Apple and Samsung have agreed to drop roughly half the number of charges against each other, ahead of a court-moderated settlement talk in San Francisco to ensure that a trial can be heard as early as this summer.

We are living in a world where a smartphone is not just a mobile device used for making calls and sending text messages, rather it's a full-fledged touch-based computer (can come with QWERTY keypad also) that embeds features like operating system, Internet access, third-party apps and user interface and it acts like your small entertainment box, your reminder of important tasks, your calendar and so many more.

How will the next Apple iPhone be named - New iPhone, iPhone 6 or iPhone 5? Nobody has enough clues to bet on any of them, until Apple makes an official announcement. But a recent complaint the Cupertino tech giant filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hints that the company could be interested in the name iPhone 5.

For its sixth-generation iPhone, presumably called iPhone 5, Apple is reportedly building a device with a thinner and lighter frame, but a bigger 4-inch screen. Yet with a slew of rumored features, a recently-released patent for an incredibly intelligent multi-tiered haptics system could be the one feature to rule them all.

Samsung has raised the stakes for the iPhone 5 through the release of its ultra-sleek and fast Galaxy S3 phone, which was launched in London on Thursday.

Scott Forstall, The Apple senior vice president of iOS software, just scored a $38.7 million payday, according to an SEC filing cited by Fortune Magazine. Forstall, 42, recently cashed in over 64,000 company shares, which netted him close to $40 million.

After several delays, the Travis County Commissioners Court has officially given its final stamp of approval on the tax incentives package offered from the state and local governments, which means Apple can start preparing to build facilities and add jobs in its sprawling campus in Austin, Texas.

Motorola Mobility Holdings (Nasdaq: MMI) won a patent ruling in Germany that bans Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the world's biggest software company, from selling Windows 7 and other products.

As if the rumors about the release and features of Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 are not enough, the tech world has turned to another device - Apple's MacBook Pro 2012, which is reported to be released by June.

Global chip sales rose about 1.3 percent to $23.3 billion, a slight increase from February but down nearly 8 percent from last year, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, issued a response to a story in the New York Times on April 29 that exposed its comprehensive strategy to minimize paying corporate taxes.

Many believe Apple will finally use its recently licensed patents for liquid metal in its sixth-generation iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5. In response to these rumors, French designer Antoine Brieux conjured up several artist renderings of what the liquid metal iPhone could look like. Check out pictures of Brieux's iPhone 5 liquid metal LM concept here.

Samsung Electronics (NYSE: SSNLF) reclaimed the No. 1 rank in mobile phone shipments overall and in the smartphone sector, market researcher IDC reported.

Shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, fell 3 percent after Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the world's biggest software company, and Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced a new partnership to battle the iPad.