This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible

Next gen Retina display MacBook Pros are rumored to be delayed until October. Photo: Peter McCollough/Wired Each week, there are dozens of Apple rumors, reports, and patent filings that hint at what’s coming out of Cupertino next. Some are legit, but most are totally bogus. We parse the week’s rumors for you, ranking them in order from “utterly ridiculous” to “Duh, of course.” First up… VERY DOUBTFUL: Apple discontinuing iPhone 5 in favor of iPhone...

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Apple’s Q3 2013 results reveal record iPhone sales

Apple on Tuesday posted its earnings report for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2013, beating Wall Street estimates and hinting at “amazing” new products that will arrive this fall and next year. For the three-month period ending on June 29, 2013, Apple announced revenue of $35.3 billion, and net profit of $6.9 billion, or $7.47 per share. While revenue was up compared to the same period last year ($35 million), net profit was down ($8.8 billion,...

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Apple iWatch aiming for 2014 launch

Apple is aggressively hiring new employees to help launch its first wearable — the so-called iWatch — for sometime in 2014, according to multiple reports. Financial Times reported about Apple’s recent hiring spree for the iWatch, which indicates that some outside talent was required for such a new-type of product. For more than a decade now, Apple has engineered iPods, iPhones and iPads using its in-house expertise, but apparently, the iWatch is...

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Microsoft helps Americans understand UK

Educating employees before they move countries is obviously a noble undertaking. Unfortunately some of the advice handed out can come across as a little unnecessary and condescending when read out of context. Still, Microsoft should be awarded an A for effort. The United States and the United Kingdom are long-time friends. The two countries share a language, a homogeneous, multi-cultural population and a love for one another’s cultures. And yet despite...

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Better Place gets its Israeli battery swap system up and running

Better Place has one of the more unique ways of dealing with exhausted electric car batteries.  While it does offer charging stations which take quite a while to charge your battery, it also offers the option of simply switching it out.  A 100 car fleet of electric vehicles will now begin testing the infrastructure which stretches across Israel. Way back in 2008, we reported on Better Place’s partnership with France, Israel and Denmark...

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UK Ministry of Defense installs wind farm proof radar

The UK Ministry of Defense is installing radar that is imperious to wind farms.  Previously wind farm applications were denied because they were too close to radar towers that were adversely affected by wind turbine blades.  The new radar installations don’t have that problem which will allow more wind farms to be built. According to the Ministry of Defense, Lockheed Martin’s TPS-77 radar was installed and tested along the Norfolk coast. ...

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