iPhone 5 keynote: Samsung Galaxy S3 comparison

iPhone 5 keynote details unboxing: The latest offering from Apple is expected to boast a larger 4.5-inch (4.5”) screen, support for faster LTE data transfer, a new connector, relocated camera and a host of other features. Is it enough for Apple to catch up with the Samsung Galaxy S3, which has sold 20 million units over the past three months? Security surrounding the release is tight. But thanks to our source in China, we’ve obtained an advanced look of the iPhone 5. ENGLISH:

iPhone 5 rumors: bigger screen for Jobs’ last iPhone

The new iPhone, the iPhone 5 to reviewers, is rumored to feature a bigger screen and be the last iPhone designed by Steve Jobs. The new iPhone’s 2012 release date is not known. The iPhone 5 rumor mill heated up after Apple purchased the iPhone5.com domain name. According to the rumors, this is the last iPhone for which Steve Jobs played a key role in the design. According to the new iPhone rumors, after noting the success of Android phones with larger screens by Samsung and HTC, Steve Jobs reportedly lifted his opposition to a phone too large to wrap one’s fingers around. The iPhone 5 will feature a bigger, 4-inch screen, compared to the…

Ashton Kutcher will play Apple’s Steve Jobs in biopic

Ashton Kutcher will play the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs in an upcoming indie biopic, reports Variety. The movie will be a sojourn through Jobs’ incredible life, showing how a child of the 1960s counterculture became of the most celebrated tech visionaries ever. One would think Apple fans would be thrilled to see their idol Steve Jobs immortalized on the silver screen, but some are less than impressed with director Jonathan Michael Stern’s casting decision in Ashton Kutcher. The 34-year-old star has garnered a reputation for playing the loud-mouthed party boy, with credits that include That 70s Show, Dude, Where’s My Car? and most recently, the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. That’s not…

What Apple should have done with its US$100 billion stash

Steve Jobs must be spinning in his grave. Flush with US$100 billion in cash, Apple has announced its first dividend since 1995. The Cupertino, California based company announced on Monday that it will pay $2.65 per share to its stockholders. That’s nice, but watch this animation to see what we think Apple should have done with its US$100 billion. Apple never paid a dividend during Steve Jobs’ second stint as CEO, which began in 1997. That year, Apple was supposedly on the verge of bankruptcy and accepted a $150 million investment from Microsoft. Jobs saw Apple’s cash hoard as something to be saved to prevent Apple from falling into the same situation again. Microsoft once…

Russell Brand arrested in New Orleans attack

So, you got yourself into trouble on St. Patrick’s Day? That’s nothing! Russel Brand was getting into shenanigans all week long in New Orleans. Here’s a review. On Monday, Russell Brand allegedly grabbed an iPhone out of a photographer’s hand and hurled it into the air. It smashed through an office window … a lawyer’s office window. By Wednesday, Russell’s management had paid $240 for repairs. Russell did some damage control too, joking on Twitter that he threw the iPhone in Steve Jobs’ memory. However, the paparazzo was irate over his iPhone, so much that he filed a police report. Russell Brand was charged with property damage, and an arrest warrant was issued. Always the…

Apple iPad 3 / iPad HD features released

Apple will reportedly unveil its new iPad 3 — or iPad HD, as some suspect it will be called — today in San Francisco. Apple CEO Tim Cook, who succeeded the late Steve Jobs, is expected to do the honors. Invitations to the event were sent to the press last Tuesday, adding to the air of mystery that has come to surround Apple product launches. Against a backdrop of what looks to be an iPad are the words “We have something you really need to see. And touch.” The only other information included in the email were details on when and where the event will take place. The cryptic invitation intensified an already fevered rumor…

Arsenal’s Ramsey and his celebrity death goal curse

British tabloid The Sun has identified a strange series of coincidences linked to Premier League team Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey. When Ramsey scores a goal, someone famous dies. Ramsey has scored four goals in the last year. When he scored his first goal against Manchester United on May 1, the next day Osama Bin Laden was shot by US Navy SEALS. In October he scored against Spurs, just three days later Apple boss Steve Jobs passed away. When Ramsey netted against Marseilles, Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi was shot and killed the next day. Then on Saturday, just hours after Ramsey hit the back of the net against Sunderland, Whitney Houston was found dead in the hotel…

Kanye West unveils DONDA on Twitter

Kanye West made more than 70 posts on Twitter in a three hour period Wednesday night, announcing his new design company named for his late mother, DONDA. In characteristically bombastic fashion, the 34-year-old rapper outlined plans to continue the work of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, charging himself with a lofty goal: “aesthetically improve everything we see, hear, touch, taste and feel.” His 22-division endeavor will employ a wide range of experts, from artists and tech gurus to nutritionists. Though outside of clothing, in which Kanye has previously dabbled, it is currently unclear just what DONDA will design. Short on details but big on dreams, Kanye made clear his desire to design the “MTV awards” and…