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Maketplace’s Shanghai Chief Rob Schmitz found his way into the factories of Apple’s Chinese producer, Foxconn. Rob recently granted an extremely rare opportunity to visit the factory floor and he is only the second reporter to be allowed till date. Foxconn is the largest manufacturer of electronics an computer components in the world. Foxconn produces several common consumer electronics including the Mac mini, the iPod, iPad, and iPhone, Dell, HP, Playstation 2 and 3, Wii, Xbox, Motorola, Nokia, and the Amazon Kindle....

Check out this awesome ‘Temple Run The Movie’ (Trailer) made by StopMotionClub. Temple Run is one of the popular iOS addictive games which is in Apple top charts. The game is developed by Imangi Studios consisting of three member team and have been highly creative since they launched. The iOS version of Temple Run for iPhone and iPad boasts over 40 million downloads in the App Store since its debut in August 2011....

Finally, Apple released its next iPad few hours ago. Before Apple’s event today, there were number of speculations that this ‘Resolutionary’ (that’s what Apple is calling it on its official website) device is called as ‘iPad 3’ or ‘iPad HD’. But, Apple just named this new product as just ‘The new iPad’. Perfect! This naming convention makes sense if you think for long term. Just think about in future, does iPhone 13 or iPad 16 makes sense to you?...

Before the much hyped Apple’s iPad HD (or iPad 3?) event, Google introduced a new cloud based media platform called Google Play which is similar to Apple’s iTunes. Google Play will be the users’ one place shop for movies, music, apps, games and books. The giant integrated the current Android Market, Google Music too into this new service. And similar to Apple’s iCloud, Google said on its official blog post that all your purchased content will be backed up automatically so there is no need to worry about losing your purchases....

Here is a guy with 100’s of iPhone 4Ss caught by Shenzhen customs while smuggling from Hong Kong to Mainland – all wrapped on his body! Interesting part in this story is that there is not even a single white iPhone. [via]

As we stepped into 2012 we saw a number of tablet computers launched at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) held at the Las Vegas Convention Center last month. Almost a hundred new tablets were launched at the CES last year in different sizes, specifications, operating systems, etc. with the introduction of pressure sensors. This year we saw fairly the same amounts of tablets released with a wave of tablets using the Android and Windows operating systems....

Its official now. The iPad 3 will be announced on March 7th. Apple has just sent out invitations for next big event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco at 10 AM PST, on Wednesday, March 7th. Apple’s iPad 3 is expected to feature a high-definition 2,048 x 1,536-pixel Retina Display, a new quad-core Apple A6 processor, a larger battery, embedded 4G LTE connectivity, an 8-megapixel camera and an exterior design that is very similar to the current iPad 2 but with a slightly modified case....

Apple is going to change the automobile industry with its new revolutionary voice recognition feature, Siri. This time Mercedes Benz will show off its new A-Class integrating Siri voice-recognition technology at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. This will be the first automaker to support and integrate Siri in a car which may allow users to make appointments, send texts, emails, etc. all through voice commands. The automaker is updating the system using an infotainment system called “COMAND” where the user interface has undergone a complete overhaul, ditching the black for a sharp three dimensional design....

Target, one of the largest retailers in the U.S. is starting a new promotion from this Sunday, February 26th on iPhones. This trade-in promotion will actually works out better if you really want to swap your old iPhone 4 with the new iPhone 4S. Well, this kind of upgrade could be almost free if your old device is in perfect condition. As this is a trade-in offer, you can still buy other items in the store....

With no traces of software unlock release by the Dev team in coming future - for all those new iPhone 4S devices, here is the good news. After the recent Chinese development team claim to unlock iPhone 4 (1.59.00, 2.10.04, 3.10.01, 4.10.01) and iPhone 4S (1.0.11, 1.0.13, 1.014) using ChinaSnow, the old familiar hardware unlocking leader – Gevey is releasing new Ultra S exclusive for iPhone 4S devices. According to Gevey, their new SIM interposer will work with any GSM iPhone 4S running iOS 5 or iOS 5....