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It’s no secret that Apple usually announces its new iPhone line around September. Depending on availability or new technologies, sometimes the company pushes the official sales to October, as it did last year with the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max and in 2017 with iPhone X. According to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, Apple is likely to unveil the iPhone 13 in the third week of September, probably September 14, since the company usually holds events on Tuesdays....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0Yq9idnT1OM#!] Angry Birds Star Wars: Rovio has been teasing the Star Wars edition of Angry Birds for a few weeks now, but today we get our first look at gameplay from the new title. The game appears to be just a Star Wars themed version of the traditional Angry Birds gameplay. Rovio has more on its Tumblr. Angry Birds Star Wars will hit the App Store on November 8th. Netbot for App....

Even more infuriation was felt by those EDGE iPhone 2.0 updaters who essentially killed their phones for the better half of the day when prompted to update by iTunes to iPhone 2.0. The software update happens but Apple needs to re-activate your iPhone. Instead of activations, iTunes was spitting out errors. It looks like the high activation rate from the 3G iPhones plus all of the old iPhones being updated created the perfect storm to kill the activation servers....

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86LxStLXrf4] iPhone 4S iCloud TV advertisment Following up on the first iPhone 4S Siri TV advertisement from last week, Apple has just released three new advertisements surrounding the iPhone 4S. The iCloud iPhone 4S advertisement shown above shows the out of the box iCloud integration for the iPhone 4S. Examples include downloading a song on the iPhone 4S and having it instantly appear on the user’s Mac, bookmark syncing between an iPhone 4S and an iPad 2, iWork document syncing, and Photo Stream....

Ina Fried at AllThingsD: According to the document, both sides are getting a nonexclusive, nontransferrable and non-sublicensable license to certain of the other’s patents. Apple also agrees not to sue HTC over certain covered products, though the specific products are redacted. The agreement also appears to exclude any of Apple’s design patents as well as coverage on any products that are defined as cloning an Apple product. Samsung put the document into public view with most areas blocked out....

What made Twisty the Clown turn into a ruthless killer in American Horror Story? The character, played by John Carroll Lynch, was introduced in the horror anthology’s fourth season, Freak Show. Based on his tragic backstory, Twisty became one of the most compelling figures in the series. Twisty made his American Horror Story debut in the season 4 premiere episode, “Monsters Among Us”. In his first scene, two teenagers were having a romantic picnic by a lake when the crazed clown appeared....

What are Single Page Applications? Single page applications or (SPAs) are web applications that load a single HTML page and dynamically update the page based on the user interaction with the web application. In this tutorial, you will learn- Adding AngularJS Route using $routeProvider AngularJS Routing Example Creating a Default Route in AngularJS How to Access Parameters from the AngularJS Route How To Use Angular $route Service Enabling HTML5 Routing...

Regional carrier nTelos offers service in Virginia, West Virginia, and portions of Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, and North Carolina, and it announced today that it would carry the iPhone 4 and 4S on its CDMA network with nationwide roaming on Sprint and Verizon CDMA networks. Like U.S. regional carrier CSprire, nTelos will carry the iPhone with a $50 discount versus the big boys. Customers can pre-order now for delivery on April 20....

The Ant-Man solo movies might not be the highest grossing in the MCU, but they’ve both been entertaining. Paul Rudd is as lovable as ever in the role of Scott Lang, and Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michael Peña round out a terrific supporting cast. The Ant-Man movies are smaller in scale (no pun intended) and more overtly light and comedic than most of Marvel’s other releases, but frankly, that’s a breath of fresh air....

As Electronic Arts puts its marketing might behind the upcoming release of Anthem, BioWare’s highly anticipated online multiplayer game has managed to draw criticism due to a confusing release schedule. Although the full game will drop on February 22, EA has come up with a mind-boggling way to give gamers some other options. Instead of games running with beta testing and then just releasing, there’s a growing influx of companies that offer different ways to try before players buy....

APIs provides product or service to communicate with other products and services without having to know how they’re implemented. What is a Web Service? A Web service is a collection of open protocols and standards which are widely used for exchanging data between systems or applications. Software applications are written using various programming languages and running on multiple platforms. It allows you to use web services to exchange data over computer networks....

Apple has added 13 new retailers to its Apple Pay site, bringing the new total to 58 merchants. The biggest name wasn’t a surprise: Tim Cook gave a shout-out to Coca-Cola vending machines during Monday’s Spring Forward event, with 40,000 machines supported today, and a further 60,000 being upgraded by the end of the year … There’s something of a fresh market theme going on, with Dan’s Fresh Market, Dick’s Fresh Market and Lin’s Fresh Market all added, along with Bashas’, Fuddruckers, Jamba Juice, Jersey Mike’s, JetBlue, Maceys, Office Max, Pep Boys and Regal Cinemas....

The ‘Announce Messages with Siri’ feature was originally promised for iOS 13 but was delayed to ‘later this year’ as Apple hurried to ship iOS 13 in time for the iPhone 11 release. It did not make it in iOS 13.1 either, but it has returned in the just-released iOS 13.2 developer beta. You need to be an iPhone and AirPods user to take advantage of the feature. With the AirPods in your ears, you will be able to listen and respond to incoming text messages....

Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be getting a paid subscription service in line with the one the company has rolled out for Mario Kart Tour, although details on exactly what those will look like have yet to be fully announced. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has been out for two years now, and Nintendo’s mobile version of the popular village simulation IP has been a middling effort that nonetheless has managed to generate a fair amount of money for Nintendo....

Anker’s Gold Box offers deals on everyday iPhone essentials iPhone X 256GB offers an edge-to-edge OLED display Today only, Woot offers Apple’s iPhone X 256GB in refurbished condition for $430. As a comparison, this device originally sold for $1,149 and today’s offer is the second-best refurbished price we’ve tracked all-time from trusted retailers. Apple currently charges $699 for a refurb. iPhone X sports Apple’s first edge-to-edge OLED display along with Face ID, a TrueDepth camera, and more....

After three versions of A Star is Born, it didn’t seem as though there could be a fresh take on the story. But Bradley Cooper managed to breathe new life into this age-old tale with his directorial debut. He found the perfect co-star in Lady Gaga, who gives a revelatory performance as an aspiring singer who gets swept up in a whirlwind of fame when she strikes up a romance with a famous country singer....

Last week the Department of Justice filed a response to Apple in the ongoing case concerning whether or not Apple should unlock the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino gunmen. At the time, Apple called the filing a “cheap shot” and said it was meant to “vilify” the company. Now, Apple has officially filed a formal response to the FBI’s submission. In the filing, Apple makes several assertions, including that the FBI is trying to “rewrite history” with its request....

Apple is one of several technology and car companies complaining to the European Commission over what it believes is patent abuse. The Irish Times reports that companies including Apple, Cisco, Daimler, and BMW are urging officials to take action against other companies who they believe are abusing the patent system. Apple is one of 27 companies to have signed onto the letter, which was sent to the European Commission. The purpose of the letter is to bring awareness to companies who refuse to license “essential patents on fair terms....

KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has made a few more predictions about what we’ll see from Apple in the near future. According to a new KGI research note, Apple could potentially release cheaper versions of the iMac and iPhone 5s during its developer conference next week to accompany its software announcements. Earlier today new references to an unreleased iteration of the the iMac appeared in an OS X developer preview, likely indicating the impending release of a new model....

We’re less than a week away from Apple’s introduction of the 2018 iPhones, and as is usually the case, analysts are coming out of the woodwork to express their bullish opinions on AAPL. Both Piper Jaffray and Goldman Sachs have published new investor notes on Apple, detailing the effects next week’s new iPhones will have on the company. As noted by CNBC, Goldman Sachs has upped its price target on AAPL to $240, a significant increase compared to the $200 target the firm had previously placed on Apple....