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Apple has pulled the popular Bitcoin wallet Blockchain from its App Store, leaving iOS users with no remaining Bitcoin wallet apps. Blockchain was removed on Wednesday, and Apple didn’t provide a specific reason to Blockchain CEO Nicolas Cary, only explaining the app was removed “due to an unresolved issue.” “It’s […] Read the original post…

Apple has announced that its first retail store in Brazil will open on Saturday, February 15. The store will be located at VillageMall in Rio de Janeiro. A recent report claimed Apple will restart production of the iPhone 4 for three markets, including Brazil. … Read the original post by Phil Dzikiy

Apple will use stepped lithium-ion batteries in its upcoming iWatch, according to a report from The Korea Herald. The batteries will be supplied by LG Chem, Samsung SDI, and Tianjin Lishen Battery, sources said. As the report notes, a stepped battery uses layers of batteries to offer more energy efficiency […] Read the original post…

Expected to ship in mid-March, JBL’s Synchros S400BT ($300) is a premium pair of Bluetooth wireless headphones. Shipping along with a carrying case, audio cable, and charging cable, these over-ear cans are extremely comfortable thanks to the large round pads and adjustable headband. Once connected to your device, it offers […] Read the original post…

Apple, Google, and a number of other companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to make it easier to collect attorneys’ fees from patent holding companies that lose infringement suits, Bloomberg reports. Both Apple and Google have been sued more than 190 times in the past five years by patent […] Read the original post…

Like so many other accessory makers, Incase is trying its hand at portable battery packs for iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Coming in two versions — Portable Power 2500 ($60) and Portable Power 5400 ($80) — multiple colors are available, and a USB recharging cable is built into each. The plastic […] Read the original post…

Apple has reportedly restarted production of the iPhone 4 for just three markets — India, Indonesia, and Brazil. It would be the first time Apple has resumed production of a discontinued iPhone. New iPhone 4 shipments have recently reached retail stores with a reported December 2013 manufacturing date, and trade […] Read the original post…

Henge Docks’ Gravitas Dock with Lightning Connector ($89) is one of a handful of products that’s just now shipping, a year after it was first introduced at the 2013 CES. Made of a metal alloy that’s supposedly 265% denser than aluminum, the dock is a truncated cylinder weighing over 2.5 […] Read the original post…

Of course it’s a great idea to backup your Mac regularly, and thanks to Time Machine, there are plenty of drives that do that for you easily. The latest drives build upon the basics with convenient implementations, at lower prices. So even though Toshiba’s Canvio Home Backup & Share ($150) […] Read the original post…

As part of its stylus lineup, Logiix is offering two new aluminum options: Stylus Aluminum Mini ($13) and Stylus Aluminum Pro ($30). The first is a simple rubber-tipped digital pen, available in five colors, with a pocket clip on its backend. Pro, on the other hand, has a few more […] Read the original post…

First announced over a year ago at the 2013 CES, Incipio’s Cashwrap Mobile Wallet Case for iPhone 5/5s ($70) is finally available, at least for customers on the AT&T network. While the case is respectable enough in its own right — plastic and rubber, with button protection and an overall […] Read the original post…

“Micro leather” on the outside and “suede” on the inside, Roadster Writer ($100) is Logiix’s new keyboard folio case for the iPad Air. Like a number of other cases we’ve seen recently, Roadster Writer has a plastic shell on its inner right side, capable of protecting the iPad Air and […] Read the original post…