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According to ABC News, Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg will meet with President Obama Thursday in San Francisco.
According to the post, the dinner will address “how we can work together to win the future, strengthen our economy, support entrepreneurship, and get the American people back to work.”
This is great news. Not only because these iconic individuals will be meeting with the president to discuss our future, but...

Steve Jobs, Apple’s fearless leader, is still running the company while on his medical leave of absence – apparently, from his living room.
Last month, the tech world reeled when the news of Steve Jobs’ medical leave hit the Web. Apple stock plummeted momentarily, before regaining some ground. And, many of us feared the worst for Apple’s CEO, who underwent an operation for pancreatic cancer a couple of years ago.
Now, The Wall Street...

Steve Jobs took another medical leave of absence earlier this year with no estimated return date. The National Enquirer has now published some scary looking photos of Steve, which depict him looking thinner and perhaps more ill than ever. (Photos in the spread above by Nick Stern)
The Enquirer followed him from breakfast to the Stanford Cancer Center. It says he has weeks to live, based on analysis of the photos by Dr. Gabe Mirkin and Dr. Samuel Jacobson....

Apple has been exploring ways to broaden the appeal of the iPhone by making the popular device less expensive and allowing users to control it with voice commands.
But contrary to published reports, Apple is not currently developing a smaller iPhone, according to people briefed on Apple’s plans who requested anonymity because the plans are confidential.
Apple’s engineers are currently focused on finishing the next version of the iPhone, which is likely to be similar in size to the current iPhone 4, said one of the people. The person said Apple was not planning to introduce a smaller iPhone...

Apple Inc is working on a smaller and less expensive version of the iPhone , Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources.
The prototype device is about one-third smaller than the iPhone 4, the report said, citing a person who had seen it.
Apple has considered selling the new iPhone for $200 without a two-year wireless contract, Bloomberg reported.
Apple is aiming to unveil the device around the...

Are there only seven types of iPhone owners like there are only seven types of Best Buy employees? I guess so! Well, what about the child iPhone user...

Apple is planning to add near-field communications (NFC) chips to its next generation iPhone and iPad, allowing you to use them to pay for stuff just by waving your device in front of a receptor.[Bloomberg]

This is, of course, absolutely huge. We've been waiting...

The iPhone isn't ideal for watching videos for a long period, it drains battery and is uncomfortable. The iKit Nu Charge's built-in battery and kickstand fix that.
It gives you 1400 mAh of power that can be switched on when needed. LED lights on the front show you how much power is left too.
The Nu Charge ships in March for $65 for both Verizon and AT&T iPhone 4

Apple just announced that Verizon iPhone 4 pre-order beginning on February 3 through the online Apple Store and at Verizon Wireless website. The ustomer orders will be fulfilled on a first come, first served basis.
Beginning Feb 9, all qualified customers will be able to order an iPhone 4 on Verizon through the Apple Store for delivery or reserve for in-store pick up beginning Feb 10.
Beginning at 7 a.m. local time on Feb 10, iPhone 4 on Verizon will...

Will the iPad 2 be presented next week? Our sources from the accessories business told us Apple is planning an event next week where they're going to showcase the iPad 2 as well.

A release date between 2nd and 9th April seems quite likely, sources - not only ours - pointed to a release in early April. The only question is: When will the iPad 2 be presented? One manufacturer of iPad accessoires now told us Apple is planning on holding an event...

New iToys
Deep in iOS 4.3 beta's code are purported references to two new iPhone models and three new iPads, according to Engadget. That's five new iToys for 2011, although we're most likely talking about two new devices. The gadget blog posits, and I'd have to concur, that these are most likely references to GSM and CDMA versions of a new iPhone, as well as CDMA, GSM and Wi-Fi only versions of a new iPad.

Goodbye iPhone 3G & iPod touch 2G ?
The next iOS release appears to dump software updates for the iPhone 3G and the second-generation...