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The estimated cost of Apple’s new campus in Cupertino, Calif., has skyrocketed from $3 billion to $5 billion over the last two years, according to Bloomberg Business week. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook had previously said the completion of the campus had been delayed from 2015 to 2016. The Bloomberg report, citing unnamed sources, said part of the reason for the delay was that Apple was working with its architect, Foster + Partners, to cut $1 billion off the cost. The huge cost overrun is due to many of the extravagant features that cofounder Steve Jobs wanted for the new headquarters. These include ensuring no seam or gap be visible on the building, using an expensive maple wood for the interior, and using large, curved glass panels for the windows…

I’ve never been a great photographer, but my best friend, a professor of graphic design in Miami, is just that. So when on a recent trip to the Sunshine State she sang the praises of Hipstamatic, a retro camera app for iPhone, I paid attention. I had heard of it before, but Hipstamatic got lost - and nearly folded - during the Instagram craze. The company claimed to have generated $10 million in revenue in 2012 and then laid off their entire staff a short time later. Terrible businesspeople; but I sort of like that. After a short introduction to the different lenses, filters and flashes of Hipstamatic, I was quickly using the program to take stunning pictures of my toddler son - they were in focus, a rarity when…

PARAMORE PARAMORE It’s hard to believe that while the group Paramore is releasing its fourth studio album, its lead singer is just 24 years old. It’s even harder to believe that Hayley Williams was just 17 years old at the time of the band’s first album and only 15 when the band was first forming. Even more surprising is that the band’s drummer was only 13. Most likely because of the ages of some of its founding members, Paramore has gone through a number of personnel changes in just this short time. Their most recent album, interestingly enough a self-titled album, will be the first without brothers Josh and Zac Farro, who originally met Williams at a program for home-schooled students. The guitar player and drummer left the band a…

SAN JOSE - Finding strong evidence that Silicon Valley powerhouses such as Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Intel (INTC) had an “antipoaching” pact not to raid rival work forces, a federal judge on Friday sent the strongest signals yet of the tough challenge those companies have defending allegations raised by tens of thousands of employees. In a 53-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose found the employees have turned up damaging evidence that top executives from those valley stalwarts, including late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, made deals to not lure away each others’ most coveted workers, particularly in the engineering ranks. The most damaging evidence Koh cited were email exchanges among the CEOs, all previously made public but used for the first time by the judge in…

MENLO PARK - In war, the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend. But in the tech industry, sometimes your enemy is also your friend. Facebook underscored that point this week by unveiling a supercharged app for smartphones based on Android, the mobile operating system created by Facebook’s arch rival, Google (GOOG). In a classic Silicon Valley twist, the new app, designed to highlight some of Facebook’s best features, won’t work on phones made by its close friends at Apple (AAPL). And while it’s conceivable that Google and Facebook may both see benefits from the new Android app, analysts say it’s bound to intensify their competition, as the two Internet giants vie for consumers’ attention and mobile advertising dollars. To some, that competition is reminiscent of the…

Each new issue of the iOS software has brought iPhone and iPad users something to really get excited about. This begs the question of what we will have in store for us with iOS 7, and when will it be released, considering iOS 6 was just released last fall, yet the next iPhone is rumored to be out this summer. Will iOS 7 wait for a full year, or will it jump the gun and make its debut with the iPhone 5S? There are some analysts who think that iOS 7 needs to pack a real wallop because the last revolutionary product Apple debuted was the iPad, and quite frankly its debut was awhile ago. We’re currently on the fourth generation. If you follow the rumors the iWatch and iTV…

When Ryan Mathre of Stillwater, Minn., wanted to sell his iPhone 4, he didn’t have time to post it on Craigslist or eBay. As a busy parent of two toddlers, he used an online reseller instead. “I sold it for $160 on Gazelle/’ he said. “It nearly paid for the iPhone 5, and the whole online process took five minutes.” Gadget sellers like Mathre have a growing number of options to unload smartphones, MP3 players, laptops and tablets. Sellers are going beyond eBay to nearly a dozen online sites such as Gazelle.com that specialize in buying electronic castoffs. Other consumers are selling locally to pawnshops and, most recently, automated kiosks in malls. While cellphones and MP3 players have had a modest resale market for more than a decade, the smartphone…

BELLEVUE, Wash - Delivering on its Uncarrier promise to change how wireless is done in America, T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced it will supplement its amazing iPhone 5 upfront pricing with a special trade-in offer when the revolutionary smartphone arrives in T-Mobile stores this Friday, April 12. “Our message to iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 customers is simple: bring in your device and trade up to iPhone 5 on T-Mobile,” said Mike Sievert, chief marketing officer for T-Mobile. “We’re making it incredibly attractive to buy an iPhone 5 by pairing an un-beatable upfront price and trade-in offer with Simple Choice, the most hassle-free and affordable rate plan in wireless.” The special trade-in offer, which lasts through Father’s Day on June 16, enables well-qualified customers who bring in their iPhone 4S…

TOP FREE APPS iOS #01 - Injustice: Gods Among Us By Warner Bros. Category: Games Compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th gen), iPad 2, iPad (3rd gen), iPad (4th gen), iPad (4th gen), and iPad mini. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #02-Vine By Vine Labs, Inc. Category: Social Networking Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th gen) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. #03 - Sonic Dash By SEGA Category: Games Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd gen), iPod touch (4th gen), iPod touch (5th…

GANGSTER SQUAD Movie audiences love nothing more than a gangster movie, and if it’s based on a true story, all the better. It doesn’t get much better than Good Fell as when looking for a mob story based on fact. Casino is based on fact as well, and Godfather and The Departed are loosely based in fact. The recently-released Gangster Squad falls in line here, also being loosely based on a true story. The name of the film refers to the officers and detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department, who when grouped together in the 1940s and 1950s were called “Gangster Squad unit.” It was detailed in “Tales of the Gangster Squad,” Paul Lieberman’s seven-part L.A. Times article and book. Mickey Cohen, with ties to both the Jewish Mafia…

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Apple says its App Store will begin to highlight recommended age ratings, moving them to a prominent display position near the application name. The move from the Information section to the main app page will make the rating one of the first things users see when they open the app description, Apple said. While Apple has not publicly commented on the change, some analysts suggest it was in response to concern from parents over the in-app content their children may be encountering, PC Magazine reported Thursday. In January, the photo-sharing service 500px was briefly removed from the App Store when it was found to contain images of nudity. The service was later re-instated with a 17+ rating. Apple’s rating system has four categories; apps rated 4+ contain no objectionable material,…