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Apple had almost axed its iconic iPhone project after facing multiple technical hurdles, the tech giant’s design chief has revealed. Apple ‘nearly shelved’ iPhone project after prototype failures, reveals design chief

Apple will announce the next version of its iPhone on September 12th, along with a smaller version of the iPad. Deliveries of the new phone will begin 9 days later. Apple To Unveil New iPhone September 12

Apple Inc’s celebrated industrial design team is a group of around 16 “maniacal” individuals from all over the world who spend a lot of time brainstorming around a kitchen table. Apple designer Christopher Stringer: iPhone crafters are ‘maniacal’, do brainstorming at kitchen tables

Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up $15.54, or 2.6%, at $610.57 today, perhaps lifted in part by talk of the shares being included at some point in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), and speculation about a stock split that might be implied by such a possibility. Apple: Street Ponders iPhone, iPad Clues

App Store Official Charts for the week ending July 30, 2012. Top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

Fingerprint security technology has the potential to take mobile payments mainstream, according to Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes. iPhone Fingerprints Take Mobile Payments Mainstream in 2013

Though Apple struggled this past quarter against Samsung on the global mobile front, the company is not only gaining ground on Google in the United States in terms of smartphone shipment, but has edged past its rival in terms of overall usage. Americans increasingly embracing iPhone over Android

The new iPhone ’5′ release date is confirmed by various sources and by Apple partners’ feverish activity in China. iPhone 5 release date confirmed, as Apple amps Chinese sweat

Google’s new phones have always been highly anticipated as they usually carry the best hardware and software available. Concept design of next Google Nexus smartphone surfaces

Fans of the Mitt Romney iPhone app have waited months for its supremely necessary sequel, Other Mitt Romney iPhone App. And finally, that day is. . . not here, but definitely coming up. Mitt Romney Respawns into Numerous iPhone Apps