SF News The Chinese Are Totally Building Knock-Off Apple Stores Now This seems totally inevitable, but the country that brought you many millions of knockoff Louis Vuitton purses and fake Rolex watches now features multiple fake Apple Stores. As the AP reports today, the
SF News Apple iPhone 5 Set for September Launch? After June's WWDC failed to deliver any special phone gadgetry, we're now hearing word that Apple will launch the iPhone 5 in September. Probably. The new phone will allegedly come equipped with a
SF News Apple (Probably) Won't Announce New iPhone at WWDC In all likelihood, Apple won't announce a new iPhone at next week's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at Moscone Center. An odd move since this could be "the first June since the iPhone launched
SF News Black iPhone Smaller Than White iPhone Debunking locker room stereotypes, we're getting word that the black iPhone isn't as big as the white iPhone (the latter of which recently became available at your nearest Apple store). NBC Bay Area
SF News Real-Time Parking Data Now Available Through SFPark App While it's only available in pilot neighborhoods equipped with the new smart parking meters and sensors at the moment, SFPark started pushing out real-time parking availability data today. A brief look at the
SF News Apple Responds to Children's Games Plaguing Parents' iTunes Bills First, elderly rock 'n' roller Bon Jovi gives Steve Jobs grief over allegedly killing the craft of album listening - which, pipe down, Jon Bon - now customers are complaining that their rotten
SF News iPhone 5 Coming By Summer, Will Likely Be Silver Here's a little bait for all the Apple-hating commenters: That little company down in Cupertino that used to just make funny looking computers is planning on releasing the next generation of iPhone, the
SF News Verizon iPhone Plans Will Have Minutes, Use Data, Cost Money If you've been living in iPhone-less shame while patiently awaiting Apple's wonder device to become compatible with your big red wireless carrier you'll probably want to check the price tag on those fancy
SF News A Quarter Of You Are Facebooking While In The John A new study by Atlanta-based AIS Media says that a full 27% use Facebook while on the toilet (or, less advisably, while standing at urinals), a figure which only tells us that at
SF News Muni Phone Robberies Continue While en route downtown via a Muni train bus last night, a man was robbed of his smartphone after two men brandished a gun. According to SF Weekly, "The two men got onto
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Take Me Out" By Atomic Tom LIVE On NYC Subway Muni Diaries brings out attention to Atomic Tom performing a ditty on a NYC subway using their phones. Yes, it's New York City-based. Calm thyself. But, with the use of iPhones, it's also
SF News AT&T Allegedly Dealing With Dead Zones in S.F. The Business Times reports today that AT&T is pleased with themselves and "proud of the network [they] have built", as they continue to beef up their data network in San Francisco
misc Red Devil Lounge, the iPhone of Nightclubs Red Devil Lounge owner Jay Siegan sent us this shot of the marquee outside his Polk Street nightclub. Well played, sir.
SF News AT&T Investing Lots In Network Upgrades, But Where? Today's Business Journal notes that AT&T has already invested $1.1 billion this year to upgrade wireless (and wired) networks across California, which has included 100 new cell sites, 25 antennas
SF News Turn Down Your Music Or Go Deaf, Says New Study of Teens A new study apparently says that teenagers are losing their hearing at a rate 1/3 higher than in years past, however very little data or backup information is given in this ABC
SF News Apple Can't Stop You From Jailbreaking Your iPhone And again with the phone news, but this is kind of big: The Library of Congress ruled today that iPhone users should be allowed to "jailbreak" their phone and download unauthorized applications, revising
SF News Apple Hit With iPhone Lawsuits Due to poor reception on the new iPhone 4, angry customers are hitting Apple with legal action "Apple is engulfed in at least four different federal lawsuits over reception problems with its new
SF News AT&T Completes NYC Network Upgrade; SF's Still In Works The proliferation of smart phones and iPads has been causing AT&T's urban networks some strain, namely "dropped calls, slow downloads and other problems," but the company announced today that it completed
SF News Behold the San Francisco iPhone 4 Line The first person in line, as SF Weekly's Alexia Tsotsis reports, was Chris Bank, who's been camped outside the Apple store on Stockton since midnight Tuesday. He has "put up his coveted slot
SF News Will Steve Jobs Unveil iPhone G4 at WWDC? The Apple Worldwide Developer's Conference kicks things off today, and Steve Jobs will open the week-long conference by speaking to his followers. The wide assumption is that Jobs will announce Apple's worst kept
SF News Ellen Apologizes for iPhone Parody Talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres just realized what many of us have known for years: Apple is pretentious and humorless. See, after making this amusing iPhone parody video for her daily
SF News Jon Stewart Weighs In on the iPhone G4 Scandal The Daily Show last night got in on the game about the Gizmodo/iPhone G4 prototype scandal. Stewart: "Here's how I think the crime went down. 8PM Nerdlington J. Techsupport walks into a
SF News Police Seize Gizmodo Editor's Computers Jason Chen, the editor famous for the lost iPhone G4 snafu, had his computers seized by authorities last Friday. Boo, hiss. Gizmodo reports: "California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen's
SF News Gizmodo Paid 5K for iPhone 4G...Or Did They? by Rachel Brodsky If Gawker's Nick Denton knows how to do anything, it's keep his readers on their toes. According to SF Gate, Denton's been tweeting up a storm (no doubt with his
SF News Next Generation iPhone 4G Found in Redwood City Bar? Holy smokes, people. According to Britney Gilbert at Eye On Blogs, "Tech blog Gizmodo claims that someone, most likely an Apple employee, left a yet-to-be-release iPhone 4G in a Redwood City bar, disguised
