It's one of the most exciting parts of a new iOS beta being seeded to developers, and people just love digging around for it. "It" is any kind of reference to a new iDevice or Apple TV hidden inside the latest betas to ship out of Cupertino, and iOS 5.1 beta 1 has thrown up a few interesting tidbits already.
We all know Apple's iPhone range is one of the most popular within the ever-broadening smartphone market, and with solid features allied to a sleek exterior reeling in customers year by year.
Android is being portrayed as the smartphone operating system for those that like to push boundaries, be their own people and not conform to the usual rules, and there may be some truth to that if a recent report about how they treat security is anything to go by.
We've barely got the Black Friday madness out of the way and now we're into Cyber Monday! Traditionally the first Monday after Black Friday, 'Cyber Monday' is the day that online retailers try to persuade customers to shop online, and Apple is no different.
We only very recently learned that Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and CEO for the majority of its existence, sought to revolutionize the consumer electronics market in three key areas.
When Apple began opening its brick and mortar retail stores; many thought someone at the company had been drinking a little too much Kool Aid. Nobody wanted to walk into a store and buy a computer, right?
According to a report published earlier today, Apple is, unsurprisingly, very much ahead of other smartphone manufacturers when it comes to brand loyalty.
With Intel's Thunderbolt connector not exactly taking off as quickly as it would have liked, the company is apparently working on a new, standardized docking system which would give ultra-portable notebooks both a Thunderbolt and non-Thunderbolt connector to use, with the latter being reportedly used for things such as power and Ethernet connectivity.
With the Thanksgiving turkey stuffed and ready to be carved across much of America, Black Friday, the tradition encouraging companies to drop prices for one day in order to increase business, has already commenced throughout parts of the world.
It's that time of year again where everyone gets together with long lost family members and eats too much turkey. No, not Christmas, the other one.
