World AIDS Day & Giving (RED)

By Sonya Davidson

You may have heard some of the buzz around the recent (RED) Auction at Sotheby's in New York -- a collaboration between Sir Jonathan Ive, designer Marc Newson and Bono. On the auction block were high-end, one-of-a-kind items with design and innovation in mind. An incredible amount of over $12.8 million was raised from the event with all proceeds going to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Africa. 

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U2's Bono, Apple's Jony Ive collaborate on gold EarPods for charity

Apple's Senior VP of Design Sir Jony Ive during WWDC 2013 - Photo by Gadjo C. Sevilla

Continuing on the gold theme bandwagon. Apple's Senior VP of Design Jony Ive has joined forces with his old buddy Bono and industrial designer Mike Newson to produce limited edition pieces for charity. Ive and Newson collaborated on 18k rose gold Apple EarBuds as well as other delectable rarities including a Leica rangefinder camera, a Steinway & Sons Parlor Grand Piano, a Range Rover, and a Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos "561" clock which all received makeovers from the design duo. The pieces will be part of a 40-item auction for Bono's Product (RED) charity which hopes to benefit The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Would those EarBuds match an upcoming iPhone? We'll find out tomorrow as we cover the Apple Announcement live from Cupertino.

Source: AppleInsider

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WWDC 2013: iOS 7 and iRadio launch tomorrow confirmed by WSJ

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It is the day before the big WWDC 2013 Keynote and developers are already walking the streets of San Francisco in wide-eyed anticipation of tomorrow's big reveal. The Wall Street Journal has some news today to whet appetites. The newspaper has confirmed that a 'new and improved' iOS 7 is going to make its debut tomorrow together with a possible iRadio music streaming service.

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The Apple Beat: Shakeup at Apple as Scott Forstall, John Browett to exit

Exit Stage Left - iOS honcho Scott Forstall to leave Apple in 2013By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

There's a high-level shakeup at Apple as two leading executives have been set to exit. The most surprising departure is that of Scott Forstall, VP of iOS Software,  who is the key member of Apple's software team and credited for much of iOS (and OS X before that). Forstall is part of the original group of NeXT-ers that followed Steve Jobs back to Cupertino to turn things around.

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