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Apple News: Apple pays tribute to Nelson Mandela on its homepage Apple has updated the homepage of its website this evening to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. The late South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary died on Thursday at the age of 95. As it did following the passing of Steve Jobs and a handful of other figures, Apple has removed all product placements on the landing page and replaced…

Apple News: Apple rolling out iPad mini in ‘stealth mode,’ says analyst Apple has been rolling out its new iPad Mini with retina display in “stealth mode,” steadily making it available in stores ahead of the day after Thanksgiving sale, an analyst said Friday. Cantor Fitzgerald’s Brian White called the iPad mini rollout “one of Apple’s ‘stealthiest’ device launches and driven by supply constraints.” White told clients in a note…

Apple News: Running Linux on your Mac: 2013 edition Back about this time of year in 2009, I wrote a post that’s remained a venerable favorite. Entitled “How to set up Ubuntu Linux on a Mac – It’s Easy and Free,” the post described in full detail how those interested in learning more about one specific Linux distro could install Ubuntu in a virtual machine on their device. This post…

Apple News: Does Apple Have Any Surprises Left For Next Week’s iPhone Reveal? Last year, Apple Apple CEO Tim Cook promised the company was going to “double down on secrecy” about what it was working on. Presumably the idea was to keep competitors guessing, but also to surprise and delight the faithful at new product reveals. Based on what we already know about the upcoming iPhone announcement planned for Tuesday,…

Apple News: Assisted By An iPad, German Surgeons Have Operated On A Patient’s Liver Doctors in Germany have just used an iPad to operate on some guy’s liver, not by smashing the screen and using the jagged shards as a scalpel, but by using Apple’s tablet as a second-screen for an augmented reality app. Will wonders never cease? Is there anything the iPad can’t do? According to Reuters, surgeons in…