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Apple blasts dodgy retailers in fake accessory clamp-down

Chris Davies, Aug 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple has been quietly sweeping through New York markets in a crackdown on counterfeit goods, newly unsealed legal documents have revealed, with the company filing trademark infringement complaints against a number of firms. In addition to seizing fake accessories intended for the iPod, iPhone and iPad, Reuters reports, Apple is demanding information on suppliers and that some companies change their name so as to avoid consumer confusion with the coveted brand. Read The Full Story

Chinese officials move to close fake Apple Stores in Kunming, China

Shane McGlaun, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

Last week I mentioned that a very convincing fake Apple Store had been spotted in China that looked almost just like the real thing. The store had workers wearing the sort of clothing most Apple Store workers wear and the store was apparently selling real Apple gear as well. BBC News reports that Chinese authorities have now moved to close down some of the fake Apple Stores that were operating in Kunming city, China. Read The Full Story

Motorola Droid Bionic $299 Ad Leak Appears To Be Photoshopped

Cory Gunther, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [10]

In what appeared to be a leaked Verizon ad or landing page for the new and upcoming Motorola Droid Bionic a few keen eyes quickly saw what appeared to be a faked, or photoshopped image. Our good friends over at AndroidCommunity were quick to spot the discrepancies and tear apart the article. Read The Full Story

Complete Apple retail store faked quite convincingly in China

Shane McGlaun, Jul 20th 2011 Discuss [4]

We all know that the number of fake products in many countries is insane. One of the places you are very likely to find a number of fake products and counterfeits is in China. One reason for so many blatant rip offs to be offered in China is because it's very hard for the firms being ripped off to do anything about it. One of the companies that is more likely than others to have their products faked on the Chinese retail market is Apple. Read The Full Story

Leaked screens of Windows 8 App Store were fakes

Shane McGlaun, Apr 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

Everyone has an app store today after the success Apple had with the App Store for the iPhone. After the massive success of Apple, it was a guarantee that just about all other makers were going to jump in with their own offerings. So far, the massively popular ones are still run by Apple and Google. Google has one for Android devices that is really popular. Not too long ago Apple unveiled the Mac App Store for Mac computer users that puts apps on their notebooks and desktops too. Read The Full Story

Fake hard-drive has short-term memory not 500GB

Chris Davies, Apr 8th 2011 Discuss [11]

Whenever there's a deal that seems too good to be true, there's always the risk that you're getting ripped off. Still, if you're going to lose your money on a dud, it may as well be a surprisingly well-planned dud. As the story goes, a Russian repair center was asked to look at an "insanely low price" external hard-drive a customer had bought in a Chinese store, but which kept losing data. When they opened it up, everything became clear... Read The Full Story

Stun Fone was a viral marketing campaign

Shane McGlaun, Nov 15th 2010 Discuss [1]

I missed the viral part of this video last week, but it's funny nonetheless. The video on YouTube was of an actor that was supposed to be a student from MIT that had developed a hardware device for the iPhone hat turned the thing into a stun gun. The Stun Fone product was apparently picked up by all sorts of major outlets like CBS News, the Wall Street Journal and more. Read The Full Story

iPhone HD Prototype Showing iPhone OS 4 Went Through Photoshop First

Evan Selleck, May 13th 2010 Discuss [0]

At least, that's what some people have noticed over at the Vietnamese forum. And, as unfortunate as it may be, from the image that goes along with the Photoshop reports, they may be on to something. The torrid affair of the iPhone HD's life in the public sector, well before launch, is obviously not going to slow down, and even though we brought these latest images to you earlier today (with an update that they could, indeed, be fake), it seems that it may be laid to rest. Read The Full Story

ThinkGeek iCade arcade cabinet for iPad is fake with real promise

Chris Davies, Apr 1st 2010 Discuss [1]

April Fool jokes online are generally tired, unfunny and just plain annoying, but there's usually one decent idea that slips through the net of mediocrity. ThinkGeek's iCade iPad arcade cabinet is obviously a joke - the "Availability: 80's" pretty much gives it away - but we can see plenty of people loving the concept of a proper arcade controller for some serious retro gaming with their shiny new Apple tablet. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Guns N’ Roses feud reportedly turns nasty

Chris Davies, Jan 24th 2010 Discuss [2]

Here at SlashGear we try to keep our celebrity feuds to a bare minimum, and certainly not expose readers to the mayhem going on behind the scenes, but sometimes news slips through the net. It came as some surprise, though, to see TMZ reporting that we'd been banned from a Guns N' Roses concert in Canada this week, thanks to an ongoing feud with Axl Rose. Read The Full Story

Apple Tablet makes second video showing: still fake, still impressive

Chris Davies, Dec 18th 2009 Discuss [4]

It's Friday and perilously close to the holidays, so we reckon we're allowed to kick back and watch a little more Apple Tablet concept footage. Just like last week's clip we're calling fake on its authenticity, but we're still mighty impressed by the rendering skills of whoever created it. Video after the cut Read The Full Story

Apple Tablet video leak is obviously fake, but we still want it

Chris Davies, Dec 11th 2009 Discuss [4]

Now, we'll prefix this with a huge disclaimer that it's 99.9-percent fake, and we're only pointing to it because - as concept videos go - it's a pretty slick one. Purported to be a leaked video demo of the much-rumored Apple Tablet, it shows a thin slate with a touchscreen and Cover Flow style interface. Video after the cut Read The Full Story