Steve Jobs Biography Gets Manga Treatment

Mari Yamizaki has drawn up Steve Jobs as a doe-eyed, dreamy, drug fueled genius in his new manga. The first volume will be available in the May 2013 issue of Kiss, a comic anthology for girls.

The manga is an adaption of Walter Isaacson's biography and gives Isaacson credit for being the source that the manga is based off of.

What you will notice if you ever pick up the manga is how beautiful the artwork is. The semi-realistic monochrome style is absolutely gorgeous and stays true to the Japanese manga tradition. Looks like this will be extremely popular with all the Apple fanboys!

Apple Adds Indoor Location Mapping By Purchasing WifiSLAM

WifiSLAM, a business which provides indoor mobile location services through the use of Wi-Fi and the variation of signal strength has been purchased by Apple for $20 million according to the Wall Street Journal. The company's co-founders include a former Google employee and, according to investor site AngelList, is being backed by Don Dodge who has worked at both Google and Microsoft.

This move isn't too surprising as Apple is looking to continue to build its arsenal and gain a competitive edge against Google's mapping services ever since the day they tried dumping Google's mapping service for the iPhone and iPad. That move was met with wide backlash from customers and ended with the firing of Scott Forstall who had been head of the mapping team and the return of Google maps back to the iOS earlier this year.

Google is currently offering indoor mapping in certain locations like sports venues and airports and other company's such as Samsung, Nokia and Qualcomm are all looking to get into the game as well by partnering with companies that can provide indoor location based services. 

As indoor location-based technology continues to improve, retailers will be looking to take advantage by sending out targeted offerings to users or the data can then be shared across social networking sites like Facebook or Google+ for additional user engagement. This type of information can be of great benefit to merchants which is why all these companies are looking to get a competitive edge and take market share for location-based mapping.

Apple To Launch iPhone without Retina?

According to Amit Daryanani of RBC Capital Markets, Apple will be launching a 'low-end' iPhone that will be without Retina display and features a plastic casing, allowing Apple to introduce an iPhone that will have a lower price point.

It's estimated that if Apple does indeed offer a low-end iPhone along with their other iPhone products that the addition to their lineup could add up to another $22 billion in revenue. However, this isn't the first time we've heard that Apple would be offering a low-end solution to their iPhone line-up. Last month, Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst with KGI, reported that Apple would be bringing in a lower-cost iPhone that would be a hybrid casing of plastic and fiberglass.

While it does indeed seem that Apple is leaning towards a lower-end iPhone, there have been no official announcements from the company yet.