Apple fans are touted as some of the most loyal in the tech world, vying for information about new product line releases, software updates, and insider tips and tricks to make those hip and trendy devices even more conducive to living the life through a nifty handheld device. Apple is known for its top of the line, and subsequently pricey smart phones, tablets and personal computers, appealing to a world of self-proclaimed hip consumers that are passionate about having the best of the best and willing to pay the price to get just that. Its products have a reputation of taking years to make it to market because it refuses to produce anything that could be deemed subpar. At Fueled we noted the fact that the company's dedicated fan base eagerly bought in to its new iPhone offerings, yet Apple may have lost a notch in its technology belt by delivering a product that was less than "ready" for the masses. The jarring issue?

One of the biggest stories of last month was Apple Inc.'s huge acquisition of headphones giant Beats by Dre. The deal was important for a number of reasons, including bringing Dr. Dre within $200M of being Hip Hop's first billionaire. This is only the beginning of huge possibilities that could come from the huge merging of companies.

With these types of buys it's easy to speculate how one company, typically the smaller, could fade quietly out of the public eye, left only as a credit in the fine print of the tech specs, if that. But we at Fueled don't see that as being the destiny of Beats in this particular situation, and for quite a few good reasons.

What happens when you walk into a coffee shop holding your iPhone in your hand? Yes, you are not the only one with the Apple device so what do you do to make your device stand out? Meet We Wear Wood!

We Wear Wood is a Salt Lake City, UT-based company where wood meets high-tech, they create unique wood covers and cases for iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks, that'll make your Apple device stand out.

These covers and cases are definitely eyeball grabbing and since they are made up of wood there is a natural beauty to them, realizing this fact the folks at We Wear Wood took to the whiteboard to create something that brings together low-tech beauty with high-tech power.

Apple's First Foray into Trends

Speculations are swirling like crazy around what it appears to be the new device from Cupertino's most famous firm. Many different concepts, expectations, and presumed features of Apple's smart watch have been popping up all over the web in the last few months. That the device exists hasn't been officially announced but with so many sources reporting on it, we can only assume that it does. Amongst all of the rumors its hard to recognize what's real from fake, but we are almost positive that this product is most likely going to hit stores this year.

The speculations of which began at the end of 2012 is finally going to see the dawn of its launch day, if the rumors are to be believed.

For almost a year Apple has kept mum about its iWatch and while the endless rumors like Apple working with Intel on a wrist-worn gadget with a 1.5inch screen or that the iWatch would be Siri-controlled or that a team of 100 Apple product designers are working on the watch and more surfaced, Apple somehow managed to keep its cool and kept on working on the iWatch, if the gadget does exists.

Well, the latest rumor surrounding the Apple's yet to be announced iWatch pertains to its charging options.

iPads have become more popular than ever, but iPad theft is also on the rise. After all, we utilize them for a number of activities, including accessing bank accounts, credit card accounts and other sensitive material.  If your iPad is stolen, the chances of a criminal being able to access your highly personal information is quite substantial - especially if they're technically savvy. Fortunately, there are a number of simple, yet effective steps that anyone can take to decrease the chance of theft and protect your personal information.

Here's what ya need to know!

If you are reading this thinking that it's about some video editing tool that Apple has come up with then you are in for a surprise.

First of all, no... Apple hasn't come up with anything like this. In fact, Apple has done something that made a popular filmmaker from New York Casey Neistat unhappy.

Wondering what and why?

Earlier this year, while 1,417 people were waiting in line outside the Apple's flagship store in New York, Casey made a documentary called "The Dark Side of the iPhone 5S Lines". This documentary featured people who were waiting in line to grab the iPhone 5S and the pain that they went through while doing so. This video has more than three million views on YouTube and believe it or not, Apple edited this video and used it as a motivational video for its employees.

With the launch of iPhone 5S and 5C, Apple is back with a bang in the game of the smartphones and it's iPad Air event, that just took place yesterday, was nothing but a cherry on the top.

Talking about the iPhone 5S. Well, this one product garnered a lot of attention even before its launch as it attracted the longest line with 1,417 people ever outside the Apple's flagship store in New York.

For any one who is using an iPhone for the first time, it can be a really tricky device to operate but once you get a hang of it, it's one hard to part with. I'm no Apple loyalist but most Apple users, especially the ones I know of, find it hard to switch to another brand.

It has almost been a week since Apple launched its two iPhones for this year, the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C and Apple has set another opening weekend record with over 9 million iPhone sales. Wow!

As per the market and stats iPhone 5S has not only outsold iPhone 5C but all the past generations of iPhones as well.

And why not, iPhone 5S has an edge over the iPhone 5C and the past generations of iPhones and that is mostly because of the fingerprint scanner feature.

Now that the iOS 7 is out, most of us have already upgraded our iPhones and iPads and are in fact enjoying Apple's new operating system.

Within minutes of its release, the iOS 7 became a hit and the word in the market is that this new update is revolutionary, elegant and sleek. Honestly speaking, it is!

The iOS 7 brings along with it new features, lot of colors and multitasking which is being appreciated by the Apple users.

Well, we are not here to examine the new Apple operating system under the microscope but to help our readers in enjoying it.

Call it amazingly awesome creativity or a healthy dig at the newly released Apple product iPhone 5C, this Vienna-based ad agency PKP BBDO surely knows how to think-out-of-the-box.

The folks at PKP BBDO have come up with a parody video of the iPhone 5C original ad.

In the parody video the colorful crocs are imagined as iPhones 5C called the 'iCrocs 5C' which obviously is not available in the Apple store near you.

In October of 2012, Apple was issued a patent for the Spiral UI for its venerable iTunes program, and more recently a patent for the Mac Mini and its related technical aspects. However, in July of 2013, Samsung was issued patents that seem like a direct copy of Apple's Spiral and Mini devices. This is not the first time Samsung and Apple have gone to court for copyright infringement. TechRadar reports Samsung has lost multiple cases against Apple worldwide, including a particularly high-profile case in the UK that would have netted Samsung millions in royalties a year.

These cases, and cases similar to them, raise questions about the nature of innovation in the fast-moving world of mobile device design. What constitutes innovation? Can anything be truly unique in the world of mobile devices?

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We at E-junkie love to keep tabs of the latest technological developments and turf wars between the techie giants. However, today we have something from the past that felt like a monumental find, by sheer serendipity of course.

All of us know Apple is the brain child of Steve Jobs' vision for pioneering new heights in technology. And so he did during his lifetime.

Recently I stumbled upon this interview that Jobs did with the Playboy magazine. Yes, you read that right! David Sheff, the interviewer had a tete-e-tete when Apple was just a year old and had recently found limelight at the Super Bowl commercials. Back then Jobs was a man on a mission.

While Jobs was not the only one sprouting with technological ideas, he was certainly the first one to voice them openly. In a way he set the entreprenurial standards with his strange mix of viral marketing, innovation and PR strategy, all combined into one.

Come September 10, Apple's next generation of iPhone would set the market ablaze and when we say this we mean literary. As we already know that Apple next month would be launching the iPhone 5S and as the day of the launch is approaching the rumors surrounding this device are increasing.

In our last edition of Apple rumor of the week, we brought you the leaked images of the budget iPhone in the production line in China. And in our latest edition of Apple rumor of the week, what we have for is a set of images that were recently leaked and confirms one rumor that has been going around for sometime that iPhone 5S would come with a fingerprint scanner.

Yup, we're back with the Apple rumor of the week edition of the Apple rumors going around lately.

For starters, Apple is already late on its iPhone 5S anticipated launch and in case you were waiting to purchase the 'next' of the iPhone generation I guess you got to wait for sometime. Meanwhile, here's a news for you.

Last what we heard about the iPhones was that Apple is working on a cheaper version of its iPhone and recently, after some leaked images of the so-called 'budget iPhone 5' surfaced on the internet, the rumors got confirmed and the budget iPhone is already in production in China.

If you thought that the patent war was the last war between the two smartphone biggie, Samsung and Apple, then we have a news for you!

Last month, after Bloomberg published an article about Apple's rumored smart watch - iWatch and its launch date, all tech and gadget freaks were left excited. And why won't they be wearable technology is the next big thing; be it the Google Glass, the iWatch, or the Google's Talking Shoe concept.

Want a watch that apart from showing you the time, plays your favorite music, lets you make a call or answer one, tells you your location coordinates and much more. Who won't?

Apple has everything for all our technology-related needs; the iPhone for making/answering calls, iPad for work and iPod for music and now the iWatch for checking out the time.

There have been rumors about Apple venturing into the smart watch territory since last year but when in February, this year Bloomberg published an article about the iWatch, everything got confirmed.

Till now Google Inc was known as the best search engine, soon it expanded its services into the e-commerce sector by help merchants sell online.

But just don't be surprised if you see "Google-Stores" and we actually mean the brick-n-mortar kinds, in U.S cities by the end of 2013.

Taking a leaf out of its competitors books - Apple and Microsoft, Google too will sell its merchandise through retail stores as per an "extremely reliable source" report by 9to5Google. The first stores are expected to open in its European base, Dublin while American cities will have to wait till the holiday season.

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Just like last year, the rumor mill is again all hot with the rumors about Apple's iPhone 5S, which is due to release this June. Tech bloggers and journalists are already debating about the features of iPhone 5S on the internet.

Recently, some images of the iPhone 5S surfaced on a Chinese website's blog, which are allegedly taken from a Foxconn's facility in China. These images are of the pre-production version of the yet-to-be-launched iPhone 5S and by these images, if real, one thing that we can clearly judge is that the design theme is still going to be the same, as it is since Apple introduced its iPhone 4.