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Handbags as Apple call out Google’s Android figures

September 2nd, 2010 9:15am mike s 1 comment

Handbags as Apple call out Google's Android figures

During Apple’s press launch event yesterday, Steve Jobs was doing his usual ‘big-up’ routine and bragging about the zillions of iOS devices being activated every day, adding what appeared to be a dig at their main smartphone rival, Google’s Android OS.

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Apple iPod nano: smaller, lighter and now with touchscreen

September 1st, 2010 7:06pm Pete Railton No comments

Apple iPod nano: smaller, lighter, now with touchscreen

Looking so cute you almost want to pat it on its head is the new iPod nano, which has just been announced this evening.

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Apple reveals new iPod Touch with FaceTime, HD video and Retina Display

September 1st, 2010 6:53pm mike s No comments

Apple reveals new iPod Touch with FaceTime, HD video and Retina Display

As expected, Apple’s iPod touch has received a sprinkling of fairy dust, with Steve Jobs announcing a shiner, all-new, revamped version today.

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Apple releases snappy iPad video, parody follows swiftly in its wake

August 19th, 2010 9:15am Lee J. No comments

Apple releases snappy iPad video, parody follows swifty in its wake

Apple has knocked out another of their slick adverts, this time bestowing fresh superlatives in its iPad device, only for a parody version to appear within hours of its release.
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Apple keeps the iPad nipple free as Playboy magazine app is launched

August 14th, 2010 11:30am mike s 1 comment

Apple keeps the iPad nipple free as Playboy magazine launched

Buckling under Apple’s relentless puritanical mission to keep their products free of titillation, Playboy magazine has agreed to remove all saucy content from its iPad app.

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Camera+ iPhone app sneaks in useful feature, Apple gets a-banning

August 12th, 2010 10:47am mike s 1 comment

Camera+ iPhone app developers slip in useful feature, get quickly booted off iTunes

We have to admire the cheek of iPhone developers TapTapTap who, clearly frustrated with Apple’s restrictions on what apps can and can not do, decided to ‘hide’ a feature that users have been crying out for ages – a hardware shutter button.

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Apple releases iOS security update for iPhone and iPad in over-sized download

August 11th, 2010 9:42pm Lee J. 1 comment

Apple releases iOS security update for iPhone and iPad in over-sized download

Apple has just punted out  iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone and iOS 3.2.2 for iPad updates to patch up a recently uncovered security flaw in Safari.

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Vodafone PAYG iPhone 4 undercuts Apple’s prices, throws in free data

August 10th, 2010 11:19am Tony Fletcher No comments

Vodafone PAYG iPhone 4 undercuts Apple's prices, throws in free data

Vodafone has announced that it will be undercutting Apple’s prices and selling the iPhone 4 on prepay for as ‘little’ as  £480.

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Apple’s new Mac Pro range: UK pricing and availability announced

August 10th, 2010 9:15am mike s No comments

Apple's fastest ever Mac Pro serves up to 12 cores of processing muscle

It’s been sixteen long months since the super high-end Mac Pros were updated, but deep pocketed Apple aficionados should get their wads ready as the new range is nearly here.

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Civilization Revolution for the iPhone: empire building, world ruling antics ahoy!

August 9th, 2010 5:21pm mike s No comments

Civilization Revolution for the iPhone: empire building, world ruling antics ahoy!

Old school gamers packing iPhones should get ready to whoop at the news that Civilization Revolution, a remake of the old Civilisation classic – has been shunted into the App Store and is currently available for free.

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Apple Covent Garden store opens Saturday. Over-excited previews and video

August 5th, 2010 10:50am mike s 7 comments

Apple Covent Garden store opens Saturday. We avoid

Londoners in the Covent Garden area are warned that they can expect to hear disturbingly high  levels of corporate-sponsored whooping, over-excited palm-slapping and team co-ordinated celebratory street laps as the ghastly phenomenon that is an Apple Store launch rolls into town.

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Leicester City councillors set to trouser themselves £40k of iPads

August 3rd, 2010 12:43pm mike s 4 comments

Leicester City councillors set to trouser themselves £40k of iPads

We don’t often find ourselves agreeing with the TaxPayers’ Alliance, but plans by councillors at Leicester City Council to award themselves a nice, new, top of the range Apple iPad each really is something else.

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T-Mobile UK announces iPhone 4 tariff prices

July 30th, 2010 11:06am Pete Railton 4 comments

T-Mobile UK announces iPhone 4 tariff prices

It’s clearly taken them a while to get their calculator working, but T-Mobile have finally released their pricing tariffs for the Apple iPhone 4.

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Apple Magic Trackpad gestures – video demo

July 29th, 2010 10:38am mike s 1 comment

Apple Magic Trackpad gestures - video demo

Although some over-excitable journos seem to have lost all sight of reality and have declared Apple’s Magic Trackpad to be the device to destroy the mouse, there’s no denying that for many it will become a useful addition to their desktops.

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Toggl’s time tracking tools look a treat for your timesheet needs

July 28th, 2010 9:30am mike s 2 comments

Toggl time tracking tools look a treat for your timesheet needsBilled as a “timesheet killer,” Toggl  is great way for freelancers and team-workers to keep track of their time spent working for The Man.

The free service comes in several flavours: a downloadable desktop widget for Mac, Linux and Windows, an iPhone/Android application and an iGoogle gadget that runs on all the major browsers – Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera.

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