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Apple Mac App Store Hits 100 Million Downloads

December 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Apple has announced that the Mac App Store has just hit a milestone. The company has commented that over 100 million downloads have occurred on the app store which launched less than a year ago.

The App Store was originally launched on iOS devices and quickly became popular on the iPhone and then on the iPad. Over 500,000 apps are available which have been download 18 billion times since launch. This number now averages around the 1 billion downloads each month. The Mac App Store works on a similar principle in that you use your Apple ID to log in with and can find apps from various categories to download on to your Mac.

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Apple to Launch iPad 3 in April – No Surprise There (Rumour)

December 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment

A report today indicates that the iPad 3 will be launched by Apple in 3 – 4 months time. This comes as no real surprise really as April 2012 will be about a year since the iPad 2 launched and 2nd year before the original iPad.

DigiTimes comments that the parts needed to build the iPad 3 have started to arrive at the factory. As well as new parts arriving, orders are also supposedly being decreased for the iPad 2.

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Apple iBooks Update Brings Night Reading and Other Features

December 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] has launched a new version of iBooks for iOS devices. The new update brings several new features to the app which make it more friendly to use. Although most, if not all, of the features are already available on other eBook readers and have been for a while they are still a welcomed addition.

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Apple iOS 5.1 Ready for Developers – New iPhone and iPad Referenced

November 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] has seeded a new version of iOS to developers. iOS 5.1 launched last night and brings a few bug fixes as well as a few small features to the operating system. Also, we hear from 9to5Mac that an iPhone 5 and iPad 3 can now be found in the code.

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Apple Black Friday 2011 Deals Leak

November 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Apple announced yesterday that they will be dropping prices in Apple stores (as well as online) for Black Friday which is November 25 this year. Although Apple [AAPL] hasn’t released details of which products will get a discount, 9to5Mac has managed to get hold of the details.

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Apple Preparing iOS 5.0.2 For Launch with New Battery Fixes

November 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment

When Apple [AAPL] launched iOS 5.0.1 recently the update fixed the battery problems for some users while broke them for others and made no change for others. For myself, my battery now does last longer although I think Apple still has some work to do to fine tune it. We now hear that iOS 5.0.2 is currently being worked on although it hasn’t been released to developers yet.

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First Generation iPod nano Gets Recalled by Apple

November 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] has issued a recall for the first gen iPod nano. The reason for it is due to problems with the device that in some very rare cases had problems with overheating. Batteries and heat don’t go together too well often causing explosions. Apple seems to have made the best choice here although the original nano came out five years ago.

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iOS 5.0.1 Download Now Available from Apple

November 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] has released the final version of iOS 5.0.1 which promises to fix battery life. It is available for all iOS 5 compatible devices and ranges between 44Mb and 790Mb depending on if you install the smaller OTA delta update or get the full iOS via iTunes. The file size also varies between the iPad and iPhone by a few Mb.

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Apple Confirm to Developer that Siri Is Not Coming to Older Devices

November 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment

A few days ago some rumours were spreading about Apple working on bringing Siri to the iPhone 4, iPad and various other iOS devices. It appears that this isn’t the case though as one developer suggested to Apple that they charge for the update to which a response came back saying they had no plans to introduce it.

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Apple Store v2.0 Arrives in the App Store

November 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment

A new version of the Apple Store app has launched today which brings EasyPay and Personal Pickup options to the user. What these do is make the whole shopping experience that little bit easier when going to visit an Apple store.

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Apple Awards Execs $60 Million Bonus to Share

November 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Apple [AAPL] has given a bonus to several key execs at the company. In total the bonuses work out at about $60 million dollars based on todays share value of around $400/share.

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More iPhone 4S Problems Discussed in Apple Forums – This time with Audio

November 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The iPhone 4S has had a few problems since it launched a few weeks ago. These include a battery problem which sees users not being able to get through a day without having to plugin and recharge. The next problem is related to audio. We’ve reported on similar problems before which saw the wired headset becoming prone to some bad echos. This even newer problem seems to be with audio cutting out on outgoing calls.

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