Yahoo buys Tumblr as users seek sanctuary in WordPress

by Kenny Hemphill on May 20, 2013

Yahoo confirmed today that it had shelled out a hefty $1.1bn (£723m) for content platform, Tumblr and, perhaps in acknowledgement of what has happened to Flickr under its ownership (update: Yahoo has now fixed and improved Flickr), promised not to ‘screw it up.’

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Tim Cook hints about US-built Mac

by Kenny Hemphill on 17 May 2013 in News

Tim Cook has again talked about the Mac Apple will build in the US later this year. The Apple CEO told US politics website, Politico that the US-produced Mac, the first to be made in the country since 1994, will be a new version of an existing product and that as well as being assembled [...]

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Apple announces fifty billion downloads from App Store

by Kenny Hemphill on 16 May 2013 in News

Apple confirmed today that the 50 billionth app has been downloaded from the App Store. The milestone was reached when a man from Ohio, Brandon Ashmore downloaded Say the Same Thing from Space Inch yesterday, shortly after Google made several announcements, including the launch of a streaming music service, at its I/O developer conference.

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Google beats Apple to launch streaming music service

by Kenny Hemphill on 15 May 2013 in News

Google used the keynote at its I/O developer conference today to launch a streaming music service, the snappily-titled Google Play Music All Access. The new service, which is integrated with the Google Play music store, allows users to stream music on-demand, in a similar way to Spotify. It will only be available in the US [...]

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Hadfield Space Oddity recorded on iPad using Garageband

by Kenny Hemphill on 14 May 2013 in News

International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield’s video of Space Oddity was recorded on an iPad using Garageband, according to his son Evan. In a discussion on Reddit, where the idea for the song originated, Evan Hadfield confirmed that his dad had recorded the vocal in space using his iPad. Hadfield, who is credited with producing [...]

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Daft Punk album available to stream in full on iTunes Store

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2013 in News

The long-awaited new album from French duo Daft Punk is now available to stream on the iTunes Store. The album, Random Access Memories, is due for release on 21 May and can be pre-ordered for £8.99. The full, 74-minute album, which includes the current UK number one single Get Lucky, is available to listen to [...]

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