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Apple set to unveil iPad 3 in first week in March

by Kenny Hemphill on February 9, 2012 in News

Apple will launch the next version of the iPad at a special even in San Francisco in the first week of March, according to All Things Digital. The Wall Street Journal blog said that its sources claimed that the new iPad will feature a faster processor, better graphics, and a higher resolution screen, probably 2048 [...]

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Paul McCartney to play live on iTunes and Apple TV

by Kenny Hemphill on February 8, 2012 in News
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In the first event of its kind, Paul McCartney will promote his new album, Kisses on the Bottom, by playing a concert which will be streamed live on iTunes. You’ll have to stay up late, or get up early to watch it however, as the event takes place in LA and starts at 7pm PST [...]

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Motorola wins ban on push email on Apple devices in Germany

by Kenny Hemphill on February 3, 2012 in News

Motorola has won a permanent injunction in Germany against push email services in Apple’s iCloud and MobileMe. When Motorola enforces the judgement, Apple will have to remove push email from the iPhone and iPad in Germany. Although the injunction is permanent, it can be appealed and it’s likely that Apple will do just that. According [...]

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Browett won’t bring Dixons to Apple says Tim Cook

by Kenny Hemphill on February 1, 2012 in Comment
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Apple’s decision to recruit Dixons CEO, John Browett as its international retail chief caused more than a few raised eyebrows on this side of the Atlantic. The philosophy and sales strategy of PC World and Currys could scarcely be more different to Apple’s, and anyone who remembers the failed ‘store within in a store’ partnership [...]

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NYT admonished by workers’ rights group over Apple China story

by Kenny Hemphill on January 30, 2012 in News

The New York Times has been criticised by an organisation which promotes the rights of workers over a story it ran last week which contained devastating accounts of the treatment of employees at factories in China where Apple products are made. BSR, a group which promotes corporate responsibility and the rights of workers was unhappy [...]

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Twitter censorship plan under fire

by Kenny Hemphill on January 27, 2012 in News

Twitter has been widely criticised over the implementation of a system which will allow it to block tweets in specific countries while allowing them to be published in others. The social network said it would assess requests to block tweets on a case by case basis and that its approach to freedom of speech would [...]

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