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Apple extends free 20GB iCloud offer to woo MobileMe stragglers

by Kenny Hemphill on May 8, 2012 in News

As the deadline for the end of MobileMe fast approaches, Apple has extended its offer of 20GB of free iCloud storage until 30 September. Apple announced last summer that MobileMe would cease on 30 June this year and originally offered subscribers to iCloud who held a MobileMe account 20GB of storage until 30 June. As [...]

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Cut-price iPad 2 has better battery life than the original

by Kenny Hemphill on May 4, 2012 in News

When Apple launched the new iPad a few weeks ago, it kept the iPad 2 on sale, and cut the price to £329. It was a smart move and one of the factors which helped the iPad increase its share of the tablet market significantly last quarter. It was assumed that the iPad 2 on [...]

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iPad grabs even bigger share of market as Kindle Fire sales slump

by Kenny Hemphill on May 3, 2012 in News
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The Kindle Fire’s position as the best-selling Android tablet and the only real challenger to the iPad was short-lived, according to new figures from IDC. The numbers for the first calendar quarter of 2012 show that while the iPad increased its share of the market from 54.7% to 68%, the Kindle Fire slumped from 16.8% [...]

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Apple falls foul of advertising regulator over iPad 4G

by Kenny Hemphill on May 1, 2012 in Analysis

The Advertising Standards Authority is not satisfied with Apple’s marketing of the new iPad, despite assurances from the company that it had removed the term ’4G’ from its website and from a promotional video. According to the BBC, a letter from the ASA to one person who had complained that Apple’s use of the term [...]

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UK ISPs ordered to block Pirate Bay

by Kenny Hemphill on April 30, 2012 in News

The UK’s five biggest internet service providers have been told by the High Court they must block access to filesharing website The Pirate Bay. Mr Justice Arnold ruled in February that the site breached UK copyright laws and today’s decision means that Virgin Media, Everything Everywhere, Sky, TalkTalk, and O2 must begin blocking it immediately. [...]

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Tim Cook rules out touchscreen MacBook Air

by Kenny Hemphill on April 25, 2012 in Analysis
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Tim Cook has ruled an Apple product which would combine the MacBook Air and the iPad. ‘You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user,’ said Cook in response to a question from analyst, Tony Sacconaghi during the conference call which followed the [...]

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