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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Apple announces record earnings (again)

by Kenny Hemphill on April 25, 2012 in News

Apple made $11.6 billion in the three months to the end of March, nearly double the $6 billion it made in the same quarter last year. Revenue for the quarter was $39.2 billion, an increase of 88% on last year. The iPhone, yet again, was the star performer. Sales of 35 million, an 88% increase [...]

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Google launches Drive cloud storage

by Kenny Hemphill on April 24, 2012 in News

Google has begun to roll out its online storage service, Drive, to account holders. It provides 5GB of free storage to Google account owners and, in addition to being accessible as a virtual folder on the desktop, like Dropbox, has several features which integrate with other Google services. Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior vice president of [...]

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Adobe announces details of CS 6 and Creative Cloud

by Kenny Hemphill on April 23, 2012 in News

Having shown off Premiere CS 6 and After Effects CS 6 at NAB a couple of weeks ago, Adobe today announced details of the rest of the suite. It also formally unveiled Creative Cloud, its subscription service for CS 6 applications. MacUser readers already know about the new crop tool and additional Content Aware options [...]

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