Apple launches iTunes Radio

by Kenny Hemphill on 10 June 2013 in News

Apple has launched its long-expected radio app, iTunes Radio. Integrated with the iOS radio app, iTunes Radio allows you to create your own ‘radio stations’ based on music genres or favourite musicians. Eddy Cue demonstrated a Led Zeppelin station which included Whole Lotta Love and music from the Rolling Stones. Stations can be customised. iTunes [...]

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iOS 7 takes centre stage at WWDC

by Kenny Hemphill on 10 June 2013 in News

The new version of iOS is ‘the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of iPhone,’ said Appel CEO Tim Cook today. iOS 7 has a completely new look, one in which the influence of industrial design SVP, Jony Ive is clear. Ive, talking to developers, said that his goal was to create an interface [...]

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Apple announces OS X Mavericks

by Kenny Hemphill on 10 June 2013 in News

Apple has announced the next version of OS X, which will be called Mavericks, after the Californian surf spot. Among the new improvements are support for tabs and tagging in Finder, improvements to multiple display support, and the ability to use an HDTV connected to an Apple TV as a second display over AirPlay. Mavericks [...]

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Apple denies allowing US Govt access to data in PRISM program

by Kenny Hemphill on 7 June 2013 in News

Apple has denied being involved in a scheme which allows the US National Security Agency access to users’ personal data held on the servers of some of the world’s biggest technology companies. The Mac-maker was named in reports by The Guardian and Washington Post as one of several companies, along with Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and [...]

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British Airways and Subway UK add Passbook integration to apps

by Kenny Hemphill on 6 June 2013 in News

Passbook, as anyone who has used it will tell you, is one of the niftiest features in iOS 6. Sadly, it’s also one of the least used on this side of the Atlantic, as support for it from UK companies was scant when it launched last year. That support has improved steadily and yesterday British [...]

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ITC bans import of iPad 2 and iPhone 4 over Samsung patent claim

by Kenny Hemphill on 5 June 2013 in News

The US International Trade Commission has imposed a ban on the import of Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPad 2, because they infringe upon a patent held by rival Samsung. The ruling, which overturns an ITC decision from last year, relates to a patent covering 3G technology which ensures that a device can transmit multiple services [...]

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