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App developers deserting Android in favour of iOS says Flurry

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 December 2011 in News

Google chairman, Eric Schmidt may think that developers will soon flock to Android because that platform has a bigger share of the smartphone market than iOS, but new evidence points in the opposite direction. Schmidt told an audience at Le Web in Paris last week that ‘Ultimately, application vendors are driven by volume, and volume [...]

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Apple updates GarageBand for iOS and adds iPhone support

by Kenny Hemphill on 1 November 2011 in News
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Apple has updated the iOS version of GarageBand and made it available to iPhone and iPod touch users. The app works in the same way on the iPhone and iPod touch as it does in the iPad, though there are changes to the interface to accommodate the smaller screen size. Contextual menus have been added [...]

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Has Samsung really overtaken Apple in the smartphone market?

by Kenny Hemphill on 31 October 2011 in Comment

There’s been a great deal written over the last few days about Samsung apparently overtaking Apple to become the world’s biggest smartphone handset manufacturer by sales volume. But is it really true?

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Apple announces record results as Mac takes 5% of worldwide PC sales

by Kenny Hemphill on 19 October 2011 in News

Apple announced yesterday that it made $6.62bn in the July-September quarter, an increase of 54% on last year and a record for the company. Revenue for the period was $28.27bn, a rise of 39% on the year ago quarter. Mac sales rose by 26% from last year, making a total of 4.9m worldwide, a quarterly [...]

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Apple to hold iPhone 5 launch event on October 4

by Kenny Hemphill on 21 September 2011 in News

Apple will hold a ‘big media event’ on October 4, according to All Things Digital. The Wall Street Journal blog reports that according to its sources, the event would be the scene for the launch of the iPhone 5.

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Adobe helps developers put Flash content on iPad and iPhone

by Kenny Hemphill on 9 September 2011 in News

Adobe has announced an update to Flash Media Server which will allow Flash content to be streamed to iOS devices.

Flash Media Server 4.5 repackages audio and video content in real time and changes the protocol, to, say, HTTP Dynamic Streaming, to suit the target device. This, says Adobe, will allow ‘businesses to use the same media and live streams to deliver full adaptive bit-rate experiences to platforms supporting Flash, as well as Apple devices, including iPad and iPhone.’

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