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Apple Q1 results a mixed bag, iPhone sales at 74.8m, iPad sales drop, revenue up

Apple earnings are always a huge event but they are hardly ever exciting. Apple reports record sales and high revenue and everyone is left…

Apple raises the price of apps in seven territories, including South Africa

Have you already adjusted your budget for the year ahead to include your new Netflix subscription and the ever-rising price of a loaf of…

New Amnesty International report links Apple, Microsoft, Samsung to child labour in mines in DRC, Africa

Ever wondered how your smartphone is assembled and where all the minerals that make up its tiny component pieces come from? Not many people…

Apple users spent $1.1bn on apps over holiday season

There really is no stopping Apple. The Cupertino-based technology giant on Wednesday announced that its customers had spent US$1.1-billion on apps and in-app purchases,…

This is why the internet really needs green energy

The physical realities of data are far from popular conceptions of the internet as a vapourless “cloud.” Online services, especially for streaming video content,…

How ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ inspired Apple’s mobile device line-up

The Apple iPod, iPhone, and iPad are products that were far advanced at their time of introduction and revolutionized each of their respective market…

Apple Music now available for Android on Beta, missing some key features

Apple Music has finally made its way to the Android ecosystem. The arrival on Android comes a few months after it launched on iOS….

Apple patents an iPhone drop mechanism that alters device angle in freefall

We’ve all experience it: that horrifying moment when you drop your smartphone, wondering whether your screen is about to be smashed to pieces. That…

Apple market value hits $700bn

Apple is on an infinite rise, it seems. A rise in Apple shares on Tuesday pushed the market value of the company above US$700-billion,…

Universal Pictures rescues Steve Jobs biopic

The uncertainty around the Aaron Sorkin-headed Steve Jobs movie is surprising. How is it that a biopic on one of the most successful business…

Apple will donate some of its sales this shopping season to fight Aids

Your next iPod or iTunes app could help fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. The December holiday season is the most profitable time of the year….

Wirelurker virus discovered, ‘heralds new era’ for Apple software attacks

Reports of a new trojan-like malware being pushed around could spell real danger for Apple users, both mobile and desktop. The so-called Wirelurker has…

Steve Jobs’ original Apple-1 computer expected to fetch $500k at auction

In 1976 at the age of 21, Steve Jobs sold an Apple-1 computer to Charles Ricketts from his parents’ garage in California. This is…

Tim Cook calls Apple Pay a success with 1 million sign-ups in first 3 days

Just three days after Apple’s new and exciting payment technology Apple Pay launched last week, over 1 million bank cards had already been signed…

Here’s everything you need to know about the software Apple launched today

While most of the attention from today’s Apple event was aimed squarely at the new iPads and Macs being launched, there was plenty for…

Apple says iPhone 6 smashed 30 day sales record, gives no actual numbers

Everyone barring the most stringent pessimists knew that the iPhone 6 was going to sell well, but just how well it’s sold in its…

Yet another Apple iStore raided by bandits in Cape Town

Last evening, shortly before Canal Walk mall closed its doors, armed men stormed and robbed the iStore. The robbery follows many similar incidents that…

Get the Popcorn: The ‘Netflix of torrents’ is finally available on iOS

Popcorn Time, the popular entertainment platform that makes watching torrented movies and series a seamless experience has finally launched on iOS, making the so-called,…

Conan O’Brien has figured a way to completely remove all traces of U2 from your memory [video]

Our Stuart and Michelle took on Apple and called out the company’s creepiness regarding its automatic addition of the U2 album onto user’s iCloud…

Tim Cook aggressively reiterates Apple’s commitment to user privacy and security

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, does not sleep. At night he is haunted by naked photos of celebrities. He has not admitted to this,…

What did it take for Apple to go from cool to creepy? A single U2 album

With additional commentary by Mich Atagana Along with pretty much all my colleagues in the tech press — and thousands of hardcore Apple fans…

Apple’s old timey classic Watch needs to be a fashion statement in the age of tech

After months of waiting, Apple has finally announced its wearable, the Apple Watch. Fanboys and girls everywhere have been waiting for the tech giant…

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