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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…

Microsoft Office for iOS and Android is a reality, comes early 2013

After many rumours over the last year, it seems that Microsoft Office for Android and iOS will be a reality. According to reports the…

Apple sells 3 million fourth generation iPads and iPad Minis… in a weekend

Apple has announced that on the opening weekend of iPad Mini and fourth generation iPad sales, it sold three-million tablets. Yes, the sales of…

17 year old designs news ‘summerising’ app: gets millions in investments

Nick D’Aloisio has designed an app, Summly, that will summarise the news you want to hear in about three to four paragraphs, receiving millions…

Muted opening day for iPad mini sales in Asia: small device, smaller queues

While Apple fans lined up in Asia to get their hands on the iPad mini that went on sale today, the crowds queuing were…

Apple reclaims the term ‘app store’, this time from Amazon

Apple seems to think that it can claim a chunk of the English language as its own: specifically, the name for its “pioneering” App…

Android or iOS? Facebook ads can now target specific mobile devices

Developers and advertisers that use power edition and the Facebook Ads API now have the ability to choose which mobile platform their ads appear…

Apple fires software chief Scott Forstall over failure to sign Maps apology

Apple has fired its senior vice president of iPhone software, Scott Forstall, apparently over his refusal to sign an apology for the much maligned…

Apple’s ecosystem is healthier than ever: here’s why

Apple is not about the hardware, it’s also not about the software, it’s all about perception of leadership and quality. No other company in…

Apple posts ‘apology’ to Samsung on its website, as per UK court order

Remember how, back in July, a UK judge ordered Apple to basically promote Samsung by stating that the Galaxy Tab’s design is not too…

Apple Q4 results: steady as a rock

If you’re every other company, you’ve just come off announcing your third quarter financial results. Apple isn’t every other company. It just announced its…

iPad second hand sales boomed ahead of iPad mini launch

About 140 000 second-hand iPads were put up for sale ahead of the iPad mini’s launch, a 700% increase of the day before, according…

Apple’s iPad Mini videos: design philosophy, psychedelic consumerism

In case you’ve just got back from a vast, desolate wilderness without access to any sources of information — the iPad Mini launched last…

Apple vs Samsung (again): let the nitpicking begin

Apple’s “rubber band” scrolling patents are invalid. So says the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in a preliminary ruling in the ongoing patent…

With every iLaunch an iParody: here’s the iPad Mini’s

He’s back. Yup the all rapping all dominating Steve Jobs from the iPhone 5 ad, and this time he’s launching the iPad Mini. Tim…

Samsung denies shortchanging Apple on LCD panels

In the already strenuous relationship between Apple and Samsung, the Korea Times reports that the Asian smartphone maker will be stopping its shipments of…

Worldsecond: the worldwide photo shoot at one point in time

Worldsecond, an app funded by aker of fine watches and pens Montblanc, aims to have a collective gathering of people from all over the…

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