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RIM Manufacturing Partner Pulls The Plug On BlackBerry
19 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Celestica, the Toronto-based manufacturer that produces hardware for Research In Motion, have announced that they’ll be stopping production of BlackBerry hardware over the next three months, and charging the company $1 billion for unsold BlackBerry inventory. Between the BlackBerry 10 smartphone getting pushed back to late 2012, and new iPhone rumours, this could sort of be RIP RIM.
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South African New MacBook Pro Prices Revealed
15 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Since Monday’s announcement of the ultra sexy new MacBook Pro, you know, the one with the insane Retina display, everyone has been wanting to know – when is it coming to SA, and what will it cost? I’m gonna be honest, it ain’t cheap. Not by a long shot.
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Apple Announces New MacBooks – Thinner, Sharper, Faster
12 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple opened its annual WWDC conference in Cupertino last night, and to no-one’s surprise has revealed the brand new line of MacBook Pros, as well as a update to the very popular line of MacBook Airs. See the full, drool-worthy specs inside.
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iPads Are Replacing Traditional In-Flight Entertainment
05 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A low-cost Singaporean airline has begun offering passengers iPads as an alternative to traditional in-flight entertainment. The bold move has allowed the airline to slash costs while improving passengers’ experience while on board.
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Treasure Trove Of Steve Jobs Videos Released Online, For Free
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Throughout his life, Steve Jobs imparted many inspiring words of wisdom, many of which were caught on video during his onstage appearances at Apple events and during interviews. Yesterday a host of these were made available, for free, on iTunes. Click through for the details.
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Stream Video Straight To Your iDevice With TiVo
23 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the number of series and TV shows we watch grows, so do the ways in which we do so. The good old days of sitting down in front of your TV to enjoy an episode Friends are steadily on their way out as we make room for the next upgrade in mobile technology – streaming recorded footage straight to your iOS device.
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Greenpeace Stages Protest Outside Apple HQ
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Environmental activist group, Greenpeace staged a protest outside tech giant, Apple’s head office in Cupertino yesterday. The protest was a call for Apple to start powering its data centers with greener energy, and to move away from coal. They did this is the strangest way possible – by live tweeting from a “pod” dropped outside their HQ.
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Apple Drop 4G From UK iPad Advertising, What About SA?
15 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple has been forced to drop the use of the term “4G” in its UK advertising for the new iPad, bacause not only is 4G not yet available to iPad users in the UK and Europe; it also appears that not all new iPads will be able to work on UK and European 4G when it does arrive. Is SA likely to suffer the same fate?
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Hello, Future: Move Files Across Devices With A Swipe [VIDEO]
08 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
People over at MIT have developed a piece of open-source software that lets you drag files from your phone to your computer or tablet or whatever with a swipe of a finger. It’s simple and clever and looks like the future – and it works. They’re calling it Swÿp. Take a look at the demo after the jump.
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Apple’s Wealth Visualised, They Have A Lot [INFOGRAPHIC]
08 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this month, Apple was briefly the most valuable company in the world, and their cash in hand value currently stands at $76,2 billion. You could literally buy anything with that and still have enough change to buy some more anything. Still struggling? Click through for a look at the National Post’s lovely, informative and aptly named More Money Than God infographic.
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The New iPad Is Available At DigiCape, Right Now
04 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Step right up, boys and girls! The New iPad is out, and you can get it at our Apple retailer of choice, DigiCape. Why should you get one? We thought you might ask, so we made this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_tw7bb09kM Wham. Now that you’ve made your choice, click here to find a branch near you. Or shop […]
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New iPad Prices Are Here
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The New iPad is expected to launch on 27 April. The next question on everyone’s lips is: What are we going to have to fork out for the delicious Retina goodness? I have some good news.
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Apple And Google Face Salary-Fixing Lawsuit
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google, Apple, Adobe and Intel – among other companies – have been accused of restricting salary increases and restricting career development by agreeing not to poach each other’s staff; California District Judge Lucy Koh has found that there’s enough evidence to support trial for antitrust injury. Intuit, Pixar, and Lucasfilm are also involved.
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Apple’s Dirty, Dirty Cloud
18 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this year Apple opened the doors to their manufacturing plant, Foxconn, to the public for the first time. It wasn’t pretty. Now, they’re being dragged into the spotlight again by none other than Greenpeace. Apparently their amazing iCloud isn’t all that amazing for the environment.
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Indie Princess And Badass Mother Star In Apple’s New Siri Ads [VIDEO]
17 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple have been known to lure some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names to promote their products, and their two latest ambassadors are no exception. The one has been nabbed from her throne in hipsters’ hearts, and the other from the walls of cult movie fans. Click through to see the respective icons plugging Apple’s flagship device.
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BREAKING: New iPad Available In SA End Of April
16 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
FNB have announced they will start offering the new iPad to their customers at the end of this month, the first South African company to make the new iPad available domestically. More details on the South African launch after the jump!
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Google Co-Founder Says Facebook & Apple Threaten Internet Freedom
16 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sergey Brin, the Google co-founder everybody keeps forgetting about except when he talks about stuff like this, has pointed to a handful of “threats to internet freedom” – Facebook, Apple, the entertainment industry, and governments that censor their citizens. By which I guess he means threats to Google.
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Flashfake Botnet Infects Over Half A Million Macs Around The World
10 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the concern over threats to Mac users’ security grows, a recent study by Kaspersky Labs reveals one Trojan that has managed to infiltrate over 600 000 Macs, throwing the supposedly tight security protocols used by Apple into sharp relief.
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Apple Mac Users Warned Of Computer Virus Risks
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Computer viruses are mostly a headache reserved for PC and Windows users. But with Apple becoming more popular globally in recent years, so has the numbers of hackers with wet dreams of corrupting its operating system. Read more about a new pair of Trojan viruses – with the ability to infiltrate Macs – after the jump.
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Awesome iPad Presentation Is Awesome [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Still don’t get why the iPad is the best tablet out there? Then check out this presentation by two Swedish magicians – their use of seven iPads, along with some old-fashioned trickery, should clear things up for you. Bucket loads of amazing are waiting for you – after the jump.
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Apple Anncounces First Shareholder Dividend In Almost 17 Years
19 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For the first time in nearly 17 years, Apple Inc. announced a dividend payment roll out today. The company launched a $10-billion share buyback scheme, as well. It looks like they finally buckled under the pressure to do something for their shareholders! Read what Tim Cook has to say – after the jump.
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iPad 3 Specifications Spotted In The Wild
05 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s less than a week to go until the iPad 3 is unveiled, so everybody and their grandma is throwing out thoughts about what the new toy can do. Concrete stats are emerging though – Apple employees have been browsing the web with their personal iPad 3’s, turning up details about the new tablet on website server logs.
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Apple Doctor Will Fix Your iPhone Or iPod + Fetch / Deliver
05 Mar 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I give credit when credit is due, and this you have to hear. You see just last weekend I was chilling with The Muse at the Mount Nelson pool (anyone can chill there, as long as you use the Labrisa Spa first – locals get a 25% discount) and we were enjoying some scones and […]
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Apple’s iOS Lets Developers Access Your Photos & Videos
29 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple’s iOS has been under fire for allowing third-party apps to access users’ location data and contacts without permission – and now it looks like photos and videos have been compromised too. The New York Times used a test app to prove that the security software had a giant loophole in its privacy settings.
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Apple’s Invite To 7 March Event – Reveals Retina Display For iPad 3
29 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Okay kids. It’s here. Official, straight from the horse’s mouth. I normally adopt the policy that any news regarding an Apple product should come from Apple themselves, and it doesn’t come clearer than this – the invitation to the “special event” next week. Apple is also known for giving away clues in their invitations – hit continue to see what we think this one is hinting at.
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Apple Explains iCloud In New Video
28 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Are you still struggling to get your head around the cloud vibe? Or rather, are you struggling to explain it to your technophobe friends? Send them this video and continue living your life. In the cloud. Follow link for video.
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Siri To Power Mercedes-Benz Car Systems
28 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hey, future. Mercedes-Benz unveiled plans yesterday to use Siri – the virtual assistant exclusive to the iPhone 4S – to power its new A-class electronics system, called “Drive Kit Plus,” which will allow drivers to access their iPhone apps using voice commands. In case you ever feel like updating your Twitter status while driving something sexy.
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Is This What The iPhone 5 Is Going To Look Like? [PICS]
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Sigh. Another day, another round of iPhone 5 rumours. This week, the boards and assorted interweb nooks and crannies that concern themselves with such things have been getting themselves in a tizzy over images released by an Italian design firm that claims they have worked out what the much-anticipated iPhone 5 is going to look like. Check out these Florentine flights of fancy after the jump!
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First Look EVER Inside Apple’s Chinese Manufacture, Foxconn’s Factory [VIDEO]
23 Feb 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
No journalist has ever gained access to Foxconn, the secretive company that builds all the beautiful iPads and iPhone and Macbooks that Apple gets us to consume like sweeties. ABC’s show Nightline managed to gain access to this factory which employs 250 000 people and is the size of a city (they also make products […]
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Township School Gets Sponsored iPads [VIDEO]
20 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Late last month we reported how several posh Gauteng private schools were planning to make iPads mandatory learning aids in their classes, and now several rural schools are getting sponsored iPads for their learners, too. We like. We like a lot.
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