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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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Apple Unveils New OSX “Mountain Lion”- Sneak Preview [VIDEO]
17 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday Apple made the announcement that the new version of their laptop and desktop software would be released “this summer.” As a total Apple slut, this excites me greatly. Despite the silly name, this is looking mint – a marriage between iOS and Mac OSX. Check out all the new features and sneak preview by clicking on “continue reading.”
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Sony, Not Apple, Raises Price Of Whitney Houston Albums On iTunes [UPDATED]
13 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Nice one, Apple. An astute fan has noticed that after the passing of Whitney Houston on Saturday, her albums on iTunes no longer bear the pre-mortum price tag. Whilst a clever business move, it’s a little dickish, Apple. – UPDATE: It has since been reported that Sony, not Apple, is responsible for the hike in prices.
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New Amazon Ad Pokes Fun At iPad [VIDEO]
10 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
In the battle for king of the ebook readers, Apple has been fighting pretty hard. iBooks for the iPad is a beautiful piece of software, there’s no denying it. Apple’s only real competition comes from Amazon, with it’s range of Kindle products. These have all been revamped recently – with a new ad to go with it. Full vid after the jump.
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New iPhone App Can Calculate Your Blood Alcohol Content
08 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Getting behind the wheel of a car after having a drink or two is always risky – you may feel perfectly fine, able to do maths, whatever. But the moment you see a roadblock, you’re not too sure if you’ll pass the breathaliser. Why not check your blood/alcohol level using a new app for your iPhone, BreathalEyes?
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The iPhone Is Bigger Than The Whole Of Microsoft
06 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In the December business quarter, Apple’s iPhone business generated $24,4 billion of revenue. Microsoft’s whole company, from Windows to Office to servers to Xbox, generated just $20,9 billion.
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New Book Reveals The Secrets From Inside Apple
30 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s no secret that Apple is one of the most secretive companies in the world (see what I did there?) – so much so that it’s a core part of their business model. Countless people try to worm their way into the Apple campus at One Infinite Loop, but no-one makes it inside. A new book released this week gives just that – a look inside – and it’s nothing like you think it is.
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The iPad Outsold Desktop PC’s During The Last Quarter Of 2011
25 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple announced some massive fourth quarter sales numbers yesterday. For instance, they sold virtually as many iPhones as there are people in South Africa during that period. Apple also doubled both revenue and profit year-on-year too.
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German Court Rejects Samsung’s 3G Patent Lawsuit Against Apple
20 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Man, Samsung, you guys have been losing pretty much everything against Apple in the past couple of weeks. Germany’s Mannheim Regional court reached a decision on one point of the continuing lawsuit between Apple and Samsung, rejecting the claim that Apple have infringed upon Samsung’s German 3G patents.
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‘Apple In Education’ Launches New Digital Educational Tools
20 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As part of their ‘reinvention of the textbook,’ Apple yesterday unveiled three new applications for use in the digital educational under their Apple in Education program: iBooks 2, iBooks Author, and iTunes U. The tools are designed to allow for interactive textbooks, digital textbook creation, and open-access educational resources from top universities, respectively.
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Wearing Headphones Could Kill You
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re anything like me, going even a few minutes without music can seem like torture. However as it turns out, a few minutes without music blaring in your ears could actually save your life.
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Get A US iTunes Account – All The Latest Movies, TV Series And Music..
18 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 12 Comments
I get a kick out of liberating people, and the more that experience the freedom one feels when logged into one’s own US iTunes account, the better. And guess what, ANYBODY can get a US iTunes account. You don’t need to live in America and you don’t need an American credit card.
I swear. Click “Continue Reading” for more..
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Taxi Rank: New Mobile Web App For Cape Town
13 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Taxi Rank is a newly-launched web app that lets folks in Cape Town order cabs online or via smartphones – which isn’t in itself especially new or useful. What is pretty neat is that, once pick-up and drop-off points are specified, the service also provides estimated quotes by Cape Town’s various taxi companies, organized by price.
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iPad Survives 30km Drop From Space [VIDEO]
10 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
It’s nice that companies are willing to go to insane lengths to try and make us buy their things. Take G-Form, who wrapped up an Apple tablet in their ‘Extreme Edge’ case, and launched it into space on a weather balloon before dropping it back to earth to prove how extreme their case really is.
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Digital Music Sales Surpass Discs For The First Time Ever
06 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Your CD collection has officially become outdated, because 2011 was the year that digital music sales finally surpassed their plastic disc-based counterparts, and the trend doesn’t look to be over.
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Upcoming Apple Event To Revamp iBooks
03 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple is holding a product event later this month in New York – and since the Christmas buy-a-palooza is just past, it’s looking unlikely that they’re going to be announcing any new hardware just yet. Instead, Apple seems set to refurbish iBooks, their eBook retail platform, with a couple of new publishing options.
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RIM Now Worth Less Than Apple’s App Store Alone
20 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s no secret that Blackberry’s stock has been falling. The company that once dominated the world of business smartphones has been heavily hit by the likes of Apple and Android, causing it to market itself to the masses with cheaper handsets. This move has done little to help the company’s falling stock, with the entire company now valued at less than Apple’s App Store alone.
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HTC Android Phones May Be Banned In The US Next Year
20 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This is big. And it’s a row that has been on-going for quite some time too. Just as Android devices started making sales headway against other major brands, they might be in for a little setback. It’s not hardware, but software, luckily.
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Rare 1980’s Steve Jobs Presentation Emerges Online [VIDEO]
13 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Regis McKenna has very kindly donated rare vintage footage of Steve Jobs giving a presentation in the early 1980’s to the Computer History Museum. It shows Jobs discussing the early history of Apple, and speaking in his usual inspiring manner.
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Self-Diagnosis App Being Developed For Smartphones
09 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pulling a sickie for work or school might soon be a thing of the past as a pair of Korean researchers are trying to integrate advanced bio-detection software into a smartphone app.
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Blueprints Of Apple’s Proposed New HQ – Inside The Mothership [PICS]
08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A few months ago Apple announced their plans for their new headquarters in the Silicon Valley, and submitted plans to the Cupertino City Council. The late Steve Jobs claimed the spaceship-like structure would be “the best office building in the world”, and judging by these recently released documents, he wasn’t kidding.
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The New Apple Store At NYC Grand Central Is Rather Nice [PICS]
08 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple will be opening it’s new retail store tomorrow at the iconic Grand Central Station in New York City. Here are some pics. It’s rather nice.
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“iPhone” Most Searched-For Term In 2011
06 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Prepare yourself for the end of the year folks, we’re about to start receiving the Top 10 lists from all the various self-proclaimed authorities. This includes top ten cakes, top ten storms, top ten albums, etc, etc. One list that has some authority, is the Yahoo! Top Ten Searches of 2011. At the top? The iPhone.
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Are You A Lonely Bro? Now There’s An App For That Too
29 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Are you a bro just looking to hang with another bro, with no funny business? Then new app, Bromance, might just be for you…
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12-Year Old Boy-Wonder Picks Up Where Steve Jobs Left Off [VIDEO]
16 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
For most kids, at 12-years old their biggest technological achievement is beating the boss at the end of a video game, or having more songs on their iPod than their peers. Thomas Suarez sees things a little differently. Instead of clocking games he creates them.
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The Physics Of Angry Birds
14 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s 08h00 on a Monday morning, so how better to welcome the week than with some complex physical graphs and equations explaining the world’s most popular mobile gaming app, Angry Birds. Ready? Let’s go! (Ka-kaaw!)
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Got Siri Envy? There’s An App For That
11 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A lot of us are currently using the iPhone 4 are only now coming to terms with Apple’s reluctance to allow Siri to run on our hardware. There’s probably even a bunch of us using Android that wish we could have something similar. Well, iHave good news. There’s an app for that.
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Apple iOS Security: There’s A Hack For That
09 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple recently showed a St. Louis, USA-based app developer a red card, giving him a one year ban from their App Development Programme, all because he tried to prove a point.
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Must-See Breast Cancer Awareness iPhone App Advert [VIDEO]
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Breast cancer is a big deal. But recent studies show that many young women aren’t checking their breasts regularly. That is why the people behind the Rethink Breast Cancer campaign have launched a new iPhone App called “Your Man Reminder”. It gives woman regular reminders by a hot guy to check their breasts. And this advert they’ve made to promote it is an absolute must-see.
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