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Thursday, 02 February 2012

Steve Jobs imitator promotes a tablet in Taiwanese ad

Michael Kan

A new television advertisement airing in Taiwan has an actor with angel wings and a halo doing a thinly-veiled imitation of Steve Jobs, to promote a tablet called the 'Action Pad'.

Thursday, 02 February 2012

Steve Jobs and I discussed higher-quality digital downloads - Neil Young

Jason Snell

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young says that he talked to former Apple CEO Steve Jobs about offering higher-quality digital music downloads, but that since Jobs’s death, discussion with Apple on the matter has ceased.

Thursday, 02 February 2012

Kindle sales soar but Amazon silent on actual numbers

Nancy Gohring

Amazon said flooding in Thailand and economic problems in Europe weighed on its financial results for the fourth quarter but it also said it was pleased with the results, which disappointed investors.

Thursday, 02 February 2012

Cook hires first exec since taking Apple's reins from Jobs

Gregg Keizer

Apple CEO Tim Cook made his first major hire yesterday since taking over the company in August, bringing in the CEO of a struggling British electronics chain to lead Apple's own retail operation.

Thursday, 02 February 2012

Copyright coalition demands pirate website search demotion

Sophie Curtis

A coalition of copyright owners is lobbying the government to prevent search engines such as Google and Bing from ranking websites that provide access to pirated content.

Thursday, 02 February 2012

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7.3

Lex Friedman

Apple has released Mac OS X 10.7.3, an incremental update to Lion. Apple recommends the update to all Lion users, saying that it addresses stability, compatibility and security issues.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Samsung loses again in German patent suit against Apple

Mikael Ricknäs

The district court in Mannheim, Germany, has again sided with Apple in a patent suit brought by Samsung Electronics, saying on Friday that the company had not infringed on a second patent asserted by Samsung against the iPhone and iPad.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Tappr.tv releases version 5.0

Karissa Bell

Tappr.tv lets iPhone and iPad users create customized music visualizations—think lights and effects that appear in time with the music. Users can then share their creations with the rest of the Tappr.tv community.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Tim Cook furious at reports of worker abuses

Joel Mathis

Apple CEO Tim Cook says he is "outraged" by a series of New York Times reports alleging worker mistreatment and neglect at Chinese factories that assemble the company's iPhones, iPads, and other devices.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Apple reclaims top brand spot after iPhone 4S launch, Jobs' death

Gregg Keizer

Apple reclaimed the top spot in a brand listing by collecting an estimated $900 million worth of traditional media, social media and Twitter coverage in the fourth quarter of 2011, a measurement company has said.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Industry 'slow to respond to Macbook Air' - report

Patrick Budmar

The tablet market is going to face some stiff competition from Ultrabooks over the next five years, according to analyst firm Juniper Research.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Two years of Apple's iPad

Ian Paul

Two years ago yesterday, Apple's late co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPad, one of the most anticipated Apple products in history.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Steve Jobs 'was an incredible genius' - Bill Gates

Ben Camm-Jones

Former Microsoft boss and philanthropist Bill Gates said that he considers Steve Jobs to have been an "incredible genius" in a recent interview.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Mozilla okays Firefox 10 launch this week

Gregg Keizer

Mozilla developers have given the green light to ship Firefox 10 on Tuesday.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Apple 'could sell 40 million iPhones in China in 2013'

Ben Camm-Jones

Apple could sell as many as 40 million iPhones in China next year by partnering up with China Telecom and China Mobile, an analyst has said.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

iFlashDrive USB drive works on both iPad and Mac

Mauricio Grijalva

When Wi-Fi’s not available, it’d be nice if there were a simple and easy way to share files between your iPad and Mac without using a physical connection between the two.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Apple faces possible boycott over Foxconn investigation

Sophie Curtis

Several high-profile media outlets are calling for a boycott of Apple products, amid new reports of mistreatment of workers at the company’s manufacturing chain in China.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Smartphone vendors 'delay new models to avoid iPhone 4S competition'

Ben Camm-Jones

Smartphone vendors concerned about the strong performance of the iPhone 4S are to wait until the second quarter of 2012 to launch new handsets, a report claims.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Apple introduces lottery system for iPhone buyers in Hong Kong

Dan Moren

Apple's new lottery system in Hong Kong doesn't yet involve scratch tickets, but the company made plenty of scratch last quarter, and the Steve Jobs quotes and pictures going up around Apple's campus only scratch the surface of the man.

Wednesday, 01 February 2012

Angry Birds comes to Facebook on Valentine's Day

Sharon Gaudin

Looking for an interesting Valentine's Day gift? Big fan of Angry Birds? If so, you're in luck.

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