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Read More »Apple App Store serves up its 50 billionth download
The 50 billionth app has been downloaded from the Apple App Store. The lucky punter who initiated the magic download – Ohio’s Brandon Ashmore – has been handed a $10,000 App Store gift voucher. He downloaded word game Say The Same Thing. It took just under five years for Apple …
Read More »App Store closing in on 50 billion downloads
Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Cut The Rope, Draw Something and Temple Run top UKâ??s most popular ever apps
Read More »$10,000 App Store gift card up for grabs as Apple approaches 50bn app downloads
Apple’s App Store is on the verge of delivering its fifty billionth download. The moment itself will be revealed thanks to Apple’s countdown timer. The customer who downloads to the fifty billionth app will receive a decent reward, too – a $10,000 App Store gift card. The next 50 users …
Read More »Ive’s iOS7 redesign could delay planned summer rollout
A complete overhaul of Apple’s iOS operating system could delay its rollout until later in the year. Bloomberg reports that the decision to instigate such a radical redesign – the first in the history of iOS – comes from Apple’s former hardware design chief and current software guru Jonathan Ive. …
Read More »Original iPhone will be declared ‘obsolete’ next month
Apple’s original iPhone of 2007 is to become obsolete in June, according to internal info. The documentation, picked up by9to5mac.com, shows the headset manufacturer will classify the original iPhone as ‘obsolete’ everywhere, except the US, from June 11th – this applies to all Apple products that were discontinued more than …
Read More »Original iPhone to be ‘obsolete’ in June
No further technical support from Apple for its pioneering smartphone
Read More »Apple makes a record $17bn in corporate bond sale
iPhone maker thought to be sourcing extra cash to satisfy shareholders
Read More »In-app purchases guide goes live on App Store
Apple tackles IAP concerns with brief overview on business model
Read More »Apple reports first quarterly profit drop in a decade
A net profit of $9.5bn for the quarter ending March was not enough to see Apple avoid its first quarterly profit decline in a decade. That’s down from the $11.6bn profit recorded in the same period the year before. In truth, Apple actually beat its guidance thanks to stronger than …
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