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Sales of Future’s UK magazine portfolio have increased by a staggering 750 per cent since the release of Newsstand as part of Apple’s iOS5 last week. AOP reports that the combined downloads of Future’s 50+ free and premium publications via the Apple store has passed the 2m mark in just …
Read More »Apple shares reach all-time high
The immediate success of the iPhone 4S saw Apple’s shares reach an all-time yesterday. The tech giant yesterday revealed that it has sold 4m of the new handsets throughout its first three days on sale. That’s nearly twice as many as its predecessor the iPhone 4 sold in the same …
Read More »Three days and 4m sales for iPhone 4S
Apple has announced that it sold in excess of 4m iPhone 4S handsets in the device’s first three days of availability. That works out at around 55,555 units per hour, or 926 units per second. It’s also twice as many as iPhone 4 sold in the same period. In addition, …
Read More »Crowds gather for iPhone 4S launch
It may not be the iPhone 5 that many were hoping for, but hundreds of people have been queuing today for the new 4S model. The new iPhone 4S was announced last week and features a new CPU, vastly improved graphics, an 8MP camera and 1080p video recording. Yesterday, it …
Read More »iOS5 release leads to internet traffic surge
The release of the newest operating system for the iPhone and iPad early yesterday evening lead to a surge in European internet traffic. Following the release of iOS 5 at around 6:00pm last night, UK net usage increased by around 200Gb per second, effectively adding around a fifth to the …
Read More »Burnout iOS game confirmed
Downloadable Xbox Live and PSN game Burnout Crash will be heading to the iPad and iPhone this year. EA’s Criterion Games studio has ported the top-down car crash game to Apple’s iOS platform. The publisher says it will arrive this holiday season” on iPad, iPad 2 and iPhone 4. The …
Read More »Apple living-room device could reshape gaming – Newell
The notion of separate platforms 'will disappear' if the iPhone group launches its own TV sets
Read More »iPhone 4S pre-orders surpass 3m
New iOS smartphone could sell twice as fast as its predecessor
Read More »iPhone 4S tops 3m pre-orders
Around 3m customers have pre-ordered the upcoming Apple iPhone 4S in less than one week. Bloomberg Businessweek reports 3m units of the new smartphone may be sold in its first weekend on sale, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky. That would be almost double the number of iPhone …
Read More »US study dissects iPad user habits and wealth
Comscore data claims the Apple device has driven 97 per cent of tablet traffic in the US
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