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The world’s biggest tech firm, Apple, has seen profits surge by $2bn to 6.62bn for its last financial quarter – a new record for the company. However, analysts have still conspired to paint a gloomy picture, claiming that revenues of $28.3bn were lower than expected. It’s the first time in …
Read More »Argos owner suffers profits collapse
Home Retail Group, the owning company of catalogue chain Argos, has reported a shocking set of numbers in its half-year financial report. Profits for the period collapsed by 71 per cent to 29.4m. Though the performance of another of its brands, Homebase, was described a robust” Argos itself was said …
Read More »Error sees Sainsbury’s selling PS3 bundle for £114
A checkout error at a number of Sainsbury’s stores last night resulted in the supermarket selling a specific PS3 console bundle for just 114.01 last night. As spotted by those eagle-eyed bargain hunters on HotUKDeals, the error concerned the chain’s current 199 deal on 160GB PS3 consoles complete with two …
Read More »Last chance to vote for your favourite GamesAid charity
The clock is ticking and the deadline to choose which charity you’d like GamesAid to support in the year ahead is rapidly approaching. Fret not, though, for registered GamesAid members can now vote quickly and easily online. First of all, sign up to GamesAid at the official website. Once you’ve …
Read More »UK PlayStation Vita prices confirmed
Sony has confirmed the UK price for the PlayStation Vita, which last night was given a European and American release date of February 22nd. The entry-level wi-fi only model will retail for 229.99. The higher-spec 3G SKU will cost 279.99. There are no details yet of what deals will be …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City – where’s cheapest?
There’s no let-up this week as the triple-A new releases continue to come thick and fast, and this time it’s the turn of Batman: Arkham City to get the trade-in discount treatment. And once again it’s HMV that has delivered the most appetising offer. The retailer will sell consumers a …
Read More »Battlefield 3 appears on torrent sites
As is sadly quite often the case before a big new release nowadays, the release of EA’s Battlefield 3 has been sullied by the game’s arrival on illegal torrent sites. A 9.96GB download is already doing the rounds that allows pirates complete access to the game’s single player mode on …
Read More »Future mag sales soar 750% thanks to Apple Newsstand
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 »Did Steve Jobs design the iPhone 5 before he died?
Two weeks ago the iPhone 4S was unveiled, which didn’t sit well with many who were anticipating the iPhone 5. Now an analyst claims the late Steve Jobs has been involved with the creation of the iPhone 5 from concept to final design, according toCnet. In a research note, Ashok …
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 …
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