When you’re immortalised as a soft toy, you know you’ve done some greatness in the world. The late ‘Insanely Great’ Steve Jobs, is now a 15-inch, plush toy dressed in his signature black turtleneck, rimless glasses and denim jeans called simply the ‘iCEO’. The soft toy was launched last Wednesday, by US-based pillow company Throwboy. [...]
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olloclip: Extending Your iPhone 4/4S Camera
The smartphone is the epitome of the modern day digital Swiss Army knife. It is a personal digital assistant that talks back to you (hint: Siri), a navigator (GPS), a social networking hub, book reader, media player, gaming device, heck, it even makes calls. One area that has truly taken off is phone photography. And [...]
On Your Marks, Get Set… Swipe: Top 5 racing games on the iPad
In just two years, the iPad has become one of the most popular gaming devices in the world. Kick-ass hardware including the graphic powerhouse A4/A5 processor, a high definition screen plus a thriving selection of games on the App Store has spurred the growth of the platform. The inclusion of an accelerometer and later gyroscope have added [...]
iPad 3 (HD) Event: What To Expect
The much-anticipated iPad 3 Launch event is just hours away (Wednesday, March 7, 10AM PST / 2AM +8). The venue – Yerba Buena Center for Arts in San Francisco, the same location where the first iPad and iPad 2 were revealed. Naturally with any Apple event, the speculations, rumors and leaks spread throughout the world [...]
Apple Buys App Search Startup Chomp
Apple‘s App Store has just hit 25 billion total downloads. That’s an insane number any way you look at it. A success for Apple it may be, but as a user how do you find the app you want from over 500,000 apps now available? As a developer, how does your app stand out?
Apple Releases Big Lion Update (v10.7.3) for the Weekend
Apple has just released a whopping 730.6MB update for Mac OS X Lion – v10.7.3. As you can see from my measly broadband connection, which is by the way supposed to be a 30Mbps fibre service, the update is going to take another 3 hours to complete. The update which includes Safari 5.1.3 fixes a [...]
Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X
Apple has released Final Cut Pro X v10.0.3, a significant update to the pro video editing application, bringing with it multicam editing multicam editing that automatically syncs up to 64 angles of video and photos; advanced chroma keying for handling complex adjustments right in the app; and enhanced XML for a richer interchange with third [...]
Apple is #1 Smartphone Vendor for Q4 2011
According to fresh data from Strategy Analytics, Apple is back on top as the number one smartphone vendor in Q4 2011, topping Samsung after the successful launch of the iPhone 4S. Samsung had been market leader for a full year, capturing 20 percent of the market. Samsung had then displaced long term leader Nokia. Apple shipped [...]
Apple Reports Record Q1 2012 Profits of $13B, Passes Exxon As World’s Most Valuable Company
Apple continues its impressive financial streak with another record-breaking fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2011. The Cupertino company posted a record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion ($13.87 per diluted share). This is almost double the results in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin increased from 38.5 percent in [...]
Apple Launches iBooks 2 for iPad, Interactive Textbooks of the Future
Education, which is deeply ingrained in Apple‘s DNA, has been given a boost with the announcement of iBooks 2 for iPad. Apple announced this at a special education-specific event in New York City. iBooks 2 for iPad features iBooks textbooks, the textbook of the future which offers dynamic, engaging and interactive content. The days of [...]
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