The Apple audience are waiting with baited breath for the upcoming iPad 3, which is said to feature a super high resolution ‘retina' display with 2048×1536 resolution. We have been following the rumours now for many months. Breaking news last night however would indicate that Samsung are keen to beat …
Read More »Twitter expanding, new look and headquarters
Twitter showcased their new headquarters yesterday in San Francisco. They have invested a lot of money in the new expansion and are also improving their microblogging service. The new Twitter headquarters will be 215,000 square feet and is based inside a Art Deco building in downtown San Francisco. Employees will …
Read More »Weekend Sale: Gaming Console ARCTIC Gym and GC Pro
Many companies are trying to grab some sales at this time of the year, and Arctic have just announced another range of products at cut prices. If you want to get healthy after that big Christmas feed, then Arctic are offering their Gym product at just under 30 euros. They …
Read More »Samsung vying to get permission for chip plant in China
Samsung Electronics have issued a statement detailing their plans to build a new flash memory chip plant in China. They said they have applied with the Korea government to build a new semiconductor production line overseas. As they wait for approval to come through they are holding further negotiations with …
Read More »TomTom restructure – axing 10% of workforce
TomTom, the well known Satellite navigation system manufacturer are undergoing a ‘restructuring' process which will mean that 10 percent of their workforce will be made redundant. They also plan to reorganise the R&D budget to speed up the time they take to get products to market. The firm wants to …
Read More »Microsoft under fire for 30% cut on Windows 8 App Store software
Microsoft are under fire today for their announcement that they will be taking a 30 percent cut of all sales in the Windows 8 App Store. This will drop to 20 percent however once the software generates over $25,000. The money grabbing doesn't stop there, as they want $49 from …
Read More »NAVX triple Google suit to £20 million
French navigation data provider NavX have filed another lawsuit against Google, claiming that the company have abused their position in online advertising and have tripled their claim for damages. In June 2010 the French Competition Authority ordered Google to change their practices in a settlement of a complaint from NavX …
Read More »Apple to open a Megastore at Grand Central Station
Apple retail stores account for a huge portion of their annual income, and the latest plans are to open a new mega retail store at Grand Central Station. The new store is said to open on December 9th and is currently masked from view by black curtains. It apparently has …
Read More »RIM told not to use BBX Trademark at Conference
Research In Motion have been ordered by a federal judge not to use Basis International Ltd's “BBX” trademark at an industry conference in Asia that starts later today. The judge ruled that Research In Motion are not allowed to use the BBX trademark at the high profile DevCon conference in …
Read More »Apple may face legal battle to protect ‘iPad’ trademark in China
It may sound bizarre but Apple are facing an unusual situation in China, as they try to protect their ‘iPad' trademark. The Chinese court has rejected Apple's lawsuits to get control of their trademark. The Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People's Court issued a statement yesterday which said that they rejected Apple's …
Read More »Google Android – 10th billionth app download achieved
Google Android is going from strength to strength – they have just achieved a record of 10 billion applications downloaded. Google have decided to cut the price of their applications by 10p each to celebrate the achievement. Google are claiming that there are one billion downloads now every single month, …
Read More »AT&T suck – its official. Tesco top the UK charts.
AT&T are one of Americas largest carriers, but if reports are anything to go by, their customer service is appalling. For the second year in a row they have been ranked last in Consumer Reports annual customer satisfaction survey. Customers have complained that they deliver a poor voice service and …
Read More »Kindle Fire on track to take 50% of Android Tablet market in 2012
Amazon are on track to dominate the Android tablet market in 2012, according to Evercore Partner's Robert Cihra in a note to investors. CNN reported on the story, and Cihra said “While Amazon's Kindle Fire has come out of the gates strong, as expected, we see Apple maintaining its competitive …
Read More »Earth like planet discovered by NASA spacecraft
NASA's planet hunting spacecraft Kepler has discovered a new alien world in its host star's habitable zone. This find could mean the planet is capable of holding water. This latest find is the 2,326 find from Kepler, in the first 16 months of it being active. These findings, if confirmed …
Read More »Will Android retail stores prove a success?
If you missed the news a few days ago, Google are keen to enter the retail space, by opening stores. The first one opened in Melbourne, Australia recently and so far it seems to be have been a hit with the punters. Google partnered with Telstra to open the store …
Read More »Pileup in Japan trashes 12 supersports cars
A crash in Japan has been in the spotlight, due to the fact that it was a pileup of ultra expensive sports cars. Eight Ferrari's, a Lamborghini and three Mercedes sports cars were involved in the accident, costing more than $1 million. Apparently it started when one of the drivers …
Read More »Siri port H1Siri breaks your iPhone
Apple's Siri has been one of the most exciting new additions to the iPhone range in many years. The latest H1Siri port can bring the Apple digital assistant to the iPhone 4. Techcrunch writer Sarah Perez has posted that the new hack might be more trouble than its worth however, …
Read More »Intel to help smaller companies build ultrabooks
Intel are planning to help smaller companies to build ultrabooks, with the goal of ensuring the customer base has a wide selection of options to choose from. CNET published an article which claims that Intel will be meeting with companies tomorrow in Taipei to act as a ‘matchmaker'. They will …
Read More »Details leaked on Intel ‘Ivy Bridge’ processors
XBIT labs have published information related to the upcoming Core i5 and Core i7 Ivy Bridge processors from Intel. These will be available in Q2 2012, and are quad core, except for one, which is a budget model. The remainder of the Core i5 processors have a 6MB cache and …
Read More »Apple patent covers new iPhone Camera Technologies
In the last week the US Patent & Trademark Office have published a new pair of patent applications from Apple that is revealing another series of iPhone camera technologies. Patently Apple, a site dedicated to Apple patents has news on this application. They say “One of Apple's latest inventions relating …
Read More »Kindle Fire outperforming Galaxy Tab, already
As expected the Kindle Fire is already proving a success for Amazon, as they have shipped more tablets in Q4 than Samsung. Market research firm IHS iSuppli show 3.9 million Kindle Fire tablets shipped in Q3 of 2011, meaning around 14 percent of the overall market. Apple are without question …
Read More »Apple fail to get block on Samsung Galaxy devices in U.S.
Samsung have had a rise (up to 2.2 percent) in Seoul trading, due to Apple losing a bid to block the Galaxy range of phones and tablet computers in America. The U.S District Court in San Jose, California have ruled against Apple's plan to ban Samsung from selling their 4G …
Read More »Apple Siri refuses to direct people towards abortion services
Apple are facing some negative press over their Siri voice software which is apparently refusing to direct people to find abortion services. The news has caused a ripple across the industry and mainstream news sites such as the Telegraph paper in the UK are reporting on the controversial claims. Siri …
Read More »Google may be working on Amazon Prime competitor
Reports from the Wall Street Journal are surfacing that Google may be going to challenge Amazon's Prime service, launching sometime in 2012. Google reportedly want to set up a service which would allow their customers to receive products bought online within a 24 hour period. Like Amazon Prime, it would …
Read More »Analyst claims tablets are not killing PC sales
For many months now we have been hearing that tablets are killing PC sales. A leading analyst has defunked these statements, writing on BetaNews he said that the increasing sales of tablet computers are not negatively effecting PC sales. Mike Feibus said “Yes, actually. It’s tempting to witness the appearance …
Read More »Amazon Kindle Fire – how is it selling?
The Amazon Kindle is reckoned to be the most serious tablet challenger for Apple to date. Analysts have been quick to post that they feel it will slip into the number 2 spot soon, if sales are as initially predicted. How is the tablet selling so far? Amazon have not …
Read More »Orange lies to customers and gets away with it?
As the world's economy lurches nearer and nearer to a double-dip recession, all of us are looking at our expenditure and wondering what we can do to secure our finances. For people who trusted Orange to deliver a ‘fixed price phone plan', Santa has a big stocking full of nasty …
Read More »Apple close to launching iTunes in Brazil
Brazilian music lovers will be pleased to hear that Apple are close to launching iTunes in their country. the music publishers group say they are almost ready to sign a deal with Apple which would offer iTunes within Latin America's largest nation. The executive director Michaela Couto of the Brazilian …
Read More »Disney president joins Apple board, buying $1 million of stock
Bob Iger, Disney President has joined the Apple board and has recently purchased just over $1 million of stock (2,670 shares) on the open market, according to a filing lodged with the SEC. The average purchase price of the shares is $375, making the purchase worth $1,001,250. Pocket change to …
Read More »Facebook and Germany in battle over privacy laws
Facebook have been in the spotlight recently over privacy concerns and Mark Zuckerberg has admitted some mistakes in the United States saying they would make policy changes to appease the American regulators. The Federal Trade investigation have accused Facebook of ‘unfair and deceptive' practices which can invade user privacy. They …
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