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12 inch Steve Jobs action figure to go on sale

Steve Jobs has left an impressive legacy behind, and many people are wondering how Apple will fare over the coming years without the iconic leader calling the shots. To celebrate his life, a company have made a lifelike action figure which may find room on the shelves beside other toys …

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iPhone 4S tells kid to ‘shut the f**k up’

Apple's Siri personal assistant has been the talking point of many discussions in recent months, but the latest news which was reported in the UK might turn a few heads. Apparently a demo version of the phone bombarded a kid with foul language in a local store. The 12 year …

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iOS applications hacked to run full screen on Apple TV

Apple TV hasn't captured the minds and hearts of the mainstream audience yet, but the latest news will certainly attract the attention of the enthusiast sector. Well known enthusiast Steven Troughton Smith hacked Siri to work on a wide range of Apple phones, and he has decided to turn some …

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Apple designer Jonathan Ive receives knighthood

Iconic designer Jonathan Ive, who created some of Apple's most instantly recognisable products, such as the iPod and iPhone has received a knighthood in the New Years Honours list. The 44 year old man was born in Chingford, North London and studied design at the University of Northumbria. He joined …

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Apple preparing 32 & 37 inch iTVs for release

According to industry rumours Apple are starting production of their first television sets in Q1 2012, with the goal of launching in Q2/Q3 of 2012. The initial production run is said to be based around a 32 inch and a 37 inch screen and it would appear that Samsung are …

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Italy fine Apple £750,000 over product guarantees

Apple have been fined by an Italian watchdog for the sum of £750,000 for the way they handle product guarantees. The Italian AntiTrust authority have said that Apple fail to inform shoppers of their legal right to two years technical support, instead focusing on a one year standard warranty. The …

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Apple spend $500 million to ensure flash memory future

Apple have bought Israel Anobit, a well known maker of flash memory. The deal reportedly cost them half a billion dollars, according to the Calcalist financial daily. Apple have plans to also open a research and development centre in Israel, the first outside the United States. Anobit have developed a …

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Samsung attack Apple over emoticon patent

We would imagine that executives at Apple and Samsung won't be exchanging Christmas gifts this year, as they have been at legal loggerheads all year. The latest news to be released today indicates that Samsung are on the counter attack against Apple in regards to another patent claim. Samsung have …

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Apple contract Jobs signed sells for £1 million

A simple three page contract that Steve Jobs signed, establishing Apple Computer sold for $1.59 million (£1 million) at a Sotheby's auction in New York today. The auction was estimated to generate around $100,000. According to a report on Bloomberg Businessweek, the bidding started at $70,000 in a room of …

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Mac sales up 13% with more growth expected

Research group NPD have posted the latest domestic sales data from America which show the Macintosh range of computers have experienced 13 percent growth year over year in the first 2 months of Q4. This number is expected to increase in December as people rush for a new purchase and …

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How productive are Apple Store employees?

No company is analysed and stripped apart more than Apple, and this latest report from ASYMCO is slightly bizarre yet fascinating. According to the correlated information the Apple stores generate over $100k per employee, every quarter. In 2010 the revenue was $481,000 per employee. This year this has increased to …

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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 …

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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 …

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Apple customers are the most loyal

A recent study has confirmed what we already knew – Apple have the most loyal customer base. According to research firm GfK, Apple products generate the most fanatical following. 84 percent of the iPhone user base say that they would buy another iPhone to update their device. Google Android is …

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Are Apple ready to unleash 4 inch iPhone ?

Apple may be planning to release a new 4 inch iPhone, if reports on MacoTakara are accurate. They claim that Sony and Hitachi have already begun preparing 4 inch LCD screens for a new iOS device which will be released early next year. “According to Asian source, Hitachi Displays, Ltd. …

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Tablet revenues up 300%, channel prays to St Jobs

With the sale of traditional PCs dying on its arse, the IT supply channel has been searching high and low for a silver bullet – something that will give them some hope of increasing revenues. Well, it's already here – and it's the Apple iPad. KitGuru pulls the Iron Man-coloured …

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