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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. (Source: Wikipedia)

Mobility Shapes Consumer Gadget Spending, says Gartner Study


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The consumerisation of IT continues to grow as the latest study from analysts at Gartner has proved. The research has found that household adoption of technology products, which are favouring gadgets and mobile services and those that offer networking capabilities, is shifting faster than expected. This is for the most part due to the way that mobility is shaping consumer behaviour in "fundamental ways”, Gartner say. This is changing the way in which people organise their lives ...   read more

4G Auction Plans Finalised by Ofcom


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Ofcom has published a final timetable for selling off the 4G mobile spectrum in an auction set to take place on the 11 December. The rules and regulations, which have been put in place ahead of the auction, set out in detail the application process (for network providers), through to bidding and the various licenses allocated to use the spectrum, which was previously used for terrestrial TV before the digital switchover. Reserve prices have also been set, totalling &poun ...   read more

4G Launch Disappointing in some Areas


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EE’s 4G launched today in ten cities across the UK and has received mixed reviews from those testing it, most due to reach, rather than speed, which appears to be as impressive in some parts as promised. However, a poll carried out by The Telegraph suggests that many people won’t bother switching until it becomes available from all ...   read more

50% of Mobile Apps Hybrid by 2016, say Gartner


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According to the latest research from analysts at research firm Gartner, hybrid apps will be used in over 50% of mobile devices by 2016. This is due to the growing use of HTML5-based web apps which unlike native apps, do not have to use multiple versions of an app for different devices. However, HTML5 with offline capabilities haven’t really come up to scratch, causing developers to consider using hybrid architectures. "The BYOD trend and the increased pressure on orga ...   read more

Android Responsible for Unresolved Mobile Video Issues?


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Whilst new research from Cisco indicates that video accounted for more than half of mobile traffic last year, according to a report from TechCrunch, people are still missing out on "tremendous opportunities to make money”. This is because, at the moment, "the mobile landscape is too fragmented and frustrating and this, the reports says, is mainly due to Android. However, the problem goes deeper than mobile operating systems, as many of the "power players” are refusing to work to ...   read more

App sales Reach 40bn for Apple


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Apple announced yesterday that their customers have now downloaded more than 40 billion apps from its store, including re-downloads and updates, and had a record-breaking December, with customers downloading over 2bn apps in that month alone. Indeed, at the App Store , the firm had a great 2012, with almost 20bn apps be ...   read more

Apple Attempts Flashback Botnet Take Down


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The news last week that more than half a million Apple Macs had been infected with a botnet-building trojan known as Flashback had many PC users secretly sniggering into their computer screens. For decades now, Mac users have managed to remain pretty smug about the misconception that Macs were incapable of becoming infected with malware, but now they have. ...   read more

Apple Double Profits


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Apple has announced a bumper quarter in which it has doubled its net profit, resulting in an increase of 94% year-on-year. This is thanks to record sales of iPhones and iPads and represents a quarterly net profit of $11.6 billion, compared to $6.0 billion a year ago. The company sold 35.1 million iPhones, which is an 88% growth on last year, 11.8 million iPads, which represents a huge 151% increase and 4 million Macs, up 7% on sales from last year. The only product seeing a declin ...   read more

Apple iCloud Attacked


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A US journalist has had his entire ‘digital life’ deleted after Apple’s support team were tricked into resetting his iCloud account. Mat Honan not only lost control and data on all of his Apple devices; an iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air, but the attacker also took over his Twitter, Gizmodo and Google accounts, A hacker later contacted Mr Honan and claimed his victory, but left Honan confused as to how this had taken place as it wasn’t what anyone would consider a ‘hack’ as such. ...   read more

Apple Sued for Touchscreen Devices


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A US professor is suing Apple claiming that their touchscreen products infringe on a patent he filed in 2005. Slacoljub Milekic claims that he first invented the technology as a testing tool for kids to be able to manipulate images directly on screen in 1997. Milekic is a professor in cognitive sciences and digital design at the University of Arts, Pennsylvania, USA and says that he created the tool for the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky and was later issued with patent ...   read more

BBM Coming to iPhone and Android


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The popular Blackberry Messenger (BBM) app will be offered as a download to run on devices running iOS and Android in the summer. It’s thought that initially, the app will offer texts, MMS and group sharing, with further services such as voice and video calling to be rolled out at a later date. The app is expected to be free, both to download and use. "As we’ve chronicled on our Inside BlackBerry ...   read more

Cloud and Mobility Top Game Changers in IT


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A recent survey from CommScope has found that the increase in the take up of mobile devices and cloud services are the top "game changers” in IT at the moment, with many IT managers struggling to keep pace with demand. According to the read more

Doubts Resurface over BlackBerry’s Future


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Analysts have expressed doubt over whether BlackBerry will be able to regain a foothold in the smartphone market, following a drop of 7.8% in the company’s shares on Thursday. Whilst the stock reached a 52-week high in January, it’s since lost around a quarter of its overall value. BlackBerry's latest handset, the Z10, is already causing concerns over discounts given for the handsets, which were designed to take on Samsung’s Galaxy range and Apple’s iPhone. The company’ ...   read more

Enterprises Divided on BYOD


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A new study from Insight UK has found that opinion is still fiercely divided when it comes to BYOD schemes, with many suggesting that such schemes cause more problems in the workplace than they solve. Insight polled over 200 IT managers and directors in the UK with an average annual tech spend of between £50,000 to £100m, with up to 10,000 employees. Compa ...   read more

EU Telecoms Regulation Needs to Move Faster


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The telecommunications trade association representing former state owned operators have said that an overhaul of the regulatory environment for the industry in the EU must move quicker. The trade association, known as ETNO, said on Thursday that an overhaul of current regulations should take place before the European Council meeting set for October. ...   read more

Flash Update for Zero-day Flaws


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Adobe has released two critical updates to address zero-day flaws, which are both under "active attack” by hackers. Windows and Mac users are both affected, although one of the exploits is being used in targeted attacks that tricks users into opened an email attachment. The attachment is a Word document and contains malicious Flash content and targets the ActiveX version of Flash Player on Windows. The other vulnerability attacks Safari and Firefox running on Macs and c ...   read more

Foldable iPhones for Apple Next?


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Forrester Research’s CEO and chairman of the board has speculated in his blog that the next iPhone from Apple could be a foldable device. George Colony says that Apple are bound to be racing to make something special when it comes to the iPhone 6, which isn’t due out for another 15 months, if they want to catch up with smartphone leaders Samsung. "After the conservative iPhone 5 and the relentless and surprising onslaught of Samsung, it's clear that Apple's next move i ...   read more

Galaxy S4 Launched in New York


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The Samsung Galaxy S4 launched in New York late last week to show off a host of new features such as eye tracking, but analysts say that the "marketing drive” is "more potent than the device itself,” Total Telecoms reports. The S4 has been hotly anticipated by the industry and consumers alike and has already been billed as the handset that could revolutionise the smartphone market. However, analysts believe that this will depend more on the ongoing marketing campaign than the ...   read more

Gartner Predicts Technology Devices to Total 2.4bn in 2013


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The latest forecast from Gartner predicts that sales of worldwide devices are set to grow by 9% this year, although this will include a significant change in the mix of devices as PC sales continue to decline. 2013 will see 2.4 billion units being shipped and this expected to continue growing through to 2017, when it will total around 2.9bn units. However, the traditional PC market will decline 7.6% as consumers continues to change their spending habits. This is due to ...   read more

Half of World’s Companies will Require BYOD by 2017


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Approximately half of the world’s companies will require employees to participate in a BYOD scheme by 2017, with businesses no longer supplying devices to workers, analysts at Gartner have predicted. A global survey of CIOs by Gartner’s Executive Programs found that by 2016, 38% of companies said they would stop providing devices to employees, driving the use of mobile users with thier own devices in the workplace upwards. However, some of those asked said they may or may not pr ...   read more
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