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The End of an Era – Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

It has been announced that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has resigned from his position, and current Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will be his successor.  Mr. Cook has been looking after the day-to-day business of the company since Steve Jobs took a leave of absence back in January. In a letter to the company’s Board of [...]

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New iPhone Ads Concentrate on iOS Features, Not iPhone 4

Have you heard?  There’s a new iPhone coming sometime soon!  But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy an iPhone 4, as according to Apple they’re still really great provided you’ve got friends with iPhones or iPads, or an Apple TV.  At least, that’s the message sent by this pair of new TV spots for the [...]

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GetJar Becomes Apple’s Next ‘App Store’ Trademark Target

One battle may be almost over, but the war on naughty application stores using the app store phrase has only just begun for Apple, as they tell old hands GetJar to stop using the term to describe their own store, from which unsurprisingly, they sell apps. GetJar has been supplying mobile applications since 2005 and first [...]

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App Store Reaches 15 Billion Downloads

It’s almost exactly a month ago that Steve Jobs took to the stage at WWDC and said the App Store had seen 14 billion downloads, a figure which has now been increased by a billion more; meaning the App Store has produced 15 billion downloads since opening its virtual doors three years ago. There are 425,000 [...]

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Apple’s Appstore Injunction Denied, While Amahi Get Creative Over Their Own Cease and Desist

Back in May, we summarized a few of the lawsuits either being instigated by Apple, or instigated against them for the use of the term App Store.  One of the latter was between Apple and Amazon, with the computer giant objecting to the online store naming their Android application store, the Amazon Appstore. Apple said it [...]

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It’s the 1st July, But the Buy Buttons Remain. Has Apple Changed its Mind?

Yesterday, the 30th June, was supposed to be the deadline for applications selling content to have removed any links to an online store, for example the vast majority of eBook apps would have to either convert all their books to in-app purchases, or get rid of the store completely. At first, things were looking much worse, [...]

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Why a Q4 iPhone 5 Release is a Strategic Win for Apple

The final quarter of 2011 is all set to play host to the greatest smartphone showdown we’ve seen yet.  Apple’s decision to delay the new iPhone until around the beginning of September – for announcement at least – ensures it’s going to do battle with not one but two of its competitors. The first is Google, [...]

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Apple’s UK and US Back to School Offers Revealed

It’s that time of the year again, as Apple has started their traditional Back to School program where in previous years, they’ve offered a free iPod Touch when purchasing certain Mac computers.  This year, the promotion has been tweaked, as instead of an iPod Touch, back-to-schoolers will get a gift card instead. Apple’s UK store has [...]

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Buy An Unlocked iPhone 4 in the USA Now, If You Really Want too…

Buying an unlocked phone, whether it’s an iPhone or not, is the best way to go – every time.  Locking yourself into a 12-24 month contract means you end up paying a lot more for the phone over time, and makes it difficult to upgrade when you want to.  It’s relatively standard practice to be [...]

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Apple Relaxes In-app Subscription Guidelines

Apple has adjusted one of the guidelines for applications selling content inside the App Store, primarily those with subscriptions, but also for those selling video, music and books.  The section in question is 11.13, which read like this when subscriptions were introduced: 11.13 Apps can read or play approved content (magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, video) [...]

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