Tagged: Apple & News
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US senator deems Ireland the ‘Holy Grail of tax avoidance’ following Apple investigation News
21.05.2013 A hearing will take place in the US Senate today to examine the strategies employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore in order to avoid taxes.... -
#OI2Dublin – Intel’s Martin Curley: we will need two Earths to support human life (video) News
20.05.2013 Intel vice-president and director of Intel Labs Europe Martin Curley warned that at the present rate of consumption we will soon need two Earths to sustain human life. For this... -
Apple names and rewards 50 billionth app downloader News
16.05.2013 Apple has revealed that Brandon Ashmore from Mentor, Ohio, as the person who downloaded the 50 billionth app from the App Store. The 50 billionth app was Say the Same Thing by... -
Google to take on Spotify with its own music subscriptions service News
15.05.2013 As things get under way at Google’s annual developer shindig I/O, it has emerged that Google is planning to add music subscriptions to the bevy of sectors it seeks to dominate,...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Apple hurtles towards 50bn app download milestone News
14.05.2013 Tech giant Apple is on the verge of reaching another major milestone – 50bn iPhone and iPad app downloads. It is expected to cross the threshold this evening or early tomorrow. -
Smartphone sales not accelerating fast enough to stem decline of feature phones News
14.05.2013 The rise of smartphones is not happening fast enough to stem the decline of feature phones in key markets, with users not upgrading or replacing old devices at a pace the mobile...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Weekend news roundup: 3D gun designs, space station picks Linux over Windows XP News
13.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, Mega's founder wants 3D gun designs off the site, the International Space Station switches to Linux, and police...Categories: Web, Social Media, Operating Systems, Legal, Leadership & Management, Internet, Consumer Tech -
Weekend news roundup: Intel reveals low-power Silvermont chip design, US probes IBM over bribery claims News
07.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, Intel's ‘Silvermont’ chip design focuses on mobile, the US Justice Department is investigating IBM over bribery... -
Global tablet computer sales surge 142.4pc – Android has 56pc of market News
02.05.2013 The tablet computer segment of the technology industry is continuing to enjoy exponential growth, with IDC reporting 142.4pc growth in the first quarter, with 49.2m devices... -
Apple set to revamp the look and feel of its mobile interface with iOS 7 News
30.04.2013 Apple’s redesign of its iOS mobile operating system with iOS 7, which is being spearheaded by Apple senior vice-president of industrial design Jony Ive, will appeal to a new... -
Samsung S4 and HTC One to contribute to Android sales spike in UK News
29.04.2013 Android’s dominance of the smartphone world is set to be cemented by the arrival of the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech has reported that Android is...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Weekend news round-up: Scoble loves Google Glass, Apple plans Tech Talks News
29.04.2013 In our round-up of some of the most interesting tech stories of the weekend, tech blogger Robert Scoble's review of Google Glass after two weeks is eye-opening; questions arise... -
Gadgets of the month: the PC flails as mobile devices flourish in Q1 2013 News
29.04.2013 We take a look back at some of the biggest gadget news this month and look ahead at what’s to come. -
Tickets to Apple's WWDC 2013 sell out in two minutes News
26.04.2013 Tickets for Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) went on sale at 10am PDT yesterday. By 10.02am PDT yesterday, the tickets – going for US$1,599 each, were sold out. -
The technology business week: GameAccount Network teams up with MPTN, Google buys Wavii News
29.04.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
More smartphones sold in Q1 than feature phones - IDC News
26.04.2013 Smartphones have overtaken feature phones for the first time. According to IDC, more than half the mobile phones shipped worldwide in the first quarter (51.6pc) were smartphones.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Battle of the tablets: Apple leads but Android is hot on its heels News
25.04.2013 Apple continues to hold the largest share of the global tablet market, at 48.2pc, followed closely by Android, which now has 43.3pc of the world market. Microsoft’s Windows 8... -
Amazon plots a move into the living room with Kindle TV set-top box News
25.04.2013 Keen to exploit opportunities in the streaming business, online retail giant Amazon is set to take on the might of Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and Hulu in the battle for the...Tags: Smartphones, Tablet Computers, Kindle Fire, Kindle, Apple TV, Apple, Netflix, Streaming, Amazon -
Apple sets this year’s WWDC for 10-14 June in San Francisco News
24.04.2013 Developers, mark your calendars: consumer tech giant Apple has set the date for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The event, where developers can discover... -
Google acquires news reader start-up Wavii for about US$30m - report News
24.04.2013 Google has beaten Apple to the punch in acquiring news feed start-up Wavii for around US$30m.