Tagged: IPad & News
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Apple’s Jony Ive gets his gold Blue Peter badge News
15.02.2013 In what must represent the pinnacle of achievement for Apple’s chief designer Jony Ive, the British designer has been awarded a Gold Blue Peter Badge for being an inspiration to...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, R&D, Phones, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers -
‘Apple is the poster child for the post-PC revolution,’ says Tim Cook News
12.02.2013 Sales of the iPad will grow from 120m last year to 375m per annum within four years, by which stage more iPads will be sold than PCs. In other words, this is the post-PC era and...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Pinterest app update enhances scrolling, pin management News
05.02.2013 Smoother scrolling and editing capabilities are among the updates to Pinterest’s iPhone and iPad app, now available for free in iTunes. -
Apple’s tablet market share in decline, Microsoft not yet making a mark – IDC News
31.01.2013 The fourth quarter of 2012 was a record one for tablets, with 52.5m units shipped worldwide, but Apple’s market share is dropping while Microsoft is struggling to become a...Tags: Market Research, IDC, Tablet, Tablet Computers, Apple, Samsung, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Microsoft, iPad -
Apple vs Samsung: Judge’s post-trial ruling declares infringement wasn’t wilful News
30.01.2013 In post-trial rulings handed down yesterday, US district judge Lucy Koh denied both Samsung and Apple their request for a new patents trial and decided that the damages awarded...Categories: Intellectual Property, Computers -
Apple reveals 128GB version of fourth-generation iPad News
29.01.2013 Apple has confirmed it is launching 128GB versions of the fourth-generation iPad with Retina display. That’s double the amount of storage that’s currently available from the... -
Will Apple’s next iPad come with 128GB storage? News
28.01.2013 Rumours are spreading that an upgraded iPad model could be released soon featuring 128GB of storage – double what is currently available from the iPad range.Categories: Computers -
Weekend news round-up: Cook rallies Apple's troops, The Vine becomes the web's hottest property News
28.01.2013 In our round-up of what's been happening over the weekend in tech, Apple CEO Tim Cook has rallied the Apple troops and has said that despite the pummeling by Wall Street and... -
Apple reports Q1 revenues of US$54.5bn and a net profit of US$13.1bn News
23.01.2013 Reports of Apple’s innovation demise have been greatly exaggerated – the California tech company reported revenues of US$54.5bn for its fiscal Q1 and profits of US$13.1bn. To...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Tallaght students win Irish final of LEGO competition for app innovation News
21.01.2013 Seven students from Citywise Education Youth Centre in Tallaght, Co Dublin, will be heading to the European finals of the FIRST LEGO League in this May after they won the Irish...Categories: Science, Mobile, Engineering, Education, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Is Apple planning three new smartphones for 2013 – including 4.8-inch device? News
21.01.2013 Apple is believed to be breaking with its tradition of launching one smartphone a year and in 2013 it is expected to launch three new devices, according to reports from Asia,... -
Amazon goes to war with iTunes – music store optimised for iPhone and iPod touch News
17.01.2013 In a move that will surely infuriate Apple, e-commerce and cloud giant Amazon has optimised its music store for iPhone and iPod touch devices with a catalogue of more than 22m...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Smartphones now consume more data than tablet computers News
16.01.2013 Smartphones have overtaken tablet computers in their thirst for mobile data for the first time. According to the latest research from Arieso, 40pc of data is consumed by 1pc of... -
Father and daughter’s calculator app flies to the top of Amazon Android charts News
14.01.2013 A calculator app called Calculator Plus designed by a Dublin father and his 13-year-old daughter based in the US is currently at the top of the Amazon App charts and is the No 1... -
A cheaper iPhone on the horizon for later this year – hello iPhone mini News
09.01.2013 Expectations that Apple may launch a cheaper iPhone are on the rise and new reports suggest that in order to address a decline in its supremacy in the smartphone market against...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Sky Sports brings expert Premiership match analysis tools to its iPad app News
08.01.2013 For the first time, viewers watching live Sky Sports Barclays Premier League matches can access some of the same analysis technology used by Gary Neville and Ed Chamberlin on... -
Thief breaks into Microsoft office, steals iPads News
07.01.2013 A thief who creeped into Microsoft’s campus in Silicon Valley nicked five iPads but left Microsoft products untouched, police have said. -
Apple App Store hits 40bn app downloads – 500m active user accounts confirmed News
07.01.2013 Apple has revealed that so far more than 40bn apps have been downloaded from the App Store - with some 20bn apps downloaded from the Apple App Store in 2012 alone.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Lost in translation: hidden Android bug praises the iPad News
07.01.2013 An embarrassing bug has been found in Google’s text-to-speak app Google Now as well as Google Translate; that responds to specific text or voice queries by adding in a line “he... -
Review: Sony Xperia Tablet S Android tablet computer News
04.01.2013 John Kennedy took the Sony Xperia Tablet S for a spin. At its heart, this machine exemplifies Android’s potential as a leading OS for the tablet computing space.