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Likely Upgrades for Apple Devices in 2012

2011 was a good year for Apple and in order to continue that success this year there are many new devices that are expected to launch in 2012. These are as follows: iPod It’s hard to say whether there will be any new iPods released in 2012 after there was very few changes last year. [...]

Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple’s CEO

The man and who brought us the iPod, iPhone and iPad; Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs resigned last night after being on Medical Leave since January for an undisclosed condition. In his official resignation letter it says “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and [...]

Apple Picks up iPods.com Domain Name for Free

Apple has recently won a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) case over the domain name iPods.com. The case that Apple have won basically forces the present owner to transfer ownership of the domain iPods.com to the company for free. In the past Apple has paid out millions of dollars to buy domains such as icloud.com [...]

Record Christmas iPad and iPhone Sales

Apple has recently announced that the amount of iPad’s sold at Christmas surpassed their expectations. The iPad was one of the most popular Christmas gifts and saw Apple’s net income rising to $6bn and revenue growing 1% to $26.7bn. During the quarter ending on the 25th December 2010 Apple sold 7.3 million iPads, this is [...]

Apple Refuse to Repair Frozen iPhone

Apple have recently refused to repair a broken iPhone in Norway as they say it was used in temperatures below zero which is against the specification. As owner of the iPhone Lenin Kristin Lovvik connected the iPhone to his car stereo the temperature outside was -12. Lenin says that the inside of the car was [...]

Apple Excludes iPhone from O2 Green Ranking System

Leading UK mobile phone network O2 is too lunch an eco-rating system to help customers make a sustainable choice when buying a new handset. However Apple have already said that they don’t want the iPhone to be part of the new scheme. Each mobile handset in the new system will be rated based on its [...]

Asia Apple Manager Arrested on Suspicion of Taking Kickbacks

Paul Shin Devine a Manager at Apple Asia was arrested on Friday on suspicion of transmitting confidential Apple information to iPod and iPhone accessory suppliers. In return for the information he allegedly received kickbacks of up to as much as $1 million. The information allegedly shared by Devine included products specs, details of competitors bids [...]

Japan Ordering Apple to Explain Overheating in First Generation iPod Nanos

Japan’s Trade Ministry has ordered the Japanese unit of Apple to explain why some first generation iPod Nanos have been overheating. The Japan unit of Apple have until the 4th August to explain why the iPod Nano has been overheating and show that they are taking steps to prevent it happeing again. A spokesman for [...]

Apple iPad includes Many Green Features

The new Apple iPad was unveiled last week in San Francisco. It weighs less than 2 pounds, is only half an inch thick and 10 inches tall, but apart from a great design it also has many green features as well. Eco-friendly features on the new iPad include a recyclable aluminium and glass enclosure, mercury [...]

Apple Set to Unviel their Latest Gadget, the iSlate

People interested in recycling or upgrading their old iPods and iPhones to the next big gadget could be interested in the latest device Apple are releasing this year, the iSlate. The iSlate is a touchscreen Wi-Fi tablet computer that will allow users to read books and magazines on its 10 inch screen, as well as [...]