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January, 2013

  • 2 January

    Apple Store app here Thursday: pick

    This could be quite damaging to your bank balance. A new Apple Store app is due Thursday, according to BGR, and it’ll let you order a product and then pick it up from an Apple Store just 12 minutes later. Better keep tabs on those impulse purchases. A “trusted source” has given an incredibly detailed …

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  • 2 January

    Amazon Kindle Fire gains Web usage market share on iPad loss

    Web usage of Apple’s iPad fell more than 7 percent in North America after Christmas, while competing tablets from Amazon, Google, and Samsung all registered gains, according to a new study released today. While the iPad dominates the market with 78.8 percent Web usage, its usage after Christmas dropped 7.14 percent, according to Chitika Insights, which sampled hundreds of millions …

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  • 2 January

    RIM expands licensing deal with InterDigital to cover 4G LTE tech

    Research In Motion and InterDigital have extended an existing patent licensing agreement to cover 4G LTE technology. Under the deal announced today, RIM will be able to use InterDigital’s patents in its upcoming line of BlackBerry 10 products, which are set to debut later this month. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. …

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  • 2 January

    iPhone 6 and iOS 7 being tested, developer log claims

    The next iPhone and its accompanying iOS 7 software has apparently turned up in developer logs, indicating the next-generation phone is already in the testing stages. The log, shown off to The Next Web, highlights the code ‘iPhone 6,1’. The iPhone 5 — Apple’s current flagship — bears the moniker iPhone5,1 or 5,2 in the logs, suggesting that this is …

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  • 2 January

    iPhones and iPads looted in armed Apple store raid

    An Apple store in Paris was the target of a New Year’s Eve armed robbery. An estimated £1m of fruit-themed products were taken, in particular, iPhones and iPads. In an undoubtedly calculated move, the robbery took place a few hours after closing time on New Years Eve when local police were busy controlling crowds of celebrators. Although the thieves were …

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  • 2 January

    Samsung Galaxy S3 for £33pm ‘Nearly New’ from Vodafone

    If you’re strapped for cash after a wallet-busting New Year’s Eve and looking to save a few spondoolicks on your new blower, Vodafone’s Nearly New scheme may appeal. You can bag a popular phone such as the Samsung Galaxy S3 or HTC One X for a decent saving on a monthly contract — as long as you don’t mind it …

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  • 2 January

    RunKeeper 3.0 for iOS gets overhauled interface, new features

    I usually hang up my running shoes for the winter, but the arrival of RunKeeper 3.0 for iOS makes me want to brave the cold, ice, and snow (of which there’s ample supply here in Michigan). Let me pause here to note that although the App Store is home to many great run-management apps, I’ve been a RunKeeper fan — …

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  • 2 January

    Judge decides to keep Samsung sales data unsealed

    U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh has denied Samsung’s request to keep its phone and device sales data out of the public’s eye. According to Bloomberg, which obtained a copy of an order filed earlier this week, Koh decided that Samsung must file and cannot seal an exhibit detailing total units sold on certain Samsung products. The products included in …

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  • 2 January

    iPhone’s Do Not Disturb feature broken until 7 January

    Apple’s Do Not Disturb feature is living up to its name more than iPhone users would like, with a bug stopping the feature from automatically switching off at the scheduled time. (Credit: Jason Cipriani/CNET) In a post on it’s support blog, Apple acknowledged that the problem started on New Year’s Day and that it will apparently correct itself on 7 …

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  • 2 January

    Ubuntu OS smartphones tapped for late 2013

    Ubuntu OS, long a favorite open-source platform for computing, is getting ready to move to the smaller smartphone screen. Related stories: We don’t need another phone OS Samsung’s Tizen phone to sell next year Huawei taps Linux-based Tizen OS Firefox OS opens arms to developers Ubuntu-run smartphones will using the same drivers as Android smartphones, a boon to developers, but …

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