iPad finally launches in South Africa, but will you buy it?
It seems we’re exiting the stone age. The iPad will officially go on sale in South Africa, from 9am today, you will be able to buy the iPad from premium Apple resellers, Dion Wired, Incredible...
View ArticleWith The Daily, News Corp and Apple try to shake up the news business model
Rupert Murdoch is the biggest man in media. Apple is one of the hottest companies in tech. The two have teamed up to make a run at a new kind of news organisation, creating a tablet-only paid product...
View ArticleCould this be the long-awaited iPad 2?
The long wait appears to be nearly over. Apple on Wednesday sent out emailed invitations to a March 2 San Francisco press event hinting at the debut of a new version of its hot-selling iPad tablet...
View ArticleApple debuts iPad 2, gets favourable response from web world
Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a surprise appearance at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on Wednesday as Apple debuted the iPad 2. “We’ve been working on this product for awhile, and I...
View ArticleWhy the iPad 2 is actually the iPad 1.5
The amount of hype leading up to the iPad 2 launch by Steve Jobs earlier this week may have been an unprecedented favourable push in publicity and trends for Apple, but also slightly anti-climactic as...
View ArticleiPaid 2 much for this damn thing so of course it’s great
On a recent trip to LA, once hotel check-in and bag-dumping was done, some colleagues and I went downstairs for a beer. Just the one, because by then the taxi was outside, and it was off to the nearest...
View ArticleMagicians + iPads = one cool magic show [Video]
So it seems that magicians can do more than saw people in half and make things disappear… who would have thought? A pair of Swedish magicians has replaced the standard rabbit-and-hat trick with seven...
View ArticleiOS 6: Is Apple loosening up?
Apple announced a new Safari “feature” in iOS 6 last night that made me grin. And when you’re posting a photo or video to eBay, Craigslist, or another site, you can take photos and video — or choose...
View ArticleiPad second hand sales boomed ahead of iPad mini launch
About 140 000 second-hand iPads were put up for sale ahead of the iPad mini’s launch, a 700% increase of the day before, according to Anthony Scarsella, chief gadget officer at Gazelle.com. “Consumers...
View ArticleMuted opening day for iPad mini sales in Asia: small device, smaller queues
While Apple fans lined up in Asia to get their hands on the iPad mini that went on sale today, the crowds queuing were considerably smaller than for the launch of the iPhone 5 and previous iPads,...
View Article80s rock star Peter Gabriel designs MusicTiles for iPhone
MusicTiles is a new app for iPhone designed by acclaimed artist Peter Gabriel which will allow users, via a simple tile interface, to create, record and share remixes of their favourite music tracks....
View ArticleInitial denial of Apple’s ‘iPad Mini’ trademark application retracted
No it wasn’t a joke. The objections to Apple’s ‘iPad Mini’ Trademark Application issued on 1 April by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) were all too real. These objections though, one week...
View ArticleCheat sheet: iPad Air, iPad mini, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and OS X
Apple today re-introduced the iPad, calling it the iPad Air, a thinner, lighter version of the iPad with a dramatically smaller bezel. The iPad mini saw an update to its display, now featuring a 2048 x...
View ArticleApple market value hits $700bn
Apple is on an infinite rise, it seems. A rise in Apple shares on Tuesday pushed the market value of the company above US$700-billion, making it the first company to hit that milestone. Apple shares...
View ArticleWatch the iPad magician’s mind-bending tricks on Ellen DeGeneres [video]
German magician and TV presenter Simon Pierro is at it again. This time he’s flaunting his niche iPad magic tricks on the Ellen DeGeneres TV show. And as always, he’s leaving as baffled in the arts of...
View ArticleJury orders Apple to pay $532.9m in patent trial
A federal jury in Tyler, Texas has ordered Apple to pay US$532.9-million to Smartflash LLC, a company that licences patents and does not sell anything, Bloomberg reports. The jury ruled that the...
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