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Nokia blockades HTC One part supply

The war of the smartphone manufacturers is continuing unabated across the world and in the court room, with Nokia now managing to secure a block of microphone parts for HTC's One smartphone, with the judge ruling that Nokia invented the part and has an exclusive production deal for it. The …

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Apple quarterly profit projected to shrink

Apple are expected to post a drop in quarterly profit when they issue their next financial report. The shrink may be their first drop in the last decade, hurt by products with lower profit margins and slower iPhone sales growth. According to Bloomberg fourteen analysts have reduced their estimates for …

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2013 iPad will be lighter and thinner

Apple generally release their new iPad model around March/April, but due to the late refresh last year, it would appear the company won't be refreshing their tablet until later this year. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that he doesn't feel the next generation iPad will hit until ‘the fall'. …

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Add a wood keyboard to your Macbook Pro

Are you a keyboard connoisseur? Do most laptop keyboards feel rubbery under your fingers? The new modification for your Macbook Pro might just be the change you need then. Rawbkny have released a new MacBook Wood Keyboard just to appeal to those people who like to be different. It is …

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Samsung investigated over ‘fake HTC reviews’ online

Fair trade officials in Taiwan are investigating claims that Samsung have paid people to criticize rival HTC, online. According to reports, Samsung are said to have paid students to post negative comments about phones made by HTC. This wouldn't be the first time that well known companies have employed this …

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New portable charger can do an iPhone 3 times over

In the high-speed, broadband-enabled modern world, it can be incredibly frustrating to run out of juice on your phone. While smartphones do add in features – we pay for those features in electrons. So what can you do to prevent the urge to kill someone/thing when the red bar shows? …

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Apple pay $53million to settle iPhone warranty lawsuit

Apple have agreed to pay out $53 million to settle a class action accusing the company of not honouring the warranty terms on iPhones and iPod Touches. The information was published by Wired. The settlement will deliver cash handouts to hundreds of thousands of iPhone and iPod Touch consumers who …

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WonderMedia Announces 10.1” and 7” Turnkey Tablet Solutions

WonderMedia Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of energy-efficient, feature-rich system-on-chip platforms, today announced the latest 10.1” and 7” turnkey tablet solutions based on the highly energy-efficient WonderMedia PRIZM WM8980 ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-Core SoC platform. The lighter and thinner WonderMedia turnkey tablet solutions deliver an outstanding user experience in a World …

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Microsoft planning 7 inch tablet

Sales of the 7 inch Apple iPad have been exceptionally good since it was launched and Microsoft are planning to release a 7 inch version of their Surface tablet computer, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The unnamed sources confirm the Microsoft move is to target the audience that …

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EE 4G speeds to double in some cities this summer

Everything Everywhere, the horribly named merged company of Orange and T-Mobile, has pledged to double the speed of available 4G internet to mobile customers by this summer, but unfortunately only in a handful of cities. As it currently stands, 4G data speeds are averaging around the 10Mbit mark. With this …

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Apple Mac Pro refresh to hit soon?

There have been rumors that Apple will be rolling out the next refresh of their out of date Mac Pro over the coming months. The latest report comes from Mac Daily News who said they received a tip on the upcoming release. Apple never confirm any rumours however the refresh …

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Zuckerberg demonstrates ‘Facebook Home’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that the company want to be the home screen of any Android mobile smartphone. The Telegraph in the UK say “It is called ‘Home' because it is on the home screen of any Android phone'. Zuckerberg spoke at a recent event to say that the …

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$5 billion cost for new Apple Campus

Steve Jobs made his last public appearance before the Cupertino City Council on June 7th 2011, showing them the plans for the upcoming campus that he wanted to implement for the company. More than 12,000 employees could fit into the circular building. At the time he said “It is a …

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Apple say iOS App Economy has created 80,000 jobs

The growth of the Apple App Store has helped the company double their payouts to developers and has created more than 80,000 new jobs directly related to building software for Apple devices. AppleInsider say “Apple first highlighted the economic impact of its iOS platform one year ago, citing figures that …

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Apple staff uncertain about slip in jOBS film roadmap

When we realised that the highly anticipated Steve Jobs biopic was running late, we headed down to the nearest Apple store. There can always be a difference between an initial announcement and the actual launch of a product. That's true for hardware, software and – apparently – films. While the jOBS …

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Apple still unable to shake the ghost of Jobs

When Steve Jobs died, he left a legacy that would be difficult for any man to follow. His ruthlessness was matched by his creative vision. Many analysts have been wondering how Apple will stand after his ‘influence' in the company is no longer evident. We may need to wait until …

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Apple apologise to Chinese consumers

Apple boss Tim Cook has apologised to Chinese customers and has changed the iPhone warranty policies after dealing with bad press for their after sales service. Newspaper publications and television channels have bashed Apple for their arrogance, protesting that their one year warranty service was shorter than in any other …

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