Apple drops 4G from new iPad name in UK online store
Apple has removed claims that its new iPad has '4G' capability from its UK and other non-US online stores, after complaints that its high-speed mobile connection could not work outside the US. The UK Apple Store now describes the mobile-capable device as having 'cellular' capability, rather than 4G. The latter offers superfast mobile
Apple, supplier Foxconn to share costs on improving factories
Apple Inc and its key supplier Foxconn Technology Group will share the initial costs of improving labor conditions at the Chinese factories that assemble iPhones and iPads, Foxconn's top executive said on Thursday. Foxconn chief Terry Gou did not give a figure for the costs, but the group has been spending heavily to fight a perception
Spotify iPad app - review
Spotify finally has an iPad app. The streaming music service has launched a native app for Apple's tablet, following in the footsteps of rivals Rdio, Mog and Deezer. Journalists and subscribers alike have been asking Spotify about its iPad plans for some time, with the topic even overshadowing the company's recent Coca-Cola branding
Apps Rush: The Word Magazine, Lego Star Wars Funzone, The Browser, Burgerapp and more
UK-based music and culture magazine The Word has launched its official iPad app, charging £2.99 an issue through Apple's Newsstand. The content has been neatly redesigned for the tablet screen.iPadThere's a healthy community of people building with Lego Star Wars toys out there, and this new Funzone app helps you browse photos and videos
Apps Rush: LinkedIn, Frankenstein, O2 Wallet, Dell, The Dictator, One Direction, DC Nation and more
Business social network LinkedIn has launched its official iPad app, which is very impressive indeed. It's much more than a blown-up version of the company's existing smartphone app, aimed at 'coffee and couch' habits of people using their iPads in the mornings and evenings. The most useful feature: synchronisation with the iPad calendar
Googles window of opportunity for its Android tablet is closing fast
The window of opportunity is closing fast for Google to make its presence felt in tablets. It's about to get caught between Apple's iPad and the rapidly approaching Windows 8 - which, on tablets, may offer everything that people need if they don't want an iPad. In which case, what's left for Google's Android? (Note the emphasis on Google
How in-cell technology could make the next iPhone ultra-thin
We're all familiar with Apple's love affair for thin devices. Although the third-generation iPad surprised many by gaining about half a millimeter of thickness, it looks like Apple could be back to trimming product dimensions by using a new kind of display technology in the next iPhone. Instead of
Cloud Communications And The Future of Marketing In The Post-PC World
If you are a marketer who has spent the last 10 years mastering the art of capturing and converting customers on the desktop web, the rapid rise of smartphones and the iPad might make you nervous. You've built businesses on paid search, written essays about optimizing lead forms and studied the ever-changing subtleties of SEO. Using
Jumptap: Early Days For The New iPad Show A Heavy But Still Marginal Impact On Traffic
The new iPad from Apple has so far smashed all previous sales records that Apple held for other models of its tablets, selling 3 million units in its opening weekend, and with sales projections for 2012 at up to 66 million. But according to some early (possibly too early?) figures from the mobile ad network Jumptap, that is not yet
Its time Apple sized up its choices
It's the end of iPhone/iPad one size fits all. Apple has managed to sell more than 300m iOS devices using only a single size for the iPhone and another for the iPad. I'm becoming convinced this can't last much longer. Soon, I believe, we'll see a range of physically distinct iPhone and iPad models. I'm coming to this conclusion from three
Pinvolve Converts Facebook Pages Into Pinterest Pinboards, Increases Repins By 150%+
The folks behind a forthcoming fashion catalog for the iPad, Bazaart, have launched an interesting side project in their downtime (what's that?) from their participation in DreamIt's new Israel-based startup accelerator program. In need of something similar for themselves, the company launched a Facebook app called 'Pinvolve' which
iPhoto; Angry Birds: Space - review
In the build-up to the release of the new iPad, there were plenty of rumours about what was in store for the lucky consumers - a physically responsive haptic feedback screen, a mini-version, a foot massager? What actually turned up was an improved screen, with retina display, a faster processor and a 5MP camera. These additions
UK probes Apple iPad marketing over 4G access
Britain's advertising regulator is deciding whether to launch an inquiry into Apple Inc's marketing of its latest iPad following what some customers said were misleading claims about access to 4G, which is not available in the country. Fourth-generation or 4G technology enables users to access faster Internet broadband services. 'We
Report: Apple investigating Wi-Fi issues with new iPad
Apple is investigating several issues with its new iPad's Wi-Fi connectivity, according to an internal AppleCare document unearthed by MacRumors. According to the document, symptoms include 'intermittent connectivity, slow Wi-Fi speeds' and 'Wi-Fi network not seen' -- all of which sound quite
The death of printing has been greatly exaggerated
Go to efi.com, click on PrintMe and download one of the apps for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices - and there in the palm of your hand you will have what analyst Gary Peterson is describing as not merely the future of printing, but the saviour of printing. For Peterson - until recently a self-confessed print optimist - developers of
Windows and Android tablets: More bang for makers bucks
PC makers find themselves at a fork in the road when it comes to
tablets, and, to paraphrase Yogi Berra, their best option may be to take it.
Even among a group of
iPad competitors that has generally lagged far behind Apple's tablet in sales, PC vendors have fared relatively poorly. Whether they've tried somewhat-interesting
TripAdvisor files competition complaint against Google
Google is under growing threat of being charged with stifling competition by the European Commission, after TripAdvisor became the latest in a string of companies to file a complaint against the search giant. TripAdvisor has accused Google of anti-competitive and unfair behaviour, becoming the second travel company to do so in the past
Yahoo Open Sources Its Apple App Store Killer
Yahoo has open sourced Mojito, its fledgling software framework for building applications that run across iPhones, iPads, Android devices and practically any other contraption on the modern web. Already used inside Yahoo to build such applications as the Yahoo Livestand , an app that serves up digital magazines and newspapers , Mojito is
