It appears that Apple has dropped 24 hour dispatch from a select number of its international online stores. Previously, customers were able to select 24 hours dispatch for most of Apple’s products on international online stores, however now the fastest delivery option available is 1-2 business days. The reasons for the change remain unknown, and…
Apple has today dramatically reduced the prices of its refurbished iPad models in the online Apple Store. The cuts affect the iPad mini and the fourth generation iPad, Apple’s two most recent iPads. Both generations have received 15% discounts, which affects all models. Apple’s 128GB fourth generation iPad is yet to appear in the refurbished…
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote has suggested that the U.S. Department of Justice will be able to provide evidence showing that Apple did engage in e-book price-fixing with publishers. The view was expressed at a pretrial hearing today, Cote stressed that her views were not conclusive, and that she had not been able to read all of the evidence. Despite…
A Reuters report is today suggesting that Apple is on course to double is expenditure on political lobbying this year. In 2012 Apple spent just shy of $2 million, according to open secrets, however this looks set to double to around $4 million this year. The news comes amidst the turmoil of government investigation into Apple’s tax conduct, where Tim…
As any of you who have broken an iDevice well know, sending a faulty iDevice to Apple for “repair” usually results in Apple simply replacing the device with a brand new one. For us customers, that’s awesome, because all our devices build up the usual catalogue of scuffs, scratches, wear and tear, getting a brand new iDevice, or refurbished equivalent,…
Starting very soon, AT&T’s prepaid MVNO will start offering official support for the iPhone on its plans. That’ll mean users will finally be able to take advantage of AT&T’s LTE and HSPA+ networks for the first time and note be restricted to just using calls and texts (no data). From today or tomorrow sometime, users will also get access to…
Having had something of an unconvincing launch, Passbook is slowly becoming much more useful. At least, it is in the States. Skycore announced today that it will be making cross-carrier MMS delivery of Passbook passes available to Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile customers. This means that you’ll no longer be restricted to just accepting passes via…
Image Credit: Dirk Jan Haarsma on Dribbble With WWDC 2013 just around the corner, sources have seemingly clambered out of their secretive hideouts with some important information on the next version of the iPhone’s operating system. As we’ve heard plenty of times already, with Jony Ive at the helm the user interface and design is set to take on a new…
As most of you will know – either through experience or reading online reports – Apple’s Maps has hardly had the smoothest of starts. When it emerged that the program wasn’t as great as Cook&Co would have liked, iOS users the world over started looking for alternatives. Until Google Maps arrived, the first choice was popular social mapping app,…
It’s not often you get the chance to pick up an iPhone on with any form of discount applied. Prices are normally set, and the iPhone 5 – for example – is $199 everywhere (except T-Mobile who’s UNcarrier plans are attempting to shake up the industry). Best Buy, for 4 weeks starting this Sunday, May 26th, will be offering $50 off every iPhone on…
Ever since its launch last year, Apple’s Maps service has come under heavy criticism, but Cupertino is doing what Cupertino does best: steadily improving and trying to win more fans. One of the apps’ unique features is the 3D Flyover imagery. Instead of using data-intensive satellite images to build real views, Apple went for a more efficient vector-based…
Apple’s advertising tactics have changed incredibly over the past few years. Gone are the days where it compares itself directly with the biggest competitors (unlike Windows) instead, the ads almost always focus solely on the product and its features. The latest iPhone 5 ad named ‘music every day’ shows the advantages of using the iPhone as a media…
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