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About 1 million new iTunes accounts are activated every two days

iTunes is one of the largest user bases in the world, with its numbers coming only in second to that of Facebook. Generating more revenue than any other tech company’s, Horace Dediu of Asymco tweeted a chart (above) showing iTunes account growth, and estimated that an average of 500,000 accounts are activated each day. Do some quick and simple math and…

Report: Apple makes $1 billion yearly from Google search referrals

  Though the two companies may not be best friends, the relationship between Google and Apple is one that won’t soon be dissolved. According to a report, Apple brings in a profit of $1 billion a year due to an agreement between the two tech giants. What does Apple do on its end? It makes Google the default search engine on iOS devices. This…

Survey concludes that one quarter of iPhones have a broken screen

A recent survey of  2,471 iPhone owners concludes that as many as one quarter of Apple’s smartphones currently in circulation may have a broken screen. 23% of the sample answered ‘yes’ when asked if their device’s display broken, smashed or cracked, of which 31% said they wouldn’t fix the damage, due to insufficient funds, lack of insurance, or just…

Pogo Connect released by Ten One Design, supports Photoshop Touch

As we just talked about today, Adobe’s Photoshop Touch application for iPad was updated with stylus support. Well, one of the companies that produces capacitive styli has just released the Pogo Connect with support for Photoshop Touch’s new features. Here is the full release below: Montclair, N.J. – Nov. 28, 2012 – Ten One Design, creator of the…

1 million HKD worth of iPhone 5s found by Hong Kong customs

The iPhone 5 is a hot product. So hot there have been shortages since its release. Well, the people in the video above are one reason for those shortages. While attempting to get through Hong Kong customs, the bus was found to be containing many iPads and iPhones. Below are some pictures of the enormous amount of products that were involved. Apple is doing…

iPad mini screen put under the microscope, compared with iPad 2 and 3

Repair Labs has recently put the iPad mini under the microscope, and compared it to the 4th generation iPad with Retina Display. Unsurprisingly, the iPad with Retina Display’s screen has pixels that are physically only 2/3rds the size of the iPad mini’s pixels. Compared to the iPad 2, however, the iPad mini doesn’t look so bad. As you can see in…

Rumor: Apple to launch online music service in Q1 2013

A new report coming in from Bloomberg is telling us that the earlier rumored Pandora-like streaming service from Apple could be coming in the first quarter of 2013. This report is stating that Apple and the music companies are currently undergoing “intensified negotiations” which target the launch for early next year. From Bloomberg’s report: Apple…

Adoption rates leveling out around 60% for iOS 6 after one month

With iOS 6 being out a month, it’s time to look at the numbers on adoption rates again. After just one month, 60% of iOS users are using iOS 6, according to Chitika. However, that leaves 40% of users without it. The second most popular running version of iOS came in at 25% with iOS 5.1. I would believe that many of these users are there because of…