Study: App Store hits 800,000 milestone, 56.2% of apps are free

- Lewis Curdie  Mar. 27 at 19:00

Apple reckoned it had some 775,000 apps available as of January this year, so we’ll leave the salt to the side when AppHero suggests that the App Store has hit 800,000.

In celebration, AppHero has put together an interesting App Store infographic, chock full of stats and that.

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How to jailbreak your iPhone

- Lewis Curdie  Mar. 25 at 13:00

While there are reportedly millions of jailbroken iPhones (and iPads and iPod touches) out in the wild, there seems to be a common misconception among less technical types that doing so demands the cyber dexterity of an Anonymous hacker. Not so. Not so at all.

Indeed, this is less of a How to guide, and more of a reassurance that jailbreaking your iPhone is easier than setting up a POP email address. For serious. The entire process should take less than 10 minutes, and mostly involves sitting doing nothing at all.

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iPad iOS 6.1 jailbreak resurrects the Apple music streaming question

- Lewis Curdie  Feb. 6 at 18:00

There’s no shortage of music streaming thingies out there, with Spotify, Sony Music Unlimited, and – if you’re in the States/Australia/NZ, anyway – Pandora.

We’ve been jawing about a potential music streaming service from Apple for almost two years, and the rumours simply refuse to die. After a quiet few months, there are signs – once again – that the service might be imminent.

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iOS 6.1 hits 22% in 36 hours, sets some kind of record

- Lewis Curdie  Feb. 1 at 18:00

In a story that’s sure to irk Android owners (said in an entirely tongue in cheek fashion), Apple has fired out iOS 6.1 to a huge portion of its user base in record time. What’s Jelly Bean adoption at? Like, 3%?

Specifically, a whopping 21.81% of iDevice owners updated to the latest version of their beloved OS in just 36 hours.

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Amazing Ants iOS review

- Lewis Curdie  Jan. 29 at 17:00

I was saying to the fatherland the other day that Lemmings would probably work quite well on smartphones and tablets, and that it’s kinda weird that it hasn’t materialised. A little further investigation reveals it was “re-imagined” as Caveman. Interesting.

Anyway! I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this. Amazing Ants is perhaps best described as a Lemmings clone for the smartphone and tablet generation.

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iPad mini-style iPad 5 tipped for March 2013 launch

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 24, 2012 at 16:00

Apple’s release schedule is very much up in the air, with the iPad mini being joined – somewhat surprisingly – by an iPad 4 in October, just seven months after the launch of the iPad 3.

As such, we’re not entirely sure whether or not to expect a new iPad in Q1 next year (as per tradition), but Japanese site Macotakara, for one, reckons we most certainly should.

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2012 in review: Apple

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 19, 2012 at 13:00

A couple of days ago, we kicked off our obligatory review of the year with a look at South Korea’s Samsung, not only the king of Android, but the king of smartphones. Uhm, in terms of volume shipped.

Now we turn our attention to Samsung’s biggest client and sworn enemy, the second biggest smartphone shipper and king of the tablets, Tim Cook’s Apple.

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Apple execs ‘seething’ as Google Maps returns to iOS

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 15, 2012 at 16:30

One of the surprise happenings this week was the return of Google Maps to iOS. It had been rumoured for a while, but kinda dropped off the radar for a bit. A pleasant surprise, for sure.

Indeed, for those who rely on smartphone-based maps, the reappearance of Google Maps is pretty much The Best Thing Ever, and one connected chap suggests Apple execs are “seething”.

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Apple unveils its iTunes 2012 apps of the year

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 15, 2012 at 15:00

As 2012 draws to a close, it’s time for everyone and his dog to publish Best Whatever of the Year lists. In the coming weeks, we’ll be looking at Best Jan Rants of 2012.

In the meantime, some company called “Apple” from California has listed what it considers the best App Store apps of the year.

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Apple shares take another tumble, biggest drop in four years

- Lewis Curdie  Dec. 6, 2012 at 18:00

Things seemed entirely peachy for Apple just a few months ago, with shares hitting a record high in September ahead of the iPhone 5 launch, and a new iPad launch record set by the iPad 4 and iPad mini in November.

Conversely, in the share world, Apple is taking a bit of a punching at the moment, and things went from bad to worse this week.

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