Apple today announced that its iTunes Store has set a new record. Customers have now purchased over 25 billion songs via the digital media service, and to mark the milestone, the Cupertino company is sending the user who downloaded the 25 billionth song a €10,000 (approx £8,600/$13,500) iTunes Gift Card.
Logitech has today announced that a version of its popular Ultrathin Keyboard cover for the regular-size iPad will soon be available for the iPad mini. Like its bigger brother, the mini cover attaches to the iPad using magnets, and features a tactile Bluetooth keyboard with iOS-specific shortcut keys.
Exactly one week ago, Apple announced that it would be launching a 128GB version of its fourth generation iPad with Retina display. And just as the Cupertino company promised, the device is now available to order from its online store.
Estimated shipping times for Apple’s latest iMac models have slipped again – the second time in recent weeks. Customers here in the UK and in other European countries can now expect a wait of around 3-4 weeks for the 21.5-inch iMac, and 4-6 weeks for the 27-inch iMac.
The evad3rs, a team comprising of a number of high-profile iOS hackers, have today released their much-anticipated evasi0n untethered jailbreak for Apple devices running iOS 6.0 through 6.1 – including the iPhone 5 and iPad mini.
Here’s some good news for UK owners of the iPhone 5 and Wi-Fi + Cellular versions of the iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad. Three UK has announced that it plans to offer 4G/LTE access as standard, meaning customers will pay exactly the same price for the high-speed service as they currently pay for 3G.
Apple will reportedly cease selling the Mac Pro desktop in Europe on March 1st due to new regulatory rules that become effective on this date. Resellers can continue to sell remaining machines after this date, but they won’t be able to order any more from Apple after February 18th.
Apple has released firmware updates for various MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air models, that address what is described as a rare issue that could result in batteries with over 1000 charge cycles shutting down or ceasing to function.
On Monday, the release of a software update for an unknown Apple TV model sparked speculation that a new version was incoming. That speculation was heightened by the discovery of an FCC Filing for what appeared to be a slightly smaller Apple TV. Today, it has been confirmed that although there is a new version coming, it will only have minor internal changes, and won’t actually be marketed as a new model.