Steve Jobs wanted to recreate the Willy Wonka golden ticket contest to celebrate the millionth iMac sold

26 April, 2012 - Paul Dixon
Steve Jobs & iMac

Ken Segall, the advertising executive credited with putting the “i” in Apple’s most popular products, has today released his new book about the Cupertino company. Insanely Simple contains a number of previously untold stories about Apple, one of which details how Steve Jobs wanted to celebrate the millionth iMac sold with a Willy Wonka-style contest.

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Kickstarter project ‘Brydge’ makes the iPad look like a MacBook Air

26 April, 2012 - Paul Dixon
Brydge iPad case

If you’ve been looking for a keyboard case for your iPad but have been left disappointed by the quality of the products on offer, the team behind a new Kickstarter project believe they can help. Their case, called Brydge makes the iPad look like a MacBook Air.

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Apple announces WWDC 2012; tickets sell out in under two hours

25 April, 2012 - Killian Bell
WWDC 2012

It’s that time of the year again: Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, where the company gives us a sneak peak at its upcoming iOS and OS X releases. This morning, Apple announced that this year’s event would begin on June 11, and less than two hours later, tickets had already sold out.

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Apple announces record second-quarter sales

25 April, 2012 - Paul Dixon
Apple Dollars

Apple last night announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second-quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Cupertino company reported record earnings and sales from the quarter, with $39.2 billion in revenue and a net profit of $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share.

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Google launch ‘Google Drive’ cloud storage service

24 April, 2012 - Paul Dixon
Google Drive

Google has today launched Google Drive, their much-anticipated cloud-based service for sharing and storing files. Initially, the service can be accessed using a Mac, PC, or Android device, with an iOS app promised to be “coming soon”.

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Cargo-Bot is the first game coded entirely on an iPad

24 April, 2012 - Paul Dixon
Cargo-Bot

Released earlier today, Cargo-Bot is a free iPad game that involves teaching a robot to sort crates. While the game itself is pretty enjoyable, what really sets it apart from all the others on the App Store, is that Cargo-Bot is the first game to be programmed entirely on an iPad.

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Adobe announces Creative Suite 6 alongside Creative Cloud

23 April, 2012 - Killian Bell
Adobe Creative Suite 6

Adobe has announced what it describes as a “landmark release” of its flagship editing products for design and web professionals today in the form of Creative Suite 6. In addition to Photoshop CS6, which has been available as a public beta since last month, the release features 13 applications that all deliver “a ton of innovation.”

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Intel launch first quad-core Ivy Bridge processors

23 April, 2012 - Paul Dixon
Ivy Bridge processor

Intel have today officially launched the first batch of their much-anticipated Ivy Bridge processors. The chips, which are the first to use a 22-nanometer manufacturing process, feature “Tri-Gate” 3D transistor technology – resulting in greater performance but with less power consumption.

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Ten fantastic abstract Retina wallpapers for the new iPad

21 April, 2012 - Paul Dixon
abstract wallpapers for the new iPad

For the third post in our new wallpapers feature, we’ve put together a collection of ten abstract retina wallpapers for the new iPad. With a mixture of minimal, and more complex designs, we hope you’ll find at least one that takes your fancy.

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