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- 17 October 2011
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News: Apple sells record 4 million iPhones over launch weekend
Apple today said that it had sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S smartphones since the device reached retail last Friday.
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News: iPhone 4S Sales Top 4 Million in First Weekend
Apple's latest shiny gadget has proven enormously popular, even for an Apple device, with over 4 million units sold.
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News: 1 in 6 UK mobile phones are poopy, study finds
New research out of England finds that 1 in 6 mobile phones there are contaminated with fecal matter, most likely due to poor hand washing habits.
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News: iPhone 4S sales top 4 million units over weekend
Apple, whose online and physical stores were swamped Friday with demand for the new iPhone 4S, says it sold more than 4 million of the new devices over the weekend.
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News: iPhone 4S Sells 4 Million in Just 3 Days
Apple's new iPhone has been flying out of retail and warehouse shelves at an unprecedented rate. The company announced Monday morning that it has sold more than 4 million units of the iPhone 4S in just three days.
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News: iPhone 4S sales top 4 million; 25 million iOS 5 upgrades
Apple on Monday announced that it sold more than four million of its new iPhone 4S since the device went on sale on October 14. The company also announced that more than 25 million customers already upgraded to iOS 5 in that operating system’s first five days of availability, and more than 20 million customers signed up for iCloud.
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News: Apple's Success is Also Google's Gain as Mobile Advertising Balloons
Google is smiling as more people snap up smartphones thanks to its advertising prowess, and Apple’s success with the iPhone 4S will further pad the Internet search leader’s bottom line.
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News: Is Your Car Tweeting? -- What's Next for Connected Devices
Imagine having your car text you when it needs a tune-up, or having your electricity meter warn you when your electricity bill is likely to exceed your budget. Ten years ago, this sounded like science fiction, but thanks to recent efforts by the mobile industry organization GSMA and vendors AT&T and Qualcomm, this sort of technology is closer than ever.
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News: How to Extend the Loan Period of a Borrowed E-Book
If you subscribe to the belief that rules are made to be broken, read on.
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News: Sleazy Ads on Android Devices Push Bogus 'Battery Upgrade' Warnings
Scareware has gone mobile: Users of Android devices are starting to see sleazy ads warning that they need to upgrade their device's battery. The supposed battery-saver apps that those ads prod you to download, however, could endanger your privacy or siphon money from your wallet--and generally they'll do nothing to improve your gadget's battery life, security experts say.
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News: Hack Brings Siri Voic Control to Older iPhone 4, Sort Of
If you're wondering why you would ever want to jailbreak your iPhone, how about this: one hacker claims to have a rudimentary version of the Siri voice-enabled personal assistant running on an iPhone 4. Ireland-based hacker Steve Troughton-Smith, who uncovered the iPhone's Internet tethering capabilities in 2009, recently posted a screenshot of what he said was Siri running on his iPhone 4.
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News: RIM offers free apps, support following outages
Following last week's major service disruptions, Research in Motion (RIM) is offering free applications and support as compensation, the company said on Monday.
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News: Samsung files to stop Japan, Australia iPhone 4S sales
Samsung launched another volley in its global legal battle with Apple on Monday, filing claims to block the sale of the iPhone 4S in Australia and Japan.
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News: Apple's iPhone 4S selling for $2,000 in China
Apple has as yet to launch its new iPhone 4S in China, but the device is already selling in Beijing's gray market at whopping prices of up to about US$2,000, reflecting the popularity of the iconic device in the country.
- 15 October 2011
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News: iPhone 4S London launch (VIDEO)
Macworld editor Karen Haslam and iPad & iPhone User editor David Price were up at the crack of dawn this morning to catch the crowds of fans queuing outside the London Apple Stores to buy an iPhone 4S. Here's the video.
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News: iOS chief highly talented but 'maddeningly political' says article
In a week dominated by the iOS and iPhone, Scott Forstall, Apple's senior vice president of iPhone Software, comes under scrutiny in Businessweek.
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News: New supply figures stoke iPad3 speculation
With the wrappping off the first boxes of the iPhone 4S and in the hands of phone fans, the Apple rumour mill can start spinning out stories about the next version of the company's other mobile cash cow, the iPad 3.
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News: Box offers 50GB free for life
Box announces 50 GB of free storage to anyone who uses a Box Personal account on an iOS device.
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News: iPhone fans reveal worrying app stats
Are UK techies 'download happy'? Research this morning in the queue for the iPhone 4S seems to confirm this diagnosis
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News: Apple iPhone 4S goes on sale in New York
The iPhone 4S launch took place on a murky, drizzly and muggy day in New York city today and the weather seemed to be affecting the mood.
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