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Apple iTunes Store sells 25 billionth song

Apple today announced that it has now sold over 25 billion songs through its iTunes Store. “We are grateful to our users whose passion for music over the past 10 years has made iTunes the number one music retailer in the world,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “Averaging over 15,000 songs downloaded per […]

Record tablet shipments in Q4 2012

Worldwide tablet shipments set another record in the last quarter of 2012. According to IDC, 52.5 million tablets were shipped over the quarter, an impressive 75.3% increase over the same quarter a year ago and a 74.3% increase over the previous quarter. Apple continued to dominate but its overall market share fell again as Android tablets continued to make gains. […]

Apple announces 128GB fourth-generation iPad

Apple today announced a new 128GB version of its fourth-generation iPad with Retina display. Like its smaller siblings, it will be available in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular options. “With more than 120 million iPads sold, it’s clear that customers around the world love their iPads, and everyday they are finding more great reasons to work, learn and play […]

Apple releases iOS 6.1

Apple today released iOS 6.1 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The 99.6MB update includes unspecified bug fixes as well as the following enhancements: LTE support for more carriers (a full list is available at www.apple.com/iphone/LTE Purchase movie tickets through Fandango via Siri (USA only) iTunes Match subscribers can now download individual songs from iCloud New button to reset […]

Samsung and Apple account for half of smartphone market in Q4 2012

The smartphone market continued to show impressive growth in Q4 2012 with 219.4 million units shipped in the quarter, a growth of 36.4% over the same quarter a year ago. They also accounted for 45.5% of all mobile phone shipments, which themselves topped 1.7 billion units. Samsung and Apple together now account for 50.8% of the smartphone market (up from […]