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Target, Best Buy handing out iTunes gift cards with purchase of iPod touch, iPad units

You’ve digested your turkey…now go snag those technology savings. Per AppleInsider, discount retailer Target is giving away US$60 gift cards with each iPad with Retina display purchase, while Best Buy is offering up a US$50 gift card of its own with each new iPod touch. You can also get a US$100 iTunes Gift Card for […]

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Rumor: Apple developing online music streaming service

This could be interesting. Per a tweet from Wall Street Journal writer Dennis Berman, Apple is apparently developing a streaming-music service that is similar to Pandora. The news comes six days before Apple’s Sept. 12 media event. Berman said details will be posted on the Wall Street Journal’s site shortly, albeit an unidentified source said […]

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iPad News

Third-gen iPad shipping times drop to 3 to 5 business days

It never hurts to meet demand for your product. Per AppleInsider, estimated shipping times for the third-generation iPad have been lowered to 3 to 5 business days over in Apple’s online store. New orders of the third-generation iPad in both black and white, in all capacities, and also in the “Wi-Fi + 4G” models are […]

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Opinion: Apple’s online store goes down like a sack of potatoes…so what’s the next step?

If you have a good thing that people want, there’s going to be demand. As such, during the next several hours after Apple’s launch of the third-generation iPad, the company’s online store suffered a catastrophic failure as a result of the impending traffic and transactions that came to its door. As always, PowerPage head honcho […]

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iPhone 4S returns to Chinese Apple Store web site, units can be expected by March 2nd

If you’re over in the far east and hankering for an iPhone 4S, you’ll be able to snag one online without getting into a fistfght in line. Per China Daily, the handset has returned to the company’s Chinese online store following a brief stoppage of sales due to overwhelming demand that led to scalpers and […]