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Apple releases iOS 8.2 update

Kicking off mucho new stuff today, Apple released iOS 8.2 for its iOS devices on Monday. The update, a 476 megabyte download accessible either via iTunes or the Software Update feature on your iPhone, iPad or iPad touch, introduces support for Apple Watch, and also includes improvements to the Health app, increased stability and bug […]

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Microsoft acquires Sunrise for $100 million, looks to expand cross-platform calendar app technologies

When in doubt, buy the best calendar app you can and make it part of your services package. Microsoft has shelled out a reported US$100 million for Sunrise, an outfit offering a suite of calendar products for mobile and desktop users that connects with and consolidates calendars from different providers. It’s available on the iPhone, […]

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Apple releases iTunes 12.1 update

It’s not the biggest change in the world, but it’s still worth snagging. On Thursday, Apple released version 12.1 of its iTunes media software. The new version, a 216.6 megabyte download, which can be directly download or installed via the Software Update feature in OS X and adds the following fixes and changes: – This […]

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Apple posts $74.6 billion in revenue, $18 billion in profit for Q1 2015 financial report

It was a good quarter for Apple. Per 9to5Mac, Apple announced its Q1 2015 earnings results today, the company reporting US$74.6 billion in revenue and earning US$18 billion in profit during the three-month period. The results showed a gross margin of 39.9 percent compared to 37.9 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for […]

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Apple purchases Semetrics music analysis service, puts itself in better position to track users’ music listening habits

Apple’s interested in what you’re listening to. Especially if it helps to justify having spent several billion dollars for Beats. Per The Guardian, Apple has acquired British startup Semetric, which runs the Musicmetric analytics tool, as part of its plans to relaunch its Beats Music streaming music service later in the year. In documents filed […]