Entries in Apple Beat (3319)

Thursday
Jul072011

SourceCode: TELUS strikes deals with RDIO, Skype to enhance its services

Telus' HTC Status gets you Google and Facebook on one device

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

TELUS held a Back To School Event for the media today to showcase its latest services, recent handsets as well as introduce some of the new service offerings including tighter integration with VoIP giant Skype as well as hot new social cloud music service Rdio.

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Wednesday
Jul062011

The Apple Beat: Games ruling the App game


By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The first wave of iPad 2 challengers for the year have shipped or have at least found themselves in the hands or reviewers but it seems not one is convincingly a runaway hit. We now have Google's Android, RIM's PlayBook and HP's webOS all with players in the game but the iPad 2 seems to have the momentum going into the second half of the year.

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Friday
Jun102011

The Apple Beat: iOS 5 grows up, raises the bar even higher


By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Monday's WWDC Keynote was such a flurry of announcements that it was all to easy to miss the magnitude of the revelations for current iOS users. Apple clearly put the user experience front and centre and aside from the usual performance and functionality enhancements we've come to expect from an iOS update, there are a number of upcoming features that stood out.

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Friday
Jun102011

Video: Steve Jobs pitches Apple's Spaceship building for 12,000

After his WWDC 2011 Keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs didn't waste any time in pitching Apple's future headquarters. Reminiscent of a sleek, round alien spacecraft, a giant Tron disc about the size of the Pentagon. The building will house 12,000 people and should be the venue for future WWDC presentations. The building itself is an architectural marvel, right out of science-fiction. It's funny that a council member tried to wangle free WiFi from Jobs who responded by saying that Apple is the largest taxpayer in Cupertino and it wouldn't be good for anyone if Apple moves to Mountain View. The current Apple Campus in 1 Infinite Loop will continue to be used and exist and will supplement the main building which is expected to be up 2015.