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New sex toy allows users to “have sex” with iPad
Popular sex toy retailers Fleshlight have created something new for owners of the iPad who are feeling sexually aroused or missing feeling so: the Launchpad – a sex toy and protective casing which connects to the iPad in order to allow users to have “point-of-view” sex with their iPad whilst watching pornographic material or chatting… Read more
Steve Jobs believed there was no market for the iPad Mini
It has been claimed that before his death in 2011, former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, was said to believe that the iPad Mini would not sell as well as it has because he believed there was no market for a smaller tablet than the 10 inch iPad. Tim Cook, who proposed the idea of… Read more
Forget Scalextric – Mario Kart is coming to your living room floor
An American company has created a racing game, similar to Scalextric, which has an AI track and cars which are controlled by an app downloaded onto the iPhone or iPad. The firm, called Anki Drive (as is the game), says that the game is played on a track about the size of a table that… Read more
The iWatch is on its way!
After endless reports and rumours from numerous sources it appears that the iWatch is finally on its way to being released in October. Apple are reported to be due to make around five million watches monthly and rather than the previous rumours that the watch will be square or have a curved screen it is… Read more
Apple introduces new controls to prevent children racking up large bills
After receiving a large number of complaints from parents saying that their children are racking up huge iPad bills – some of which are thousands of pounds – by making in-app purchases, Apple has agreed to offer a refund and introduce tighter controls on these in-app purchases. An email sent by Apple earlier this week… Read more
Is an iCar about to hit the roads?
Recent reports from the San Francisco Chronicle have suggested that Apple and Tesla met last year to discuss the possibility of an iCar being built. There were claims made by the publication that the merger and acquisition chief of Apple, Adrian Perica, and Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk met in October last year in order to… Read more
Could this be the end of the cracked iPhone screen?
Recent rumours have revealed that Apple may be working with GT Advanced Technologies to create a sapphire screen for the iPhone 6 after documents revealed that they have recently ordered hundreds of furnaces and chamber systems which could be used to produce the sapphire crystal boules. Apple currently uses sapphire boules to protect the iPhone… Read more
iPhone 4 most traded mobile of 2013
Throughout last year, data was collected on sales and trade-ins of the iPhone 4 which showed that the 16GB model made up 8.94 per cent of trade-ins through the entire year while trade-ins during the final quarter of the year peaked at 9.82 per cent of all mobile phones. Second and third place were taken… Read more
Happy 7th Birthday to the iPhone
Seven years ago a revolutionary item was released onto the gadgets market: Apple’s iPhone. The day before the release, on January the ninth 2007 Steve Jobs stood on the stage at San Francisco’s Moscone Center and proclaimed that “Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone”. As he spoke, Jobs told the audience that “Today,… Read more
Apple purchases Topsy for $200m
Topsy Labs, a social analytics company which uses social networks such as Twitter to get real-time insight on recent business questions and studies current Twitter trends has been purchased by Apple for $200 million. Apple has not announced why they bought the company, but a spokeswoman has said of the purchase “Apple buys smaller technology… Read more
