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#AppleWatch officially quite popular – an annotated infographic

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From the top drawer of the “so obvious it surely isn’t news” files comes the statistical confirmation that a lot of people around the world really, really want an Apple Watch. Soaring demand online for Apple’s new wearable device has obliged our favourite Californian tech uberlords to push back its delivery dates from April 24 to June. The first Watch models arrived in UK Apple Stores this week for customer gawking, pawing and general uncontrollable slavering. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading #AppleWatch officially quite popular – an annotated infographic

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#AppleWatch details confirmed – world continues to spin on its axis – an annotated infographic

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So, the Apple Watch is out. You probably already knew that. Even hermitic creatures living under rocks at the bottom of the deepest ocean knew that. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading #AppleWatch details confirmed – world continues to spin on its axis – an annotated infographic

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#Smartwatch market set to explode as clock ticks down to #AppleWatch launch – an annotated infographic

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The burgeoning smartwatch market looks set to explode with the imminent April release of the Apple Watch. App makers are hoping for the same kind of gold rush that arrived with the iPhone App Store in 2008 and have been metaphorically hopping excitedly from foot to foot since the Apple Watch launch event. Talk of the Watch even dominated CES 2015, despite Apple not even exhibiting at the gadget show. There have been some bumps along the road so far, as manufacturing issues beset early production. There has also been widespread interwebs carping about the projected battery life of Watch. … Continue reading #Smartwatch market set to explode as clock ticks down to #AppleWatch launch – an annotated infographic

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#Apple still the world’s most valuable brand – least surprising news story of the day – an annotated infographic

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In a news revelation on a par with such unremarkable headlines as “Earth still round”, “Pope still Catholic”, “Bears still pooping in the woods” and “Kanye West still a complete tool” comes the announcement that Apple has once again retained its top spot as the world’s most valuable brand, according to consultancy Brand Finance. So, you’re telling us that Apple once again enjoyed both an embarrassment of riches and also a multitude of end-user warm fuzzies? No shizz, Sherlock. The concept of being a valuable brand is based on perceived commercial value, derived from a combination of brand strength and … Continue reading #Apple still the world’s most valuable brand – least surprising news story of the day – an annotated infographic

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Smartphone global market share 2014 – #Samsung down, everyone else up – an annotated infographic

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Short and sweet today – unless you happen to be a major shareholder in Samsung. According to the latest figures, comparing smartphone market share from the last quarter of 2014 with the same period in 2013, the major players all increased market share, apparently at the expense of Samsung. The Korean kopy kat saw its smartphone market share slide almost 9 per cent, down to 20 per cent overall, with its mobile division posting a wallet-troubling 64 per cent decline in profits. Saying that, it still trousered a cosy $1.8 billion so, you know. Apple market share increased, natch, to … Continue reading Smartphone global market share 2014 – #Samsung down, everyone else up – an annotated infographic

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#AppleWatch battery life back in the spotlight – an annotated infographic

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Up one day, down the next. 24 hours after the internet’s collective jaw dropped at its $18 billion profit from the last quarter of 2014, Apple today finds itself jerked back from metaphorically luxuriating on a silk mattress stuffed with $1,000 dollar bills atop a solid gold bed with a mink-covered, diamond-studded headboard to answer awkward questions about the battery life of the forthcoming Watch. Or if not actually answer, then at least studiously ignore. According to the latest guesstimated figures, the battery life of Watch is expected to be Not Very Good. Considering the most likely everyday scenario, if you were to get up in the … Continue reading #AppleWatch battery life back in the spotlight – an annotated infographic

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#Apple profits go through the roof as the #iPhone6 takes off in China – an annotated infographic

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Apple: officially not short of a few quid. The California-based, Chinese manufacturer-preferring computer giant reported first quarter profits of $18 billion – the biggest ever made by a public company. The profits were boosted by record sales of iPhones, with Apple shifting 74.5 million iPhones in the three months to December 27. It seems redundant to qualify this statement by adding that this was well ahead of most analysts’ expectations. Ironically, it’s the Chinese thinking global, buying local that has powered much of this growth, with sales up over 70 per cent in that territory. Apparently this iPhone boom equates … Continue reading #Apple profits go through the roof as the #iPhone6 takes off in China – an annotated infographic

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#AppleWatch attracts attention at #CES2015, despite Apple’s absence from the show – an annotated infographic

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Apple’s traditional absence from the monstrous, sprawling geek and gadget-fest that is the Consumer Electronics Show in the quaint, understated little burg of Las Vegas has done little to prevent the Apple Watch being one of the hot topics of the week. Apple itself might not officially be exhibiting, but plenty of other companies are and many of them are frothing excitedly about their accessories for the Apple Watch and other products that integrate with Apple’s HomeKit, the framework in iOS 8 for communicating with and controlling connected accessories in a user’s home. Marketing firm TapSense is one such exhibitor, … Continue reading #AppleWatch attracts attention at #CES2015, despite Apple’s absence from the show – an annotated infographic

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Rare first #Apple computer up for sale for over half a million dollars (at least) – an annotated infographic

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As if new Apple products weren’t expensive enough, how do you feel about paying (at least) $600,000 for one of the earliest Apple computers ever made, the Apple-1? The cachet of this particular 40-year-old computer is that it was sold directly to the first owner by none other than Mr Steve Jobs, at a time when he and Steve Wozniak were still working out of Jobs’ adoptive parents’ garage. The fully functioning Apple-1 computer, personally sold by Steve Jobs for $600 in 1976, is expected to fetch upwards of 600,000 when it goes under the hammer in New York on … Continue reading Rare first #Apple computer up for sale for over half a million dollars (at least) – an annotated infographic

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#Apple HealthKit and Health app aims to spark fitness revolution – an annotated infographic

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Whether we like it or not, Apple wants to make us all healthier and more active. Counting our steps, counting our calories, digitally scoffing at our half-baked attempts at fitness – the new Health app is like a disapproving aunt watching over your shoulder, tutting at every anti-health transgression we make. Apple is making the HealthKit open to third-party health metrics, so any fitness device worn by the user can feed data in to the Health app. Whether its your smart earbuds, a smartwatch or smart fitness socks, you’d better be careful what you wear if all you feel like … Continue reading #Apple HealthKit and Health app aims to spark fitness revolution – an annotated infographic