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Apple's iOS Winners and Losers in 2012
From the success of Passbook to the gloom of Maps, and the dings on the new iPhone and confused iPad updates, Apple has had a mixed year, but will have learned some lessons for 2013. The Booby Prize Apple had a funny year in 2012, with the Maps app problems
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ePrize Passbook Integration Helps Marketers Reward Customers On the Go
ePrize, providers of online promotions and contests, has announced its integration into Apple's Passbook app for mobile access to rewards, contest offerings, coupons and loyalty programs.
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iPhone 5 To Help Apple Push Deeper Into the Enterprise?
The iPhone 5 offers users another step up the smartphone power ladder, while iOS 6.0 is another chance for Apple to win enterprises over.
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Apple Limits App Downloading with 'App Lock' in iOS 6
Apple is including an “app lock” feature in the new iOS 6 platform that will lock the device, allowing only one application to run. In a blog post, Apple partner Zenprise explains that app lock (also known by the less restrictive-sounding name “Guided Access”) is designed to allow users to
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Post-Launch Reflections and Opinion on the iPhone 5 Unveiling
Apple expended huge amounts of time and effort creating what it considers to be the ultimate smartphone. What does the world think of the new iPhone 5, and what could Apple have done better as it faced an impossible task to live up to the hype? A Spectacular Non-Event? Poor
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Will iOS 6's Passbook App be the iPhone 5's Big Feature
The world is pretty much resigned to a slightly bigger screen as being the highlight of Apple's new iPhone release.
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Apple Confirm iPhone 5 Event for 12 September
The Cupertino-based company has sent out the invites for next week's launch event for the iPhone 5. With the iPad Mini likely shifted to October, expect Apple to focus strongly on the new hardware and software features as it struggles to offer differentiation in an increasingly level playing field of
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Apple Ditching YouTube App From iOS 6
Since the launch of the very first iPhone, the YouTube app has sat proudly on the front screen, eager to play the latest video content. That all changes as Apple cuts it from the smartphone, for various reasons, in the upcoming iOS 6.0.
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Apple's Low Earnings Due to Great iPhone 5 Expectations?
This is a problem that must be good to have, as analysts think Apple may record lowish earnings this quarter due to immense user anticipation for the iPhone 5 and a late launch of the iPad 3 in China.
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Facebook's New API Integrates with iOS 6 For Better Social Interactions
Apple's shunning of Facebook from the native OS feature set was never going to last.
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New Google vs. Apple Maps: Effects on Users and Content?
In response to the mere rumor that Apple was doing something fancy with its maps application for iOS6, Google has rushed to respond, sending fleets of planes into the skies to take oblique photos for better 3D maps.
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Apple's New Features for iOS 6 on the Map? Plus, More Mini iPad Rumors
Apple's work on iOS 6.0 continues at speed, ahead of June's WWDC event with new snippets of information suggesting some big changes. Meanwhile those stories about the mini iPad refuse to die down.
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No One Needs a New iPhone, But Apple Will Do It Anyway
Unless it comes with a radical new iOS interface design, there is little reason for anyone to need a new iPhone. No one needs the power, the bigger screen, only perhaps storage. But, that won't stop Apple launching an iPhone 5 anyway -- next spring according to latest reports.
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