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• 91.3% of smartphone malware/viruses written for Android
  

  Apple's iOS, Microsoft's Windows Phone and Blackberry are free of any malicious activity

• Apple patents way to use other device's flashes for mobile photography
  

  New patent in which a primary iOS device controls many other secondary devices as assistant flashes in order to light the scene

• Should Apple buy BlackBerry? Er, no
  

  The Macalope finds the latest media masterplan for Apple substantially crazy

• Mac malware uploads screenshots, certified by Apple
  

  The malware is running because it has a valid Apple Developer ID

• 'Record labels helped Google beat Apple to the music subscription market'
  

  'Apple has its own plans': analyst predicts Apple streaming service next month

• Apple's Cook defends tax practices and reveals of 'made in USA' Mac
  

  Apple CEO on offensive before Senate grilling, defends Apple's tax practices and reveals details of Made in USA Mac

• How the iPhone's Retina display benefits disabled users
  

  Visually impaired users depend on the quality and brightness of iPad and iPhone screens

• iPhone 5S: more photographs appear, indicate colour options
  

  Photograph of what is claimed to be new iPhone 5S parts have appeared

• iPad mini 2 rumour rollup: leaked specs, A7 chip and something we call 'iPadiGlasses'
  

  Plus the latest chatter on the Apple iPad 5 and the iPhone 6

• Foxconn factory workers 'still working unlawfully long hours'
  

  Progress reported, but Foxconn wants to bring employees' working time to 49 hours per week

• Woman sues Apple claiming that power button defect was planned
  

  Debra Hilton has sued Apple because the power button has stopped working

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Masterclasses

Tips and tricks for iPhoto for iOS

Although iPhoto for iOS isn't quite as robust as its OS X counterpart, it's a very capable image editor - and it can do a few cool tricks you simply can't do on your Mac.

Best Mac for gaming

Playing computer games is a great hobby, and with high-end components and sleek design, Apple Mac computers make great games machines. But keen Mac gamers should be careful to get the right computer

How to make Mail and Gmail play together nicely

As of the Mountain Lion version, Apple’s Mail is better than ever at helping you manage your email. And Google’s Web-based Gmail is also pretty good - but how do you combine the two in just the right way so as to get the best of both?

How to take notes using CaptureNotes 2

Jot it down quickly with CaptureNotes 2’s range of advanced tools

How to live in the past with Timehop

Find out what you were up to one year ago today with Timehop

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Blogs

>> Mon, 04 Mar 2013

The Mac that time forgot

By Simon Jary

Apple is, for the moment at least, no longer selling the Mac Pro in Europe. Is Apple annoyed with us for still buying BlackBerries or siding with Samsung in the courts? No, it’s because an amendment to the IEC 60950-1 regulation increases requirements around electrical port protection and the fan guards in the system.

>> Thu, 10 Jan 2013

Can Microsoft kill the iPhone?

By Matt Egan

Can Microsoft kill the iPhone? Let me answer that with another question. Why did we stop asking if Google can kill the iPhone? Because it found a niche of its own. For all the lawsuits and talk of thermonuclear war, Apple and Google know that this town is big enough for the both of us.

>> Wed, 09 Jan 2013

Apple's bad cable manners

By Simon Jary

After an 18-month wait Apple is finally shipping a new range of iMacs, and very nice they are, too. I bought one of the 27-inch iMacs because our home iMac bores the pants off me when it tries to handle a few hungry Adobe programs and bad-boy iPhoto at the same time. See: Apple iMac (27-inch and 21.5-inch) review (Late 2012)

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