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iPhone sales top world’s birth rate

January 26, 2012 in News Roundup

If you were worried about over-population, fear no more. At least we’ll all have iPhones soon.

Apple’s staggering sales figures mean there’s now more iPhones sold than babies born in the world every day.

According to the tech giant, 37.04m iPhones were sold between October and December.

The Next Web’s Apple editor did the maths and with 377,000 iPhones sold each day, Apple tops the average birth rate in the world, currently at 371,000 per day.

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Palringo looking for an iPhone / iPad Developer

December 15, 2011 in Jobs

Salary: Commensurate with experience
Location: Cramlington

Popular group messaging service Palringo is looking for an iPhone / iPad developer to join their tight knit team.

With more than 11 million users sending billions of messages each month, Palringo allows anyone with a mobile phone, PC or Mac to chat with all their friends, regardless of location, device or network.

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Slang no problem for new translation app

September 29, 2011 in News Roundup

vocreA new app is set to put all your awkward holiday communication problems in the past.

Vocre, developed by translation company myLanguage, enables iPhone users to translate their speech into a foreign language.

“It’s like asking your friend down the street ‘How would I say this in Spanish?”,  founder and CEO of myLanguage Andrew Lauder said.

Vocre includes colloquialisms and slang to make communication as authentic as possible.

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by Ardrich

App Developer, iPad, iPhone, iOS

September 27, 2011 in Jobs

Location: Castle Eden
Salary: £30k – £35k

Based in Castle Eden, my Client is an up and coming specialist agency. They are a small but creative agency with lovely blue chip clients.

The role has the potential to expand into team management for the right person. Some international travel would be required and client liaison.

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Next stop Newcastle for citizen journalism site

August 12, 2011 in Features

paparappziThe fast-growing practice of citizen journalism has been given another shot in the arm after user-generated news service Blottr launched its first smartphone app for iPhone devices.

‘Paparappzi’ allows registered users to capture and report news from their smartphone which can be sent live directly to Blottr.com.

As the first app of its kind, it is hoped it will encourage more people to document local news.

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No need to communicate with the waiter anymore – there's an app for that

June 21, 2011 in News Roundup

PizzaExpress_appAwkward moments at the end of a romantic meal could be a thing of the past in Pizza Express.

The restaurant chain has launched an app for the iPhone which allows customers to pay their bills with miminal fuss – and with minimal possible contact with a waiter.

No need for the irritating inconvenience of human interaction then.

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"Show me your iPhone!" – The words soon to be feared by every cheat

April 27, 2011 in News Roundup

iphone_trackingApple has appalled the digital privacy purists with its dodgy location tracking features.

Turns out that since the iOS4 system update, released in June 2010, iPhones are keeping track of where you go and store that information in a ‘secret file’ on your computer when the two are synchronised.

While this sounds terrifying, especially to those already concerned about the diminishing privacy in the digital world, the nature of the first worries to occupy our minds are interesting in themselves.

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New business 'Slotzz' into market

March 29, 2011 in News Roundup

slotzz

A North East manufacturer of customised iPad covers is looking to expand its business after winning a national award.

Set up by Simon Barker and Leonie Cunnington in 2010, Slotzz is mixing web technologies with high-quality craftsmanship allowing customers to design their own iPad and iPhone cases.

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NFM launches its own app – on a budget

February 10, 2011 in News Roundup

iPhoneApp3Northern Film & Media (NFM) has become the first screen agency with an own iPhone app.

Entering a new platform, the regional screen agency can’t be blamed for wasting public money. Created in-house, the new app has been built and is hosted at a cost of just £62.

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Visa pilots iPhone payments in Turkey

February 3, 2011 in News Roundup

visa_mobile_paymentCredit giant Visa is working in partnership with a Turkish bank and a mobile operator to enable contact-free payments on smartphones.

The process uses technology called near field communications (NFC), which is being attached to the phone by a Wireless Dynamics iCarte dongle provided by the banks and operators.

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