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Apple App Store passes 40 billion downloads

Apple says its customers have downloaded more than 40 billion applications from its App Store, with almost half of them happening last year.

In fact, December alone saw over two million app downloads.

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Americans are more likely to buy an iPhone than any other consumer electronics product

A new survey from Strategy Analytics has shown that consumers in the USA are more likely to buy an Apple iPhone this year than any other consumer electronics product.

A group of consumers was asked about 22 electronic products, with 23.5% of people saying they were somewhat or very likely to buy an iPhone during the next 12 months.

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Google releases Apple iOS maps app

There’s a new mapping application available for the iPhone… and it’s been created by one of Apple’s biggest competitors.

Following the introduction of Apple’s own Maps app in September - and Apple CEO Tim Cook’s apology for the quality of the map application - Google Maps has been released into the Apple App Store.

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O2 and the iPhone 5: when is a a pre-order not a pre-order?

Mark Bridge writes:

Last week I pointed out that picking the best bits from other people’s tech reviews didn’t look good when the full version was pretty uncomplimentary. And today I’ve discovered another mobile network guilty of tripping itself up with words.

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Juniper Research says NFC growth will be slower than expected

Apple iPhone 5 is blamed

Juniper Research has revised its forecasts for the worldwide NFC market, lowering its estimates for NFC growth in North America and Western Europe.

It says Apple’s decision not to include NFC technology in its iPhone 5 has reduced the confidence of brands and retailers, which means we’ll see fewer NFC marketing campaigns and less interest in rolling out new Point of Sale equipment.

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