Vogue goes iPad

Every image, every word—download this month’s issue of Vogue for the iPad for digital access to the ultimate fashion experience.

Long synonymous with sophistication and glamour, Vogue is unparalleled in its influence on fashion, but its reach extends well beyond matters of style to the worlds of art, photography, politics, celebrity, food, and health. With a passion for exploring our culture in new and revelatory ways, and with an instinct for material that is vibrant, serious, and fun, Vogue offers a unique perspective on the ideas, talents, and personalities shaping our society. The magazine’s editorial aim is consistent: to bring the world, in all its complexity, into sharper view with penetrating reporting and unforgettable imagery.

Subscribe now to start your free trial and get complete issues of Vogue (U.S. edition), plus app exclusives. iPad access is included in your subscription; download the app and begin your subscription activation. Subscriptions are auto-renewable. Single issues are also available for purchase. Read more

Price drops for Apple iPad 2 confirmed

Great news for educators

Amazon’s Kindle Fire still unbeatable at $199

Apple unveiled a brand new iPad at an event in the United States last night. Beginning today, the older version of the tablet – iPad 2 will be offered at an even more affordable price starting at just $399. This is a great news for educators, because the device proved to be a very effective educational resource during the past year.

The new iPad Wi-Fi models will be available in black or white on Friday, March 16 for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model and $699 (US) for the 64GB model. In Dubai and the United Arab Emirates resellers traditionally are few weeks slower.

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Apple’s New iPad 3 Features

New iPad Features Retina Display, A5X Chip, 5 Megapixel iSight Camera & Ultrafast 4G LTE

 

Apple introduced the new iPad, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, featuring a stunning new Retina™ display, new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. iPad with Wi-Fi + 4G connects to fast networks worldwide, including AT&T’s and Verizon’s 4G LTE networks, and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light.

Beginning today, iPad 2 will be offered at an even more affordable price starting at just $399. Amazon’s Kinddle Fire still remains cheaper at $199. Read more

Is iPad 2 getting cheaper?

Apple will debut its most significant overhaul of the iPad today in the United States. It is not sure yet that this will be an iPad 3, because it could be also an iPad 2 S or something completely different. For competitors trying to cut a slice of the the tablet market, however, the most important question is what the company does with the older models already on the shelves. Read more

iPad 3 to be announced on March 7; Shares skyrocket

iPad 3 will have a ‘retina display’

Apple testing a smaller screen version of the iPad 3

The intensely rumored new tablet of now the world’s richest tech public company will be announced on Wednesday, March 7, according to “sources who have been reliable in the past”.

An Apple blog says it is confirmed that the iPad 3 will have a quad-core processor, but it is not certain whether the new device will have LTE compatibility.

“People familiar with the matter”, as it is cited on the web, said Apple was preparing an LTE version for the Verizon and AT&T networks in the US. Read more

91% business and IT professionals worldwide use iPad for work communication

IDG Connect’s iPad for business survey based on interviews with business and IT professionals across every continent, reveals that more professionals always use their iPad for work communication than personal communication. Read more

Etisalat launches iPhone 4S in UAE

• Free device; up to 4GB data; up to 800 free local minutes or 200 international minutes of voice call per month
• Free 500MB data every month, for the first three months for Wasel prepaid customers

Etisalat announced today price plans for the most amazing smartphone from Apple, the new iPhone 4S. Offered on the nation’s widest 3.5G network, Etisalat’s iPhone 4S plans will offer multiple options to meet requirements of both, Wasel prepaid as well as postpaid customers.

Commenting on the new iPhone 4S device and plans, Matthew Willsher, Chief Marketing Officer at Etisalat, said, “As our customers’ data consumption increases, so does their demand for speedy networks that support bandwidth-hungry software and apps on their mobile devices. As compared to iPhone 4, the new iPhone 4S supports twice the download speed with HSDPA, of up to 14.4 Mbps. We assure our customers that on Etisalat’s nationwide HSPA+ network, they will be able enjoy an enhanced mobile data experience with the new iPhone 4S, anywhere in the country.”

Etisalat’s postpaid customers can subscribe to any of the iPhone 4S voice and data plan options on a one-year contractual basis. These plans are value-packed with free minutes, SMS and data per month, suited to varying customers’ requirements. Read more

55% of MENA’s internet population use Apple mobile devices

Effective Measure, the Dubai-based leading provider of digital media planning solutions in emerging markets, today released data reporting Apple’s significant market share in Middle East North Africa (MENA) during the month ending October 2011. The data showed that Apple mobile devices including iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch are used by 55.8 percent of the MENA e-mobile population.

Apple MENA Market Share

7.3 million Internet users, attributing to 55.8 percent of the MENA e-mobile population, used leading Apple mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, in the month ending October 2011. Apple has the greatest market share in Saudi Arabia, used by 64.5 percent of the local e-mobile population. In Egypt, iPad scored the highest share with 28.7 percent of the local e-mobile population using the device. Read more

Business Wire launches iPad news App

Business Wire today announced the launch of the Business Wire iPad app, now available for free download from the App Store. The Business Wire iPad app allows news viewers worldwide access to full text, breaking news from leading companies, including accompanying multimedia from Business Wire clients in English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese.

Business Wire’s mobile initiatives continue to expand after an earlier launch of the BW App for iPhone and iPod Touch users, enabling mobile users to read news from Business Wire clients using the devices of their choice. Photos and the company logo included with the news release display with links to all multimedia content available with the story. Viewers can browse 21 industry categories and three subject classifications for the latest news within the application. Read more

Prince Alwaleed: You need to have Apple in your portfolio!

CNN presenter Richard Quest recently interviewed Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, CEO, Kingdom Holding Company on his response to the death of Steve Jobs.

QUEST: The brilliance of Steve Jobs is more than just flare and design and innovation. When it came to the bottom line, when he rejoined the company, it was the results, they were nothing short of spectacular. In a moment, we are going to talk to one of Apple’s key investors, Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia.

And if you bear with me, now, the prince bought his shares for Apple in 1997 at $9.50 a share. The rest, as they are so fond of saying is history. Because if you look at how the share price moved, well, you can really see, his highness-look, not only did he stay right the way through this period where they dropped down to $3.00 a share. He has now seen that share price rocket all the way up some 4,000, from $9.50 up to $380.

Nice work if you can get it. But it also, of course, came from the hard work of the company involved. And Prince Alwaleed joins me now, on the line, from Saudi Arabia. Read more

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