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The ultimate luxury hotel room now comes with 24-carat gold iPads

By Richard Devine, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 a 7:16 am

The Burj Al Arab in Dubai is one of the most luxurious hotels in the world. Staying there requires a healthy bank balance, but the luxury speaks for itself. Recently, the hotel installed Macs in each room at the all-suite hotel, in an effort to offer a "thoroughly modern guest experience." Their latest trick; 24-carat gold iPads in every room.

Flickr gets overhauled with a new UI and 1TB free storage. For everyone!

By Richard Devine, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 a 6:30 am

Yahoo! sure has been busy, as the very same day as they announced their acquisition of Tumblr, Flickr got a major overhaul at a press event in New York City. The headlines; a brand new and much better looking UI and 1TB of storage. For free. For everyone. That's right, 1TB. Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer writes:

U.S. Apple Retail revenues reach new high at $57 per visitor

By Richard Devine, Monday, May 20, 2013 a 4:14 pm

Apple's U.S Retail Stores top not only the list for highest revenue per square foot, but also revenue per visitor. Asymco's Horace Dediu has been doing his thing crunching the numbers, and the latest quarter shows a 7% increase to $57.6 per visitor, with average revenue per store up to $13 million for the quarter.

Turkish Prime Minister visits Apple, and others, ahead of a 10.6 million unit order for tablets

By Richard Devine, Monday, May 20, 2013 a 2:09 pm

10.6 million tablets is a whole heck of a lot, and that's the number that the Turkish Prime Minister is talking about purchasing. Recep Erdoğan is visiting the U.S. on a very large shopping spree, and is visiting Microsoft, Google and Apple personally, before splashing the cash.

Yahoo! buys Tumblr, and the CEO promises not to screw it up

By Richard Devine, Monday, May 20, 2013 a 12:59 pm

Having been much rumored in recent days, today came the official announcement that Yahoo! had in fact closed a deal to acquire Tumblr. The deal is reported to be worth a cool $1.1 billion in cash, and CEO Marissa Meyer said her piece:

Is 10 million shipped in a month really less disappointing than 5 million sold in three days?

By Richard Devine, Monday, May 20, 2013 a 11:44 am

The iPhone 5 launched to record sales figures; 5 million units sold to customers in the first three days. Samsung's Galaxy S4 has also launched to strong figures; 10 million units shipped in the first 4 weeks. One of these was a 'disappointment,' yet the other is hailed as a triumph. Seems crazy? Well, maybe it is.

Samsung taking on the Mac's Retina Display with new 276 PPI panel

By Richard Devine, Monday, May 20, 2013 a 10:01 am

Samsung does make some great displays, for sure, though while they've taken on the Retina Display on mobile, their laptop displays pale in comparison next to the MacBook Pro's Retina Display. In truth, only Google's Chromebook Pixel and Toshiba's new Kirabook can really sit at the same table as the Retina MacBook Pro. Samsung is looking to change all that with the announcement of their new panel with a staggering 276 PPI.

Week in review: Google and BlackBerry go iOS, 50 billion app downloads, and more!

By Richard Devine, Sunday, May 19, 2013 a 9:20 am

It's been a busy, busy week on iMore, and this time the iOS headlines have been dominated by news from ostensibly competing conferences -- BlackBerry Live and Google I/O. The main conversation topic this week was cross platform messaging from BlackBerry and Google both, though also making the headlines was Google's answer to Game Center, Amazon taking on iTunes on the desktop, and the App Store finally hitting 50 billion downloads. Read on for the recap!

Who has the most satisfying customer experience in the UK? That'll be Apple Retail

By Richard Devine, Friday, May 17, 2013 a 3:43 pm

Leading UK consumer campaigner, Which?, has conducted a survey into customer satisfaction across UK high-street retail stores. While the likes of WHSmith and carrier, EE, scored near the bottom, is there any surprise who topped the table? Apple Retail Stores.

Apple neglects to secure streaming album previews

By Nick Arnott, Friday, May 17, 2013 a 2:52 pm

Periodically, albums become available for live streaming on iTunes prior to their official release date. The hope is that not only do consumers get a chance to hear the album before buying it, but also that by offering a free and legal way to listen to the album before it’s available, there will be less motivation for eager fans to pirate leaked albums. With unreleased albums from Daft Punk and The National currently streaming on iTunes, 9to5Mac has discovered that the streams are being left completely unprotected, offering an easy way for pirates to get high-quality cuts of the albums before they’re officially released.