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John Browett steps in as Apple's new retail chief, inheriting the challenge of maintaining success amid fewer stores and an expanding Chinese market.

Rdio steps up as a formidable challenger to Apple, offering a fresh spin on music streaming with social discovery and a massive song library.

Graphics chips with six times the current processing power to go into mass production later this year: report.

Ultrafast Fibre bolsters its broadband rollout with a marketing manager to ensure smooth customer experience across central North Island.

Discover how the Nike+iPod app blends exercise with your favourite music playlists, enhancing both your workouts and productivity.

Over 90,000 downloads for Apple's new iBooks Author in just 3 days, sparking debate over its strict publishing terms.

A 'dream team' of hackers achieves an untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2, with the hack downloaded 1M times in 24h.

Polycom launches RealPresence Cloud, a 'VaaS' solution aimed at bolstering business adoption and enhancing revenue for partners.

Samsung teases Apple fans in new ad, sparking rivalry before the Super Bowl. Could we just got Samsunged become the next catchphrase?.

New Apple software, iBooks Author, for creating interactive textbooks faces licensing woes, while insights on why Apple manufactures in China emerge.

Apple reveals a trio of education upgrades: iBooks 2 for interactive textbooks, iBooks Author for personalised content creation, and a revamped iTunes U.

Southern Cross boosts trans-Pacific cable's capacity to 1.4TBps, paving the way for faster broadband in Australia and NZ.

Symantec broadens its tech horizons by acquiring cloud archive firm LiveOffice for $115m, enhancing info governance services amidst hacker threats.

The past week or so has been a huge week in terms of Apple product birthdays and anniversaries, and this week seems to be no exception.

Apple's iPhone 4S launch in China was marred by chaos as huge crowds caused sales to be suspended at Apple's retail stores in Beijing and Shanghai.

Apple gears up for education event in NY, eyes iBooks improvements, confirms Anobit buy. Snapseed to hit OS X, celebrating Mac Mini's 7th.

Apple's invasion of corporate IT, long Microsoft's stronghold, sees businesses spending billions on Macs and iPads for innovation and mobility.

Acer faces backlash for its AcerCloud service, slammed as an iCloud clone at CES, igniting a debate on originality in cloud tech.

2011 was a year of 10-year anniversaries for Apple, including the 10-year anniversary of its retail operations.

Apple has planned a late-January media event, and the rumour blogs are already saying the event will mostly be about iBooks and publishing.