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Daily Update for March 13, 2012

by Steven Sande (Mar 13th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

UAE Cabinet has adopted iPads

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 13th, 2012)

The UAE Cabinet is now using iPads to "achieve speed and flexibility in decision making" says HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is the Ruler of Dubai and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President. The above picture, tweeted by Sheikh Mohammed, shows cabinet members already putting their ...

Apple opens online stores for Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, UAE

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 19th, 2011)

Apple expanded its online reach by opening stores in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the United Arab Emirates. Apple celebrated the event with a brightly colored confetti banner on each country's website that announced the grand opening. Customers in these above countries will be able ...

FaceTime goes missing in Saudi Arabia, much of Middle East

by Michael Rose (Sep 20th, 2010)

Update 9/24: It looks like the early indications may be correct. One of the UAE's carriers tweeted that FaceTime will not be available there. Update 8am Tues: Several commenters have raised points about this story, most of which fall into two categories: "I already have an iPhone in Country X and ...

iPhone rumor roundup: New handsets in June, background tasks, and more

by Robert Palmer (Feb 3rd, 2009)

Possibly thanks to a chatty Emirates Telecom/Etisalat executive, we have some more details about when we might see a new iPhone handset: June. While not directly attributed to Mark Davis, iPhone program director at Etisalat, a quote in the report reads that the "next version of the device, which is ...