Following the Christmas Holiday period, mobile analytics firm Flurry released a report that must have given Apple shareholders and bosses alike a nice little holiday shiver up their spine.
During the oh-so-profitable- Holiday season dates of December 19th through December 25th, 49.1% of all new devices activated were Apple devices, which, whilst ever so slightly down from last year, still makes them dominant over other mobile device companies.
Samsung devices were 19.8%of all device activations, and Nokia devices made up just 2%.
The 5.5-inch iPhone 6s Plus represented 27% of new device activations, whilst the most popular remained the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 at 65%.
Happy New Year to you, Apple. If you’re one of those lucky folk who got a brand new shiny iPhone or tablet over the Holiday season, why not make money on top of luck? Sell us your old iPhone Dummy!
If you watch, you’ll also be able to see a discussion with retail head Angela Ahrendts about Apple’s “store of the future” and the company’s retail plans.
*This is not an ad for 60 minutes. We do love Jony Ive though, so it might be an ad for him. … What?
Everyone’s favorite dreamgirl Taylor Swift has announced a new concert film called “The 1989 World Tour LIVE.” In a not so surprising move, the film will be released exclusively on Apple Music.
Fans won’t have to wait long – the film comes out on December 20, and features backstage and onstage footage from the Sydney leg of Tay Tay’s 1989 tour, including special guests like Alanis Morissette, Steven Tyler, and Wiz Khalifa.
You’ll be able to watch the film beginning next Sunday on Apple Music using an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Apple TV.
AT&T is now offering a pretty stellar deal on a bunch of smart phones from Samsung and Apple.
The deal looks to be specifically concerning Samsung phones like the Galaxy S6, however it has been confirmed that the deal also applies to the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
Until December 31st, 2015, customers who purchase a new iPhone 6s via the AT&T Next financing program will receive a credit of $650, the cost of a new 16 GB iPhone 6s, spread over the life of the Next financing installments. (NB – you are responsible for taxes and service fees).
Customers can apply the credit to a higher capacity iPhone 6s or the iPhone 6s plus, but must pay the difference in cost.
Are you looking to upgrade this holiday season? If you are, don’t forget to send us your stinky old iPhone! We’ll give you cash to use towards your shiny new iPhone, or Christmas, or to help you jet off to the balmy Bahamas for some sunshine! Mmmmm… sunshine.
Are you a fan of the happiest place on earth? No, we’re not talking about your Netflix and Chill couch, we’re talking Disneyland, dummies. You know, giant fake animals walking around, scary fast rides, overprices food, really long lines… all that good stuff. happiest Place on earth, duh.
A dating site exclusively for Disney fans, you can find your perfect Prince Charming, Cinderella, or Cute lil’ Grumpy Dwarf as easy as breaking out into song in the middle of your working day. Probably easier, actually.
To join and find your Snow White, you have to answer Disney related questions, discover your Disney nerd level, scout around the public member profiles, and if you want to contact someone… pay the $12.55 monthly membership fee.
We’ve placed our hand on the oddly shaped crystal ball in our secret clairvoyant cave, and here’s what it told us:
Apple will be holding a Special Event in March to announce a 2nd generation Apple Watch which will ship most likely in April.
The new model will possibly have a list of new health measurement features that were not up to par for the first Gen Apple Watch, as well as a front facing Facetime camera and the ability to do more without needing a connection to an iPhone
At the same media event it is rumored that Apple will announce an iPhone 6C, a cheaper and smaller 4 inch iPhone.
Our crystal apple is also telling us that they will unveil a magnificent line of teleportation devices, but I think it might have gotten it’s dates wrong. That’s so 2033, crystal ball. Geez. Can’t trust any future telling device these days.
Do you use Apple Maps or Google Maps on your phone? Of course, when it first came out, users were pretty sore about Apple maps usability and, uh, navigational errors, but things have changed people! Apple has made some major improvement up in Maps!
But you might already know that, if you have an iPhone. Apparently, Apple Maps is now used three times more than Google Maps on iPhone.
They’re looking at over 5 billion map related requests per week.
When we’re looking at all smartphones, however, lots of people are still sticking with our ol’ buddy Google Maps, which has two times more users than Apple Maps. A lot of this though could be because Apple Maps is only available on iOS while Google Maps is available on both Android and iOS.
This last week Apple released an iPhone 6 Smart Battery Case that gives you waaay more juice. The case is said to prolong your talk time to 25 hours, and your internet time to 18 hours.
The battery status is displayed on the iPhone Lock screen and in Notification Center, so you know how much charge you have.
The case is silicone, with a hump lookin’ thing sitting in the middle where the extra battery sits. It comes in Charcoal Gray and white and they’re charging (ha!! Get it? Ha!) a whammin’ $99.
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January 3, 2016 7:12 pm | 
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