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<title>UK: Tablets now outselling both notebooks and desktop PCs combined</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/17/trend.predicted.by.apple.ceos.jobs.cook.tablets.up.188.percent.from.q1.2012/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1301/apple-ipad4-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A report from market analysts IDC looking at market conditions in the United Kingdom says that in the first quarter of 2013, tablet shipments outpaced the combined desktop and notebook PC for the first time. A total of 2.8 million tablets were shipped in Q1, outpacing the 2.3 million PC units (which include Macs alongside Windows desktops and laptops) by a half-million units -- a rise of 188 perce...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EE: 318,000 subscribers to 4G LTE, aims for 1M by December</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/23/4g.subscriber.numbers.after.five.months.of.service.in.uk/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365503313_everythingeverywherestorefront.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[British carrier Everything Everywhere, known as EE, has revealed that 318,000 people have signed up for its 4G LTE service, just five months after it launched the first 4G network in the country. The carrier hopes to extend the number past 1 million UK customers using its high-speed network by the end of the year....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Passbook being used to test exclusive coupon offer in UK</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/19/harvester.restaurant.creates.special.offer.for.iphone.users.only/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366423397_Apple-Passbook-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A UK restaurant chain is experimenting with an iPhone-only coupon, usable through Apple's Passbook app, in an effort to attract new customers. The Harvester coupon, which offers £5 ($7.60) off any bill of £30 ($45.70) or more, "exceeded our expectations," according to the chain, with a nearly five percent redemption rate (similar ads generally see only a 1-2 percent redemption rate in most indu...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Briefly: Google Map Maker UK, Sprint Galaxy Victory update</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/11/google.map.maker.extended.to.united.kingdom/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365693604_googlemapmakerbletchleyparkthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has added the United Kingdom to the list of countries able to contribute improvements to its mapping data. Enabled in North Korea earlier this year, Google Map Maker allows users to submit adjustments to the main Google Maps database, including new roads not picked up from Street View cars, changes in coastlines, and areas not usually covered by Google's normal cartography efforts. The chan...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EE doubles 4G spectrum in UK, trials carrier aggregation</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/09/carrier.to.test.4g.connections.over.multiple.bands/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365503313_everythingeverywherestorefront.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[British carrier EE is planning to double its spectrum allocation and increase its 4G speed in the country, before other phone networks are able to launch their own 4G LTE offerings. It plans to roll out its expanded spectrum service to 10 cities by June, and to trial carrier aggregation in an effort to provide even more bandwidth to its service....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK officer reports son for fraud to reclaim App Store money</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/25/apple.refusing.to.refund.3700.bill.paper/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364220754_crossnans.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A UK policeman, Doug Crossnan, has reported his 13-year-old son Cameron for fraud after he spent £3,700 on in-game purchases on his iPad, the Daily Mail reports.  Doug tells the paper that his son was unaware he was being charged for the purchases, but that Apple has so far refused to make a refund.  The fraud charge, he explains, is now the only way to recoup the money, since he needs a crime ref...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BB10 OS fails UK government secure document handling test</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/19/new.os.not.able.to.advance.further.than.blackberry.7.in.certifications/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1363739456_heinzwithbb-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[BlackBerry's new BB10 software and hardware package has failed tests performed by the UK's Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG) and will not be used for work above the "restricted" level, two levels below "secret." Allegedly, the BB10 and BlackBerry Balance software firewall -- which is intended to separate work and personal data -- does not adequately prevent the transfer of informati...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Briefly: Spotify UK track limits, Google Flight Search</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/19/spotify.lifts.five.play.track.limit.on.free.accounts.in.uk/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/spotify.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Spotify has lifted its five-play restriction on tracks used in its ad-supported free service in the United Kingdom. The play-limit, preventing users from listening to the same track too many times once an account is six-months old, is revoked for all users, with previously greyed-out and blocked tracks now able to be played again. While France is the last remaining country to have a five-play limi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple lays plans for new UK, German retail stores</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/18/leeds.store.marks.rare.thursday.opening/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1202/Apple-retail-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Plans for three new Apple Stores have emerged.  Apple itself has announced a location in England; the Trinity Leeds outlet is launching on Thursday, in a shopping center opening on the same day.  Thursday store openings are rare for Apple, which normally prefers weekends, especially Saturdays....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK court rules Apple isn't violating Samsung 3G patent</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/07/legal.tide.so.far.in.apples.favor/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1209/iphone-sales-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A judge in a London court has ruled against a Samsung claim that Apple is violating a standards-essential 3G data patent.  "We are disappointed by the court's decision," says a Samsung spokeswoman in an official statement.  "Upon a thorough review of the judgment, we will decide whether to file an appeal. For decades, we have heavily invested in pioneering the development of technological innovati...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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