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Apple Reports Highest Quarterly Revenue and Earnings Ever (水, 25 1月 2012)
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter, which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. “We’re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads, and Macs,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Apple’s momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline.”
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Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad (金, 20 1月 2012)
Apple today announced iBooks 2 for iPad, featuring iBooks textbooks, an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, engaging, and truly interactive. iBooks textbooks offer iPad users gorgeous, full-screen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, and unrivaled navigation. Leading education services companies including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson will deliver educational titles on the iBookstore, with most priced at $14.99 or less. And with the new iBooks Author, anyone with a Mac can create iBooks textbooks and publish them to Apple’s iBookstore. Starting today, iBooks 2 is available free from the App Store and iBooks Author is available free from the Mac App Store
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New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch (金, 20 1月 2012)
Apple today announced an all-new iTunes U app, giving educators and students everything they need on their iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to teach and take entire courses. The all-new iTunes U app lets teachers create and manage courses — including essential components such as lectures, assignments, books, quizzes, and syllabuses — and offer them to millions of iOS users around the world. The app also gives iOS users access to the world’s largest catalog of free educational content from top universities including Cambridge, Duke, Harvard, Oxford and Stanford. And starting today, any K-12 school district can offer full courses through the iTunes U app.
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iPhone 4S Arrives in China on January 13 (木, 05 1月 2012)
Apple today announced that iPhone 4S will be available in China and 21 additional countries on Friday, January 13. iPhone 4S features Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for fast performance and stunning graphics; an all-new 8-megapixel camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD-resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. “Customer response to our products in China has been off the charts,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “With the launch in China next week, iPhone 4S will be available in over 90 countries, making this our fastest iPhone rollout ever.”
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Apple Store Grand Central Opens Friday, December 9 (金, 09 12月 2011)
Just in time for the holidays, Apple’s fifth Manhattan store opens for business at New York’s world-famous Grand Central Terminal at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 9. The store overlooks the historic Main Concourse and features two Genius Bars, entire rooms dedicated to Personal Setup and Personal Training, and an expert team of 315 employees. Holiday shoppers can test-drive Apple products, attend 15-minute Express workshops, get free technical support, and more.
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iTunes Store: Top Paid Apps

Where's My Water? - Disney (日, 29 1月 2012)
Where's My Water? Disney Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: January 25, 2012 ARE YOU READY FOR A COMPLETELY NEW CHALLENGE? TEST YOUR SKILLS WITH “CRANKY’S STORY”! MEET CRANKY! Cranky is the toughest alligator around and he has worked up an appetite from sabotaging Swampy’s water supply. He eats anything, especially all the rotting and disgusting junk found in the dumps and sewers. Cranky will not eat vegetables however, and now his food is covered with vegetable-like algae. Use the dirty purple water to clean off Cranky’s plate so he can eat! MEET SWAMPY! Swampy the Alligator lives in the sewers under the city. He is a little different from the other alligators — he’s curious, friendly, and loves taking a nice long shower after a hard day at work. The other alligators have damaged his plumbing and disrupted the water flow. Help Swampy by guiding water to his shower! Everyone loves Where’s My Water! “Game of the Year 2011” — PHONEARENA.COM “Game of the Year 2011” — APPLE 'N APPS “92 Metascore” — METACRITIC.COM “Editor’s Choice Award” — IGN “Game of the Month” — SLIDE TO PLAY “One of those rare gems that manages to get everything right.” — GAMEZEBO “This is the perfect game to play on the go.” — KIDZWORLD Where’s My Water? is a challenging physics-based puzzler complete with vibrant graphics, intuitive controls, and a sensational soundtrack. To be successful, you need to be clever and keep an eye out for algae, toxic ooze, triggers, and traps. • TWO STORIES — TWO SEPARATE GAMES — MORE THAN 200 TOTAL PUZZLES — FREE UPDATES TO SWAMPY’S STORY! Swampy’s Story The fun is just beginning. The story of Swampy unfolds as you play. Swampy’s cute, he’s funny, he just wants to take a shower with his beloved rubber ducky. In Swampy’s Story, play seven themed chapters over 140 levels. Collect Swampy’s ducks and shower items to unlock new puzzles and bonus levels. FREE levels are added to Swampy’s Story regularly! Cranky’s Story Cranky is the toughest alligator around and so are his puzzles! Play the first two chapters across 40 levels and test your puzzle solving skills with Cranky’s Challenge. Cranky’s Challenge is a game within a game. Four unique puzzle packs with 16 total levels for the most-skilled puzzle solvers. Humorous story moments and richly-detailed graphics bring this subterranean world to life! • AMAZING LIFELIKE FLUID PHYSICS Go with the flow! Swipe, slosh, and splash to guide fresh water, dirty water, and ooze through increasingly challenging scenarios. • COLLECTIBLES, CHALLENGES, AND BONUS LEVELS Collect Swampy’s shower items and complete Cranky’s Challenge to unlock bonus levels. “Tri-Duck” each chapter and tap around for secret levels and even more surprises! Visit www.facebook.com/WheresMyWater for more hints, tips and secrets. Every drop counts in Where’s My Water? — A refreshing puzzler filled with good clean gaming fun! © 2011 Disney
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Scramble With Friends - Zynga (日, 29 1月 2012)
Scramble With Friends Zynga Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: January 12, 2012 It's on SALE! LIMITED TIME ONLY! Not ready to commit? Try Scramble With Friends Free! Play the deluxe version of Scramble With Friends™! ★ EARN TOKENS TWICE AS FAST! ★ NO ADS! Everyone's favorite word game is back, with all new features to enjoy with your friends! Scramble With Friends™ joins the world's most popular word-game franchise...if you like Words With Friends™ and Hanging With Friends™, you're gonna love this one! Scramble With Friends™ is the fast, fun game of finding words in a jumbled grid. Quickly slide your finger over adjacent letters to form words forwards, backwards, sideways...any way you can! Features in Scramble With Friends™: ★ Improved the classic Word Scramble game with a whole new look and feel! ★ Challenge your friends in 3, two-minute rounds...the player with the highest score wins. ★ Power-Ups! Use Freeze Time, Inspire, and Scramble to gain an edge on your friends! ★ Login with your Facebook© account to play against your friends, or challenge a random opponent across the world. Note: • Network connection is required. iPod Touch® requires wifi connection. • Requires iOS 4 or later. • Runs on iPhone 4®, iPhone 4S®, iPhone 3GS®, iPod touch® 3rd or 4th gen, iPad®, and iPad 2®. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Rate Scramble With Friends™ 5 stars in the App Store, so we can continue making exciting features for you! Like Scramble With Friends™ on Facebook©! https://www.facebook.com/Zynga.Scramble ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Use of this application is governed by the Zynga® Terms of Service. Collection and use of personal data are subject to Zynga's Privacy Policy. Both policies are available in the Application License Agreement below as well as at www.zynga.com. Social Networking Service terms may also apply. © 2012 Zynga Inc.
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Words With Friends - Zynga (日, 29 1月 2012)
Words With Friends Zynga Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: December 20, 2011 It's on SALE! Play the AD-FREE version of Words With Friends, the game more of your friends are playing than any other word game! Experience for yourself why more than 20 million people are addicted to the word building, triple score seeking, chat bubble sending goodness of Words With Friends. _________________________________________ Not ready to buy? Try Words With Friends Free. If you already have the free version, switching to the paid version is easy as pie. Your existing account, games and friends will carry over automatically to this ad-free version. _________________________________________ PRAISE FOR WORDS • "Delightfully addictive." – GeekSugar • "Social gaming at its finest." – Fox News • "Everyone who owns an iPhone or iPod Touch should have this game on their device." – Touch Arcade ADDICTIVE FEATURES • Simple and familiar gameplay you know and love • Turn-based design lets you play up to 20 games simultaneously • Play with your friends or match-make instantly with a random opponent • Connect to Facebook to find even more of your friends to play • Stay in touch with friends and family with in-game chat messaging • Push notifications tell you when it’s your turn • Access your games across your iPhone, iPad and/or iPod touch _________________________________________ If you like Words With Friends, try Hanging With Friends. And iPad users, check out Words With Friends HD. Already a fan of the game? Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WordsWithFriends Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/WordsWFriends Use of this application requires a Facebook or Games With Friends account and is governed by the Zynga Terms of Service. Collection and use of personal data are subject to Zynga's Privacy Policy. Both policies are available in the Application License Agreement below as well as at www.zynga.com. Social Networking Service terms may also apply. © 2011 Zynga Inc.
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Fruit Ninja - Halfbrick Studios (日, 29 1月 2012)
Fruit Ninja Halfbrick Studios Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: December 19, 2011 NOW WITH GAME CENTER MULTIPLAYER! -- OVER TEN MILLION FRUIT NINJA COPIES SOLD! A huge thanks to everyone out there, you have made this great game even greater because of your amazing support! #1 Paid App in Germany, Norway, Czech Republic, Russia, Israel, Taiwan and Macau! #2 Paid App in USA, Canada, Australia, France, New Zealand, Italy, China, UK, Sweden and more! A huge thanks to all our fans for supporting the game, proving that ninjas hate fruit all over the world! Fruit Ninja is a juicy action game enjoyed by millions of players around the world, with squishy, splatty and satisfying fruit carnage! Become the ultimate bringer of sweet, tasty destruction with every slash. **** "It's simple, fun and best of all challenging." - Touch Arcade Review "Fruit Ninja is fun, fun, fun. It’s an instant pleasure." IGN review "The low price makes the game more than worth it." - TUAW Review "Fruit Ninja is the sort of game that has come to typify the rising dominance of quick, simple and most of all additively fun gameplay." - AppSpy Review "You'll know it's fun, and you'll know you want to keep playing." - Slide to Play Review "Fruit Ninja epitomizes all things a great iPhone game needs." - Resumeplay Review "The game oozes style and polish." - AppAdvice Review "My God this game is great. Best iPhone game in a while." - User review. "Just spent 15 minutes on the crapper in my office complex playing this little gem of a game. Productivity -1" - Touch Arcade comment **** Swipe your finger across the screen to deliciously slash and splatter fruit like a true ninja warrior. Be careful of bombs – they are explosive to touch and will put a swift end to your juicy adventure! Fruit Ninja features Classic, Zen and the amazing new Arcade mode, along with online multiplayer for Game Center-enabled devices! It also has awesome global leaderboards and achievements to unlock! Your success will also please the wise ninja Sensei, who will accompany your journey with wise words and fun fruit facts. Fruit Ninja is the messiest and most satisfying fruit game ever! © 2011 Halfbrick Studios
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Angry Birds - Clickgamer.com (日, 29 1月 2012)
Angry Birds Clickgamer.com Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: December 11, 2011 Use the unique powers of the Angry Birds to destroy the greedy pigs' defenses! The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the greedy pigs who stole their eggs. Use the unique powers of each bird to destroy the pigs’ defenses. Angry Birds features challenging physics-based gameplay and hours of replay value. Each level requires logic, skill and force to solve. If you get stuck in the game, you can purchase the Mighty Eagle! Mighty Eagle is a one-time in-app purchase in Angry Birds that gives unlimited use. This phenomenal creature will soar from the skies to wreak havoc and smash the pesky pigs into oblivion. There’s just one catch: you can only use the aid of Mighty Eagle to pass a level once per hour. Mighty Eagle also includes all new gameplay goals and achievements! #1 IPHONE PAID APP in US, UK, Canada, Italy, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Singapore, Poland, France, Netherlands, Malta, Greece, Austria, Australia, Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Belgium, Norway, Hungary, Malaysia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Romania, New Zealand, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Nicaragua, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Mauritius, Chile, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Taiwan, Colombia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Kenya, Macedonia, Croatia, Macau, Paraguay, Peru, Armenia, Philippines, Vietnam, Jordan, Kuwait and Malta. #1 IPHONE PAID GAME in more countries than we can count! “Lemme tell ya, these ain’t no ordinary finches we’re talkin’ about. These here are the Angry Birds, the ones that’s gonna kick you in the ‘nads. And they’re the ones on your side. They must be from Galapadapados, or sumptin’.” – Col. Angus, Bird Expert. Terms of Use: http://www.rovio.com/eula Privacy Policy: http://www.rovio.com/privacy © Rovio Mobile
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NFL Kicker! - Full Fat (日, 29 1月 2012)
NFL Kicker! Full Fat Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: January 27, 2012 NFL Super Bowl XLVI Special Edition! “The #1 kicker game on mobile featuring all 32 official NFL teams!” ★★★★★ DESCRIPTION Become an NFL Kicker! Choose your team, customize your player and get ready for the ultimate placekicker game. Depth of play includes PUNTING coffin corner kicks, placekicking FIELD GOALS and MORE across five game modes! Legendary football flick and ‘after-touch’ controls from Full Fat as seen in NFL Flick Quarterback, featured by Apple in Benchmark games and Intuitive controls. Awesome graphics set in the Super Bowl XLVI themed Lucas Oil Stadium featuring you as the kicker, the placekick holder, officials, cheerleaders and the most detailed field artwork in a kicker game yet! GAMEPLAY Get in the zone kicking FIELD GOALS with ultimate accuracy in two games based around kicking accuracy. Hit gold bars for bonus score, clear score bands between the uprights for big points. Take them out in the right order for legendary scores. Play against the clock or focus on accuracy with increasing wind and distance. PUNT the ball out of bounds as close to the end zone as possible. Score huge bonuses for bouncing close to the corner. Coffin Corner is a true test of football skill. Finally, the ultimate test of your kicking accuracy in the bonus game mode HIT THE UPRIGHTS! Feel the adrenaline as you hit an upright from 50 yards in high wind! FEATURES •Kick field goals like a pro NFL footballer •Punt coffin corner kicks with casual and pro game modes •Hit the uprights in a true test of Kicker skill •Pick your favorite team and customize your jersey, name and number •Interactive tutorial •Play in the Super Bowl XLVI Lucas Oil Stadium •XP Level up system based on your kicking skill •Live NFL news feed ticker •Dancing cheerleaders before the game •Game Center leaderboards and achievements •Superb high resolution graphics •Stunningly enhanced for iPhone 4S FOLLOW US LIKE: facebook.com/fullfatgames FOLLOW: twitter.com/fullfatgames VISIT: www.full-fat.com WATCH: youtube.com/fullfatgames © 2012 Full Fat Games
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Angry Birds Seasons - Rovio Mobile Ltd. (日, 29 1月 2012)
Angry Birds Seasons Rovio Mobile Ltd. Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: January 19, 2012 Fireworks popping, lanterns glowing, red envelopes bursting with money – it's Chinese New Year! This holiday is China's biggest and longest festival, a time for feasting with family and friends, setting off fireworks, and having fun. The Angry Birds are celebrating the start of the Year of the Dragon, but the piggies are trying to scare them away from their eggs! Luckily the Angry Birds have some help – the Mighty Eagle has transformed into the fearsome Mighty Dragon! As a New Year's present to our fans, the Mighty Dragon is available for free! For this episode only, everyone can use the Mighty Dragon to destroy levels and earn special achievements. Terms of Use: http://www.rovio.com/eula Privacy Policy: http://www.rovio.com/privacy © Rovio Mobile Ltd
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Stickman Cliff Diving - Heiko Hufnagl (日, 29 1月 2012)
Stickman Cliff Diving Heiko Hufnagl Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: October 31, 2011 2 million downloads for Stickman Cliff Diving! 2 million people addicted to Stickman Cliff Diving can't be wrong! Get your kicks and jump down the highest and most dangerous cliffs all over the planet! Perform different jump styles and get rated by the five judges. Fulfill the requested handicap to qualify for the next jump. ~~~~~~~~~ Features: ~~~~~~~~~ - Cliffs up to 125 meters high - Unique gameplay - Different jump types - Continue last game - Bonus points for good or even perfect jumps - Smoothest stick animations - Tutorial - Online scoreboards & achievements - OpenFeint Stickman Cliff Diving reached #1 PAID in several countries. Thx for your great support! © Djinnworks, Robert Szeleney, Heiko Hufnagl
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Evi - True Knowledge (日, 29 1月 2012)
Evi True Knowledge Genre: Lifestyle Price: $0.99 Release Date: January 17, 2012 Say hello to Evi. Evi is the revolutionary artificial intelligence here to help with all of your everyday information needs. Unlike a search engine, which simply looks for matching words and shows you a list of websites, Evi understands what you want to know and gives back exactly what you're after. Need to know where the nearest bank is? Not a problem. Going out for dinner but can't decide where? She can help with that too. The more you ask, the more she will learn, and thus she is improving all the time. Life is simpler with Evi. ======================== On Monday 23rd the world learned about Evi and responded in a phenomenal way. To see how many people were excited by Evi and her app was overwhelming and hugely exciting for us. Unfortunately the enormous response was more than our servers were able to handle and so many users experienced connection problems. Weíd like to say a massive thank you to everyone who downloaded the app, and to assure you that the team are working around the clock to get Evi back on her feet and ensure that she is better able to handle the huge number of people who wish to ask her questions. So many thanks from everyone on the team, and Evi herself, for your patience and understanding. ======================== Features: • Voice or text input - Chat to Evi in plain English and she will understand • Local information for UK and USA - Shopping, news, dining and more. Evi knows where you are and gives answers based on your location • One tap words - Allowing you to build your question super-fast • Built in browser - No need to swap to a different browser, view web links within Evi's app • A learning and adapting intelligence - Rate Evi’s answers to help her learn more about the world • More than a search engine - Evi takes the searching out of search, able to review and compare nearly a billion facts from her database to give you exactly what you need © True Knowledge 2011
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Camera+   - tap tap tap (日, 29 1月 2012)
Camera+   tap tap tap Genre: Photo & Video Price: $1.99 Release Date: November 16, 2011 AN AMAZING CAMERA AT AN INCREDIBLY LOW PRICE! GET IT NOW AND SEE WHY EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT CAMERA+! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ❃❃❃ Over 6 million sold! ❃❃❃ ✦✦✦ Works marvelously well with ✦✦✦ ✦✦✦ the wonderful camera on the ✦✦✦ ✦✦✦ new iPhone 4S and with iOS 5!  ✦✦✦ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ “If the iPhone’s standard camera is like a digital point-and-shoot, the Camera+ app is like a high-quality SLR lens.” — TIME: 50 Best iPhone Apps 2011 “improves on almost every aspect of the built-in camera app” — Charlie Sorrel, Wired “tap tap tap definitely has a winner on their hands with Camera+” — Steven Sande, The Unofficial Apple Weblog “Among the virtual sea of iPhone photography apps, tap tap tap’s Camera+ is by far my favorite” — David Chartier, Macworld Winner: Best Visual Design, Best Photography App — Best App Ever Awards ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ It’s all about one thing… GREAT PHOTOS! Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or someone who’s barely touched a camera, Camera+ will make you love taking photos. Everybody has a creative side… Camera+ will help bring that creativity out in you, all with a fun, innovative, and beautiful design. ★ EXCLUSIVE Touch Exposure & Focus for the ultimate control… Set exposure separately from focus for the ultimate control of your shots… simply touch with a 2nd finger while focusing to adjust exposure until your shot is perfect. [available on iPhone 4 and 3GS on iOS4 only] ★ EXCLUSIVE Photo Flashlight to brighten up your photos… Use the iPhone 4 LED flash as a continuous fill light to improve photo quality, especially for portrait and macro shots. ★ No more blurry shots… Use the stabilizer to steady your camera and get the sharpest pics you can. ★ Put an end to crooked pics… Use the grid to line up your shots and eliminate unsightly angled photos. ★ Highest quality zoom… Camera+ has a 6× digital zoom that simply blows away the competition in terms of quality. ★ Scene modes and flash… Most modern digital cameras all have scene modes to help you get the best photos for your particular situation. And why shouldn’t your iPhone have this great feature? Well, with Camera+, you get to choose from several scene modes including Backlit, Sunset, Night, Portrait, Beach, and many more. And for the times when your photos came out too dark, we have a high quality digital flash to make them look great. ★ Crops let you frame your pics perfectly… If you didn’t line up your shot perfectly when you took it, you can easily fix that with Camera+. And when you want to get a bit creative, we setup a bunch of popular crop sizes for you. With a single tap, you can make your pics square, 4×6, 8×10, etc. ★ Dozens of amazing effects… We partnered with professional photographer, Lisa Bettany, to bring you a slew of stunningly beautiful effects. With a single tap, you can transform a soulless pic into a work of art. Make your photos shimmer with “HDR”… get down and dirty with “Grunge”… fill your pics with emotion and despair with “So Emo”. There are dozens of 1-touch effects for you to experiment with so that you can get the perfect result every time. ★ Wrap it all up with stylish borders… With Camera+, you get several great border designs so that you can put the finishing touch on your photos. ★ Share your creations… Whether you want to show your results to your friends and family or the whole world, Camera+ has got you covered. Share your pics on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. Or go the simple route and email them from right within the app. What are you waiting for? Try Camera+ now and discover that you can truly love taking pics on your iPhone. © tap tap tap
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