When it comes to a product launch, few companies manage to draw in the swarms of consumers quite like Apple does. Every time a new iDevice hits the scene, thousands of fans queue for long hours and in all weathers to be among the first to get their hands on it, and last month’s launch of the iPhone 5 was no exception. Even though the form factor of the iPhone 4 / 4S was more than competent, Apple has really ...

Policy Notice Date: 31 October 2012 Graeme Walker, Head of HSE's Waste and Recycling Sector, said: "Waste and recycling remains one of Britain's higher risk industries. It falls to everyone, working within the industry to help to ensure the number of people killed or seriously injured in this sector is reduced." "Britain has one of the best health and safety records in Europe. Though the numbers in 2011/12 ...

The reviews are in for the iPad mini, and as usual, Apple’s hand-picked journalists (all of whom have a reputation for saying positive things about the Cupertino company’s products, have queued up to pour a little pre-sale glory on the scaled-down tablet. Jim Dalrymple of TheLoop sets the tone, throwing out same question many prospective iPad mini buyers will no doubt be asking themselves – can an iPad mini ...

Policy Notice Date: 31 October 2012 Figures published today show slight falls in a number of key areas of workplace ill-health and injury in Scotland. The provisional statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that in Scotland between April 2011 and March 2012: There were 9,551 reported injuries to employees in 2011/12 compared to 10,216 in 2010/11, a fall of seven per cent The avera ...

Yesterday, we showed you how you could implement a feature somewhere representative of Android Jelly Bean (4.2)’s gesture-based keyboard, provided you were running a device on Ice Cream Sandwich or newer. As exciting as that was, it was only a going to be a matter of time before more of the new firmware’s key features and exclusives were ported through to those wielding older devices, and just a day later, ...

Policy Notice Date: 31 October 2012 Figures published today show slight falls in a number of key areas of workplace ill-health and injury in Wales. The provisional statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that in Wales between April 2011 and March 2012: There were 5,863 reported injuries to employees in 2011/12, a fall of 4.4 per cent from last year when 6,125 incidents were notifi ...

The success and popularity of the Nexus 7 Android tablet has never really been in question, but recent announcements during ASUS’s third-quarter earnings call give us a little insight into just how popular the mid-range tablet really is. As part of the earnings announcement, ASUS Chief Financial Office, David Chang has announced that sales of the tablet have been rising on a monthly basis since launch and h ...

If you’ve been following Rockstar’s leaked screenies of Grand Theft Auto V, you’ll have noticed just how darned awesome it looks. Gamers have been salivating over the teasing images for months, but with precious little in the way of an ETA, quite a few have grown a little disgruntled. To offer a little relief to the feeling of angst, it looks as though the eagerly-anticipated title could be heading our way ...

Apple has today announced that iTunes 11 will not release this month as previously expected, with November now the expected ship date. If you’re one of the millions who use iTunes as their media hub and central iOS device syncing station, then this news is going to sting somewhat. Having previously promised that the next version of iTunes, version 11, would be available for download some time in October, th ...

Keen to show that it is not just all about its Android smartphone platform, Google has issued a much needed update to its iOS search app, taking what was once something of an also-ran app into one that could easily warrant pride of place on the home screens of many. Along with some expected compatibility updates that make Google’s app play nicely with the recently release iPhone 5, this latest version of th ...