#io13: Google to offer TouchWiz-free Galaxy S4 from 26 June
16.05.2013 Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will undergo a UI makeover from Google that will see the device sold on Google Play with stock Android from 26 June.
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Microsoft’s Surface Pro to go on sale 30 May
16.05.2013 Microsoft’s next computer, the Surface Pro - a machine that looks like a tablet computer but has the full power of a Windows 8 notebook computer - will go on sale in Ireland and the UK on 30 May.
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Microsoft confirms ‘Windows Blue’ will be officially called Windows 8.1
14.05.2013 Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8.1 will be the official name for the impending update to its latest operating system, previously know by the code name Windows Blue. A public preview of 8.1 is expected on 26 June.
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Weekend news roundup: 3D gun designs, space station picks Linux over Windows XP
13.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, Mega's founder wants 3D gun designs off the site, the International Space Station switches to Linux, and police flood Apple with decryption requests.
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‘The PC is very much alive and increasingly mobile’ – Microsoft exec talks Windows 8 figures
07.05.2013 With Windows 8 now at the 100m licence milestone and Windows Blue on the horizon, Microsoft executive Tami Reller talks numbers for the six-month-old OS but remains tight-lipped on its successor.
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Global tablet computer sales surge 142.4pc – Android has 56pc of market
02.05.2013 The tablet computer segment of the technology industry is continuing to enjoy exponential growth, with IDC reporting 142.4pc growth in the first quarter, with 49.2m devices shipped. Android is now the dominant OS with 56.5pc market share.
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Apple set to revamp the look and feel of its mobile interface with iOS 7
30.04.2013 Apple’s redesign of its iOS mobile operating system with iOS 7, which is being spearheaded by Apple senior vice-president of industrial design Jony Ive, will appeal to a new generation of iPhone and iPad users but could irk long-standing iOS loyalists.
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Samsung S4 and HTC One to contribute to Android sales spike in UK
29.04.2013 Android’s dominance of the smartphone world is set to be cemented by the arrival of the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech has reported that Android is No 1 in the UK, with 58.4pc of the smartphone market.
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Tickets to Apple's WWDC 2013 sell out in two minutes
26.04.2013 Tickets for Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) went on sale at 10am PDT yesterday. By 10.02am PDT yesterday, the tickets – going for US$1,599 each, were sold out.
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Battle of the tablets: Apple leads but Android is hot on its heels
25.04.2013 Apple continues to hold the largest share of the global tablet market, at 48.2pc, followed closely by Android, which now has 43.3pc of the world market. Microsoft’s Windows 8 has made a significant impression and is on 7.4pc of the world’s tablet devices.