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Apple rumors: iPad mini event, Apple music service, more

Here are the latest Apple rumors from the blogosphere:

According to our source, who asked not be named, there appears to be some truth to the widespread rumors that Apple is preparing to launch a smaller and cheaper version of the iPad — often called the iPad mini or iPad air and usually described as having a 7.85-inch screen. What our source adds is the specificity of a date: The press, he says, can expect invitations to go out on Oct. 10.” — “Fortune” (tech.fortune.cnn)

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Only 4% of iOS 6 users were using Apple Maps after four days

Snappili (www.snappili.com), a mobile app company, says that its research shows that only 4% of iOS 6 users were still using Apple’s homegrown Maps app four days after the operating system upgrade shipped. The company reports that:

° Before the upgrade to iOS 6, 25% of iOS users were viewing Google Maps at least once a day.

° Once they moved to iOS 6, the number of users using Apple Maps was 35%.

° Five days later that dropped to 4%.

° That number is still falling.

The data is a few days old and is based on 5,000 users surveyed.

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B.A.S.E jumps onto multiple platforms

YoYo Games says that B.A.S.E. Jumper, the latest game to be made in-house using the company’s GameMaker: Studio technology, has launched simultaneously on the Mac App Store, Apple App Store, iTunes, Amazon AppStore, Chrome, Facebook, YoYo Games Website (HTML5), Google Play, NOOK and Samsung’s Tizen App Store.
 

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