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The Week in Photos: Wild Thing

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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

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    A musher competes with his dog-sled during the Trans-Thuringia race, one of the biggest dog-sled races with purebred dogs in central Europe, in the Thuringian Forest near Fehrenbach, central Germany. Around 500 sled dogs and their mushers covered a distance of nearly 280 kilometers in seven runs. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)Source: Jens Meyer
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    A reveler poses for a photo during the 'Ceu na Terra', or Heaven on earth, carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The five days of over-the-top parades and raucous, alcohol-soaked street parties that make up Rio de Janeiro's world-famous Carnival celebrations kicked off Friday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)Source: AP/Press Association Images
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    Gucci stands next her owner that has a tattoo of her during the "Blocao" dog carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Carnival goes to the dogs as pet owners take to the streets for their own party, with their four-legged friends in ornate costumes. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Source: AP/Press Association Images
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    Blackburn's Rudy Gestede, left, in action against Stoke's goalkeeper Jack Butland during the English FA Cup fifth round soccer match between Blackburn and Stoke at Ewood Park Stadium, Blackburn, England. (AP Photo/Jon Super)Source: Jon Super
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    In this photo taken with a long exposure photo, a silhouetted child spins a ball of fire during rituals in celebration of Mesni Zagovezni (Shrovetide) in the village of Lozen near the capital Sofia. People in the region believe they can chase away evil spirits by performing fire rituals on Mesni Zagovezni. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)Source: AP/Press Association Images
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    A performer from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school parades on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)Source: AP/Press Association Images
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    The aurora borealis, or the northern lights as they are commonly known at Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland.Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images
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    One of the players falls over during the Shrovetide football match in Alnwick, Northumberland.
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    A man covers his face with animal blood to takes part in the ''Momotxorro Carnival'', in Alsasua, northern Spain. Momotxorro, characters who seem to have been resurrected from a prehistoric ritual, come out onto the town's streets. Wearing horns and hiding their faces under headscarves, they are dressed in a white sheet stained with blood, sheepskin gilets, blue trousers, white socks and black sandals. They tour the town roaring fiercely and brandishing their wooden staves, goading and frightening everyone who gets in their way. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)Source: AP/Press Association Images
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    Skaters and scooter enthusiasts enjoy a temporary skate park that has been set up inside Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, as the annual event sees skaters come inside the 12v Abbey to pull tricks and ride over jumps and ramps. Source: Ben Birchall
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    A cameraman films as Russian aerobatic team Yakovlev performs at the inaugural function of Aero India 2015 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Source: Aijaz Rahi
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    Hindu devotees, their bodies pierced with lemon and paladai, or bowl with a spout mainly used to feed milk to infants, wait to participate in a procession to mark Shivratri, or the night of Shiva, in Chennai, India. Such processions are held as an offering and show of devotion by devotees on the day dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K)Source: Arun Sankar K
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    Two polar bear cubs follow their mother as they venture outside their enclosures for the first time since they were born at Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, Netherlands. Three cubs were born Nov. 22, 2014 but one of the triplets died soon after birth, the cub's mother and grandmother live at the zoo, their father now lives at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)Source: AP/Press Association Images
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    A man selling food for pigeons sits in a cubicle, near Yeni Cami, in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, has been hit by a storm that has dumped up to a 60 centimetres (24 inches) of snow in some areas since Tuesday, wreaking havoc on roads. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)Source: AP/Press Association Images
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    The sun rises above Lake Michigan as ice forms along the shore in Chicago. Temperatures have dipped to as low as -13 in parts of Illinois with wind chills forecast to fall to between 20 and 30 degrees below zero. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Mute Proinsias Ó Foghlú
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    Oct 21st 2014, 10:38 AM

    iPad is without doubt one of the best devices I have ever owned, I love it.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 11:03 AM

    You love it? Wow.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 10:38 AM

    I would guess most people had held out for the last 2-3 months on buying an iPad as the new models were being announced last week.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 12:02 PM

    iPad sales had seen a massive drop in their last earnings report too. It will be even bigger this time next year, people don’t own large-screened phones and use tablets too, it’s pointless. I could see the point of owning both when the iPhone screens were tiny, not now though.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 11:10 AM

    I would imagine people change phones more often than they change a tablet, so the top-end of the tablet market may be suffering some saturation at the moment before it settles into a normal renewal cycle.

    I’m genuinely surprised how little iTunes contributes to their income.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 11:13 AM

    Android is still too buggy , there are too many cheap android devices that can’t perform basic tasks.
    Anyone can operate an iPad whether they are 3 or 83 , the older generation have embraced apple tech much easier than android!

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    Mute Mike
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    Oct 21st 2014, 11:22 AM

    Get yourself a Samsung. So much better. Ive used ipads before the Samsung. So slow. Im not surprised sales are falling.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 12:04 PM

    I would totally agree.

    The fact that you cannot add SD card memory was my turning point.

    The 10.1″ Galaxy NOTE 2014 would kick any IPad in performance.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 10:27 AM

    I prefer using the Samsung. Haven’t used the ipad since.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 12:12 PM

    Tablets are used more for watching TV on. Ipads are far too restrictive in what you can and can’t watch.

    An android with mobdro and you’re good to go.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 12:53 PM

    Writing this on an iPad that’s 3 1/2 yrs old although it can’t be updated anymore it’s still one of The best bits of Tech I’ve ever owned

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    Oct 21st 2014, 11:39 AM

    I wish they’d change the iTunes interface, it’s such a pain in the hole.

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    Mute Ben Gunn
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    Oct 21st 2014, 10:47 AM

    Is the large version of iphone 6 being used as an alternative to the ipad mini?

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    Mute Loop De Loop
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    Oct 21st 2014, 1:18 PM

    Yes, I would imagine you are correct. Certainly wouldn’t be a massive difference now between the phones and the iPad mini.
    Great phone by the way, the Samsung killer I would say.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 10:33 AM

    Is Apple the cult Tom cruise and John travolta are involved in. (Wrote on my iPhone)

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    Oct 21st 2014, 10:54 AM

    Some people might be holding out for the new iPads, but Apple has been losing ground to Android-based tablets for the past two years: http://blog.globalwebindex.net/Android-dominates-tablet

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    Mute David Fortune
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    Oct 21st 2014, 3:50 PM

    I’d say they’re fine losing market share to the €100 Android tablets that you see knocking about, the people buying those were unlikely to get an iPad. I’d like to see a breakdown of the flagship tablet market.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 12:55 PM

    Wasn’t Apple heavily dependant on iPod sales at one stage too…

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    Mute Kustin J Crush
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    Oct 21st 2014, 10:53 AM

    Love Apple computers, don’t like their phones!

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    Mute Denis
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    Oct 21st 2014, 12:18 PM

    That’s odd in the last apple story there was a guy who’s friend worked in a mobile phone shop and apparently they couldn’t sell any iPhones at all.
    I was sure that was a reliable source for sales figures.

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    Mute Ciabhán Ó Murchú
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    Oct 21st 2014, 1:25 PM

    Being a user of both, I can definitely say that Apple is to restrictive and therefore useless in a lot of ways. Once they have you, they want to enslave you into buying all their products. To many frustrations. Would definitely not recommended Apple. Don’t become an Apple zombie!

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    Mute Armonline
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    Oct 21st 2014, 2:01 PM

    Have both myself also , but do not find any real restrictions on IOS. Depends how you use them I suppose. Both are great, but if generally find Apple a better interface and build quality.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 11:51 AM

    I haven’t come across an interesting new app for ages. It’s good to see the hardware improving but the software people seem to have hit a brick wall. It seems to me that the industry needs more personal information from us to develop but we are getting more careful and taking the privacy option where possible. The U2 album fiasco showed that what we want is not what they want to give us. We want to draw back from the always on connected world and to pick and choose how we interact.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 12:34 PM

    Htc have a new range of tablets Comming out on November 3rd and if they are anything like the HTC One M8 phone They will storm the tablet Charts.Sd card will mean a lot more storage freed up on the tablet itself.

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    Mute Armonline
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    Oct 21st 2014, 1:49 PM

    HTC One M7 & M8 are great phones but unfortunately they do not sell very well HTC made a big loss on the M7, have improved with the M8, but still nowhere near the likes of Samsung.

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    Mute Stephen Doyle
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    Oct 21st 2014, 11:45 AM

    Don’t really like Apple myself(except I-tunes, where theres no choice) think Sony is much better all round.

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    Oct 21st 2014, 1:07 PM

    I think the fizz has left Apple recently, it’s not big news anymore.

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    Mute Chuck Eastwood
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    Oct 21st 2014, 7:24 PM

    Always used iPhones but today i upgraded to an S5. Vodafone are out of stock with no date for new iPhone 6 handsets and it would have cost me 250 blips. S5 is free with the same if not better specs. Total no brainer

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