The explosive Apple/Samsung relationship lacks romance but has launched over a billion smartphones all the same.One way Samsung tries to compete is to match the iPhone rumors with the features of its own flagship phones, which it rushes to market…
Lees meerCan anybody else remember when we all resisted making digital purchases? Software shipped on disks. Music was on CDs. We visited the video store and there was a bookshop on every high street.It’s not so long ago When Apple shipped the iMac in 199…
Lees meerApple’s decision to move to Thunderbolt 3/USB-C in its new MacBook Pro with Touch bar models generated some heat but is also fostering a boom in MacBook Pro hubs. These hubs are designed to add support for earlier flavors of USB, Lightning, HDMI …
Lees meerWhile Apple won’t be at the CES this year the company will be paying attention to what takes place at the event.Smartphones have shown what can be done with an intelligent mobile processor inside of a truly mobile device, so you can expect an arr…
Lees meerThere are claims Apple is considering bringing the Digital Crown over from the Apple Watch to the iPhone, but why does this plan make any sense?Contrasting philosophies Patently Apple has identified a couple of Apple patents that suggest bringing…
Lees meerChristmas is a time for giving. Unfortunately it’s also time for crazed excursions into packed shopping malls at the same time as recovering from more parties than your system can comfortably handle. This is usually accompanied by a wave of unavo…
Lees meerI don’t really think 2016 was a particularly great year for anybody. Why would any year that starts with the losses of Lemmy and David Bowie be anything other than awful? Apple felt it too, and it will take even more corporate courage for the com…
Lees meerAvailable now after a few weeks delay, Apple’s AirPods are wireless earbuds that can do so much more than any other wireless headphone system, bar those made by Apple. You can use them to listen to audio, ask Siri questions, get directions and mo…
Lees meerThis has been a very challenging year when it comes to online security on every platform. We’ve seen some of the biggest online hacks in history; we’ve learned that over a billion Yahoo accounts have been compromised, and Apple recently patched a…
Lees meerWhile it is fair to say it took a little longer than expected to get off the ground, Apple’s Home Kit ecosystem has become more interesting in recent months. This week’s iOS 10.2 update makes a compelling argument for Apple's smart home.Sensor se…
Lees meerYou can choose to ignore it, but the move to put iOS inside healthcare is gathering so much momentum it’s a triumph of ignorance over good sense to do so.With over seven million electronic healthcare records (EHR) in its iOS-compatible medical pl…
Lees meerIt looks like Apple isn’t the only big tech firm changing its go to market strategy for self-driving cars, as Google will apparently abandon manufacturing plans in favor or creating an operating system auto makers can use.Drive away vaporware We’…
Lees meerDigital health means figuring out how connected devices can help quantify what you already do in order to enable you to do better. In many cases, you’ll achieve big results through smaller, incremental changes, and that’s what iOS 10’s little-use…
Lees meerCampaign in the US has published a hugely interesting behind the scenes article on the untold history of Apple’s iconic ‘Get A Mac’ ads campaign. Based on interviews with ten people involved in the project, the article’s packed with fascinating i…
Lees meerThe Apple TV is a quite powerful machine. It runs a dual-core, 64-bit A8 processor, which gives it plenty of oomph for apps, games, TV shows, music, and movies. And it’s not good enough.You want more When it comes to television you want more.You …
Lees meerI guess if you bat for the ‘iPhone is failing’ teams then you will have thrown the latest Kantar Worldpanel ComTech data into your “does not fit the narrative” trash can. Why shouldn’t you? You have every right to ignore facts that may undermine …
Lees meer“Apple Watch sales fall by 71 percent”, the headlines claim, but these reports perfectly illustrate a preference for clickbait over substance as the narrative grabs yet another chance to transgress journalistic probity in the service of anti-Appl…
Lees meerThe problem with so many reports on Apple’s widely publicized letter to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is that they have been so distracted by the letter’s focus on cars, they miss the bigger picture.You see, while …
Lees meerDon’t buy or use fake Apple device chargers as an astonishing 99 percent of them are unsafe and their use puts you at risk, a global safety body warns today.Danger warning In tests conducted by Illinois-based firm UL and commissioned by the UK Tr…
Lees meerApple has supported the (RED) campaign to raise funds to help combat AIDs since it began a decade ago. It has become the campaign’s biggest corporate supporter.World AIDS Day Today is World AIDs Day. That’s a day that means something to me. My co…
Lees meer“Apple wants us to be in an Apple world, signified by the unification of their technology and the integration of software services,” UBS analyst, Steven Milunovich, said today. I argue that connected machine learning is key to Apple’s future prod…
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