I’ve been talking about Apple’s interest in digital health for years. Bit by bit my expectations on this are proving correct, with Apple developing Health, Activity, Care Kit, Research Kit, advanced biometric sensors and apps for wheelchair users…
Lees meerBattery technology is improving, but disasters like the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 prove how careful we have to be with the energy stored in these things. There’s a ton of research going on, but while we wait for huge leaps in battery technology here …
Lees meer“Apple is smartly creating great digital experiences and I think they know that great digital experiences mean unleashing tons of innovation from the community overall,” Mike Gilfix, IBM’s VP of MobileFirst and Smarter Process told me, discussing…
Lees meerReleased along with macOS Sierra and iOS 10 in the last few days, Apple has also improved its iWork productivity suite (Pages, Keynote and Numbers). It means that for most Mac and the 35 percent of iPhone users already migrated to iOS 10 the onl…
Lees meerMac users everywhere are full of anticipation as they await the next release of macOS Sierra, the latest version of the OS they rely on each day. There are a few hours to go until the release (traditionally though not exclusively at around 10am P…
Lees meerApple may sell more than 100 million iPhone 7’s by the end of the year, analysts claim, with some predicting it will be the biggest-selling iPhone model yet. Initial stocks quickly sold out in the U.S., China and the UK across launch weekend – ho…
Lees meerIt’s iPhone 7 upgrade day for Apple customers around the planet and we’re seeing the usual queues and swiftly sold out enthusiasm we’ve seen every year, with initial reports from carriers suggesting the company has a smash hit on its hands (again…
Lees meerCisco Systems and Apple have been working together to implement enterprise-focused business communications features beginning with Wi-Fi connectivity, VoIP, collaboration and app prioritization improvements. One year on and the first results have…
Lees meerApple will ship iOS 10 at 10am PDT today and millions of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users will want to download and install the update. What follows is a fairly complete guide of what to do.Why upgrade? The new release is packed with improvement…
Lees meerYou’ve read the press release (which confirmed most of the rumors) so what else might you want to know when you pick up iPhone 7 and it wakes up? What follows are a few details some of which you may not have come across.Get to the Camera Apple …
Lees meerApple’s decision to refrain from announcing that macOS Sierra will ship on September 20 during its iPhone 7 reveal set me thinking. I love Macs. I love them for the same reason I always did – they are the world’s best creative tools to enable cre…
Lees meerApple is about to launch the next generation iPhone, and while some pundits call it "boring," the rumors claim this will be the fastest and best featured smartphone yet with millions of people destined to get hold of it.But will it still have a h…
Lees meerWe all use iPhones. A lot. We all take pictures with them. Many. And we all devour huge amounts of space until almost out of the blue things stop working on our phone.“Storage Almost Full” The warning that’s the kiss of death to iPhone users, “St…
Lees meerApple’s big iPhone reveal is approaching and Mac users like you and I are hoping we will soon be able to use the final version of the big macOS update, Sierra. When we get to do this (and it may not be for a few more weeks yet), here are a few th…
Lees meerApple’s iPhone 7(?) will be announced this week and a rash of leaks this weekend suggest it’s going to be anything but ‘boring’, faster, slimmer and more waterproof than ever before, with better digital audio quality to boot. Here’s what we think…
Lees meerIf you agree that the average lifecycle of any smartphone is around two years, I’d like to introduce you to some interesting insights from Jackdaw Research analyst, Jan Dawson. He’s been looking at the potential of the iPhone 7 upgrade cycle.Esti…
Lees meerHomeKit is a glass of water in the desert for the connected home. You see, despite the hype many of the connected home products rushed to market in the first wave lacked standards and security support and made people’s lives less safe even while …
Lees meerIt turns out that selling tablets for peanuts isn’t such a great business plan after all, who knew?Quit the biz That’s got to be one way to see the recent Digitimes report, ‘Weak tablet demand prompting vendors to leave segment’, that tells us: “…
Lees meerReports of the death of the platform have, it seems, been exaggerated and Apple is about to answer the prayers of millions of Mac users with a rash of significant hardware improvements, announcing some of these this year.Mac attack It can’t come …
Lees meerApple and the rest of the technology industry must face up to death, it’s too important to ignore.The lost son To illustrate my point, Apple has refused to unlock a Mac belonging to a man’s murdered son. The victim was a painter and musician with…
Lees meerThe latest Fluent data suggests interest in the next iPhone 7 is muted in contrast to previous years, with only one in three existing users thinking its release is a big deal. All the same, Apple is attracting far more Android switchers than it i…
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