Apple launches a new music social network
Technology giants Apple have announced that they will be moving in to the social networking arena with the launch of a new network focusing upon music.
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Archive for the 'Apple' CategoryEthical dilemma for Apple iPhone usersiPhone users have been placed in an ethical dilemma this week, following Apple’s development and introduction of a new patch for iPhones, iPads, and the iPod Touch.
Read the rest of this entry » Apple loses executive responsible for iPhone rolloutMark Papermaster, the Apple executive who was responsible for overseeing the development of iPhone 4 has announced that he will be quitting the company. Papermaster has been head of the iPhone and iPad engineering department since 2009, when he moved across from IBM.
Read the rest of this entry » iOS vulnerability for Apple productsSymantec, the US-based security firm, has issued a warning relating to Apple’s iOS which is designed to support the iPhone, iPad and iPod. According to the firm, there is a vulnerability in the iOS which could lead devices wide open to security attacks by remote operation, as hackers take control of devices through the system.
Read the rest of this entry » Is a phone case going to appease disappointed Apple fans?The Apple iPhone 4 has been hit with controversy since it was launched, due to poor signal reception when users try to make calls. The antenna problem occurs when the phone is held in a certain way, which blocks the phone’s capability to receive a signal.
Read the rest of this entry » Safari 5 web browser released by AppleYet more news from Apple as they dominate June with announcements, while many thought that the iPhone 4 was the only announcement worth listening to from Apple at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco, they would be mistaken.
Read the rest of this entry » WebKit receives process management update from AppleLast week Apple revealed an early test version of its WebKit2 rendering engine, more an update than an all new service, WebKit2 will add process management technology to WebKit based browsers and applications.
Read the rest of this entry » Apple bans ‘Hottest Girls’ AppAnother day another banned iPhone App. This time it was a fairly route one app that simply displays pictures of women. The app was briefly tolerated by the App Store big wigs, leading to rumours that the store was relaxing its strict no adult content policy, until the developer started uploading topless pictures to it, at which point they shut it down… With extreme prejudice.
Read the rest of this entry » Magazine Cover created on iPhoneFairly big win for the Apple PR department this week; the New Yorker magazine hit the shelves with a piece of digital art on its front cover. Not just any digital art either, but a portrait of Times square created with just a finger, an iPhone and a $4.99 app. The picture took roughly an hour to create and was done entirely from scratch.
Read the rest of this entry » Apple performs above expectationsApple’s first quarter profits have far exceeded the gloomy predictions of many on Wall Street. The computer and software maker has not only defied a sluggish economy with the profits, but also managed to drive its share price up by three percent despite making more cautious noises about this quarter’s performance.
Read the rest of this entry » Apple answers back to Microsoft AdA while ago we blogged about a Microsoft advert in which a red headed actress extolled the values of PCs over Macs (mainly price and value for money), this week it seems Apple have answered back. The new Apple campaign is called ‘Get a Mac’ and attacks the perceived issues with PCs that don’t occur with macs. The relationship between the Microsoft and Apple marketing departments has never been cordial exactly but the tone has become increasingly aggressive recently with the recession only adding to the desperate scrabble for customers.
Read the rest of this entry » Smiley Redhead enrages AppleApple and Apple supporters are very annoyed about an advert unveiled in the US last week which shows an affable woman named Lauren shopping for a laptop computer. She looks at Apple products but fails to find anything within her budget of $1000 dollars that meets her requirements – ‘Speed, Comfortable keyboard, 17-inch screen.’ Proclaiming, ‘I would have to double my budget, which isn’t feasible,’ Lauren instead decides to buy a $699 dollar HP laptop. Read the rest of this entry » iPhone 3.0Apple have been uncharacteristically quiet on the SmartPhone front recently. For several weeks now all the chatter within the industry has been about Palm Pres and Mobile Handset Alliances, with no one really paying much attention to the market leader. That changed late last week with the announcement of changes to the way applications are developed for the App store and, going past that, plans for a brand new device, the iPhone 3.0. Read the rest of this entry » The Difficulty of Competing with Apple (Part 2)Rival SmartPhone manufacturers are only just starting to react to the threat posed by the App Store, recently Nokia, RIM and Microsoft have all announced plans to release their own versions though this feels a lot like closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. The App Store has put all of Apple’s main competitors in a very awkward position. They have to at least attempt to compete, though even they must know that they’re being forced to essentially play Yahoo to Apple’s Google. Read the rest of this entry » |
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