Kenny Hemphill

Analyst: Apple iWatch not a watch and won’t ship til 2014

by Kenny Hemphill on 22 May 2013 in News

Apple’s much talked about iWatch is on the way, but won’t ship until late 2014, according to one analyst. Perhaps more surprisingly, it won’t be a watch. So says Ming-Chi Kuo, according to a research note seen by AppleInsider. Kuo, who AppleInsider said has ‘a proven track record in accurately predicting Apple’s product rollouts,’ claimed [...]

Tim Cook defends Apple tax arrangements at Senate hearing

by Kenny Hemphill on 21 May 2013 in News

Tim Cook was grilled by US Senators today over allegations that Apple was the ‘Holy Grail of tax avoidance.’ During the hearing, Cook claimed that the company paid ‘all the taxes we owe. Every single dollar,’ and that its actions were ‘in the letter and the spirit of the law.’ Much of the hearing centred [...]

Yahoo buys Tumblr as users seek sanctuary in WordPress

by Kenny Hemphill on 20 May 2013 in News

Yahoo confirmed today that it had shelled out a hefty $1.1bn (£723m) for content platform, Tumblr and, perhaps in acknowledgement of what has happened to Flickr under its ownership (update: Yahoo has now fixed and improved Flickr), promised not to ‘screw it up.’

Tim Cook hints about US-built Mac

by Kenny Hemphill on 17 May 2013 in News

Tim Cook has again talked about the Mac Apple will build in the US later this year. The Apple CEO told US politics website, Politico that the US-produced Mac, the first to be made in the country since 1994, will be a new version of an existing product and that as well as being assembled [...]

Apple announces fifty billion downloads from App Store

by Kenny Hemphill on 16 May 2013 in News

Apple confirmed today that the 50 billionth app has been downloaded from the App Store. The milestone was reached when a man from Ohio, Brandon Ashmore downloaded Say the Same Thing from Space Inch yesterday, shortly after Google made several announcements, including the launch of a streaming music service, at its I/O developer conference.

Google beats Apple to launch streaming music service

by Kenny Hemphill on 15 May 2013 in News

Google used the keynote at its I/O developer conference today to launch a streaming music service, the snappily-titled Google Play Music All Access. The new service, which is integrated with the Google Play music store, allows users to stream music on-demand, in a similar way to Spotify. It will only be available in the US [...]

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