Kenny Hemphill

Apple signals online intent with acquisition of HTML5 Particle

by Kenny Hemphill on 18 October 2012 in News

Apple has acquired HTML5 consultancy firm, Particle, according to AllThingsD and News.com. The company, whose designers and developers left their posts at Particle to join Apple last month, specialises in developing HTML 5 apps for web browsers and mobile devices. According to Particle’s website (now just a homepage) before the acquisition, it has worked with [...]

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Apple confirms October 23rd event where it will show a ‘little more’

by Kenny Hemphill on 16 October 2012 in News
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Apple has sent out invitations to an event on October 23rd in San Jose, California. As always, it hasn’t explained what it plans to launch, but has provided a clue in the invitation, which reads ‘We’ve got a little more to show you.’ It’s expected that the ‘little’ in that phrase refers to an iPad [...]

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Apple appoints Amazon search boss to take care of Siri

by Kenny Hemphill on 15 October 2012 in News

‘Siri, who is your new boss?’ ‘He’s William Stasior, former head of A9, the search and advertising firm he co-founded and which was bought by Amazon in 2003.’ ‘I see. Is there anything else you can tell us about him?’ ‘Stasior used to work at Alta Vista and before that, Oracle. He has a PhD [...]

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Schmidt says Android battle with Apple is industry’s ‘defining contest’

by Kenny Hemphill on 11 October 2012 in News

Google chairman and former Apple board member, Eric Schmidt, has called his company’s ‘platform fight’ with Apple in the smartphone market, the tech industry’s ‘defining contest.’ In an interview with All Things Digital’s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Schmidt said ‘Here’s why: Apple has thousands of developers building for it. Google’s platform, Android, is even [...]

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Guardian: iPad mini launch imminent

by Kenny Hemphill on 9 October 2012 in News

Apple will shortly announce the long-rumoured iPad mini and it will be available to buy next month, according to the Guardian. Citing multiple sources, the newspaper’s website said: ‘Apple’s expected “iPad mini” will only come in a Wi-Fi version – but there will also be a revised version of the iPad with 4G connectivity compatible [...]

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BBC launches iPlayer Radio app for iPhone

by Kenny Hemphill on 8 October 2012 in News
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The BBC has launched a radio version of the iPlayer, for iPhone. The new app provides access to all of the BBC’s live radio output as well as the iPlayer library of catch-up programmes. There’s also a podcast section which allows you to listen to podcasts, though you can’t subscribe to or download them. And [...]

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