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What does iPhoto for iPad tell us about Apple’s mapping plans?

by Kenny Hemphill on 12 March 2012 in Comment

The brand new iPhoto for iOS, released last week, includes the ability to identify the location a photo was taken by plotting it on a map, or allowing the app to do it for you if the file contains location metadata. Until now, Apple has used Google for all of its mapping tools, but on [...]

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Apple TV upgrade hints at future content apps

by Kenny Hemphill on 9 March 2012 in Comment

Take a look at the image below. In particular, pay attention to the layout of the menu items beneath the movie images. Remind you of anything? That grid layout, those icons, the fact that content is immediately available with one click, rather than hidden in a menu. Each content element now looks and behaves like [...]

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Browett won’t bring Dixons to Apple says Tim Cook

by Kenny Hemphill on 1 February 2012 in Comment
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Apple’s decision to recruit Dixons CEO, John Browett as its international retail chief caused more than a few raised eyebrows on this side of the Atlantic. The philosophy and sales strategy of PC World and Currys could scarcely be more different to Apple’s, and anyone who remembers the failed ‘store within in a store’ partnership [...]

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MacUser’s round-up of 2011

by Kenny Hemphill on 30 December 2011 in Comment

2011 was a momentous year for Apple. The company had a great deal to celebrate, with the launch of the iPad 2 confirming that Apple’s tablet is in a league of its own, and two major OS transitions, to Lion and iOS 5, passing relatively smoothly. One event, however, cast a long shadow over the [...]

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How many iOS devices really were activated on Christmas Day?

by Kenny Hemphill on 28 December 2011 in Comment

Bored of making small talk with the in-laws? Sick of the sight of Christmas dinner leftovers? Then join me as I play the ‘How many iOS devices were activated on Christmas Day’ game. Apple doesn’t release official data, of course. It wouldn’t be much of a game if it did. So I’m going to rely [...]

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Here’s why Apple just spent $500m on Anobit

by Kenny Hemphill on 22 December 2011 in Comment

Reports from Israel appear to confirm, despite silence from both parties, that Apple has acquired Israel chip-design company, Anobit, for $500m. The question is, why? Anobit, like Apple’s other recent hardware acquisition, PA Semi, doesn’t make chips. It designs, among other things, controllers for flash storage. While solid state storage has many advantages over spinning [...]

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