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Browett won’t bring Dixons to Apple says Tim Cook

by Kenny Hemphill on February 1, 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 December 30, 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 December 28, 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 December 22, 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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Why Apple’s ITC victory over HTC is not as big a deal as it seems

by Kenny Hemphill on December 20, 2011 in Comment

On the surface, the decision by the US International Trade Commission to order HTC to stop importing smartphones which infringe Apple patents to the US sounds hugely significant. Scratch away at the detail, however, and the reality is that it borders on meaningless. For starters, the ban doesn’t take effect until April next year, so [...]

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London design studio shows off neat Little Printer

by Kenny Hemphill on November 29, 2011 in Comment

Smart phones may have freed many of us from having to stuff our wallets and pockets with scraps of paper, but there’s still a place in our lives for an old-fashioned to-do list or a printout of the day’s appointments. At least that’s the view of London studio, Berg Design which announced its Little Printer today.

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