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Why Apple’s ITC victory over HTC is not as big a deal as it seems

by Kenny Hemphill on 20 December 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 29 November 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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The early history of the Mac by those who were there

by Kenny Hemphill on 14 November 2011 in Comment

Last week, the Churchill Club, a Silicon Valley forum which attracts some of the biggest names in the technology industry as speakers, gathered together half a dozen people who played a pivotal role in the creation of the Mac.

Between them Larry Tesler, Andy Hertzfeld, and Bill Atkinson provided the inspiration and then the software for the first Mac. Regis McKenna marketed it and hired Chiat Day to produce the Big Brother advert in 1984 (Chiat Day and McKenna were also responsible for the following year’s disastrous Lemmings ad, but we won’t go there).

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Does the new Apple Store app point to the future of retailing?

by Kenny Hemphill on 8 November 2011 in Comment

Apple has updated its retail store app and added support for paying for goods on an iPhone. The feature currently only works in its US stores, and only a handful of accessories can be bought in this way, but some think it provides an intriguing peek into the potential future of shopping at an Apple [...]

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Has Samsung really overtaken Apple in the smartphone market?

by Kenny Hemphill on 31 October 2011 in Comment

There’s been a great deal written over the last few days about Samsung apparently overtaking Apple to become the world’s biggest smartphone handset manufacturer by sales volume. But is it really true?

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iPad soaring or iPad screwed: two different views on the same data

by Kenny Hemphill on 12 September 2011 in Comment

Figures to be published later this week by Kantar Worldpanel ComTec show that 73% of UK tablet owners have an iPad. They also show that half of those who intend to buy a tablet in the next 12 months say they will choose an iPad, with fewer than 7% choosing any of the alternatives and a sizeable 28% saying they are undecided.

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