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Apple facing lawsuit over faulty butterfly keyboards

Apple facing lawsuit over faulty butterfly keyboards

Christopher Lee · May 15, 2018

Earlier this month we reported about Apple coming under fire for defects in its butterfly keyboard. A petition calling for the company to recall and also replace all these MacBook keyboards has already gathered 17,000 signatures. The latest news on this issue is that the butterfly keyboard has now caused Apple to be sued, with […]

Apple applies to partake in official drone programme

Apple applies to partake in official drone programme

Christopher Lee · May 10, 2018

Apple is the latest among a number of major firms seeking permission to partake in a drone testing programme that was announced by the US government in 2017. With the government now accepting applications for this programme, Apple and a handful of other technology giants, including Intel, Amazon and Qualcomm are applying. It is unclear […]

Apple finally axes apps that send data to outsiders

Apple finally axes apps that send data to outsiders

Christopher Lee · May 9, 2018

Today we bring you both good and bad Apple news. Let’s get the bad news out of the way: there are apps in Apple’s App Store that share your location data with third parties. The good news is that Apple has now apparently started to crack down on these apps. The company is busy removing […]

Apple nearly became the world’s first $1tn company yesterday

Apple nearly became the world’s first $1tn company yesterday

Christopher Lee · May 8, 2018

The contest to become the globe’s first $1tn business is as good as won after Apple shares surged on stock markets on Monday. During the first few hours of trading yesterday AAPL shares reached $187.60 per share, placing the Cupertino-based firm ‘only’ $55bn below the sought-after $1tn market cap level. What served as a major […]

Contradicting reports over merging of iOS and Mac apps

Contradicting reports over merging of iOS and Mac apps

Christopher Lee · May 3, 2018

A few months ago, in December 2017, Mark Gurman reported about a project called ‘Marzipan’, which seemed to be about Apple’s attempts to merge the development of apps for iOS and Mac. A month later Gurman said in a follow-up report that the project would be included in 2018’s iOS 12 and MacOS 10.14. However, […]

Is Apple overlooking the Mac?

Is Apple overlooking the Mac?

Christopher Lee · May 2, 2018

Apple had its Q2, 2018 earnings call on Tuesday. While for shareholders it brought mainly good news, it had little to offer Mac customers. In fact, the whole Mac line-up was once again basically ignored by Tim Cook and his colleagues when they discussed future revenue plans. It has to be said that these earnings […]

MacBook Air delay might cost Apple supply chain money

MacBook Air delay might cost Apple supply chain money

Christopher Lee · May 1, 2018

Supply chain sources have revealed that volume production of Apple’s new budget-style MacBook Air will be postponed from Q2, 2018 until the second half of the year. They added that they were going to suffer losses from low capacity utilisation and high material stock levels because of this delay. They also claim that Apple has […]

Can Apple Podcasts sustain its phenomenal growth?

Can Apple Podcasts sustain its phenomenal growth?

Christopher Lee · Apr 30, 2018

During the past year Apple has announced a number of improvements to the Podcast app and service, and although it might not be quite as good as third-party applications such as Overcast, it’s difficult to deny the massive size of this platform. According to Fast Company, Apple Podcasts has achieved a major milestone in terms […]

Apple announces the end of the AirPort range

Apple announces the end of the AirPort range

Christopher Lee · Apr 27, 2018

Apple recently officially confirmed that it was terminating its AirPort Wi-Fi router product line. This includes the AirPort Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express. A spokesperson for the company said: “We’re discontinuing the Apple AirPort base station products. They will be available through Apple.com, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers while supplies last.” […]

Apple no longer offers financing to UK buyers

Apple no longer offers financing to UK buyers

Christopher Lee · Apr 26, 2018

In today’s Apple news we have to caution prospective Apple buyers that the firm no longer offers financing to its UK customers. This comes after it unexpectedly dropped its UK financing page from the main Apple website on Tuesday afternoon. Until now the Cupertino-based company allowed UK customers the choice of signing up for financing […]

Apple forced to slash HomePod sales forecasts by 60%

Apple forced to slash HomePod sales forecasts by 60%

Christopher Lee · Apr 25, 2018

Apple’s woes continue unabated. Not only are iPhone sales far below initial expectations, but now its HomePod smart speaker is also dramatically underperforming in terms of sales. According to a new report Apple had to slash orders for this device from half-a-million orders a month to only 200,000. If one converts that into yearly sales, […]

Apple finally removes Calculator% app after police investigation

Apple finally removes Calculator% app after police investigation

Christopher Lee · Apr 20, 2018

In today’s Apple news the company has finally dropped the popular Calculator% app from the App Store. This comes only a few days after the Durham police department warned parents to guard against this type of app. Teenagers reportedly loved Calculator%, which on the surface was a full-featured and totally legitimate calculator app for iPad […]

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