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How Apple controls what employees say
Published in News
Monday, 10 December 2018 12:14

How Apple controls what employees say


Not allowed to use the words crash, hang, bug, or problem


Underpaid, over-hyped Apple employees are forbidden from using certain words when talking to customers who might indicate that the product is not up to snuff.

Apple sued for not supplying dust filters
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 05 December 2018 12:00

Apple sued for not supplying dust filters


Macs turned into dust bowl 


You think that if you pay to double the price for a laptop that is a year out of date, the supplier might stump up for some basic dust filters. Apple did not think so.

Qualcomm on verge of Apple resolution
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 30 November 2018 10:59

Qualcomm on verge of Apple resolution


CEO Steve Mollenkopf confirms

In a chat with CNBC, Qualcomm’s CEO confirmed that it and Apple are on the doorstep of a resolution of  multi quarter licensing related issues. What CNBC didn’t tell you is that Apple doesn’t want to pay Qualcomm a tiny amount of money as it wants a special and favorable deal.  

Microsoft cements its dominance over Apple
Published in News
Thursday, 29 November 2018 12:16

Microsoft cements its dominance over Apple


Apple loses while Vole gains

Microsoft stock market value surpassed Apple pulling ahead by as much as $3 billion as the Windows software maker benefited from optimism about demand for cloud computing services.

Apple Qualcomm license spat is about $13 per iPhone
Published in Mobiles


Apple wants to pay less

Next time you buy an iPhone that nowadays easily exceeds $1000, € or £, Apple doesn’t want to pay $13 out of the selling price of its phone to Qualcomm. That is what the whole fuss is all about. Qualcomm offers multi model standard essential patents that include 3G/4G and 5G in that price.

Apple under pressure as Brian May loses faith
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 28 November 2018 12:24

Apple under pressure as Brian May loses faith


USB-C is a little silhouette of a sham

Fruity cargo cult Apple has always had the enthusiastic support of the music industry, but that is starting to change.

Microsoft more valuable than Apple
Published in News
Monday, 26 November 2018 11:20

Microsoft more valuable than Apple


Vole grows as Apple tanks

Software King of the World Microsoft overtook Apple as the world's most valuable listed company highlighting the change of fortunes for both companies.

Supremes listen to Apple anti-trust case
Published in News
Monday, 26 November 2018 11:06

Supremes listen to Apple anti-trust case


Is a 30 percent cut too high for apps?

Apple’s 30 percent cut on software distribution at its iPhones store is being looked at by the US Supreme Court today.

5nm mobile chips to arrive in late 2020
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 22 November 2018 17:45

5nm mobile chips to arrive in late 2020


Industry contacts shared

The mobile industry is definitely outpacing the manufacturing progress of both GPUs and CPUs and this is not going to change anytime soon. Apple lead the industry with millions of 7nm A12 SoCs, Huawei and Qualcomm are joining in, while the PC industry will get them slightly later with much smaller volumes and with the help of small AMD.

AMD Vega 20 GPU gives MacBook Pro a decent performance boost
Published in Graphics


First benchmarks appear online

With Apple adding more configuration options to its MacBook Pro 15 notebooks, including the Radeon Pro Vega 16 and Radeon Pro Vega 20 GPUs, it was just a matter of time before we see some of the first benchmarks with these new GPUs, and it appears these provide a decent performance boost in graphics.