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Apple helps Saudi men track their wives
Published in News
Thursday, 14 February 2019 11:57

Apple helps Saudi men track their wives


Siri, I want to stone my missus, where is she?

Fruity cargo cult Apple is in hot water after hosting a Saudi-based app which is designed to let Saudi men track and control women.

Pirates make light work of Apple security
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 14 February 2019 11:38

Pirates make light work of Apple security


Distributing hacked versions of popular apps


Software distributors such as TutuApp, Panda Helper, AppValley and TweakBox have found a simple way to distribute pirated iPhone apps without using Apple’s app store.

Apple anti-insider trading employee arrested
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Thursday, 14 February 2019 11:17

Apple anti-insider trading employee arrested


Charged with insider trading

Fruity cargo cult Apple’s legal expert who was supposed to prevent insider trading at the company has been arrested and charged with insider trading.

Germany forces Apple to sell iPhones with Qualcomm modems
Published in Mobiles


Apple says it is only obeying orders

Apple said it had “no choice” but to stop using Intel modems in iPhones headed to Germany to comply with a patent infringement lawsuit Qualcomm won against Apple there in December.

Apple’s news subscription service hits an iceberg
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Cash strapped newspapers do not want to give all their money to Apple

Fruity cargo cult Apple's wizard wheeze to leech off the falling profits of newspapers and magazines by setting up a subscription service appears to have hit an obstacle .– newspaper owners are not that dumb.

Apple iPhone sales fall by 20 percent
Published in News
Tuesday, 12 February 2019 12:37

Apple iPhone sales fall by 20 percent


While Huawei soared by 23 percent

Apple iPhone sales in China fell 20 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, while sales for smartphones made by home-grown rival Huawei soared by 23 percent.

Apple will keep iPhone charging slow
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 12 February 2019 11:12

Apple will keep iPhone charging slow


Rumour says Jobs’ mob wants to save money

The fruity cargo cult Apple has decided that it is more important to push the margins on its overpriced phones than give users new technology.

Apple AirPods 2 will look the same
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 11 February 2019 10:19

Apple AirPods 2 will look the same


Will launch in the spring

The fruity cargo-cult Apple's attempt to force users to spend a fortune on wireless earbuds which they will always lose and have to replace are going to enter into their second generation this Spring.

Apple is making its own modem
Published in Mobiles
Sunday, 10 February 2019 12:08

Apple is making its own modem


Reuters confirmed what we said in December

Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies, was rumored to become a new Intel CEO but instead he got a rocky ride to build a modem for Apple. This is again our "we told you so moment" as we suggested that this will happen and the last time we wrote about it was in mid-December, or months before Reuters.

Apple removes fake “do not track feature”
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It never worked

The software genie in Apple have admitted that their “do not track features” in Safari have never really worked.