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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.

Foxconn reveals huge cost of Apple dependence
Published in News
Thursday, 22 November 2018 12:31

Foxconn reveals huge cost of Apple dependence


Has to make $2.9 billion to avoid an annus horribilis


Foxconn is planning to cut $2.9 billion from expenses in 2019 as it faces "a very difficult and competitive year".

Microsoft update kills the iCloud
Published in Cloud
Tuesday, 20 November 2018 11:49

Microsoft update kills the iCloud


… and so we were saved

Software king of the world Microsoft has penned an update which is so good it looks down on less useful software from Apple.

Apple slashes production on three iPhone models
Published in Mobiles


A month after launch few are buying

Fruity cargo cult Apple has slashed production on three of its iPhone cash cows as users finally start to reject its “charge you more money for a mid-range phone” policy.