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Iphone 8 loses  a quarter of its value in a few hours
Published in Mobiles


Assuming you thought it had a value in the first place

Existing iPhone’s will lose up to a quarter of their value over the next 24 hours.

France and Germany working out how to tax big tech
Published in News


France suggests a sunset clause

The European Union is working out a way to tax big tech and thinks that an agreement could still be found by the end of the year.

Apple purges unsafe phone home apps
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 11 September 2018 11:27

Apple purges unsafe phone home apps


We thought that was the point of the App store?

Fruity cargo cult Apple is finally getting around to checking its app store for privacy stealing software.

Apple partly surrenders to the man
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 07 September 2018 12:55

Apple partly surrenders to the man


Sets up access system

Fruity cargo cult Apple appears to have partly surrendered on fighting US coppers over its right to protect criminals and terrorists.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 benchmark shows up
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 05 September 2018 18:26

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 benchmark shows up


A significant step forward in Geekbench 4

The press usually relies too much on benchmarks but they at least tell you that a subject A is better or worse than subject B. The recently posted GeekBench of Snapdragon 855 shows that the new 7nm SoC from Qualcomm scores much better than its predecessor.

Apple confirms its big event for September 12th
Published in News


New iPhones incoming

Apple has now officially sent out invites for its "Special Event" which will be held in the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino on September 12th.

Apple buys AR glasses maker
Published in AI
Thursday, 30 August 2018 11:52

Apple buys AR glasses maker


Artificial innovation

Fruity cargo-cult Apple has acquired a startup focused on making lenses for augmented reality glasses.

Japan orders carriers to be more reasonable
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 22 August 2018 12:14

Japan orders carriers to be more reasonable


Government could slice Apple's bottom line

Apple’s domination of the Japanse market could be about to take a knee to the groin after the Japanese government ordered carriers to slash their charges and stop bundling the cost of smartphones with wireless services.

EU outlaws planned obsolescence
Published in News
Monday, 20 August 2018 12:39

EU outlaws planned obsolescence


Products must be fixable

In a move which will have Apple clutching its bottom line in fear, the EU has decided to outlaw planned obsolescence and insist that all products must be fixable.

Apple store cleared after iPad explodes
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 20 August 2018 12:23

Apple store cleared after iPad explodes


Copying Samsung again

One of Apple’s cathedrals of delight in Amsterdam had to be cleared of the faithful after an iPad started to copy Samsung and exploded.