
Vulkan graphics finally come to Macs and iOS
The needs of the few will be finally met
The Khronos Group, a consortium of hardware and software companies, has announced that the Vulkan graphics technology is finally coming to Apple's platforms, allowing games and apps to run at faster performance levels on Macs and iOS devices.

Apple cuts off iTunes from "obsolete" Apple TV
Upgrade to an expensive new Apple TV
Fruity cargo cult Apple has decided that the easiest way to get its users to upgrade to its new Apple TV is to pull the plug on iTunes.

Apple's great cloud failure
And still the problem increases
One of the good things about being a huge company which makes piles of dosh over a couple of products is that no one notices what you are doing wrong in a smaller part of your empire, and this is precisely what has been happening with Apple and its cloud.

Smartphone industry set to consolidate
Competition is too brutal warns Huawei
The smartphone industry is set to consolidate as crucial players surrender to the market leaders, warned a Huawei bigwig.

Apple iPhones keep calling the emergency services
Help my owner is an idiot
The programming geniuses at Apple have installed another feature in iPhones which means that they randomly call the emergency services when they are being serviced.

Apple owes Ireland 13 billion euro
Pretty much what the EU has been saying all along
The Irish government's tax man was asked by the government what he thought Apple owed the country over its dodgy tax arrangement and he agreed with the EU.

We have reached peak smartphone numbers
Apple doomed unless it can come up with something else
IDC beancounters have added up some numbers and worked out that we have reached "peak smartphone" which means that unless Apple can come up with a new cash cow, it is doomed to maintain or lose its stonking sales figures.

Apple purges Christian holiday from iPhone
Thou shalt not have any gods before Steve Jobs
The fruity cargo cult Apple has taken its first stand against rival religions by banning fanboys from celebrating the most significant holiday on the Christian calendar.

Apple feature crashes phone with a single button
Comedy programming strikes again
The fruity cargo cult Apple’s comedy programming team have come up with a super, cool, well designed, bug which crashes your phone, iwatch, iPad or apple television by pressing a single letter.

Homehub is the destroyer of wooden objects
Don't stick it on your desk or anywhere useful
Apple's overpriced, overhyped speakers have a feature that Amazon, and Google don't – they destroy anything wooden they are placed on.