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Apple cuts down iPhone X feature
Published in News
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 15:19

Apple cuts down iPhone X feature


Because it can

A report claimed that Apple has reduced the accuracy of the Face ID feature that was supposed to be one of the key elements of its upcoming iPhone X.

Apple can’t write a calculator program
Published in News
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 11:48

Apple can’t write a calculator program


Just like it can’t write decent clock software.

Apple’s software skills continue to sink to new lows – now it can’t summon up enough of a skills base to write a calculator programmer which can actually add up.

Tech giants spend fortune buying US politicians
Published in News
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 11:12

Tech giants spend fortune buying US politicians


Buy one get another free

US tech giants are spending a small fortune on "lobbying" politicians and the situation is getting worse.

Azure was downed for seven hours by fire alarm
Published in News


SLA for that day down to  71.6

It’s all very well these arrogant tech firms telling us that our data is safe and always accessible in the cloud - but that’s clearly not so.

Japanese outfit claimed Apple nicked its good name
Published in News


Begun the “animoji” wars have

A Japanese software company claimed that the fruity cargo cult Apple nicked its trademarked term "animoji" for one of the few new features of the iPhone X.

Mac Mini is not dead
Published in AI
Monday, 23 October 2017 11:35

Mac Mini is not dead


It is just resting

Beleaguered Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is watching his cash cow iPhone die of mad cows’ disease, has rushed to reassure fanboys that the Mac Mini is also not dead.

Apple slashes iPhone 8 orders
Published in News
Friday, 20 October 2017 12:58

Apple slashes iPhone 8 orders


No one is buying Apple's turkey

Apple shares took a tumble after the outfit slashed orders for its iPhone 8 because of poor sales.

Key Apple supplier has not paid promised bonuses
Published in News


Furious workers picket

Hundreds of workers blocked the entrance to an Apple iPhone supplier's factory in eastern China to protest against unpaid bonuses and factory reassignments.

TSMC sees profits down
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 19 October 2017 11:44

TSMC sees profits down


Supply-chain inventory constraints

TSMC claimed that supply-chain inventory constraints hurt its net profit in the third quarter, although not as badly as many analysts had predicted.

Apple fanboys spurn iPhone 8
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 17 October 2017 11:53

Apple fanboys spurn iPhone 8


The iPhone 7 is just as good

The fruity cargo cult Apple is facing its first serious religious schism as fanboys reject the religion’s central premise that you must upgrade your expensive phone every year.