Apple sued for allegedly stealing another idea
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Tame Apple Press furious

The fruity cargo cult, Apple has been sued for allegedly stealing another idea and its defenders in the tech press are furious.

Top technology cock-ups of 2019
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Friday, 27 December 2019 13:03

Top technology cock-ups of 2019


You bet that Apple is there

Every year some technology ends up causing more problems than it cures or just turns out to be total pants. We usually consider Apple the front runner for providing over-priced technology that no one ever needs or just messing up something simple. However this year it had a competition which was so stiff it would have made Priapus (pictured) proud or rather prouder.

Chinese deliver blow to Apple where it hurts
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Friday, 13 December 2019 11:05

Chinese deliver blow to Apple where it hurts


No one believes in the cargo cult any more

Apple's iPhone shipments in China fell more than 35 percent in November, marking their second straight double-digit decline as sales of the cheaper iPhone 11 remained sluggish.

US people will not pay more than $1000 for a smartphone
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Unless they are really really stupid and rich

Beancounters at analyst outfit NPD have added up some numbers and worked out that less than 10 percent of Americans are actually spending $1,000 or more on a smartphone.

Apple fixes Intelligent Tracking Protection system
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It was neither intelligent and could be tracked

The software genii at the fruity cargo cult Apple have had to updated its Intelligent Tracking Protection (ITP) system in its WebKit browser engine because it could be tracked.

Apple accused of misusing DCMA
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Thursday, 12 December 2019 10:49

Apple accused of misusing DCMA


Trying to prevent jailbreaking

Security researchers are accusing Apple of abusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to take down viral tweets and Reddit posts that discuss techniques and tools to hack iPhones.

Apple spied ex star CPU engineer
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:40

Apple spied ex star CPU engineer


Analysis:
Checked his cloud iMessages

A shocking development occurred as it seems that Apple has hacked Gerard Williams’ phone, and read his iMessages. Gerard Williams’ is an ex-star CPU designed that left Apple and now works as the CEO of Nuvia.  All this to prove that Gerard was daydreaming on his job at Apple and had an idea to launch Nuvia while still at Apple.

Apple is no longer the world's largest public company
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Aramco's $1.9 trillion IPO

Apple has been well and truly dethroned as the world's largest public company, after Saudi Aramco, the Arabian oil-giant started trading publicly this morning.

US senators get hot under the collar over Apple and Facebook encryption
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Threaten regulation

US senators pummeled Apple and Facebook executives over their encryption and threatened to regulate the technology unless the companies make encrypted user data accessible to coppers and spooks.

Apple sues its former chief architect
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Wednesday, 11 December 2019 11:08

Apple sues its former chief architect


Should have told us he was going to set up his own business

Apple is suing the former chief architect of its iPhone and iPad microprocessors, who in February quit to co-found a data-centre chip design.