Streams are the new downloads: Apple music service rumours swirl as Netflix tests ads and Spotify experiments with video June 2, 2015 The battle to dominate the growing online media streaming market, and to make money from it, is about to go up a level. Tech giant Apple is rumoured to be preparing to announce a $10 (£6.50) a month music streaming service at its WWDC conference for software developers on Monday. If the move [...]
WWDC 2015: Apple Music, iOS 9, Apple TV and a new OS X – but no selfie sticks – what you need to know about Apple’s developer conference June 2, 2015 It’s that time of year, and no sooner have we been offered a host of goodies by Google, than Apple’s developer conference WWDC will be dropping even more juicy tidbits about what tech toys we’ll soon be playing with. Fresh from huge success with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, Monday 8 June will see [...]
Top 100 firms double in value to $16.2 trillion: Apple heads list as HSBC named UK’s most valuable company June 1, 2015 The world’s biggest 100 firms now have a combined value of more than $16 trillion (£10.7 trillion), almost double their market capitalisation in 2009, a PwC study reveals today. Technology firms have driven the boom in valuations – just 12 firms in the sector have a combined valuation of $2.8 trillion. Six years ago, the [...]
Music streaming wars: Is Apple about to unveil a Spotify killer? June 1, 2015 After months of conjecture, is Apple about to take the bull by the horns and launch a Spotify rival? The Wall Street Journal reported today that the company is poised to take on the music streaming giant. According to the WSJ, the technology giant is planning to go into direct competition with Spotify and Pandora, an internet radio [...]
The Apple iPhone “effective power” text crash bug hits Twitter and Snapchat messaging May 29, 2015 A mystery text message which can crash iPhones due to a bug with Apple's operating system is also having the same effect when the message is sent via Twitter and Snapchat. The message, which contains characters and words in different languages, causes iPhones, iPads, Apple watches and Macs to shut down if it's sent via [...]
Apple quietly snapped up Metaio, a German company specialising in augmented reality May 29, 2015 Apple has quietly acquired a German company that specialises in augmented reality, it's been revealed, pointing towards a burgeoning area of development for the tech company. It acquired Metaio, a software developer headquartered in Munich and founded in 2003, in an all-share deal on 21 May, TechCrunch reports. “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time [...]
Apple iPhones being automatically turned off and iMessage crashing after receiving mysterious text May 27, 2015 A random combination of words and characters are automatically shutting down iPhone users' devices. This is the combo: effective. Power لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗 If a message containing these words and characters is sent via iMessage or SMS it will crash the iPhone, and causes iMessages to crash after being opened. [...]
These are the most valuable brands in the world: Apple, Google, Microsft and IBM dominate in BrandZ 2015 ranking as tech triumphs May 27, 2015 Apple has overtaken Google as the most valuable brand in the world, reassuming the top spot in an annual ranking in which technology dominates. The value of the Apple brand grew 67 per cent, with an estimated worth of more than $245bn. The stellar performance of Apple over the past year pushed Google into second [...]
Apple’s British designer Jony Ive gets a job promotion to chief design officer May 26, 2015 Sir Jony Ive, the British designer behind many of Apple’s best known products, has been promoted by the technology giant. The man responsible for the appearance of devices like the iPod and iPhone will now be Apple’s chief design officer. He was previously the senior vice president for design. Ive worked closely with Apple founder [...]
These are the best shops on the British high street: Lush, John Lewis, Apple, Fenwick and Home Bargains make the top 10 May 25, 2015 The customer is king when it comes to winning amid an increasingly competitive retail landscape. Excellent customer service standards helped small independents make the biggest gains in an annual survey of favourite high street shops by consumer watchdog Which?. Independent DIY and decorating stores experienced a huge rise, coming third overall, or 83 places higher than last year. [...]