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New iPhone And iPad Launch Date Revealed
Reports claim that March 15 event will see next releases from Apple
Don’t Tell Your iPhone That It’s 1970
Taking your iPhone back to the future will brick it, unfortunate users find
Apple Pay Suffers First Major Outage
Visa customers left unable to link cars to their account during seven-hour Apple Pay downtime
Apple Open Sources Its Swift Benchmarking Suite
The Swift Benchmarking Suite gives developers a wide range of tools to track the performance of their fledgling Swift applications
iOS ‘Error 53’ Disables iPhones With Third Party Touch ID Repairs For ‘Security’
iPhone users report Error 53 messages that leave their device useless. Apple says the Touch ID checks are to protect customers
Apple, Amazon And Google Data Centres Use Far More Coal Than Everyone Thinks
Web giants are underestimating their data centre coal usage by 30 percent because of “obsolete” data tools
IDC: IPad Pro Claims Victory Over Microsoft Surface In Business Tablet Battle
Apple’s super-sized iPad takes top spot but overall tablet sales decline as premium devices become more popular than cheap slates
Alphabet More Valuable Than Apple As Google’s Core Business Beats Expectations
But operating loss from Alphabet's self-driving cars and other moonshots increases to £2.5 billion
Apple ‘Developing’ Long Distance Wireless Charging
Report claims that future Apple devices will be charged without a cable or wireless charging pad
How Secure Is Apple Pay?
Tony Anscombe, senior security evangelist at AVG Technologies, asks if we're giving up our security for convenience
Apple Recalls iPhone, iPad Chargers Over Electrocution Fears
Two-prong chargers are recalled by Apple, UK chargers unaffected
Why 2016 Could Be The Toughest Year For Smartphones Yet
BLOG: Initial signs show that the smartphone market could be in for a rough ride in 2016 - but what's to blame?
Record 1.4 Billion Smartphones Were Shipped In 2015
Record year sees Samsung take top spot despite recent difficulties, but overall growth is slowing
Tim Cook Gives Virtual Reality The Thumbs Up
Apple CEO drops further hints that the company will be working on “really cool” VR technology
Apple Safari Crashes For iOS and Mac Users
Safari users suffer more pain as suggestions blamed for crashing bug
Apple Grows Services, Wearable Revenues As iPhone Decline Fails To Materialise
Apple sees rise in services, 'other products' and flat sales for iPhone and Mac, but iPad continues to fall
Oracle: Android Has Generated £22bn in Revenues For Google
Confidential court documents suggest Google has made huge profits from Android, and pays Apple £700m to be default search engine in iOS
Apple Hires Virtual Reality Expert
Virginia Tech professor Doug Bowman is also an expert in Augmented Reality and has worked with Microsoft HoloLens in the past
IT Life: The Data Storage Philosophy
Sof Socratous details the tech adventures of a Seagate EMEA VP
Apple Faces Potential £5.6bn European Tax Bill
Apple could be facing a bill of more than $8bn (£5.6bn) over its tax practices, as European Commission decision looms
iOS 9.3 Adds Night Mode And Education Tools
Spend the end of your day checking emails? iOS 9.3 will make it easier to get to sleep
Apple Watch Controls Half The World Wearable Market
Apple Watch is now the most popular wearable with 52 percent of the global market, Juniper figures reveal
Apple ‘Develops’ iOS-Android Migration Tool After Operator Pressure
Apple is reportedly creating a data and setting transfer tool for iOS users who want to switch to Android following pressure from mobile operators
Rupert Murdoch Holds Private CES Meeting With Apple And Snapchat
Behind-closed-doors pep talk for News Corp's deputies highlights disruption of technology on media industry
Apple Wants To Analyse Your Face To Read Your Emotions
Phonemaker reportedly buys artificial intelligence firm Emotient to get more in touch with its users
Apple Users Spend £750m On App Store Over Christmas
Apple sees record sales in two weeks over Christmas and New Year period
Apple To Pay £235m To Settle Italian Tax Row – Report
Settles corporate tax row with Italian authorities, and pledges agreement on tax liabilities going forward
Apple Demands Another $180m From Samsung
The latest demand follows Samsung's payment of $548m earlier this month in the two companies' high-profile court battle
Huawei Shipped 100 Million Smartphones In 2015
Chinese manufacturer says high-end customers helped push sales sky-high this year