Karen Haslam - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 30/05/2012 Apple's big mistake was marketing Siri as "Magical", developer

Developer thinks that the problem with Siri is that Apple hasn't managed users expectations. The company should have made it clear that the service wa...

Article | 30/05/2012 iOS beats Android for ad impressions globally

iOS gains 45% while Android achieves 38% of ad impressions globally. Per device, the iPhone gains 30% of ad impressions and the iPad achieves 7%, as d...

Article | 29/05/2012 Baidu coming to Chinese iPads, iPhones, pushing Google out

A Baidu product manager is said to have disclosed that Baidu had finalized an agreement with Apple to integrate the popular Chinese search engine. He ...

Article | 28/05/2012 Apple Store staff get salary rise, 3 months early

John Browett made the announcement to employees in a video – not only announcing the pay rises, but also awarding them three months early.

Article | 26/05/2012 Apple CEO Cook's doing a good job, but Jobs 'would have lost his mind over Siri'

An ex-employee revealed that people at Apple are “embarrassed by Siri”. Siri is Apple’s voice-recognition ‘PA’ feature on iPhones that has come under ...

Article | 24/05/2012 Siri-like Dictation coming in Mountain Lion

Rather than being a Mac version of the Siri-style personal assistant available in beta on the iPhone 4S, the Mac tool is more likely to be the Dictati...

Article | 24/05/2012 Nvidia to make $US199 iPad-killer possible

According to Nvidia vice-president Rob Csonger, speaking at the company’s shareholder meeting last week, the graphics card company is working on Kai, ...

Article | 22/05/2012 Steve Jobs doll selling phones in New York

Remember all those Steve Jobs dolls that Apple got a bit hot under the collar about, understandably.

Article | 17/05/2012 Apple scaling back iPhone 4S due to iPhone 5 launch

An analyst is claiming that Apple is cutting back on production of the iPhone in the run up to the launch of the iPhone 5.

Article | 16/05/2012 Rumour of iPhone 5 will mean poor Q3 for Apple

Analysts are starting to get nervous about Apple's third quarter results, due to be revealed on 24 July. It is expected that iPhone sales will decline...

Article | 4/05/2012 Apple will launch iPay mobile payment platform, analyst

An analyst has predicted that Apple will launch a mobile payment platform called iPay.

Article | 1/05/2012 More than 10,000 apps in Mac App Store

There are now more than 10,000 apps available on the Mac App Store. The Mac App Store launched in January 2011 with 1,600 apps, 16 months, and 8,400 a...

Article | 1/05/2012 Now Apple's cancelling WWDC ticket purchases

Apple's WWDC ticket fiasco continues with news that developers who ordered more than one ticket for Apple's WWDC have had their orders cancelled.

Article | 27/04/2012 Apple's Sir Jonathan Ive wins British Visionary Innovator award

Sir Jonathan Ive has been crowned British Visionary Innovator in a competition, run by the Intellectual Property Office.

Article | 25/04/2012 New iPad plagued by connectivity issues

Apple's new iPad model which went on sale last month, providing at least a couple weeks of sales before the quarter drew to a close, is likely to feat...