Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

New Apple iPad hits 116 degrees, Consumer Reports says

Apple’s latest iPad can hit temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit while playing action games, Consumer Reports said on Tuesday — far hotter than earlier versions of the industry leading tablet. Using a thermal imaging camera, engineers with the... (Continue reading)

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Apple’s Siri Is Not Anti-Abortion

If you’re going to label Siri, Apple’s iPhone 4S voice assistant, as pro-life, then you’ll have to call her an ethnocentric racist too. Last night I watched Steven Colbert’s clip about Siri’s cultural differences. This inspired me to ask Siri... (Continue reading)

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Apple Trying to Make iOS AutoCorrect Less Horrible

Apple is working on solutions that will help to improve the text input experience on its iOS devices. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has been discovered to be building an enhanced version of its autocorrect feature, the beginnings of which are... (Continue reading)

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Apple turnover challenge for Cook

On Tim Cook’s first full day on the job as the new chief executive of Apple, he wasted little time tackling the questions troubling many of the technology company’s more than 46,000 employees. “I want you to be confident that... (Continue reading)

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The Last Time Apple Was Without Jobs

Just how visionary is Steve Jobs? It’s a loaded question that’s hard to answer. When Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple computers in 1976, it would have been impossible to tell that their computers would—at least in the... (Continue reading)

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Apple makes record profit as iPhone and iPad sales leap

Apple’s latest profits soared past expectations as sales of its best-known iPhone and iPad products more than doubled. The company’s net income was $7.31bn (£4.6bn) in the third quarter, 125% higher than for the same period a year ago. Apple... (Continue reading)

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Apple Picks Up New Multi-Touch Patent

Apple was granted a new patent on Tuesday describing a new manner in which users can interact with their gadget’s display depending on how many fingers they use. “Depending on the number of fingers used in the gesture, a user... (Continue reading)

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Apple iPad caused BlackBerry tablet launch delay

TORONTO: Apple came in the way of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) in getting its PlayBook tablet released earlier, according to a trade magazine. The Canadian wireless giant, which had announced the PlayBook much before Apple’s iPad 2, will... (Continue reading)

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