Apple is digging in for its legal battle against Qualcomm. On Tuesday, the Cupertino, California, tech giant filed an update to its complaint against Qualcomm, alleging that the chipmaker stifles innovation. Rather than focus only on itself, Apple is arguing that Qualcomm’s impact is much broader. “Qualcomm’s illegal business practices are harming Apple and the …
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Not even Apple’s first iPhone engineers knew all it could do
How secretive was Apple about the first iPhone? Engineers working on the project didn’t even know what it really could do. When building the first iPhone leading up to its release in 2007, Apple put together a group of engineers and designers tasked with working on the top-secret project. Hardware engineers didn’t even know what the software could do, and …
Read More »iPhone melts in sun, says customer
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Some parts of the world are currently boiling. Why, some smaller jets can’t even land at or takeoff from Phoenix Airport because it’s 120 degrees. In the UK, of course, a heatwave is anything over 70. Brits begin to burn at that temperature. Still, it …
Read More »iPhone’s 3D Ikea app could sell you a couch
If there’s one think we know about the iPhone 8 (or iPhone X or iPhone Edition, or whatever it’ll be called) it’s that the phone will be able to use AR, or augmented reality, to place digital objects in the real world. Apple made a big deal about that at its WWDC conference earlier this month when it unveiled ARKit, the software to …
Read More »Apple started making iPad because Jobs ‘hated’ a Microsoft exec
Now playing: Watch this: iPhone origin story: ‘Because Steve hated this guy at… 3:03 The iPhone might never have existed if Apple co-founder Steve Jobs didn’t “hate” an executive at Microsoft. Scott Forstall, the former head of Apple’s software business and the man who created iOS for the first iPhone, on Tuesday said Jobs couldn’t stand an executive at Microsoft …
Read More »Leaked recording discusses Apple’s efforts to prevent leaks
Apple is reportedly employing former members of the US Military, the Secret Service, the FBI and the National Security Agency to prevent internal leaks. Ironically, this info was obtained by a recording of an internal company meeting that was leaked to The Outline. The recording was one of many presentations for Apple employees about keeping the company’s secrets safe, the site …
Read More »Galaxy Note 8 rumored to launch August 26
Rumor was that Samsung’s next big phone, the Galaxy Note 8, would launch in late August. Now we’re hearing that the Note 8 might have a launch date nailed down, August 26 in New York City, according to Korean site Naver (Korean). A date is significant because it suggests that Samsung will not repeat last year’s early August reveal of the poor Galaxy …
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Read More »Apple ad admits employment of tired old man
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He’s so tired, but he wants you to cry with happiness. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Being Apple is exhausting. So many people to please, so many gadgets to make and so many members of the media spying and spewing words on your every gesture. …
Read More »iPhone 8 case maker thinks it knows the phone’s design
Apple’s rumored iPhone 8 may still be months away, but phone accessory manufacturer Olixar has already began making phone cases and screen protectors for the iPhone 8, long before any official word on the device has released, Apple blog 9to5Mac pointed out. The Olixar products are available for preorder now in MobileFun’s US and UK stores. Mobile Fun, the online phone …
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