The world’s best engineers are always in demand at Apple, but if you ply a different trade, now’s your chance to work at Cupertino. In the wake of Apple losing a second iPhone prototype in as many years, it’s hiring two new security managers. Have you got what it takes to guard the iPhone 6?
September, 2011
Stop reading the iPhone 5 rumour mill for a second and consider your options: If you’re yet to upgrade your smartphone this year, now is the best time to bag an iPhone 4. Network 3 has just teamed up with Recombu to offer the iPhone 4 on its all you can eat One Plan, with a huge £169 cash back. That’s unlimited data, and a fantastic phone, along with a fat cheque in your pocket. What’s not to like?
Chances are, last time you were doing the weekly shop, you were semi-tempted by that own-brand Android tablet going for nothing. All the big supermarkets have been offering cut-price iPad rivals for some time, but only now do they promise to be any good: presenting the Medion P9514 Android tablet, running Honeycomb, no less.
You see lots of new gadgets and services at a tradeshow like IFA, which comes to a close on Wednesday, but it’s not always the shiniest ones that end up making a lasting impact on the world. Take for instance the stunning Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, which has already been yanked off the display stands courtesy of Apple’s lawyers.
Sometimes it’s a more subdued announcement that ends up being the most significant. And the new smart TV alliance from the likes of Philips and LG is just that.
BitTorrent Inc, the company responsible for the BitTorrent protocol and technology favoured by music, video and software pirates all over the world, has never publicly condoned their illegal actions.
However, these newly-discovered ads appear to take a swipe, quite literally, at Apple and iTunes. Never before seen, they were scripted by Alvir Navin, brother of BitTorrent Inc’s co-founder Ashwin Navin, and for the first time put forward the company’s own view on their digital rivals.
If you’ve done a bit of Googling today, and you’re one of the very few to still use the Google.com homepage, rather than your browser’s address or search box, you’ll have seen today’s Google Doodle.
It’s dedicated to Freddie Mercury, celebrating what would have been the Queen frontman’s 65th birthday. But, while I usually chortle along with Google’s whimsical homepage scribblings, this one has left a sour taste in my mouth.