Apple is to hold a “strange” event in February and then launch the iPad 3 and iOS 5.1 in March, according to a Japanese report. What exact form the February event’s strangeness takes is something of a mystery, although it could be simply that it’s an industry-focussed launch similar to last month’s education-centric iBooks event in New York City.
Last June, Apple caused a shock when it launched Final Cut Pro X, a completely revamped version of its pro-video editing software. Enthusiasts and pros alike poured scorn on its new interface, disparagingly dubbing it “iMovie Pro.”
At the time, Apple was keen to stress that with fresh code would come quick updates to address their concerns, and today, it’s hoping to make good on those promises with Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3.
Apple today announced that it has appointed John Browett as senior vice president of its retail division, where he’ll report directly to Apple’s head honcho Tim Cook and take responsibility for retail strategy and the expansion of Apple Stores around the world.
Browett has spent the past few years as CEO of Dixons, and this has caused quite a stir on online watering hole Twitter – after all, with Dixons feeling the pinch to the extent of closing all of its brick and mortar shops to become an exclusively online retailer on his watch, what can he really offer the world’s most valuable company? Read on and we’ll tell you.
It’s one of the most successful mobile phones ever released, but now it seems the iPhone 3GS is finally edging towards the knacker’s yard. A leaked image apparently shows that Orange is planning to ditch the 3GS forever come March.
Android’s Google Voice Actions is hardly the Siri rival that it should be, but a new service in Germany, launched by Deutsche Telekom, has teamed up with Wikipedia to provide a voice tool with more in the way of instant answers. Read more
Another day, another cheeky Android promo video takes a swipe at the iPhone 4S. This time it’s an ad for the Motorola Razr, which pits Apple’s Siri against Google Voice Actions for Android in a fight. A bit of a skewed fight, at that… Read more
Apple announced its latest quarterly earnings last night, and they were obscene. The company made an absurd $46.33bn (£29.7bn) in revenue, and $13.06bn (£8.4bn) in profit.
But just how much is that, really? Allow the blogosphere to all of Apple’s latest astronomical figures into perspective for you.
Yesterday we scoured some tablet stats to find out that Android’s still in dire need of a tablet success story. Now a Google exec has been chatting to Wired, who’ve wormed out that the company still has some odd views on slate PCs. Read more
