Mobile

The growth of the Apple App Store has helped the company double their payouts to developers and has created more than 80,000 new jobs directly related to building software for Apple devices. AppleInsider say “Apple first highlighted the economic impact of its iOS platform one year ago, citing figures that …

When we realised that the highly anticipated Steve Jobs biopic was running late, we headed down to the nearest Apple store. There can always be a difference between an initial announcement and the actual launch of a product. That's true for hardware, software and – apparently – films. While the jOBS …

When Steve Jobs died, he left a legacy that would be difficult for any man to follow. His ruthlessness was matched by his creative vision. Many analysts have been wondering how Apple will stand after his ‘influence' in the company is no longer evident. We may need to wait until …

Apple boss Tim Cook has apologised to Chinese customers and has changed the iPhone warranty policies after dealing with bad press for their after sales service. Newspaper publications and television channels have bashed Apple for their arrogance, protesting that their one year warranty service was shorter than in any other …

It looks as if Apple may be working on bringing out their own game controller for their devices. This would mean they are going to challenge their partners who already have a raft of controllers available to the public for iOS devices. Sources spoke with PocketGamer and they said that …

Apple are being forced to reduce their iPad mini shipments in Q2 to around 10 million. This information came from a source close to the company in Taipei last night. The source told me that the reduction could be up to 25% on month during Q2 and may continue to …

Rumours of Apple's demise may be premature, however there is no doubt since Steve Jobs died that the company aren't in such a strong position. Apple shares hit a 52 week low in March this year and many analysts feel that the creative product explosion under Jobs control is now …

Apple have been at the forefont of panel technology for some time now with their Retina displays and it looks as if they may be pushing to get a 4k screen fitted into their future iTV product in either 2013 or 2014. The Apple iTV has never been confirmed by …

As Apple prepare their upcoming iPad, touch panel suppliers are expected to see a dramatic increase in orders from the company. The new model is reportedly using the thin film DITO (G/F2) touch panel structure as Apple's current iPad Mini. This means that TPK, a Taiwan based thin film supplier …

It's hard to remember anything undermining Apple's position in the market more than the maps debacle that accompanied the ousting of Google from iOS in favour of a self-branded product that struggled to find its butt with both hands. Now Apple has its heart set on a different kind of …

Today we are looking at the new graphics card from Sapphire, The HD7950 MAC Edition. As the name would suggest this discrete solution has been designed specifically for Apple computers, namely the flagship Mac Pro Desktop. Until today the most powerful AMD graphics card that you could get for the …

As reported on KitGuru a while back, the new Samsung S4 products will have the kind of processing power and storage specification that would not have looked out of place in a desktop PC 10 years ago. It now seems that the UK launch spec for the S4 has been …

Apple are being sued by Intertrust Technologies Corp, a leader in digital copyright protection. They are alleging patent infringement on 15 of Intertrust patents. According to the Wall Street Journal, the suit against Apple covers a lot of products, including the iPad, iPhone, computers and laptops, Apple TV and even …

According to industry insiders I spoke with last night close to manufacturing, it would appear that Samsung will be in a position to release their new electronic watch before Apple. There have been many rumours of Apple releasing their upcoming ‘iWatch', a device that they reckon will sell very well, …

The NPD Group, marketing research organisation have published a report detailing that more than 500 million devices in US homes now connect to the internet. The report also shows that smartphones and tablets outnumber PC systems, for the first time. NPD said “When you look at the combined number of …

When software works, the updates are few and far between. When things go wrong on a regular basis and you're always picking up new faults, then you need to issue loads of updates. KitGuru has noticed a lot of Adobe updates for Flash recently and is wondering ‘What, exactly, is …

Think of Apple and you think immediately of Steve Jobs, however if it wasn't for Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, the company would never have been in a starting position and history today would be very different. Sadly being co-founder of Apple hasn't helped Wozniak sell his old house, which is …

Lenovo's ThinkPad range has been updated after an 18 month period of planning. They have just showcased the new ThinkPad T431s Ultrabook. The design is still very much a ‘ThinkPad' design, but they have slimmed it down and changed areas. Lenovo have ditched the physical track pad click buttons and …

Microsoft have only sold 1.5 million of their Surface tablet tablet computers according to a report released this week. The sales are a combination of Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro operating system units. The low sales can be blamed partially for the limited amount of apps available for the …

We are all used to the hype surrounding the latest Apple iPhone, but we think Samsung have outdone themselves with the Galaxy S IV launch. While the details are still being released, the Wall Street Journal managed to get a hands on with the phone and have posted a ‘first …

With an 8 core processor and 1080p rumoured, Samsung is promising an iconic phone. Times Square is an iconic location. This afternoon, Samsung will take over the whole square for what promises to be the biggest launch in phone history – for what Samsung hopes will be the biggest selling …

Apple have attempted to put a spanner in Samsung's flagship smartphone launch day by speaking out against Android powered products. Apple marketing boss Phil Schiller said yesterday that he believes that products which run Google Android are inferior to Apple's iPhone. Schiller shared his data on the popularity of the …

Blackberry have received a record order of 1 million smartphones from one of their partners. The company have never had a single order this size and will certainly help their financials in 2013. Slashgear reported that the company shares increased substantially after this announcement. The details of the partner were …

Android fans will be rejoicing to hear that Android tablet shipments will be passing Apple iPad this year, for the first time ever. Research house IDC say that Android will be claiming more market share in 2013. Android tablets are made in a variety of sizes and shapes, however Apple …

We learned yesterday that Comixology had made available over 700 comics to those that got hold of its app and downloaded them before the early hours of Wednesday morning – so you still have a bit of time – and now Marvel is getting in on the mobile comic action. …

Samsung are releasing the Galaxy S IV soon, which will replace the big selling Galaxy S III. To augment the video they released earlier this month a new image has been tweeted showing part of the Galaxy S IV, partially hidden in shadow. The tweet preempts the ‘Who's ready for …

Since 2010, KitGuru has been driving the notion that all systems should boot off an SSD. With the pricing on SSDs so competitive across the board – and laptop companies telling us how important battery life is – why do the vast majority of notebooks come with a cruddy old …

There are press briefings, there are the whispers you get around certain companies and there the ‘friendly chats in a quiet corner, when no one is listening'. With or without alcohol, our experience says that ‘3' is the way to go when you really want to know what a major …

Microsoft have suspended the distribution of Windows Phone 7.8 to older Lumia devices, including the Lumia 800. Nokia have confirmed the delay on the official Russian Twitter account. A week earlier, Joe Belfiore Manager of the Windows Phone program confirmed on Twitter that Microsoft had identified a minor problem with …

Apple are one of the world's largest, most profitable and financially successful companies. The competition has been heating up in the last six months however especially from Samsung and Google. UBS Analyst Steve Milunovich has sent out an email to clients which read ‘Identity Crisis: Can Apple Play Defense?'. He …