Tag Archives: Apple

The latest news reaching KitGuru is that Microsoft may be preparing a bid to take over Adobe with the primary focus to counter Apple's success in the mobile market. Adobe leader Shantanu Narayen and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer have already met in person to discuss ways of dealing with Apple's …

Latest reports from Taipei suggest that Apple may very well launch the 7 inch iPad in Q1 2011. Elizabeth Woyke also reported similar findings for Forbes. “In an Oct. 6 research note, Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White reports that Apple is developing a smaller version of its uber-popular iPad and …

Outspoken UK comedian (and tech fanatic) Stephen Fry is helping Sky TV to push their 3D television support with a promotional video. Stephen Fry is well known for his love of all things Apple, turning up at launch events and even interviewing Apple CEO Steve Jobs for TIME Magazine. Sky …

Nokia held an event yesterday in London called ‘Nokia World' and they presented four new smartphones to help win back customers from rivals such as Apple. Nokia's design strategy director said that he expects attractive hardware design to become increasingly important in order to win new smartphone buyers as the …

Microsoft delivered a rather wacky ‘celebration' a few days ago when their Windows Phone 7 OS achieved ‘release to manufacturing' status. They held a rather weird funeral parade for the Blackberry and iPhone. This parade was held through the companies Redmond Campus, and was initially reported on by NeoWin. The …

Dell's top man Michael Dell has always been an outspoken CEO and in 1997 when asked what he would do if he was in charge of Apple he said “I'd shut it down and give the money back to shareholders.” Unfortunately this was the start of a ‘CEO-style' feud between …

On paper, Apple's new social media service Ping was a great idea, but unfortunately according to Sophos it has already been abused by people spamming the system and trying to offload phoney gadgets. The Ping network service integrates with iTunes 10 to let users follow their favourite artists and to …

Reports coming out of hardcore news sites like Fudzilla earlier today paint a bleak picture for nVidia. Fascinating stuff. But what exactly does it mean for nVidia, what caused it and how long will it last? First, what has Apple chosen and what is Steve Jobs saying? Well, for a …

Microsoft seem to be rather happy about the recent iPhone 4 issues and they have gone public with a rather damning statement about Apple's new product. Microsoft COO Kevin Turner was recently giving a keynote speak at the WorldWide Partner Conference and he said “It looks like the iPhone might …

Apple are due to open a second store in China tomorrow, this time in the Shanghai financial district. This store is going to display a 40 foot cylindrical glass wall and will be the first store to open since the China store opened in Beijing two years ago. Apple's senior …

‘The Emperor's New Clothes' by Hans Christian Andersen, is the story of a pair of conmen promising to create the most spectacular clothes, which will be invisible to people who are not intelligent enough to see them in all their glory. Pics from a major London shopping centre have arrived …

Funny thing about technology journalism. No one talks about a topic and it's not in the public domain. You then do a story and suddenly you’re inundated with new information. That happened over the weekend, during our server move (yes, we know, KitGuru works overtime, Saturdays, Sundays and during the …

The music industry is a lap dancer. Pure and simple. It wants to fill the room with it, plaster it everywhere, wave it right in front of your nose and then imprison you if you have the audacity to put a finger on its product. KitGuru just read an article …

Apple made recent announcements regarding their iPhone 4 last week and they have since placed price cuts on the 3GS model to clear stocks for release. The good news is if you bought a 3GS in the last couple of weeks, the company are now price matching and are offering …

The whole iPad phenomenon has grabbed the world by the short and curlies in an amazing way. KitGuru got one of these amazing devices airlifted from the States WAY before the official launch date in the UK, simply because we could not keep our hands off it. The device is …

Steve Jobs was interviewed by AllThingD's Walt Mossbery and Kara Swisher at the D8 conference and he was, as usual, in fine form for making memorable quotes. Apple recently surpassed Microsoft in market capitalisation but he said “It's surreal, but it doesn't really mean anything”. When he was asked about …

Exposé – the hallmark of why using the OSX desktop is usually thought to be miles ahead of the one in Windows. The truth of the matter however, is that with Windows 7, Microsoft managed to one-up Apple with some nifty tricks of its own. Sure, switching between open windows …

The iPad – love it or hate it, there is just no getting away from it. The latest sales figures in last night show that Apple have sold 2 million units in just under 2 months … yep, less than 60 days. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said “Customers around the …

We’re not in the habit of flagging special offers on KitGuru. There are specialist places for this … they’re called shops. But UK reseller Dabs just pinged us with an offer that made KitGuru almost choke on the Saturday morning cornflakes. Have things really moved this far? (Move to black …

KitGuru loves HTC and has done for a long time, in spite of the absolutely rubbish ability of Windows Mobile to actually do email. With so many great multi-function phone on the market, we wanted to see which we’d buy if pushed. The box is attractive, neat and simple. One …

As the tension continues to mount between Apple and Adobe the latest news emerges that Apple are developing an alternative technology to Flash. This new package is called “Gianduia” and was originally mentioned at Apple's World of WebObjected Developer Conference months ago. Gianduia apparently is a ‘client side, standards-based framework …

Nintendo have seen their first drop in profits for nearly six years and they seem to be marking Apple as their new nemesis. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told senior executives that the company has already beaten Sony and that Apple are now their ‘enemy of the future'. Nintendo's Wii has …

Well its long overdue and USA Ebay sellers have been making huge mark ups selling at over the odds prices, but the iPad is finally coming to the UK. On Monday May 10th Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK will be able to preorder from …

‘Apple' — It is a name synonymous with a strong emotional response. Never has a company evoked such a dramatic reaction from the enthusiast userbase – you either love 'em or hate 'em, there is little room for middle ground. I have been an Apple fan since I started my …

If you have been listening to the grapevine, you probably heard that Apple might soon get slapped with an Anti-Trust lawsuit. Being Apple fans, we can't help but wonder, what is up with that? The fact is, Apple is playing just nicely on the computer front. It is their mobile …

One of our favorite OSX monitoring apps has just hit version 3. Bringing to the table tools to monitor everything from battery usage to network traffic at a glance, Bjango's iStat Menus is a must for any OSX geek. To quote some of the features: Realtime CPU graphs and a …

The iPad is one of the hottest devices on the market right now and you can expect our full review in the coming days. As we all know however the 3G version is currently only supported by US networks – well until blogger Benson got his grubby mitts on one …

A large portion of people reading this article will assuredly have strong opinions on Apple as a company and I would take an educated guess that at least 75% will feel they are ‘overpriced' and form the heart of an elitist group of users who mock enthusiasts who prefer to …

Blackberry, iPhone or Smartphone – which is best?  With the most attractive contracts running around 2 years, your next choice could be with you for a very long time. KitGuru opens the lid on mobiles to help you decide, which one’s best for me? Technologies If you type a lot, …

On Wednesday morning, Apple unveiled its brand new, 17″ MacBook Pro with a pricetag of £1,900. KitGuru was on hand to see if its worth taking that much damage to your wallet/mortgage/marriage. So what does your money buy ?  To be honest, on paper, not much. Intel's Core2 Duo processor …