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NewsApril 27th, 2016 by Anthony CaruanaApple’s earnings for Q2 2016 – let’s not start measuring the coffin just yet
Apple has issued advice to financial markets letting them know that forecast earnings won’t be achieved. It would seem the iPhone bubble has...
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BlogsApril 18th, 2016 by Caitlin McGarryApple Watch’s second year: Health apps will make it a must-have
The Apple Watch started shipping almost one year ago. I still wear mine almost daily – after breaking it and going through a lengthy and arduous...
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BlogsApril 15th, 2016 by Jason SnelliOS 10 wish list: support for USB drives and network storage
Of all the conventions of traditional computers that iPhones and iPads flout, perhaps the biggest is the concept of saving documents to files and...
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NewsApril 13th, 2016 by Oscar RaymundoWhy getting a 16GB iPhone is just not worth it
The 16GB iPhone SE is the most affordable phone Apple has ever made, but is it worth it? A $679 iPhone sure sounds like a good deal, until you realise...
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NewsApril 12th, 2016 by Anthony CaruanaThe death of privacy
There’s little doubt the Australia I was born and raised in has died. When I was a lad, living on a busy main road in Melbourne’s east, we used...
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BlogsApril 11th, 2016 by Jason SnellThe trouble with 3D Touch
When Apple introduced 3D Touch with the iPhone 6s, I was impressed by what a great job the company did in implementing the feature. The careful detection...
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NewsApril 8th, 2016 by Michael SimonHow Apple is grooming the iPad to take over the Mac
As Apple’s first truly new tablet in years, the iPad Pro is every bit the beast it was rumoured to be. Built around a gorgeous 12.9in screen, it...
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NewsMarch 23rd, 2016 by Anthony CaruanaApple’s no-win situation
As the dust settles on yesterday’s product announcement from Apple – contrary to what the invitation or the internet hype machine says, I can’t...
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NewsMarch 7th, 2016 by Dan MorenThree ways Apple could improve Apple Mail
Despite all the many forms of communicating with people online – iMessage, Twitter, Facebook, Slack – email still reigns supreme for me. I conduct...
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NewsFebruary 17th, 2016 by Christopher PhinAppleWorks and the capriciousness of nostalgia
By any logic, I should feel the same sense of affection for AppleWorks as I do for ClarisWorks. They were fundamentally the same thing, after all,...
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NewsFebruary 15th, 2016 by Glenn FleishmanError 53 has the best and worst intentions
We live in a snooping world. It seem like everybody – from random teenagers in their parents’ basements via government agencies or corporations...
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BlogsFebruary 10th, 2016 by Christopher PhinRevisiting Software Dispatch, 1994′s Mac App Store on CD-ROM
If you want to buy an app for your Mac today, you can just go to the App Store, click a button and – pausing only to reflect that developers are increasingly abandoning it – within...
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BlogsFebruary 9th, 2016 by Michael Simon
It’s time to stop waiting for the Apple Watch’s killer app
Having 15,000 wrist-sized apps available has taught us something: most Apple Watch apps just aren’t very good. Our devices are defined by the...
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BlogsFebruary 8th, 2016 by Dan MorenA Mac for all seasons: why the Mac has so much staying power
Let’s hear it for the Mac. There’s been plenty of ink shed on the meaning and impact of iPhone and iPad sales in Apple’s most recent quarters....
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BlogsFebruary 5th, 2016 by Jason SnellHow far can the iPad fall?
The iPad is big in my house. I use one (Pro), my wife uses one (Air 2), my son uses one (Mini 2). Suffice it to say that we see the appeal. But at...
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BlogsFebruary 4th, 2016 by Kirk McElhearnApple, don’t make the smaller iPhone a second-class device
Remember when Tim Cook explained why the iPhone 5 was just exactly the right size? “The iPhone 5 offers a new, 4in Retina display, which is...
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BlogsFebruary 3rd, 2016 by Glenn FleishmanIn short, stop using URL shorteners
URL shorteners were all the rage about 15 years ago. The reasons for them were extensive and varied. Email programs had bad limitations at embedding...
