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What can Apple do with its record $18bn profits?
The big tech news today is that Apple has posted record profits: A staggering $18 billion in the last quarter - that's more than any company in history. The success is largely down the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which have both been wildly successful - with over 74.5m iPhones shifted in that period. Wow.…
Apple’s Tim Cook gets a $6.7m bonus
Apple CEO Tim Cook is taking home a $6.7m bonus this year - as well as a $1.7m salary and $774,176 in "other compensation". Forget belt tightening - he should be switching to sweatpants. According to PhysOrg, the hefty bonus - which works out at about £4.5m - is perhaps due to the iPhone 6…
Apple patents an iPhone thumbstick
Could the iPhone 6S or iPhone 7 be built for gaming? That isn't such an insane possibility if Apple's latest patent is anything to go by. Patently Apple has unearthed a patent for a replacement to the iPhone's home button, which will pop out of the frame if the phone when pressed in - creating…
Apple patents suggest a future of Kinect-style cameras and GoPro competitors
Could Apple soon be competing with GoPro? And could the next iPhone have a movement tracking camera built into it? That's what a couple of recent patents suggests. According to The Register, one patent talks about a 3D gesture input system which can track movements and identify "three-dimensional gestures". In other words - something very…
Apple is about to open up the Lightning connector for third party accessories
New details have emerged about Apple's plans for allowing accessories to use Lightning connectors - so we could be about to see an explosion in the number of accessories for iPhone 6, and other recent iPhones and iPads. The news comes via 9to5Mac, which reports that the new spec will, for the first time, allow…
Apple is now the biggest company in human history
Yesterday, Apple's market cap - the number by which companies are valued - briefly passed over $700bn - and at $703bn was apparently the most valuable company in human history. According to The Channel, this means that it surpassed even the GDP of Switzerland - so not even all of the Toblerone in the world…
Is Apple getting into virtual reality?
Could Apple be planning to take on the likes of Oculus Rift? That seems to be the implication judging by a job advert that has appeared looking for an engineer for "virtual reality systems" at the company. Spotted by Mashable, the advert says: "We are looking for a software engineer to develop UI and applications…
Hands on with Apple’s CarPlay
This afternoon I was lucky enough to see a live demo of Apple's CarPlay at Pioneer's UK offices - read on to hear what I thought. For uninitiated, CarPlay is Apple's first foray into in-car entertainment. Whilst we've been able to connect our phones via bluetooth for taking calls and USB for playing music for…
Think Apple’s sending SMS via a computer is new? Think again.
Over the last few days thousands, if not millions of people will have been discovering for the first time the joy of being able to send text messages through their computer. This was made possible by Apple's iMessage service, has been around for a couple of years - but it is only with the latest…
Apple patents car-unlocking idea – has it been reading TechDigest?
Could we soon be unlocking our cars with our phones? A new patent that Apple has sent to the US Patent Office suggests that it is working on tech that will let users simply walk up to their car and have it unlock as if by magic. The patent was spotted by BGR, which also…