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Which? sues Apple over iCloud sign up, Amazon shuts down Freevee

Consumer rights group Which? is suing Apple for £3bn over the way it deploys its iCloud service. If the lawsuit succeeds, around 40 million Apple customers in the UK could be entitled to a payout. The lawsuit claims Apple, which controls iOS operating systems, has breached UK competition law by giving its iCloud storage preferential…

14 November 2024 Chris Price News

Tech Digest daily roundup: Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs

Microsoft will cut 10,000 jobs in the latest round of staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. It will affect up to 5% of its global workforce and cost the business $1.2bn (£972m) in severance and reorganisation costs. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said that while customer spending had grown during Covid, more people were…

19 January 202319 January 2023 Chris Price News

Apple revenue boosted by services, iPhone sales drop

Apple service products such as streaming and cloud continued to make gains while iPhone sales dropped, according to the company’s latest results. The tech giant posted quarterly revenue of $53.8 billion (£44.3 billion) in the three months to June 29, an increase of 1% from the same period in 2018. Net profit fell from $11.5…

31 July 201931 July 2019 Chris Price Apple, News

Microsoft Office on iPhone/iPad gets iCloud support

It seems that Microsoft is going native - and far from being a rival competitor in a fight to the death is slowly learning to love Apple, as the latest update to MS Word for iOS adds iCloud support. Following the update, users of the Microsoft Office apps will be able to save and back-up…

17 February 2015 James O'Malley Apps, iPhone

Is Russia about to outlaw Apple’s iPhone and iPad?

What is going on between Apple and Russia right now? Did Steve Jobs once kick Vladimir Putin's dog or something? First, a giant iPhone statue in St Petersburg that was erected in memory of Jobs was taken down last week after current Apple CEO Tim Cook came out as gay. Now there come reports that…

5 November 20146 February 2018 Stuart Apple, Cloud, Gadgets, iPad, iPhone, Uncategorized

Apple tightens up its iCloud security

Apple has expanded its use of two-factor verification checks to protect data stored online by its customers, after a massive breach last month that saw thousands of nude celebrity photos stolen from iCloud. The BBC says the move follows suggestions that third-party software had been used to steal the photos. It says that the security…

18 September 201423 September 2014 Stuart Apple, Cloud, Computer Security, iCloud, Internet, Privacy, Social Media

Google Zeitgeist 2012: Top UK search terms puts Netflix above iPad 3, suggests few know what iCloud does

Google have released their annual Google Zeitgeist list, revealing the most searched for terms in the UK and worldwide across 2012. While the usual list of celebrities feature prominently (the late Whitney Houston topping the list, with royal Kate Middleton…

12 December 2012 Gerald Lynch Apple, Google, iCloud, iPad, Tech Digest news

Apple and Amazon pull over-the-phone password resets

Apple and Amazon have both pulled the ability to reset password information over-the-phone after a high profile tech journalist was hacked, leaving egg on the faces of two of the world's largest tech companies. Wired writer Mat Honan's iCloud account…

8 August 2012 Gerald Lynch Apple, Computer Security, Tech Digest news

TECH PENTATHLON: How to work from home during the London 2012 Olympic Games

Forget the naysayers; the London 2012 Olympic Games are going to be great. Sure, it's been expensive, and some of the organisational stuff has been fluffed slightly, but it's gonna be a hell of a show, with the world's greatest…

18 July 201227 July 2021 Gerald Lynch Features, Software, Tech Digest news

iTunes cloud integration to take on Spotify, socially

iTunes is well overdue a makeover, and 2012 looks set to see the most significant changes to Apple's music library management and store platform for some time. The latest reports suggest that Apple's iCloud storage service will be deeply integrated…

29 June 2012 Gerald Lynch Apple, iTunes, Tech Digest news

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