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Tim Cook: gaming on the TV is 'interesting'

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:06:00 GMT

Tim Cook claims Apple has no plans to enter the games console business, but he doesn't rule out becoming an even bigger player in the games market in the future.

Apple denies colluding with publishers in price fixing case

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:38:00 GMT

In a response filed on 29 May, Apple claims that publishers were not happy with Amazon’s pricing tactics and wanted to set their own prices in the iBookstore.

Apple supplier Foxconn is still mistreating employees – report

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:37:00 GMT

Despite Apple’s input, higher salaries and reduced overtime, China’s Foxconn factories are still mistreating their employees, suggests new research.

Apple's iPad will be more popular than PCs in 2020

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:18:00 GMT

Piper Jaffray analysts think that in the long run any cannibalising of Mac sales by iPads will pay off because by 2020 the market share of tablets will be great than PCs, and the iPad will have the biggest share.

Foxconn fabricator Daisey blasts 'weak' Tim Cook interview

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:04:00 GMT

Mike Daisey, the author and actor who accused Apple of ill-treating its factory workers and was later forced to admit he had fabricated some of his reports, has started a Twitter spat with the journalists who interviewed Tim Cook at the D10 conference.

Analyst: new flash memory MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs coming soon

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:43:00 GMT

Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes said that he expects Apple will announce new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models “in the near future”.

Aaron Sorkin speaks about Steve Jobs movie, hopes ‘to do it justice’

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:41:00 GMT

Sony Pictures’ Steve Jobs biopic won’t have a ‘cradle-to-grave’ narrative, says the movie’s screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who hopes to ‘do it justice with Steve Jobs’.

No agreement in Apple Samsung soiree, back in court today

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:29:00 GMT

Apple CEO Tim Cook is no pushover. At a recent meeting between him and the CEO of Samsung there was no agreement in the patent dispute between the two companies and now trials are kicking off at the US International Trade Commission in Washington at which it is hoped that the global patent disputes will be resolved.

Apple to double down on secrecy as alleged new iPhone design leaked

team@macworld.co.uk (Daniel Ionescu — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:02:00 GMT

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company would increase secrecy of the products in its pipeline, a speech that occurred on the same day alleged designs of the iPhone 5 were leaked online.

Larry Ellison on Steve Jobs personality, successes and failures

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:56:00 GMT

Last night president of Pixar Ed Catmull and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison sat down at the D10 conference to chat about Apple’s late CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs. They discussed Jobs success, his personality, how he interacted with people, and what made Jobs so unique.

Steve Jobs interviews available free from iTunes

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:54:00 GMT

Interviews with Steve Jobs from his appearances at All Things Digital conferences are now available to download free from iTunes.

Don't buy a new TV, wait for Apple's – Analyst

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:27:00 GMT

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has advised potential television buyers to wait for Apple’s upcoming HDTV.

Apple job openings add evidence to new dock connector for next iPhone

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Thu, 31 May 2012 09:46:00 GMT

Apple job openings for Connector Design Engineers have been discovered, suggesting that the company is planning to do away with their current 30-pin Dock Connector.

Apple to demo its smart TV OS at WWDC in June

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Thu, 31 May 2012 09:19:00 GMT

Apple is planning to show off a new operating system for the Apple TV at the Worldwide Developers Conference, which kicks off 11 June. This new OS will run on the current Apple TV, as well as the HDTV Apple is planning to launch.

Mitt Romney misspells 'America' in his iPhone app

team@macworld.co.uk (David Price — Thu, 31 May 2012 09:10:00 GMT

Mitt Romney has released a social media iPhone app with an embarrassing spelling mistake: it called for "A better Amercia".

Quark buys Pressrun digital magazine publishing system

team@macworld.co.uk (Digital Arts Staff — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:41:00 GMT

Quark has bought the app service behind titles such as the Metro newspaper, BBC Good Food and Stuff.

Facebook Paid Status Promotion Platform Is Official

team@macworld.co.uk (Kevin Lee — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:36:00 GMT

Earlier this month, we heard reports that Facebook was gearing up to add a new paid "highlight" feature to give your status updates some increased visibility on users' news feeds. Now it appears that the feature is ready for prime time.

Remains of the Day: Tim of your life

team@macworld.co.uk (Dan Moren — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:30:00 GMT

The Apple TV may get a software makeover at WWDC, Apple's decided it's in the mood for Italian, and Tim Cook in living color. The remainders for Wednesday, May 30, 2012 are something unpredictable, but in the end they're right.

Centrify bolsters mobile security policy via Active Directory

team@macworld.co.uk (Antone Gonsalves — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:01:00 GMT

Cloud service lets customers push group policies set in Microsoft's Active Directory to employees' mobile devices

Apple to buy Swedish firm holding 'swipe to unlock' patent - analyst

team@macworld.co.uk (David Price — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:46:00 GMT

A financial analyst has predicted that Apple will buy the small Swedish mobile manufacturer which claims to hold a prior patent on the 'swipe to unlock' technology used in the iPhone.

Apple's Tim Cook: Siri is some people's 'best friend' but it can do much more

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:43:00 GMT

Siri is “one of the most popular features of our most popular phone” according to Apple CEO Tim Cook. But: “There’s more that it can do”. Cook also noted that for some people, Siri has become their “best friend”.

Apple's CEO might kill Ping, do a deal with Facebook

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:38:00 GMT

Discussing Ping, Apple’s attempt at a social network Cook said: “We tried Ping and the customer voted and said, this isn’t something I want to put a lot of energy into. Some customers love it, but there’s not a huge number that do, so will we kill it? I don’t know. I’ll look at it.”

Apple 'pulling strings' on Apple TV to 'see where it goes'

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:19:00 GMT

Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple has “some incredible things coming out,” and spent some time speaking about the television business, but he added that the company would “double down on secrecy on products”.

Apple's Maps app images leaked, suggest new silver look for iOS 6

team@macworld.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:15:00 GMT

Boy Genius Reports has revealed photographs of what it claims are Apple’s new 3D mapping app, which will reportedly launch with iOS 6. The app, along with the newly released WWDC app, suggests a new silver colour scheme may be coming to iOS.

Apple's Tim Cook: iPad will replace the PC 'for some people'

team@macworld.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:52:00 GMT

Following his claims that nobody wants a refrigerator-toaster, Apple CEO Tim Cook has reiterated his belief that the tablet and PC should never converge, and revealed that he does see the iPad replacing the PC in some cases.