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

  By Karen Haslam | 01 June, 2012 08:09

  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.

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

  By Karen Haslam | 31 May, 2012 07:11

  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.

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

  By Karen Haslam | 31 May, 2012 07:10

  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, Foxconn slammed by SACOM on worker abuse in China

  By Agam Shah | 31 May, 2012 18:03

  A watchdog group has slammed Apple and its supplier Foxconn for failing to take corrective action on the plight of factory workers in China, saying the companies continue to abuse employees while providing poor working conditions.

• Yahoo! ditches digital newsstand for iPads

  By AAP | 28 May, 2012 08:59

  Yahoo! has dumped its fledgling digital newsstand for iPads, as it begins a product purge intended to make the floundering internet pioneer more nimble.

• Siri chats with John Malkovich in new Apple adverts

  By Ashleigh Allsopp | 24 May, 2012 18:05

  Two new Apple adverts for the iPhone 4S have emerged, this time featuring Actor John Malkovich interacting with Siri.

• Nvidia to make $US199 iPad-killer possible

  By Karen Haslam | 24 May, 2012 18:04

  According to Nvidia vice-president Rob Csonger, speaking at the company’s shareholder meeting last week, the graphics card company is working on Kai, a low-cost quad-core platform based around the Tegra 3.

• Multiple iPhone 5 prototypes being tested at Apple

  By Ashleigh Allsopp | 23 May, 2012 18:14

  Apple hasn’t made its mind up about what the next-generation iPhone will look like yet, according to new reports. The company is thought to be testing multiple prototypes of the new iPhone, two of which have a bigger and better display.

• Apple to give iPhone 3GS a new lease of life

  By Ashleigh Allsopp | 23 May, 2012 17:07

  Despite being three years old, Apple believes that the iPhone 3GS still has some life left in it, according to reports.

• Lenovo's tablet shipments grow in China with low-priced products

  By Michael Kan | 24 May, 2012 06:10

  PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC.

• Updated SDK from Soti allows businesses to remotely control Apple mobile devices

  By Fred O'Connor | 23 May, 2012 08:44

  Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl Software Developer Kit for iOS, announced Tuesday.

• The iPhone 5's body will 'resemble the metallic rear panel of the iPad' - analyst

  By Ashleigh Allsopp | 23 May, 2012 03:13

  The iPhone 5's body style could resemble the rear panel of the iPad, and could have a 4-inch screen.

• APP OF THE DAY: GoToMeeting

  By Patrick Budmar | 22 May, 2012 09:09

  You might have already dipped your feet in with GoToMeeting on your iPhone, but in case you haven’t, it’s video conferencing app that works over Wi-Fi and 3G.

• Windows RT management could be a key to success for Windows 8 tablets

  By Tim Greene | 22 May, 2012 02:27

  IT management executives from large corporations worry most about how to manage employee-owned devices safely and securely, according to clients of the Directions on Microsoft analyst firm.

• Apple iPhone 5 to boost mobile market in second half of 2012, analyst

  By Karen Haslam | 18 May, 2012 17:08

  Worldwide sales of mobile phones saw a 2 per cent decline from the first quarter of 2011 due to a slowdown in demand from the Asia/Pacific region, but the launch of the Apple iPhone 5 will help drive a stronger second half of the year in Western Europe and North America, according to Gartner. The report also notes that Apple's sales in China were "particularly strong" despite people holding of sales in the hope of an iPhone 5.