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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.

• New iPhone to have metal backplate?

  By Ross Catanzariti | 30 May, 2012 09:08

  Apple's next-generation iPhone may have a metal back and a much smaller dock connector, claims 9 To 5 Mac.

• Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

  By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 13:53

  Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

• APP OF THE DAY: Bump

  By Nermin Bajric | 25 May, 2012 12:15

  Bump is a really quick way to share information with fellow iPhone users, and takes away the unexpected delays that can be caused by iMessage and standard text messaging.

• Android, Apple own 80 per cent of global smartphone market: Microsoft's share, 2.2 per cent

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 24 May, 2012 15:25

  What a difference a year makes in the booming smartphone market.

• 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.

• 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.

• Judge deems Kodak digital camera patent invalid

  By James Niccolai | 22 May, 2012 10:14

  A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that a Kodak patent asserted in a complaint against Apple and Research In Motion is invalid, Kodak said on Monday.