Apple didn't ditch Intel for Skylake
It always planned a discrete CPU
This article might serve as a short history class about how Apple operates, especially in hardware design. Apple created its first phone SoC the famous A4 in 2010, and it created its first iPad specific A6X chip in 2012.
Apple will develop its discrete GPU
Total hardware control
Earlier this week, there were some rumors that Apple will use its graphics IP to build the discrete graphics processors, probably starting with a notebook first, and we can assure you that these plans are real.
Japan Display falls on Apple’s OLED decision
Company Apple dependent
Shares of Apple supplier Japan Display fell by six percent after a media report that Apple will use OLED screens for all its forthcoming fifth-generation (5G) iPhones this year.
Apple slammed by advertisers
It looks like Apple is doing something good for once
A group of European digital advertising associations slammed Apple plans to require apps to seek additional permission from users before tracking them across other apps and websites.
New Mac ransomware is super smug
Users just can’t believe it is happening to them
While the writers of ransomware tend to leave Apple Macs alone due to the fact they have no need to threaten someone’s Coldplay collection, a new example has just appeared and appears to be gaining some traction.
Apple’s data tracking was not as good as thought
Turns out Jobs’ Mob could not predict the future
Apple’s new data tracking human mobility trends service has turned out disappointing as it could not predict the future as believed.
Apple leans on suppliers to speed up 5G
Mass production could be two months late
Apple's glacial speed towards 5G is facing further delays of up to two months due to the coronavirus pandemic and apparently Jobs' Mob is giving its suppliers a Chinese burn to pick up the pace.
Apple shuts a quarter of its US stores
Plague shall not penetrate our sancta sanctorum of consumer delights
Apple will close 30 additional stores in the United States by Thursday, the company said, bringing the total number of reclosures in the United States to 77.
Tame Apple Press are overjoyed that the the two are coming together
Now that it is moving to purge Intel from its business model, the fruity cargo cult is getting all confident that the ARM-based chips it is creating can be used anywhere.
It’s a mess says GlobalData
While supply chain disruptions and retail store closures due to COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 have impacted smartphone revenues, other factors such as post-holiday seasonality, slowing phone upgrade rates and geopolitics have played a part on their bottom line, says GlobalData.