Apple’s software genii strike again

Fruity cargo cult Apple’s programming skills have been again called into question as it turned out that its software genii can’t even make Safari fast on its on MacOS.

Tweet backfires

Apple’s attempt to get everyone to praise its Safari browser backfired when its “tell us how wonderful our browser is” tweet received shedloads hate.

Could not be bothered fixing the problem

Fruity cargo cult Apple sat on a serious Safari bug which disclosed user data for months and still cannot be bothered fixing it.

And discovered why Google rejected it

Chris Lee, a former staff interaction designer at Google has written a blog where he claimed to have nearly sold the higher-ups on an idea which later appeared in Apple’s Safari.

Thanks to software designed to protect their privacy

The software genii at Apple have moved from creating clock software which cannot adjust to summertime to building anti-tracking software which allows users to be tracked.

What could go wrong?

Apple, which often positions itself as a champion of privacy and human rights, is sending some IP addresses from users of its Safari browser on iOS to Chinese conglomerate Tencent -- a company with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

No cookies on this Safari 

The biggest advertising organisations say Apple will "sabotage" the current economic model of the internet with plans to integrate cookie blocking technology into the new version of Safari.

Update: Now taken offline, but original code still available

Thanks to a few very simple lines of HTML script, a new Apple prank website promises to instantly crash the Safari web browser of any iOS and then reboot a user’s device.

New Survey dismisses default setting people

People who use Internet Explorer are more likely to be rubbish at their jobs, according to a new survey.