Apple has sacked Richard Williamson,the executive in charge of Apple Maps,following months of embarrassment for the company surrounding the application's performance. A report from Bloomberg claimed Williamson was forced out of Apple by ...
Tags: application's performance, internet software, mapping organisations
Apple has reportedly fired the manager responsible for its controversial mapping software,as it seeks to win back disgruntled users who have experienced glitches with the software since its September release. Senior vice-president Eddy ...
Tags: Apple, Apple Maps manager, customer outrage, Maps gaffe Analysis
Computerworld - Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with Windows RT tablet is ...
Disconnecting Microsoft heritage Low cost iPhones Deploying MobileIron London Borough of Brent is planning to provide staff with up to 3,000 iPads and iPhones as it phases out Blackberry smartphones. London Borough of Brent will use ...
Tags: London Borough of Brent, iPads and iPhones, Blackberry smartphones
Apple has announced the departure of two high profile executives in the firm's biggest management shakeup since co-founder Steve Jobs stepped down as chief executive. The announcement comes after embarrassing accuracy problems with ...
Tags: Apple, mapping software, iOS software, services
IDG News Service-The famed iPhone hacker"Comex,"who engineered ways to hack Apple's mobile operating system,is no longer doing work for the company,according to Twitter postings. "So...no point in delaying.As of last week,after about a ...
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Computerworld-The Isis mobile wallet network will launch Monday in Salt Lake City and Austin,Texas,the Isis consortium announced Wednesday after an earlier delay in the launch. In an emailed statement,Isis marketing head Jaymee Johnson ...
Tags: mobile wallet, Isis, NFC-ready
It's been a busy,bumpy year for Apple since Steve Jobs died last Oct 5.The company won a massive jury award against Samsung for patent infringement and in April it became arguably the most valuable company in history when its market ...
Nokia and Oracle have joined forces on mapping,allowing enterprises to integrate Nokia's location technology with their Oracle applications. To differentiate its smartphones from the competition,Nokia is betting big on location as well as ...
Tags: Nokia, Oracle, mapping, smartphone
On the smart-phone battleground, much attention has been paid recently to the quality of the free navigation app--Apple Maps--that comes with the new iPhone 5 (also part of the iOS 6 upgrade available for some other Apple devices). But ...
Tags: Smart-Phone Navigation, Google Maps navigation, Apple Maps
HARRISONBURG,Va.--Long lines formed for days outside of Apple stores in major cities to buy the iPhone 5 today,but smaller crowds also gathered in college towns like Harrisonburg,Va.,where the longest wait was overnight in front of the AT&T ...
Apple has unveiled the iPhone 5 with an updated version of its mobile operating system iOS 6. Apple announced the handset at an event in San Francisco,boasting a longer battery life thanks to Apple's A6 chip and a new 4 inch retina ...
Tags: Apple, iPhone 5, iOS 6, battery life
Computerworld-If the new iPhone 5 with LTE wireless sells as well as analysts predict,its impact on IT shops already wrestling with the Bring-Your-Own-Device(BYOD)trend could be dramatic. Some analysts predict higher cellular network data ...
Tags: iPhone, BYOD, impact, wireless data service
Chinese smartphone maker GooPhone has been showing off promotional videos of its upcoming GooPhone 5.But to anyone who has been keeping their eye on leaked prototypes of Apple's next iPhone handset,it may look eerily familiar. The ...
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In the wake of Apple's crushing patent victory against Samsung in court late last week,Reuters reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook has been having secret phone calls with Google CEO Larry Page(pictured). According to sources close to the ...
Tags: Apple, Google, Patent, mobile patent, Samsung