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Apple fends off Android challenge with maps and Siri

Apple has unveiled its own mapping program for its iPhone and iPad devices (AFP)

Apple says it is planning to rev up the software running its coveted gadgets, training its sights on the China market — and tossingGoogle Maps aside in the process. Apple used its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San francisco Monday to show off upgrades to the software running iPhones, iPads, and iPod…

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Apple to preview iPhone software upgrade

Apple is expected to preview its new iPhone operating system (iOS 6) and show off some revamped MacBook laptops as it kicks off an annual gathering of developers on Monday in San Francisco. The Internet buzzed with rumors about what the notoriously secretive maker of iPads, iPhones, iPods, and Macintosh computers might also unveil at a keynote event marking the start of the five-day Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). But analysts did not expect Apple to announce any new devices, believing it will opt instead to focus on improvements to operating software and opportunities for developers to make even better "apps." "What keeps people allegiant to and excited about their iPhones and iPads are all the new apps that are available," said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin. "Appealing to the developers and continuing to enrich the set of tools and capabilities they have to build great new apps or enhance existing apps is absolutely critical." WWDC comes less than two weeks before Google's annual developers conference, which will be held in the same downtown San Francisco conference center. "It is a back and forth between Apple and Google in a battle for hearts and minds of developers; to be their priority," Golvin said. "What Apple wants is for them to only develop for iOS," he continued. "That is not realistic, but they can try to make sure all the exciting new things come to iPad and iPhone first and maybe get to the Android, and Google wants the opposite." Google-backed Android software for mobile devices is the world's leading smartphone platform and is seen as Apple's only formidable adversary. Banners for iOS 6, the next generation operating system for Apple mobile gadgets, were on display in the conference venue during the weekend. Analysts suspected iOS upgrades to include improving and maybe even extending Siri virtual assistant capabilities that were a hit after being introduced in the iPhone 4S. Apple is expected to introduce its own mapping program to replace Google Maps software that had been pre-installed on iPhones. In apparent anticipation of the move, Google last week unveiled a revamped maps program that allows mobile users to use the service without an Internet connection. The service, which will be available soon on Android devices, allows users to select an area and save a local map which can be viewed when a user does not have a data connection. Google Maps could still be downloaded and used on iPhones. Apple would in theory be able to tie its mapping service to the Siri voice-directed personal assistant, which could supplant Google in searching for businesses. "If Apple does a great job (on its maps program) then we will see some substitution and may impact Google search on the iPhone," said Opus Research analyst Greg Sterling. Apple will also give developers the latest news about the new Mountain Lion operating system for Macintosh computers. Apple is expected to show off revamped MacBook laptop computers power by Intel Ivy Bridge chips. "My opinion is that we will definitely hear an update on Mountain Lion and we almost certainly will hear about iOS 6 with whizzy new mapping technology that is going to replace Google Maps," Golvin said. "And the MacBook line hasn't been refreshed for a while," he continued. "The big question is are we going to hear anything about Apple TV." Apple chief executive Tim Cook said recently that the company was putting a lot of energy into its Apple TV boxes for streaming Internet content to television screens. Apple long played the product off as "a hobby" but is believed to be trying to duplicate its success in tablet and smartphone markets in living rooms. "If they are going to push Apple TV from a hobby to something with full-force Apple marketing, I think they will do that in a separate event dedicated entirely to that," Golvin said.

Apple is expected to preview its new iPhone operating system (iOS 6) and show off some revamped MacBook laptops as it kicks off an annual gathering of developers on Monday in San Francisco. The Internet buzzed with rumors about what the notoriously secretive maker of iPads, iPhones, iPods, and Macintosh…

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Southeby’s to auction one of first hand-built Apple I computers

Apple I computer via Wikimedia Commons

NEW YORK — There’s no screen, it was built in 1976, and the clunky design does not exactly recall today’s iPads, but the first Apple computer is expected to fetch up to $180,000 in New York. Sotheby’s in New York is auctioning the rare piece of computer history, which actually…

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Samsung vows U.S. launch of S III despite Apple suit

Samsung Galaxy S lll smartphone via AFP

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics vowed to press ahead with the US launch of its newest smartphone this month, despite a fresh lawsuit filed by rival Apple seeking to block the cutting-edge model. Apple has asked a court for the Northern District of California in San Jose to ban sales of…

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Netflix tops Apple in booming online movie business

Netflix photo by LauraFries.com / Flickr

The US online movie business more than doubled in 2011 to rake in $992 million and will almost double again this year, a research report showed Friday. The biggest surge came from Netflix, which shifted its focus to subscription video on demand and snagged 44 percent of the market, overtaking…

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Apple chief hints at innovation in TV

A picture from Apple of chief executive Tim Cook (in yellow) visiting the iPhone production line at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou in China's Henan province (AFP)

Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday vowed that creativity would remain in the company’s “DNA” and hinted that products on the horizon could come in the area of television. Cook was the star opening guest at a prestigious All Things Digital conference hosted by the Rupert Murdoch-owned technology news website at…

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China Mobile in talks with Apple over iPhone

A Chinese worker shows an iPhone 4S at a shop in Hangzhou, in January (AFP).

China Mobile, the world’s biggest mobile operator by subscribers, said Wednesday the company is in talks with Apple to offer the popular iPhone to its users in the Asian nation. The company’s domestic rivals – China Unicom and China Telecom– already offer the iPhone to their subscribers. “Both sides have been making contact with each…

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Judge allows ebook price-fixing class action suit to continue

A man working on his laptop as he uploads e-books. A judge Tuesday allowed a class-action case to proceed against Apple and six publishing houses alleging a price-fixing scheme for electronic books, citing "ample" indications of a conspiracy. (AFP Photo/Dibyangshu Sarkar)

A judge Tuesday allowed a class-action case to proceed against Apple and six publishing houses alleging a price-fixing scheme for electronic books, citing “ample” indications of a conspiracy. The suit, file last August, is separate from a US government complaint last month which makes similar allegations, that Apple colluded with…

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Orangutans learn to communicate via iPad

An Orangutan at Jungle Island in Miami. Screenshot via AP.

Ape trainers at Miami’s Jungle Island are using a unique new approach to communicating with their favorite captives, helping orangutans learn to say what they mean using a special piece of software for Apple’s iPad. Linda Jacobs, a volunteer trainer, told The Associated Press this week that apes enjoy communicating…

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China firm seeks settlement in iPad battle

The iPad (AFP)

A Chinese computer company which sued Apple over the rights to the iPad trademark in China is now in talks for an out-of-court settlement, a lawyer for the firm said Monday. Proview Technology, based in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, has been locked in a drawn-out legal fight with the US technology giant over ownership…

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