Android is being portrayed as the smartphone operating system for those that like to push boundaries, be their own people and not conform to the usual rules, and there may be some truth to that if a recent report about how they treat security is anything to go by.
We've barely got the Black Friday madness out of the way and now we're into Cyber Monday! Traditionally the first Monday after Black Friday, 'Cyber Monday' is the day that online retailers try to persuade customers to shop online, and Apple is no different.
Apple certainly made a splash with the release of Siri, even though it is in some sort of beta flavored flux. With nothing quite like it out there on any other device, and the decision to limit its availability to the new iPhone 4S, Apple both gave a reason to upgrade to iPhone 4 owners, and made the competition sit up and take notice at the same time.
We only very recently learned that Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and CEO for the majority of its existence, sought to revolutionize the consumer electronics market in three key areas.
Let me start off by saying that voice control is nothing new. Apple didn’t invent the technology. What makes Siri different is how popular it has become. It is not limited to only phone related functions, but can pull valuable information from the web too. For a worthy contender to match its capabilities will take some serious horsepower.
According to a report published earlier today, Apple is, unsurprisingly, very much ahead of other smartphone manufacturers when it comes to brand loyalty.
With the battle between Apple's iOS and Google's Android beginning to mimic the Mac Vs. PC battle of the nineties, the same old debates are beginning to arise.
With the Thanksgiving turkey stuffed and ready to be carved across much of America, Black Friday, the tradition encouraging companies to drop prices for one day in order to increase business, has already commenced throughout parts of the world.
With more and more smartphones being released on a seemingly weekly basis, manufacturers and carrier partners are understandably looking for any and every way of differentiating their devices from the competition.
Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is said to be contemplating the idea of writing a motion picture based on the life of recently-deceased Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
