‘Sweating bullets’ – The inside story of the first iPhone
"Steve had expressly told me it was totally top secret. He said he was going to fire anyone who tells the world.
"I was sweating bullets."
Tony Fadell was pondering just how he was going to...
Nokia Android phone spurns the West
The first Nokia-branded smartphone is to be released exclusively in China.
The device will be marketed in partnership with the local internet retail giant JD.com.
The team behind the Nokia 6 phone said it believed the...
Apple sued over fatal ‘FaceTime crash’
An American couple, whose daughter was killed by a driver allegedly using FaceTime on his iPhone, have launched a lawsuit against Apple.
The lawsuit alleges that the firm should have introduced a feature that disabled...
CES 2017: UK support to tech firms ‘an embarrassment’
The UK government's lack of support for start-ups attending the CES tech show is a "source of embarrassment", according to the event's organiser.
Gary Shapiro compared the country unfavourably with France, the Netherlands and Israel.
The...
Facebook accused over WhatsApp takeover
Facebook has been accused by the European Commission of misleading it during its investigation of the company’s 2014 takeover of WhatsApp.
The Commission says it was misled when Facebook said it was impossible to match...
Facebook accused over WhatsApp takeover
Facebook has been accused by the European Commission of misleading it during its investigation of the company's 2014 takeover of WhatsApp.
The Commission says it was misled when Facebook said it was impossible to match...
Apple’s finally admitting some iPhone 6 Pluses get ‘Touch Disease’
After months of turning a blind eye to “Touch Disease”, Apple has created a worldwide repair program to address the issue on iPhone 6 Plus devices.
To recap: “Touch Disease,” discovered by third-party repair specialists,...
Mark Zuckerberg is a politician now
I’ve long suspected that Mark Zuckerberg, who often refers to himself as the “leader” of Facebook, has dreams of high office.
This week, a taster of what that might be like has been knocking at...
Selfie deaths on the rise
The number of people who die each year taking a selfie is on the rise but a team of US researchers now hope they can tackle the problem.
They are developing an app which will...
Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads
Twitter has suspended the accounts of several members of the American alt-right movement, including the leader of a white nationalist think tank.
The social network has not given an explanation for its actions.
But they come...