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Tax investigations are not Apple's biggest worry But Apple’s alleged scheme to avoid paying taxes on billions of dollars of profits has deflected attention from a more fundamental issue facing the company: what’s next?Quite. It seems ridiculous that now they are being chased for doing what every company does – maximising value for shareholders. Is this not an American principle?
And does anyone really think this money is better spent in government hands?
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The future of iOS design? — Thoughts and words Tim Green:
To me, there is a distinct movement towards a particular style and I would be very surprised if Apple were ignorant of it. It’s not ‘flat design’ per se and it’s certainly nowhere near the ‘Metro’ levels that people are suggesting they may follow, but it’s a mellowing out of the visual indicators that people need to trigger the idea of a tappable element
A good overview of current design trends in iOS, some thoughts and even a mock-up. A nice way to see where mobile design in general is trending.
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Bill Gates on the iPad “They can’t type, they can’t create documents, they don’t have Office there.”
Last time I checked, the lack of Office on iPad was nothing to do with Apple or the device. What a stupid thing to say.
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That’s a pretty radical new logo by Apple’s standards. Hinting at some major UI changes to come to iOS 7?
I hope so.
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WWDC 2013 announced for June 10-14: Apple to talk future of iOS, OS X; tickets on sale tomorrow 1PM EST This morning, Apple officially announced that its 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place at Moscone West in San Francisco from Monday, June 10 until Friday, June 14th. Tickets …
Please let iOS 7 be great.
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The Life Of Steve Jobs, Rendered As An Old-School Mac Desktop
This interactive online memorial, rendered as a pixel-perfect simulation of the original Macintosh OS, separates Jobs’ life into folders, with each milestone presented as its own program.
Neat.
(via parislemon)
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iPhone 6 Regardless of how big of an improvement the next iPhone is, Apple should just call it the iPhone 6 and give the finger to anyone who questions whether the name fits.
As Siracusa said - release it in many colours and call it the iPhone 6. Big enough differentiator to most people, though bloggers will still trash it.
Everything rides on iOS innovation.
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Neophilia as a Form of Hiding The same is true of design trends. Many — not all, maybe not even most, but many — of the complaints I see about iOS, for example, boil down to it being familiar. It no longer scratches our itch for new. Apple needs to scratch that itch for us eventually or someone else will, but it’s essential that they find something new and better, not merely new and different.Gruber gets at what I’m talking about.
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“Regarding Ive: Word on the street is that iOS engineers with carry privileges all have some sort of polarizing filter on their iPhone displays, such that it greatly decreases viewing angles, thus making it difficult for observers to see the apparently rather significant system-wide UI overhaul.” —via Gruber on Branch.
Definitely the most exciting thing coming to the iPhone/iPad, if true. Software is key to getting people really excited about the iPhone this time round.
