Apple’s shares slide as cash cow dies in China
You can’t really depend on a single product
The fruity cargo cult Apple is starting to see its single-product cash cow business model begin to fall apart.
Great unwashed spent a fortune on AI apps
$150 Billion globally in 2024
Demand for generative AI drove consumer spending on mobile apps to $150 billion globally in 2024 -- a 13 per cent increase from the previous year.
Thinner, lighter, and with Snapdragon 8 Elite and 12GB of RAM
At its Galaxy Unpacked January 2025 event, Samsung unveiled its full Galaxy S25 series lineup, including the Galaxy S25 and the Galaxy S25+ smartphones, which are now thinner, lighter, and will be getting the custom Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC in all markets.
Siri has been spying on users
Selling their conversations for targeted advertising
Despite claiming that “unlike other companies” it was not spying on users and flogging their data to advertisers the fruity cargo cult, Apple has just paid out in a court case where it was doing just that.
Apple’s iPhone subscription dreams crash
Bugs and Bureaucracy
Fruity cargo cult Apple has quietly shelved its much-hyped iPhone subscription service, reportedly due to software glitches and regulatory hurdles.