Barely a week has passed over the last couple of years without rumour, leaks or ‘irrefutable proof’ that Apple will introduce a lower-cost iPhone aimed squarely at developing markets. The iPhone has arguably been the stand-out piece of technology produced in the last ten years, and perhaps beyond. Its launch helped bring much change to the telecom industry, the rise in mobile Internet usage, camera phones, mobile gaming, mobile social networks and more can be attributed to the emergence of this iconic device....

Rumours that Apple would be partnering with LG to produce a55-inch OLED televisionhave been dealt a blow after sources close to the matter said that the chances that Apple would incorporate the more advanced technology in its screens are “currently very low”,Korea Times reports. Reports have suggest that Apple has turned its focus to the television market, providing a device that would possibly allow users to stream music, videos and TV shows via its iTunes platform, but Apple is currently unsure of OLED technology due to its higher cost and related issues with large-sized OLED displays....

Apple’s self-driving car plans could change the entire company The current state of self-driving car technology The history of self-driving cars is very much reflective of the decades-long search forartificial general intelligence(AGI): the finish line always seems to be around the corner. But the closer we get to it, the harder it becomes. Like many of today’s AI technologies, self-driving cars have their roots in the 1970s and 80s. But until recent years, they were only limited to academic and military research labs and science contests....

Today, at Apple’s iPhone 4S event, the crowd was very excited aboutSiri, the voice activated assistant feature for the new iPhone. “For decades technologists have teased us with this dream that we can talk to our technology,” said Apple’s Phil Schiller, “But it’s never come true! It’s such a let-down! What we really want to do is just talk to our device!” Schiller announced that Siri will have Dictation, a new speech to text feature that will be built into the new iOS5....

It is October 14 in Australia already, which means that the iPhone 4Shas gone on salein the land down under. Alex Kidman from Gizmodo Australia got his hands on an iPhone 4S and, as you’d expect,put Siri to the testas soon as the phone was out of the box. Non-American accents have traditionally been a problem for AI-powered voice recognition systems designed in the USA, but Apple clearly supports the Australian and British accents for Siri, so you’d expect it to work fine there....