(Reuters) – Steve Jobs was receptive to Apple Inc making a smaller tablet, a senior executive said in a 2011 email revealed on Friday, fanning speculation it plans to make a mini-iPad to take on cheaper gadgets from Google Inc and Amazon. An Apple mini-version of the market-dominating 10-inch iPad could counter increasing inroads made […]
Apple’s war with Google heats up
More than ever, the consumer electronics juggernaut finds itself in a pitched battle with the online search giant – in smartphones, cloud computing and the never-ending competition for the hearts and minds of the best software developers. Apple on Monday is expected to announce its own mapping application, challenging the position of Google Maps as […]