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Apple News: Apple accelerating custom chip development Apple has seen a few high-profile departures of its silicon experts for graphics giant AMD. For example, Apple’s lead chip designer Jim Keller left the company last August to join AMD’s Mark Papermaster, who was briefly Apple’s VP of iPhone engineering. Another example: Wayne Meretsky, who is known for his work on Macs and other Apple products, in January became AMD’s VP of…

Apple News: Best iPhone and iPad apps for professional photographers As a professional photographer, the iPhone and iPad can be excellent tools for your business. You are probably already aware that there’s a lot of great apps out there focused on editing photos, but if we’re being real, as a professional, you’re not going to use them. However there are many other great apps that can help compliment your business,…

Apple News: Four things Apple could do to improve iPhoto right now The last major version of iPhoto—iPhoto ’11—came out in October 2010. Since then, I find myself spending less time working with family photos and more time muttering family-unfriendly words. But iPhoto isn’t a lost cause. Looking at iPhoto for iOS, I suspect Apple is working on a major overhaul of the Mac application, which would explain the development…

Apple News: Which Apple devices to pack for your trip I don’t know what to pack. I’m about to take a trip to Dublin, Ireland, and I have no idea whether to pack my MacBook Pro, my less-powerful-but-more-portable MacBook Air, or just an iPad. And if I opt for only an iPad, do I take my favorite one—the iPad mini—or do I choose the full-size model to take advantage the…

Apple News: Samsung about to lose Apple’s chip contract Samsung is about to lose its contract selling chips to Apple and while this is not unexpected, the word on the street is that the work is about to be picked up by Intel. Intel, which has been slower than an asthmatic ant with a heavy load of shopping to enter the mobile market, is not exactly anyone’s first guess to…