William Gallagher started out in the 1980s using Macs on a UK freesheet newspaper while also working for BBC Local Radio, and writing computer manuals for McDonnell Douglas on a Mac SE/30. He wrote assembly language routines for a professional publishing app in the mid-1980s, and contributed to BBC Television's Micro Live in 1987.
Working in London as features editor on PC Direct from 1990, he wrote technology articles for Macworld UK, PC Magazine, and Computer Life. He edited Educational Computing & Technology magazine and wrote about television drama for the British Film Institute and Paramount Comedy Network's teletext service.
Moving to the BBC's teletext service in 1994, he was a freelance broadcast journalist for BBC Ceefax, then BBC Digitext, and BBC News Online. Simultaneously, he was a producer on the BBC's Radio Times website, and he wrote the Radio Times television history column On This Day for five years.
In 2005 he launched one of the earliest podcasts, UK DVD Review, which charted in the top ten of all podcasts, in all categories, around the world. The show ran for five years and was favorably reviewed on BBC News and The Sunday Times. His work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, and the UK's The Independent.
William Gallagher continues to freelance for the BBC, and makes regular contributions on BBC Local Radio stations around the country. In 2012, his first book about television drama was published by the British Film Institute, and it's been followed by 18 further titles on drama, writing, and technology. His books include four best-selling ebook titles about Mac and Apple software.
Alongside writing about technology and its uses for AppleInsider, he runs extensive workshops for writers, musicians, actors and journalists. Including his work with young writers, and roles at UK literary festivals, he's made 790 public speaking appearances since 2012.
Since January 2020, he's produced and presented over 170 weekly editions of 58keys, a YouTube podcast series for writers who use Macs, iPhones and iPads.
Analysts are spitballing that Apple could charge $20 per month for Apple Intelligence — but the problem is, in the short term, this isn't based on anything and is mostly wishful analyst thinking.
A new supply chain report says that iPhone 16 production began in June, but since then has ramped up in sufficient numbers to bode well for availability in mid-September.
Apple has released iOS 17.6.1, alongside updates to iPadOS and macOS Sonoma, all believed to be a minor update concentrating on security, plus a bug fix for Advanced Data Protection.
It's too early to tell for sure when Apple will announce the iPhone 16, but Apple does follow certain patterns so there's a strong candidate for that day. Here's what we think.
A suggestion from Logitech that it could someday sell a mouse that required a subscription to keep working has gone down so badly that the firm is backtracking.
Even if a user has turned on permissions in Settings for an app to screen record their Mac, the forthcoming macOS Sequoia is going to make them confirm that choice weekly.
Google has announced a sleek fourth version of its Nest Learning Thermostat, alongside a Nest Temperature Sensor, and since they support Matter, both can work with Apple HomeKit.
Under the forthcoming tvOS 18, Apple TV will add the ability to send links to nearby iPhones, potentially letting users open websites or follow recommendations.
It was only after repeated warnings of atrial fibrilliation from his Apple Watch that basketball legend Sean Elliott sought help and had essential treatment.
Following both news of Berkshire Hathaway's selling over half its holdings in the company, and a wider fear of recession taking a steep toll on international stock markets, Apple shares took a steep dive as trading began on Monday.
A new rumor says that Apple will call the expected thinner iPhone the "iPhone Air," but so far, the claim is as light as the name.
It's a little hard to get cable on the International Space Station and even satellite TV won't cut it, but a select collection of shows are available for the astronauts, and they include Apple TV+ series.
Apple has reported better than expected earnings — you were worried there for a minute — while Apple Intelligence is finally out in beta. And maybe you should be worried about a new device, the Friend.
Apple Vision Pro introduced new ways of controlling apps through gestures, but it appears that Apple wants to extend that to controlling any device it makes.
Google has announced updates for both its Google Maps and Waze apps on iOS, including recommending car parks, and alerting users to different types of speed cameras.
A new leak claims to show dummy iPhone 16 Pro models in all their colors, which will now include a matte black option.
For iOS 18, Apple has introduced a new Focus Mode called Reduce Interruptions, which aims to use Apple Intelligence to prioritize notifications to cut them down, yet not have you miss anything important.
Logitech hopes to make a single mouse you'll buy and use forever, but to then stay alive as a company, it will need to somehow charge you a subscription. For a mouse.
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, has made an incredibly bad leap of logic and lambasted Apple for how its Find My service located his stolen MacBook, and violated the privacy of the thief.
Backing up previous rumors about the forthcoming iPhone 16, a new leak shows dummy units in different colors — and the revised camera system.
As if we aren't already all in bubbles that reaffirm our beliefs thanks to social media, now there's an AI "Friend" who is always ready to hit you with praise and put you in a parasocial relationship with your iPhone
The FaceTime camera on a MacBook Pro is famously not as good as one on an iPhone, but new research shows Apple is continuing to work on it — and may have decided that the answer involves mounting larger cameras on a rotating display.
Code within Apple's last macOS Sequoia beta has revealed identifiers for a bunch of new Apple hardware, but it shouldn't come as a surprise that the company is working on a lot of new iPhones, iPads, and Macs.
France's Balenciaga and Germany's Rimowa have launched their first public apps, bringing fashion and high-end luggage to the Apple Vision Pro.
An unknown iCloud Private Relay issue that was affecting Safari users on iPhone has now been resolved after several days.
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