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.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley says Apple is not cutting orders for the iPhone 16 range — and that it will be the iPhone SE 4 that makes Apple Intelligence take off.
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Apple'siPhone has achieved record-high sales volume for a third quarter of the year, while the global smartphone market continues to recover.
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The Communication Workers of America says that over 70% of Maryland's Apple Bethesda retail and repair staff have filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
US subscribers to Amazon Prime Video will shortly be able to add on Apple TV+, extending the reach of Apple's streamer.
For Q3 2024, Apple saw Mac sales drop significantly year over year, by far the worst figure for the top five computer manufacturers.
The Department of Justice is seeking to break Google into several parts to solve its search monopoly, with the company divesting itself of Android and Chrome as a possible solution.
A Russian classified ads website has reportedly listed not one, but many of the purportedly leaked M4 MacBook Pro models yet to be launched by Apple.
The last iPod nano and iPod shuffle are now officially obsolete as Apple banishes them from even repairs, alongside a range of devices of other key devices.
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An unknown but growing number of iMac users are reporting display failures on their M1 iMacs, typically around two years after purchase.
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Now we have the iPhone 16 range in our hands, opinion is split over whether this is a boring or a useful upgrade, but at least it's certain that the cameras are better and so is battery life.
Apple's home city of Cupertino has been granted a win in a dispute with California over its tax dealings with the iPhone maker, but it's only for the short term.
Apple has released iOS 18.0.1, iPadOS 18.0.1, watchOS 11.0.1, visionOS 2.0.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 intending to address iPhone touchscreen issues and other bugs.
Two individuals who conned Apple into replacing fake faulty iPhones with real ones, have been sentenced to years in prison.
Yet another Apple update has been pulled after release, this time the Apple Watch developer beta watchOS 11.1, after issues including devices freezing.
Investment bank JP Morgan analysts say that Apple Intelligence is not yet drawing iPhone users to upgrade, and demand for iPhone 16 Pro models is weaker than it was with the iPhone 15 Pro range.
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