In 2014, Google’s ad revenue amounted to almost $59.06 billion, with advertising accounting for 89.5% of total company revenue…
Month: November 2015
5 days with the new Apple TV
It has been my fifth day with the all-new Apple TV, and while the interface is certainly fast, (by the way 1080p is a welcome upgrade from my previous 720p Apple TV) there are a few areas that are in need of help…
Apple granted patents for a hybrid notebook with detachable display
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 44 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today…
Why Apple thinks they can win their e-book antitrust case at the Supreme Court
The petition is admirably lucid and almost Jobsian in its simplicity….
Apple, Google, and Amazon unite behind ‘Financial Innovation Now’ coalition
Three of the technology industry’s fiercest rivals – Amazon, Apple and Google – have aligned behind their shared business interest…
Apple TV flaws that Apple should fix fast
In some spots, it’s almost as if nobody at Apple actually tried to really use the new Apple TV. It’s really inexplicable – unless the product was rushed out the door by higher ups, before it was truly ready for prime time…
Apple can’t – and won’t – decrypt your iPhone: Why it matters
Governments use a variety of means — sometimes de facto or later found to be illegal or unconstitutional in the country in which it’s occurring…
I moved the new Apple TV to Input 1 in just four days
I’ve been living with two media streamers in my living room for the last five years…
Activision Blizzard to buy ‘Candy Crush’ maker King Digital for $5.9 billion
ABS Partners CV, a unit of Activision Blizzard, will acquire King shares for $18 each in cash…
UK Prime Minister Cameron backs law to make Apple’s iPhone encryption illegal
Internet and social media companies will be banned from putting customer communications…
Microsoft admits Windows 10 automatic spying cannot be stopped
How concerned should users be about Windows 10’s default data collection policies? Very…
TouchArcade reviews new Apple TV: A discoverability nightmare, zany controls, and loads of potential
As expected, the Siri search stuff is incredible. Once I downloaded the requisite streaming video apps I use, just being able to search for a movie across all of them feels like magic…
Apple’s Angela Ahrendts a featured speaker at next week’s Bloomberg Year Ahead Summit
Apple’s senior VP of Retail and Online Stores, Angela Ahrendts, will be a centerpiece speaker…
Ben Bajarin: ‘Samsung will be out of the smartphone business within five years’
There is absolutely nothing Samsung can do to fix the downturn in their premium handsets…
‘Steve Jobs’ flop plummets 65% in second weekend of wide release
“Steve Jobs,” the Universal fictionalized drama that trades off the name of the deceased Apple co-founder, sank in its second weekend of wide release…
Mac users upgrade to OS X El Capitan at record rate
Apple’s OS X El Capitan in October got off to the fastest-ever one-month start for a Mac operating system…
Latest Apple Campus 2 drone video
The new campus, on a site now totalling 175 acres will house up to 13,000 employees…
Analyst: Apple will sell 68 million Apple Watches, revenue of $36 billion in fiscal 2017
Apple sold 7.6 million Apple Watches in fiscal 2015, with an average selling price of $530, which translates into $4 billion in revenues…
How Apple made itself recession-proof
Across the board, our goal is to make the best in the categories we choose to compete in…
Facebook employees forced by management to drop their preferred iPhones for Android phones
Chris Cox, Facebook’s chief product officer, is forcing an untold number of Facebook employees…
Apple quietly launches new indoor mapping app
Without much fanfare, the company launched the Indoor Survey App on iOS, which will allow businesses to map out their venues
Apple’s massive mountain of cash – and everything you need to know about it
Apple makes more money than any company has ever made…
Terry White reviews Apple TV: Feels like an ‘unfinished’ product
Was this one rushed out the door in time for the holiday shopping season? Maybe…
AnandTech reviews Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus: Editors’ Choice Gold Award
Apple pushes the smartphone user experience forward in significant ways….
ZDNet reviews Apple TV: A diamond in the rough – very rough
Right now, the new 2015 Apple TV is not a good set top box…
Apple TV: Who’s going to be the TV Guide of the future? Ask Siri
It’s nice — and essential — that Siri can find me stuff I’ve asked for…
Early Apple TV App Store sales show app prices higher than iPhone and iPad, popularity of games
The new Apple TV has been available for three days now, with response to the product generally strong…
Will Apple’s culture allow the company to produce highly-reliable software for Apple Car?
When discussing the heavily-rumored Apple car, software expertise is one of the company’s oft-cited advantages…
Daniel Craig resisted Android phone placement in ‘Spectre’ because ‘James Bond only uses the best’
Daniel Craig and Spectre’s director were both opposed to multimillion dollar product placements for Sony or Samsung Android phones because it could tarnish James Bond’s image…
Indomitable Mac: Apple notebook sales surge, top industry
Notebook sales were ahead of forecast in the third quarter, rising 11% from the second quarter to 43.2 million…
