Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell will argue Apple’s encryption case in front of the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee…
Month: February 2016
Are you addicted to your iPhone?
You check it in the bathroom. You check it at the movies. You check it when you’re having dinner with your friends…
Google, Facebook, Twitter, EFF, ACLU, others to file unsolicited amicus brief on behalf of Apple against FBI demand
Tech giants are gathering in Apple’s corner over the Silicon Valley giant’s battle with the federal government…
Microsoft ‘wholeheartedly’ backs Apple’s refusal to assist U.S government in unlocking iPhone
Make no mistake about who Microsoft sides with in the case of Apple versus FBI…
Apple CEO Tim Cook implicitly backs 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms in sit down with ABC News’ David Muir
Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with ABC News’ David Muir in his office at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California yesterday in a nationally televised 30-minute interview…
Apple to launch 9.7-inch iPad Pro, not Air 3; likely to support Smart Keyboard and Apple Pencil
Apple will further differentiate the next-generation 9.7-inch iPad from its predecessor…
Apple asks judge to vacate order on locked iPhone
The filing represents Apple’s first official response since the judge’s order last week and builds upon arguments voiced by the company’s chief executive and supporters…
Why Foxconn’s multi-billion-dollar deal for Sharp is dead in the water
Board members of struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. met Thursday and agreed to sell the company, but…
Apple’s next-gen iOS and OS X to feature improvements to Photos app
Apple has been developing the next OS X 10.12 and iOS 10 photo app as the same level as…
Apple may use a First Amendment defense against FBI iPhone hack demand – and it just might work
pple’s lawyers indicated yesterday that they plan to use a First Amendment defense in the San Bernardino iPhone case…
SSD reliability in the real world: Google’s experience
MLC drives are as reliable as the more costly SLC “enteprise” drives…
Elon Musk hires Apple’s alloy expert to lead materials engineering at Tesla and SpaceX
Elon Musk, CEO of both electric automaker Tesla and rocket manufacturer SpaceX, splits his time between his two companies…
FBI chief acknowledges Apple case may set privacy precedent
FBI Director James Comey said the government isn’t looking to send a message with a court order to compel Apple Inc…
Foxconn’s $5.1 billion bid for Sharp could be good for Apple, too
LCD screens are expensive. They’re the most costly component in the iPhone 6 Plus, by about three times more than the next part…
Gruber: The next step in iPhone impregnability
Apple engineers have already begun developing new security measures that would make it impossible…
OS X 10.12: Running out of features?
As Apple works on the latest El Capitan bug fixer-upper, 10.11.4, it hasn’t quite gotten the love…
Silver Screen for OS X makes it easy to watch just about any video on your HDTV
Silver Screen lets you stream video in a variety of formats from your desktop or laptop to your TV…
U.S. government sought data from 15 Apple devices in last four months
Court records released on Tuesday show the U.S. Justice Department has in the last four months sought court orders to force Apple…
In FBI vs. Apple, Judge Sheri Pym asks for technological details
The judge overseeing a U.S. government attempt to force Apple Inc to unlock an encrypted iPhone…
Apple supplier Sharp accepts Hon Hai’s $6.2 billion takeover offer; Hon Hai says deal on hold
Sharp’s board on Thursday morning decided to accept a roughly 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion) takeover offer…
Jim Cramer: Apple could have real upside this year
It seems to Jim Cramer these days that with so much negative news surrounding Apple, the stock refuses to plummet…
Apple said to be prepping iOS version that even it can’t hack
Apple engineers have begun developing new security measures that would make it impossible for the government to break into a locked iPhone…
Apple CEO Tim Cook says iPhone-cracking software the ‘equivalent of cancer’
Cook said that the issue was not just about privacy, but also about the public’s safety…
Apple TV App Store gains ‘Not on This Apple TV’ section in Purchased Apps
Apple has quietly issued a backend update to the tvOS App Store, adding a new…
Tim Cook to appear on ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir
ABC News announced via Twitter that Apple CEO Tim Cook will be speaking with David Muir…
Apple vs. FBI iPhone battle shows users remain the weakest link in security
While Apple and the FBI fight a high-stakes legal battle over a locked iPhone, the dispute also highlights…
The secret gem: Why Apple will rise abruptly
Apple has just stepped in – and we don’t need an acronym for it – it will soon stand by itself as the single largest…
Obama admin calls tech and entertainment firms to terrorism meeting
Obama administration officials will meet with executives of major technology and entertainment firms in Washington…
Apple vs. FBI: Who’s really winning in the court of public opinion?
One person whose wife was shot in the attack says, “I use Apple phones, so I want to keep my information confidential, keep my information private so it should not be accessed by anyone — not even law enforcement officers…”
Boring Galaxy S7 isn’t beleaguered Samsung’s next big thing
It was, by Samsung’s standards, a very bland launch with no surprises and no Samsung wow factor…
How Apple could be punished for defying the U.S. government demand to hack iPhone
The fines and punishments that Apple could face by continuing to defy the FBI’s demand that it help unlock the iPhone are considerable…
Smattering of protesters gather to support Apple in iPhone fight against U.S. government
Concerned iPhone users and digital security supporters banded together on Tuesday…
Apple is losing the PR war with the U.S. government
Apple needs an upgrade – to its public relations strategy…
U.S. Representative Darrell Issa on Apple vs. FBI: Very scary when your government wants to know more about you
It’s time for Congress to define what, in this era, would be allowed and not allowed under the Fourth Amendment…
This is a big deal: Inside the Apple and IBM partnership to help enterprise customers build more iOS apps
When these specialized enterprise iOS apps get rolled out at massive companies, they drive the need to buy large quantities of Apple gadgets…
Apple: The U.S. Congress, not the courts, must decide iPhone access fight
Apple Inc. will tell a federal judge this week in legal papers that its fight with the FBI over accessing a locked and encrypted iPhone…
Apple plans to deliver Siri for Mac this year
Apple currently plans to use its next major release of the Mac operating system, known as OS X 10.12…
Apple’s fight with U.S. could speed development of devices impervious to government intrusion
The legal showdown between Apple Inc and U.S. law enforcement over encryption, no matter the outcome, will likely accelerate…
Apple to argue that FBI court order violates its free-speech rights
In Apple’s fight to knock down a court order requiring it to help FBI agents unlock a killer’s iPhone…
Apple, the U.S. government, and security
To lower the bar when it comes to defense is to give up one of the United States’ biggest strategic advantages…
Today is the 61st anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth
February 24, 2016 would have been the 61th birthday of Steve Jobs, had the co-founder of Apple Inc…
‘Black Lives Matter’ protesters interrupt demonstration in support of Apple vs. U.S. feds
What was billed as a demonstration on the Mag Mile in support of Apple’s fight with the FBI turned into the latest protest…
