Macs are nice computers, but they’re not without their issues that can spur up at random times…
Month: February 2016
Apple Numbers 3.6 for Mac review: Apple’s Excel killer just got interesting
Numbers is Apple’s easy-to-use spreadsheet program, offered as a home-grown alternative to Microsoft Excel…
Apple discourages Supreme Court from hearing Samsung patent petition, calls case ‘legally unexceptional’
Apple this week attempted to dissuade the U.S. Supreme Court from hearing Samsung’s request for review…
Does Amazon’s $50 tablet success explain Apple’s iPad woes?
In the fourth quarter of 2015, which includes the tablet-friendly holiday season, sales for all devices…
When will Apple’s iPad sales finally bottom out?
So is this the bottom, yet? Or will it get even worse before it gets better?
SAP: Apple’s Macintosh is key for any modern enterprise
Apple’s enterprise business now represents $25 billion in annual revenue, up more than 40 percent year over year….
Breaking down Apple’s software quality issues
In the last couple of years, however, I’ve noticed a gradual degradation in the quality and reliability of Apple’s core apps…
On the biased nature of the media: Apple vs. Alphabet in the ‘most valuable company’ race
Currently, the market value of Apple Inc. is $534.22 billion. The market value of Alphabet Inc. (Google) is $499.67…
Why is Apple Music supporting Android and microSD external storage?
Last year saw Apple take its streaming music service to Android…
Foxconn fast-tracks $5.5 billion Sharp takeover bid
Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn is pushing to wrap up a takeover of Sharp Corp. within days…
Apple hit with $626 million damages in VirnetX patent case
A jury in Texas has decided Apple must pay US$626 million for infringing four patents held by a Nevada-based patent licensing company…
iPhone 7 leak reveals significant design changes
Apple is taking a big gamble with the iPhone 7…
Apple Watch launches in six new countries on February 11-12
Notices on Apple websites around the world indicate that the Apple Watch will launch in…
Warning: Do not use cheap USB Type-C cables, they can fry your MacBook
Benson Leung, the Google engineer who moonlights as a tester of dodgy USB Type-C cables…
Apple’s Back to School promo for Australia and New Zealand offers iPad, Beats discounts with Mac purchase
From today through March 21, university students, their parents, and/or educational staff buying an Apple…
Massive scale of Apple’s spaceship Campus 2 revealed in new flyover video
In the latest drone flyover video of Apple’s so-called ‘spaceship’ campus, the true scale of the ambitious project…
Android’s weakness continues to undermine Google
Android is a BlackBerry clone that was hastily rejiggered to mimic iPhone at the last minute. Obviously, mistakes were made and corners were cut…
Apple again the world’s most valuable company
That didn’t take long….
Apple acquires security company LegbaCore that found Mac firmware worm
LegbaCore had collaborated with security researcher Trammell Hudson on Thunderstrike 2, the first firmware worm to affect Mac computers…
Apple’s huge data center in Ireland hits a snag
Apple’s plans of building its first data center in Ireland is facing obstacles from locals…
Apple suffers court defeat over Brit’s cracked Apple Watch screen; forced to remove ‘impact-resistant’ claim
Apple must refund the cost of the Apple Watch and pay an additional £429 in costs…
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gets a chance to make one last stand
For Mayer’s part, it is admirable that she fought to stick around and take one more shot…
Tim Bajarin: Rethinking the value of Apple’s iPad Pro and Microsoft’s Surface Pro
Over the last two years, the technology to deliver a more robust 2-in-1 experience has gotten much better…
Apple Stores are no longer the star of the American mall; top mall operator says slowdown at Apple Stores is drag on overall sales growth
The Apple Store might be losing its place as the king of the American mall, at least according to a mall operator whose properties…
Walt Mossberg: Apple’s software needs work
In the last couple of years, however, I’ve noticed a gradual degradation in the quality and reliability of Apple’s core iSO and OS X apps…
Alphabet Inc: The devil is in the details
While Wall Street rushed to raise Alphabet Inc.’s price targets higher and higher, most seemed to ignore some key problems…
Apple and the curse of the ‘edifice complex’
It’s called the edifice complex, and it carries a curse: A high-flying company builds a beautiful new headquarters, then heartbreakingly loses altitude…
Gartner: Wearable sales to grow 18.4 percent worldwide in 2016
Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 274.6 million wearable electronic devices will be sold worldwide in 2016…
ZAGG will acquires mophie for $100 million
ZAGG and mophie represent two companies with strong brands and shared values…
China is generating most, if not all, of Apple’s revenue and operating income growth
It is too bad that Apple didn’t introduce a larger screen iPhone earlier…
iPhone 7 design to feature flush rear camera, no antenna bands across back
Apple’s iPhone 7 isn’t expected to launch until the usual September timeframe, but we’re starting to get our first hints…
Much speculation surrounds Apple’s secret new base in Ottawa
Apple is aggressively gearing up for something big…
Yahoo to lay off 15% of staff, close five offices, explore non-strategic asset sales
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is set to reveal cost-cutting plans…
Apple, a 13-year no-show at Stanford VR Lab, is a regular lately
Apple hadn’t visited his lab in 13 years. Representatives from the company have been three times in the last three months…
Piper Jaffray: Apple will unveil new Apple Watch ‘S’ model at March event
Apple Watch will get a hardware upgrade at Apple’s rumored March 15 event…
Google is suffering from a raging case of Apple iPhone envy
Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his lieutenants have signaled to colleagues and outsiders that the company wants…
Google overtaking Apple would have driven Steve Jobs crazy: He was obsessed with Apple’s market value
I couldn’t help thinking about Steve Jobs, and how much this moment would have pained him…
Cybersecurity researchers: Fitness trackers vulnerable to tracking, privacy breaches – but not Apple Watch
The Apple Watch received high marks in the study for data security because it is the only model that is impossible to track over the long term….
Beleaguered Samsung cuts staff and reduces R&D spending
According to electronic disclosure data provided on Jan. 28 by the Financial Supervisory Service…
Augmented reality and the Apple Car
Apple’s VR plans have attracted attention, and could have an augmented reality bearing on its plans for Apple Car…
Why U.S. FBI director James Comey needn’t worry about encryption
When Silicon Valley closes a door for spies, it opens a window…
Apple could offer investors shelter in a recessionary storm
It couldn’t be a more fitting Groundhog Day…
