Every one of us has some type of data we can’t afford to lose…
Month: August 2018
Apple hits new all-time intraday high
Major indexes showed soft yet light action in late-afternoon trade but Apple…
Apple reportedly asked devs to adopt subscriptions and hike app prices
pple invited a group of app developers to a secret April 2017 meeting in New York’s Tribeca district…
How to easily install open source software on your Mac
Before my shift to using macOS as my daily work operating system, I was using a myriad of GNU/Linux platforms…
The Battery Issue: The past, present, and future of the lithium-ion battery
In 1800, Alessandro Volta invented the first version of the thing we now call a battery…
Apple said to introduce new ‘inexpensive’ Mac notebooks this year
Quanta’s shipments are expected to rise above 10 million units in the fourth quarter thanks to orders for Apple’s new inexpensive notebooks…
Ralph Nader once again assails Apple’s stock buybacks
Multiple U.S. presidential campaign failure Ralph Nader…
Invisible mouse clicks let hackers burrow deep into an already-infected Mac
One way operating system developers try to protect a computers’ secrets from probing hackers…
Google tracks users movements even when explicitly told not to – Associated Press
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to…
Siri is listening to you, but she’s NOT spying, says Apple
The US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook…
How global smartphone sales growth ground to a halt
After years of rampant growth, the global smartphone market is slowing down as consumers wait…
I went to an Apple store to find out if the employees are stupid like Samsung claims
To market its new Note 9, the Korean handset maker is again mocking Apple’s Geniuses…
Want a lower tax bill? So do Apple and Genentech
For-profit companies don’t typically downplay the value of their assets…
This is the biggest winner from Apple’s Q3 2018 report (besides Apple)
Apple just announced another quarter of blowout results during the spring 2018 period…
Websites of nearly one-third of U.S. House candidates are vulnerable to attack
Three of every 10 candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives have significant security problems…
Apple supplier Foxconn’s Q2 results miss estimates ahead of product launches
Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s top contract electronics maker and an Apple supplier…
President Trump dines with Apple CEO Tim Cook
The U.S. Trump dined with more than a dozen business leaders earlier this week at his resort in Bedminster, New Jersey…
Breathing new life into an aging iMac
I just came into possession of a 21.5-inch Late 2013 iMac…
Apple’s secret Services sauce sells systems
espite making the hardware business look easy, Apple hasn’t always been incredibly successful…
Apple’s 2018 MacBook Pro i9 with eGPU versus the iMac Pro
f you add an eGPU Box with a Vega Frontier to a 2018 MacBook Pro 15 inch 2.9GHz 6-core i9…
How to remove Mac Auto Fixer malware
You might recall that a few months ago I got to spend some time…
Samsung’s Wireless Charging Duo is a poor man’s Apple AirPower
Remember AirPower? Apple had big plans for the charging mat…
Denon and Marantz AV receivers updated with AirPlay 2 support
Audio accessories from Denon and Marantz are gaining support for AirPlay 2 through firmware updates…
Qualcomm reaches settlement in Taiwan anti-trust case
Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm Inc will settle an anti-trust case with Taiwanese regulators for about $93 million…
Apple’s year-old iPhone X trounces Samsung’s brand new Galaxy Note 9 in benchmark tests
Geekbench 4 measures overall performance, and Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 delivers…
Apple orders a sitcom from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ creators
pple has given a straight-to-series order to a half-hour scripted comedy from Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day…
Apple’s iPhone Face ID ads confuse and alienate older generation
Customer experience tests of three recent iPhone ads find that Baby Boomers…
Doug Field, former Tesla engineering chief, returns to Apple
Doug Field, who stepped down as the senior vice president of engineering at Telsa last month, is returning to Apple…
Spotify teams with Samsung in face of growing Apple Music threat
Spotify Technology SA has a new ally in its competition with Apple Inc….
Hacking a brand new Mac remotely, right out of the box
Researchers will demonstrate Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas…
Apple promos GiveBack program with trade-ins now worth instant credit toward new Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Previously, using Apple’s trade-in program online meant shipping off your device and waiting…
Does Apple’s landmark $1 trillion valuation even matter?
Apple will forever be entwined with Aug. 2, 2018 – the day it became the world’s first company to boast a market capitalization of $1 trillion…
Apple Pay has several advantages over also-ran payment schemes
Apple Pay is the only digital wallet with all five payment pillars: mobile, desktop, in-app, peer to peer, and point of sale….
Google hacker asks Tim Cook to donate $2.45 million in unpaid iOS bug bounties
Apple’s iPhone is one of the most — if not the most — secure consumer device on the planet…
The myth of Apple’s impossibly difficult (yet super easy) hardware business
Every time Apple has entered a new market segment, the wailing sirens of punditry have scrambled…
Apple accused of removing ‘wrong apps’ in gambling purge
Apple has been accused of accidentally removing apps from the App Store in a crackdown…
Performance shootout: Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro (2018) vs. Dell’s XPS 15
The 15-inch MacBook Pro’s Core i9 processor is fast, but how does it stand up against another notebook…
How to disable My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing without erasing your photos
Let’s go over the three different methods Apple has for sharing and syncing photos…
Apple’s new under-$650 iPhone could launch the biggest supercycle ever
Apple could surprise the market, analysts, and customers by launching a flagship iPhone at one of the cheapest price points in its history
Apple’s iOS 12 delivers crazy improvement to iPhone’s camera
iOS 12 is about to bring a big improvement to one particular aspect of the iPhone camera…
macOS Hidden Treasures: Secrets of the System Preferences window
The Mac’s System Preferences could be easier to use. And it is, once you know the details…
Apple patent application reveals intent to use iPhone as proof of identity, replacing driver’s licenses, passports
Apple has considered the possibility of using the iPhone as a form of identification for the user…
