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Apple pulls ‘Been Choice’ ad-blocker, other apps from App Store citing security concerns
After expressing concern that the security of some users’ personal data could be compromised in certain circumstances…
Mac sales slowest in two years, but still well ahead of the rest of the PC industry
Ahead of new retina 4K iMac and likley accessories launch next week, Apple sold…
Analyzing Apple’s statement on TSMC- and Samsung-stamped A9 chips
Since we first learned that the A9 SoC in Apple’s iPhone 6s lineup is dual sourced…
Apple may have made a huge mistake in having Samsung stamp inferior A9 chips
Apple’s A9 is manufactured in TSMC’s 16-nanometer FinFET Plus manufacturing process while the other is built in a Samsung 14-nanometer process…
Beleaguered BlackBerry CEO won’t commit to future BB10 devices, hints at exiting handset market
Beleaguered BlackBerry’s CEO John Chen has floated the idea of leaving the smartphone hardware business entirely…
Elon Musk lashes out over Apple’s car ambitions; mocks Apple Watch, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil
Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, has lashed out at Apple‘s ambitions to make a car,,,
iPhone 6s/Plus now available SIM-free via Apple Online Store
The SIM-free iPhone comes without a wireless contract commitment or carrier financing…
Starbucks, KFC, and Chili’s to accept Apple Pay this year
Apple’s service, launched a year ago at about 220,000 U.S. locations including McDonald’s and Macy’s…
Gartner: Apple Mac keeps gaining share as Windows PC sales continue decline
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 73.7 million units in the third quarter of 2015, a 7.7 percent decline…
Apple claims iPhone 6s/Plus’ A9 battery performance only varies 2-3% between TSMC and Samsung variants in ‘real-world usage’
Apple has addressed the spate of chatter about differences in performance between A9 chips…
Chipgate: Did you get the good A9 or the crap A9 in your iPhone 6s/Plus?
With the release of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, it has come to light that Apple is splitting the manufacture of its A9 processor…
How the annual iPhone Upgrade Program impacts Apple’s financials
From an investor’s perspective, Apple‘s new iPhone Upgrade Program could be the most interesting announcement…
Apple to release Q415 earnings, webcast live conference call on October 27th
Apple’s conference call to discuss fourth fiscal quarter results is scheduled for Tuesday…
Why Apple wants to kill free music
Artists have long hated ad-supported free services…
Apple invents tamper prevention for Apple SIM
Today that USPTO published a patent application from Apple’s senior iOS engineers that focuses on…
Apple’s Magic Trackpad 2, Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Keyboard revealed in OS X 10.11.1 beta
Configuration files in Apple’s latest beta of OS X 10.11.1 reveal a trio of new hardware updates likely to arrive…
Zane Lowe: ‘I’m not sure that Apple Music needs Beats 1’
DJ Zane Lowe has admitted he’s unsure if Apple Music needs the digital radio station Beats 1…
Adobe makes Adobe Photoshop Lightroom app for iOS free for everyone
Adobe’s Lightroom Mobile app for iPad and iPhone has generally been known as a companion app…
Apple patent application reveals iPhone inductive charging sans extra hardware
According to a patent application published on Thursday, Apple is actively investigating the integration of inductive charging tech…
Jimmy Iovine: Apple Music ‘going really well,’ no ad-suported free tier ‘shell game’
Apple doesn’t want to be a source of free tunes, according to Jimmy Iovine…
Apple iPhone owns over 90% of smartphone profits, so why do others even bother fighting over Apple’s scraps?
Apple vacuums up more than 90 percent of the profits in the business…
Jony Ive joins chorus of insiders’ complaints about new ‘Steve Jobs’ movie
Apple Inc. design chief Jony Ive joined critics of a new movie about his friend and colleague…
Enhanced editions of Harry Potter series now available exclusively on iBooks for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
Apple today announced that enhanced editions of all seven books in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series are now available exclusively on the iBooks Store…
Chinese hackers infiltrated LoopPay, whose tech is central to ‘Samsung Pay’
The hackers were inside LoopPay’s network for five months before they were discovered and the Codoso Group is known for maintaining a hidden foothold in its victims’ systems…
Waterstones takes Amazon’s Kindle off shelves, blames ‘pitiful’ sales
Waterstones is taking Amazon’s Kindle off its shelves as sales continue to be pitiful…
The Strange Saga of ‘Steve Jobs’: A widow’s threats, high-powered spats and the Sony hack
Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, 51, actively tried to obstruct the film…
Google’s new Accelerated Mobile Pages meant to keep users in Web browsers and out of dedicated apps
Google on Wednesday announced a new open-source project dubbed Accelerated Mobile Pages…
‘Steve Jobs’ director Danny Boyle warns of ‘tremendous, terrifying power’ of tech giants like Apple
For Boyle, taking on tech giants like Apple and Facebook is vital as they continue to expand in size and scope…
Android continues to struggle in Europe; Samsung’s share slips
Android handset makers continue to compete for a smaller share of smartphones sales across Europe…
Steve Jobs: ‘Marketing is about values’
For Jobs, Apple was not about “making boxes for people to get their jobs done.”
Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac fully support OS X El Capitan
Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac (build 11.0.2) supports El Capitan as both a host and guest, as well as Windows 10 and dozens of other operating systems as a guest…
Carly Fiorina’s Hewlett-Packard tenure: A disputed legacy
Carly Fiorina took the stage with Gwen Stefani at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to introduce…
Following Apple News, Google preps Accelerated Mobile Pages
Google Inc. unveiled a mobile publishing platform aimed at making news articles on smartphones load faster…
Barclays to bring Apple Pay to the UK in early 2016
The rumors of the ‘imminent’ arrival are not quite accurate and it would appear customers wanting Apple Pay will
Apple avoids $59.2 billion U.S. tax bill
The 500 largest American companies hold more than $2.1 trillion in accumulated profits offshore to avoid U.S. taxes…
Steve Jobs’ daughter Lisa skips movie screening, but parties with cast
Lisa Brennan-Jobs was spotted in the crowd at a Tavern on the Green party for ‘Steve Jobs’…
AT&T gets FCC waiver, set to add Wi-Fi calling to Apple iPhones
AT&T received a regulatory waiver on Tuesday that will allow it to begin rolling out Wi-Fi Calling services on Apple’s iPhone…
Beats’ new Pill+ Bluetooth speaker shows Apple influence
Well over a year after having been bought by Apple, Beats’ headphones and speakers…
Philip Elmer-DeWitt reviews ‘Steve Jobs’ movie: ‘I loved it’
It’s not the hit job the defenders of Jobs’ memory feared…
Microsoft’s retail stores struggle in shadow of packed Apple Retail Stores
Nearly six years have passed since Microsoft began opening retail outlets patterned after Apple’s…
No Safe Harbor: EU privacy ruling hits Apple, Google, Facebook, others
A major European court victory for privacy advocates raises doubts about how U.S. tech giants Apple, Alphabet-owned Google and Facebook…
