With an all-new A14 processor, USB-C and all the other improvements inside Apple’s recently-announced iPad Air 4, the current generation iPad Pro…
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Fitness+ may be the most important product Apple unveiled this week
Apple this week unveiled Fitness+, the first fitness experience built for Apple Watch, arriving later this year. Apple Fitness+…
Key takeaways from Apple’s ‘Time Flies’ event
On Tuesday, Apple held their first major product event of this launch season. The company unveiled Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE…
Should Apple open more of their services to ‘other’ platforms?
A tiered Apple services bundle has been rumored for years, and the offering may finally be ready to launch. This week, the compnay…
Apple’s dividend could double
Over the past six months, many companies have reduced or suspended dividends in order to conserve cash throughout the COVID-19 pandemic…
Apple may be preparing a search engine to take on Google
Changes in Spotlight Search on iOS and iPadOS 14 beta, a significant update to its Applebot support page, and an increase in crawling…
Apple, Epic Games, and the App Store
Stratechery’s Ben Thompson opens his latest essay about Apple, Epic Games, and the App Store by quoting a bit of the opinion by Circuit Judge…
Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall is an awful Apple analyst
Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall is an awful Apple analyst. Hall is so bad at his job, that last September, Apple even had to take the rare…
Apple’s new high-end 27-inch iMac is more ‘pro’ than the iMac Pro
With Apple’s update to the 27-inch iMac this week, the upgrade decisions take by the company “make it look as if the iMac Pro is…
Munster: Apple fared well at U.S. House antitrust hearing
On Wednesday, CEOs from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google spent five hours testifying (virtually) at a House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing …
Apple Music on iOS 14 surpasses Spotify, becomes ‘the ultimate music streaming service’
Apple Music on iOS 14 brings over the best of what Spotify offers my opinion, making it the ultimate music streaming service…
COVID-19: Some have confused ‘flattening the curve’ with ‘eliminating the virus’
In a question about COVID-19 to Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs With Mike Rowe, Somebody’s Gotta Do It, Returning the Favor) on FaceBook, a follower of his asked…
Apple’s valuation could help COVID-19 economic recovery
Apple’s valuation could help the economic recovery after the COVID-19 recession. The stock market is not the economy, but it does feel strange for…
Should you buy a new Mac now or wait for Apple silicon?
Naturally, those in the market for a a new Mac are wondering whether it’s smart to buy a new Mac now or to wait for Apple silicon Macs…
Why Apple’s June quarter earnings will likely exceed expectations
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the second quarter’s market-wide – and Apple’s – earnings are expected to be rough, but how rough?
Apple silicon Macs are the death knell for Wintel
Apple silicon Macs are the death knell for Wintel. Apple wouldn’t be making the move to Apple silicon-powered Macs if they could not make Macs that are…
The U.S. Federal Reserve is getting awfully close to backing Apple stock
By buying Apple bonds, the U.S. Federal Reserve is getting awfully close to backing Apple stock. As a reminder, it’s the largest U.S. company…
Apple’s so-called competitors should be frightened
For the second year in a row, Apple held a developers conference that should frighten its competitors. Relying on a nearly maniacal obsession with the…
New ‘glassOS’ concept shows how Apple Glasses could work
Developer and designer Jordan Singer has created a new concept that imagines the user interface for Apple Glasses – via “glassOS” – as inspired by iOS 14…
If Apple’s macOS ran on the iPhone, how would it work?
Earlier this week, leaker Mauri QHD tweeted that Apple is working on prototypes with Apple Silicon-powered macOS running on the iPhone, which would…
Apple dumping Intel for their own chips in Macs is the company’s smartest move in years
On Monday at WWDC20, Apple announced an historic transition for the Mac from Intel chips to Apple’s world-class custom silicon. The upgrade…
Once again, Apple does something no other computer company can do
Yeah, I typed it: “Computer company.” What are the HPs, the Lenovos, and the Dells of the world supposed to do now? The Windows PC dreck cannot compete…
Gene Munster challenges Apple to eliminate Developer Program subscription fee
Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster this week challenged Apple to eliminate the company’s $98.99 per year subscription fee for the Apple Developer Program…
Apple TV Channels is great in theory, but lacking in practice
Apple is largely on the right track with its efforts to produce original Apple TV+ content, but it’s clear that Apple TV Channels is great in theory…
How Apple TV+ will retain subscribers as year-long free trials expire
Apple’s streaming service started with a dearth of content and programming, even though its library has more than doubled since the service’s launch…
Wishlist for 2020’s next-gen Apple TV
Rumors of next-gen Apple TV hardware have been picking up steam in recent months and many observers expect to see a new Apple TV streaming device…
U.S. stock market is firing on all cylinders; stronger than even the most bullish investors believe
The U.S. stock market is firing on all cylinders, and that’s bullish for its near-term prospects. The five largest U.S. stocks by market capitalization…
Little-known data show signs of a tech rebound from COVID-19 shutdown
Buried in a set of little-known data are early signs that the hardware side of the tech sector may be showing a rebound from the pandemic-driven plunge…
Munster: Apple is well-positioned to own the future of personal computing with Apple Glass
Serial leaker Jon Prosser this week released a video concerning Apple’s forthcoming AR Glasses including the design concept, name (“Apple Glass”), price…
Nope, Apple still won’t help the FBI break into iPhones
Earlier this month, the news broke that the FBI had cracked the Apple iPhone encryption of the Royal Saudi Air Force trainee who killed three Americans…
Apple TV+ faces dual challenges
Apple launched Apple TV+ about six months ago with a compelling proposition: Buy an Apple device and get a free year of the service. The standard price…
Apple’s needs to drain their Apple TV product naming swamp
There’s Apple TV, Apple TV app, Apple TV+, Apple TV Channels, Apple TV 4K, Apple TV HD, and the Apple TV apps for Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac, and TV sets…
China risk reemerges; here’s how Apple could be affected
In the stock market, China risk is reemerging. The U.S. is amending an export rule to block the sale of certain semiconductors to Huawei…
Loup Ventures: Apple is leading for the long-term
Apple yesterday announced earnings results for its fiscal 2020 second quarter ended March 28, 2020 and Loup ventures has weighed in…
iPhone 6, 6s, and 7 owners: Time to upgrade to iPhone SE?
If you have an older iPhone, like an iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, or even earlier, you may be wondering whether it’s worth the upgrade to Apple’s new iPhone SE …
Why is the stock market rising even though 26M people are out of work?
Many investors believe the stock market has gone bonkers, saying it has become totally divorced from the reality on Main Street.…
The COVID-19 data is clear: Stop the panic and end the total isolation
The COVID-19 pandemic is entering the containment phase. We now need sensible policymakers who have the courage to ignore the panic and rely on facts…
Why Apple has stopped making itsy-bitsy iPhones
Apple has ceased making itsy-bitsy iPhones like the original SE, which sported a tiny 4-inch display or the original iPhone’s 3.5-inch microscopic screen…
Apple’s new iPhone SE is a ‘shockingly good value’
Apple’s new second-generation iPhone SE is a very powerful smartphone. In fact, it’s a value proposition that’s unmatched by any other smartphone maker…
Who’s going to buy Apple’s new iPhone SE?
Apple yesterday announced the second-generation iPhone SE, a powerful new iPhone featuring a 4.7-inch Retina HD display, paired with Touch ID…
Why the stock market could boom this year with its biggest rally ever
The stock market, before Wednesday, rallied strongly as the coronavirus curve flattened. Imagine, now, the magnitude of the rally …
Apple’s post-Jony Ive hardware designs: Function over form
Less than ten months have passed since the renowned Jony Ive stepped down as Apple’s Chief Design Officer to start a new company – LoveFrom – that will…
