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Hulu and NBCUniversal ink expansive agreement to bring top channels to Hulu’s upcoming live TV streaming service

Monday, May 1, 2017 7:46 pmMonday, May 1, 201713 Comments

With this agreement in place, Hulu will soon provide an affordable, complete live TV package that includes all four major broadcast networks for under $40…

Apple delays the launch of ‘Carpool Karaoke’ spinoff

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 9:41 amTuesday, April 25, 201713 Comments

Apple has delayed the launch of its first ever original video series…

NBC reaches deal with TV affiliates for opting in to streaming services

Thursday, April 13, 2017 5:31 pmThursday, April 13, 20179 Comments

NBC announced an agreement with the board representing its independent TV station affiliates…

Google’s YouTube TV is familiar, stable, and already changing my viewing habits

Monday, April 10, 2017 3:49 pm13 Comments

Something like YouTube TV is especially geared towards habits like mine and to that of a generation…

Apple’s premium TV plans – the hobby doomed to stay that way

Monday, April 10, 2017 11:35 amMonday, April 10, 201713 Comments

Last week YouTube TV debuted in New York, LA, the Bay Area, Chicago and Philadelphia…

A premium TV bundle could be Apple’s secret weapon

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 6:12 pm18 Comments

As any investor in Apple knows (by now), the company REALLY REALLY wants to be in the TV space…

Apple wants to sell HBO, Showtime, and Starz in a single premium bundle

Monday, April 3, 2017 9:45 amMonday, April 3, 201711 Comments

Apple wants to sell consumers a premium TV bundle, which combines HBO, Showtime and Starz…

Apple’s next-gen iMac may go for power, speed (to keep Mac users from straying to Windows or something)

Friday, March 17, 2017 4:45 pmFriday, March 17, 201753 Comments

The iMac 2017 may go for power and speed by having the Intel Kaby lake i7-7700K…

Google just succeeded where Apple failed

Friday, March 3, 2017 3:28 pmFriday, March 3, 201741 Comments

Alphabet Inc. isn’t exactly a direct competitor to Apple Inc…

Senior Apple executives vying in confused effort for transformative Hollywood acquisition

Friday, March 3, 2017 10:00 am36 Comments

Senior Apple executives have reached out to some of Hollywood’s most successful TV and film producers…

YouTube to unveil virtual cable bundle for $30 to $40 a month

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:57 pmTuesday, February 28, 201717 Comments

YouTube is expected to unveil its paid virtual cable bundle at a press event Tuesday…

Belated 4K and HDR may not be enough for meh Apple TV to win the living room

Friday, February 17, 2017 10:28 amFriday, February 17, 201721 Comments

It’s time for the latest rumors about the Apple TV…

Stalled talks with Ron Howard highlight Apple’s content confusion

Thursday, February 16, 2017 10:58 amThursday, February 16, 201711 Comments

Apple was an early pioneer in the digital distribution of music and video with the iTunes store…

UK passes the ‘most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy’

Thursday, November 17, 2016 1:11 pmThursday, November 17, 201645 Comments

The UK has just passed a massive expansion in surveillance powers, which critics have called…

I went a week without a headphone jack, and it was not good – because I stupidly threw away Apple’s adapter

Thursday, September 22, 2016 4:30 pmThursday, September 22, 201647 Comments

Having spent a week now with an iPhone 7 review unit, I can say that a headphone jack-less existence…

Apple’s plan to remake itself

Tuesday, August 2, 2016 1:56 pm16 Comments

Tim Cook is prone to hyperbole…

Carnegie Mellon Professor: Apple should consider breaking up it businesses

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 2:29 pmTuesday, July 26, 201619 Comments

In order for Apple to stay in the game, it should consider breaking up its businesses…

Group accuses Apple of ‘planned obsolescence’ by ‘sabotaging’ old iPhones with iOS upgrades

Friday, July 8, 2016 10:58 amFriday, July 8, 201629 Comments

A petition demanding that Apple stop ‘sabotaging’ older devices with iOS upgrades…

Cupertino Barry Chang mayor: Apple ‘abuses us’ by not paying taxes

Thursday, May 5, 2016 10:40 amThursday, May 5, 201657 Comments

The last time the mayor of Cupertino walked into Apple – the largest company in his small Californian town…

Apple should buy Tesla and make Elon Musk Apple Inc. CEO

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 3:33 pmWednesday, May 4, 201642 Comments

Apple Inc.’s dismal earnings announcement shows why it badly needs to rethink its innovation model and leadership…

What should Apple do next?

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 12:01 pmWednesday, April 27, 201628 Comments

Apple reported its first fall in sales in 13 years on Tuesday…

New Apple leaks reveal iPhone’s biggest gamble

Monday, April 25, 2016 12:55 pmMonday, April 25, 201613 Comments

Looking through the current leaks around the next iPhone, there are a number of leaps…

Apple demands delay in NY iPhone case: Company wants to test FBI hack in San Bernardino terrorist iPhone case

Monday, March 28, 2016 4:55 pmMonday, March 28, 201616 Comments

Apple last week asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline…

Donald Trump seems to have given up his Apple boycott

Friday, March 11, 2016 3:57 pmFriday, March 11, 201617 Comments

Three weeks ago, Donald Trump announced an impromptu boycott of Apple products…

Woz: U.S. government ‘picked the lamest case you ever could’

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 10:28 amTuesday, March 8, 201611 Comments

Woz said that he sided with Apple in the FBI fight, first because he’s always been strong on human rights…

This is Tim Cook’s Apple: Clash over iPhone privacy redefines Steve Jobs’ company

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:56 amTuesday, March 8, 201616 Comments

Cook has been using the pulpit of Apple to emerge as one of the world’s most outspoken corporate executives on privacy and other social issues…

U.S. Feds: New judge must force iPhone unlock, overturning ruling that favored Apple

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:29 amTuesday, March 8, 201612 Comments

As expected, federal prosecutors in an iPhone unlocking case in New York have now asked a more senior judge…

U.S. government appeals Apple win in Brooklyn iPhone encryption battle

Monday, March 7, 2016 10:58 pmTuesday, March 8, 201616 Comments

Apple Inc. agreed to unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone before abruptly changing course in October after a judge…

John McAfee lied about San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone hack to ‘get a shitload of public attention’

Monday, March 7, 2016 4:27 pmMonday, March 7, 201616 Comments

McAfee has been on a media tour discussing a court order that directs Apple to write custom code to help the FBI access a terrorist’s iPhone…

Lavabit: U.S. government overreach may drive U.S. companies offshore

Monday, March 7, 2016 2:28 pmMonday, March 7, 201619 Comments

Another amicus brief has been filed in support of Apple in its legal battle with the FBI over the measures…

The full list of who’s for Apple and who’s for U.S. government overreach

Monday, March 7, 2016 12:55 pmMonday, March 7, 20168 Comments

Sheri Pym, the U.S. magistrate who ordered Apple to help the FBI hack into a San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, has some reading to do…

Apple case exposes ongoing rift in Obama administration over encryption policy

Monday, March 7, 2016 11:30 amMonday, March 7, 201620 Comments

FBI Director James Comey and the DOJ have long tried and failed to convince other departments to join the broader battle against unbreakable encryption…

Seth Meyers of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ looks at Apple vs. U.S. government

Sunday, March 6, 2016 4:19 pmSunday, March 6, 20164 Comments

Seth Meyers of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ took aim at the subject of smartphone encryption and explained why…

Why Apple should hold firm against U.S. government overreach

Sunday, March 6, 2016 1:36 pm14 Comments

Personal privacy and doubts about law enforcement’s motives give Apple the better argument…

‘Dormant cyber pathogen’ San Bernardino DA Michael Ramos demands judge command Apple to help FBI decrypt iPhone

Saturday, March 5, 2016 8:42 am51 Comments

One day after the San Bernardino County district attorney said that an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters might contain…

Why even Apple’s mortal enemies are lining up to protest U.S. government overreach

Friday, March 4, 2016 4:26 pm42 Comments

More than two dozen technology companies said Thursday that they stand with Apple in its battle with the FBI…

Apple’s best defense against the FBI is the one it can’t share publicly

Friday, March 4, 2016 4:01 pmFriday, March 4, 201611 Comments

The US government lost the backdoor race long ago…

San Bernardino DA: Terrorist’s county-owned iPhone could contain ‘dormant cyber pathogen’ or something

Friday, March 4, 2016 10:46 am36 Comments

The iPhone at the center of the ongoing legal battle between Apple and the FBI may hold…

U.N. Human Rights Commissioner: U.S. government risks opening a Pandora’s Box in Apple iPhone case

Friday, March 4, 2016 9:14 amFriday, March 4, 201622 Comments

The top U.N. human rights official warned on Friday that U.S. officials risked opening a ‘Pandora’s Box’ in the case against Apple…

Former U.S. Homeland Security Chief: iPhone override would be software equivalent of biological weapon

Friday, March 4, 2016 8:25 amFriday, March 4, 201615 Comments

Forcing Apple to write an operating system so it can try to break into the iPhone used by a terrorist…

U.S. Congressman introduces bill to forbid federal agencies from purchasing Apple products until company unlocks terrorist’s iPhone

Thursday, March 3, 2016 10:12 pmThursday, March 3, 201661 Comments

A Florida congressman has introduced a new bill that would forbid federal agencies from purchasing Apple products…

Apple is racking up supporters in privacy fight against U.S. government overreach

Thursday, March 3, 2016 6:43 pm9 Comments

A wave of prominent technology companies and individuals began formally backing Apple on Thursday…

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