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One hour with Apple’s new HomePod smart speaker
There’s finally good news for those eagerly awaiting Apple’s take on the smart speaker…
Apple’s iOS 11.3 beta delivers AirPlay 2 with multi-room playback
Apple released the first developer betas of iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3, including new features…
How Apple is positioning the HomePod and why
From the very beginning, Apple has positioned HomePod as a high-quality-sound speaker….
How I got talked into buying an Apple HomePod despite my reservations
Having two audiophile friends who spend truly terrifying sums of money on their hifi systems…
TechHive reviews Google Home Max: This is the best-sounding smart speaker you can buy
Amazon certainly has nothing close to it in terms of audio performance…
Tim Cook says audio quality puts HomePod ahead of ‘squeaky-sounding’ competition
Tim Cook on Tuesday offered a peek into Apple’s ambitions for HomePod amid a landscape littered with smart speakers…
You can now ask Siri to recite music, sports and business news
Apple rolled out an update for iPhones and iPads on Tuesday…
Apple releases iOS 11.2.5
Apple today released iOS 11.2.5 which includes support for HomePod and introduces the ability for Siri to read…
Apple to ship crippled, incomplete HomePod months late
Those waiting eagerly for Apple’s HomePod smart speaker have now twice been disappointed…
Apple’s HomePod arrives February 9th, available to order this Friday, January 26th
HomePod, the innovative wireless speaker from Apple, arrives in stores beginning Friday, February 9th…
HomePod: Late and pricey, but Apple’s smart speaker could still have one advantage over its rivals
Apple’s HomePod smart speaker could be on sale in the next few weeks, with reports…
Siri’s podcast-promoting ‘Give me the News’ feature is now out of beta ahead of HomePod release
A few weeks back, Apple added ‘Give me the news’ to Siri’s repertoire of tricks…
Inventec begins initial shipments of Apple’s long-awaited HomePod
Inventec Corp, one of the two assemblers for Apple Inc’s HomePod, has started shipping the US company’s…
Apple releases iOS 11.2.5 public beta for iPhone and iPad
Apple today seeded the fifth beta of an upcoming iOS 11.2.5 update to developers and public beta testers…
Open Thread: What should shareholders ask CEO Tim Cook at Apple’s annual meeting on February 13th?
Apple will host the 2018 Annual Meeting of shareholders at the Steve Jobs Theater…
Alexa is killing Siri at CES 2018, and HomePod, if it ever ships, isn’t going to make a difference
When Siri launched in beta form back in 2011…
Smart speaker owners use their smartphones less – Accenture survey
64 percent said they used phones less for entertainment services…
Apple’s delayed HomePod comes with raised expectations and stiffer competition
Late last year, Apple announced that it would delay the promised release of its HomePod…
Apple product delays have more than doubled under CEO Tim Cook
As Apple Inc.’s longtime chief operating officer, Tim Cook was known for ensuring that new products…
Apple preps Siri for the HomePod, now streams a news podcast when asked for ‘news’
In what is certainly a feature created with the HomePod in mind, Apple has enhanced Siri…
Missing Christmas: HomePod delay coupled with new competition amplifies Apple’s smart speaker challenge
Apple’s HomePod is set to arrive sometime in ‘early 2018’ after missing its promised December ship date…
What’s coming from Apple in 2018? New iPads with Face ID, HomePod, updated Macs, new Apple Watch, and more
Apple is expected to unveil an iPad Pro sporting Face ID, a new Apple Watch and updated Mac desktop PCs and software in 2018…
Looks like smart speakers were popular holiday gifts as Amazon Alexa, Google Home top App Store charts
The App Store charts always provide some interesting nuggets of information…
Apple’s HomePod likely a no-show at CES, but could win anyway
Apple was planning to make a big splash in the smart speaker world this month, but…
Apple appoints veteran executive to revive sluggish India sales as supply issues hamper iPhone X launch
In a sudden development, Apple has appointed veteran company executive Michel Coulomb…
Apple sells out of AirPods amid holiday shopping season
Apple appears to have sold out of stock of AirPods in numerous countries around the world…
Apple could be missing out on the smart home if they take too much longer to get things right
Amazon, with its Echo smart speakers and Alexa voice assistant, now all but owns the home…
Apple’s Phil Schiller: Face ID data isn’t shared with third-party developers; we feel bad about the HomePod delay
Apple’s had a big year. The highlight was the introduction of the iPhone X…
Apple and home audio
Apple’s HomePod, a smart speaker system, powered by Siri, was supposed to debut this month for $349…
Echo Dot was Amazon’s Black Friday – Cyber Monday bestseller as Apple’s delayed HomePod waits for 2018 release date
Just days after Apple delayed its HomePod speaker and personal assistant into 2018…
Apple TV 4K 64GB model supply tight, new orders will likely miss Christmas delivery
Supplies of the 64GB Apple TV 4K have apparently dried up, with only limited stock available…
Apple’s late, delayed, limited HomePod is looking more and more like something I don’t want
When HomePod was announced at WWDC in June, it seemed like Apple was finally jumping head first into…
Apple’s AirPlay 2: What it is, how it works, and which devices support it
AirPlay has been with us for a long time…
Apple started working on HomePod in 2012, so why are they so late to the smart speaker market?
Apple’s forthcoming HomePod won’t see the light of day until ‘early 2018,’ which will be nearly six years…
Sonos speakers get smart with Amazon’s Alexa
I’m in love…
Why Apple’s HomePod is three years behind Amazon’s Echo
Apple Inc. audio engineers had been working on an early version of the HomePod speaker for about two years…
Under ‘operations genius’ Tim Cook, product delays and other problems are no longer unusual for Apple
Christmas will be a little disappointing for some Apple fans…
Apple delays HomePod release to early 2018
Apple said on Friday that it’s delaying the launch of its HomePod smart speaker until next year…
Steve Jobs: These are 2 essential ingredients for success
Steve Jobs is an entrepreneurial legend…
Apple’s future HomePod models could include Face ID
A new rumor out of Apple’s supply chain over the weekend suggests future iterations of the HomePod…
Apple and Cochlear team to stream music and phone calls straight to Cochlear implants
Patients wearing revolutionary Australian-invented Cochlear implants will soon enjoy speech and music…
