An activist firm is asking more than 30 big-name companies including Apple Inc. to disclose more information on employment practices…
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The best Kodi add-ons for Mac in 2018 and how to stay safe
The open-source media center software Kodi has been around for years, providing countless users with a fast and easy-to-use platform…
How to install Kodi on your Mac
Kodi is one of the most popular media center managers around….
More proof that iPhone backdoors are a stupid idea: Massive cache of law enforcement personnel data leaks
A data breach at a federally funded active shooter training center has exposed the personal data of thousands of US law enforcement officials…
How Apple easily circumvented EU Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager’s tax grab
In August 2016, European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told Ireland to claw back 13 billion euros…
Canadian sues Apple over Apple Watch scratches that he made
A Canadian man has filed suit in small claims court, alleging the scratch on his Apple Watch proves…
U.S. Supreme Court will decide if Apple’s App Store is an anti-competitive monopoly
The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case from Apple that could determine how antitrust complaints are handled…
Australian court fines Apple $6.7 million over iPhone ‘bricking’ case
An Australian court fined U.S. electronics giant Apple Inc A$9 million ($6.7 million) on Tuesday…
U.S. Supreme Court to consider Apple appeal in antitrust suit over App Store prices
Apple, backed by the Trump administration, says it can’t be sued because the commission…
Apple highlights user privacy as Facebook exec steps down
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook takes every opportunity to highlight his company’s commitment to privacy…
Legal battle may be to blame for Apple breaking Steve Jobs’ FaceTime promise
At WWDC, Apple revealed that it will finally make it possible to do FaceTime group calls for up to 32 people…
Apple declines invite to EU hearing, cites appeal against EU tax clawback
iPhone maker Apple has turned down an invitation to an EU lawmakers’ hearing…
Apple: Where the modern corporation is going
As Apple approaches a market cap of $1 trillion with a return on shareholder’s equity of 36.1 percent in 2017…
Apple sees steep increase in U.S. national security requests
Apple Inc on Friday issued its twice yearly transparency report on government data requests, showing another sharp increase…
U.S. judge rules legal action against Apple over its Powerbeats headphones can go ahead ‘in part’
The headphones do not hold their charge for as long as Apple advertises and they are not as water- or sweat-proof as claimed…
Apple and EFF secure podcasting win as Supreme Court refuses case from patent troll
Wrapping up a long-running patent fight over podcasts, the U.S. Supreme Court…
Apple as a service: Services offer growth, visibility, and profitability
Apple Services is the 2nd of 4 pillars to our Apple as a Service thesis…
Apple sued by claimants alleging iPhone or iPad mini took down EgyptAir flight 804, killing 66
The crash of EgyptAir flight 804 into the Mediterranean Sea that killed 66 people…
Bipartisan ‘Secure Data Act’ would make it illegal for U.S. government to demand backdoors
A new bill introduced in Congress gets encryption right…
AAPL’s paradigm shift
About every 10 years, there is a new paradigm that drives Apple….
US DOJ sides with Apple over App Store antitrust allegations in Supreme Court brief
The Department of Justice on Wednesday filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Apple’s fight…
Apple’s Q218 earnings most important (and impressive) metric
On May 1st, Apple announced its financial results for the last quarter…
Amazon and Netflix join Hollywood to sue ‘Kodi’ service SetTV for copyright infringement
Last week the recently formed Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment…
Next Android version’s flagrant iPhone X imitation shows how little Google is innovating
Android P is still in super-duper developer-only beta mode, but you only need to look at an iPhone X…
The day the Apple Watch solved a murder
“Like so many aspects of life today, Apple seems to come up over and over again…
Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case
A businessman fighting for the ‘right to be forgotten’ has won a UK High Court action against Google…
U.S. Court of Appeals again rules Smartflash patents asserted against Apple are invalid
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a ruling that patents…
Federal jury rules Apple must pay $502.6 million to VirnetX
VirnetX Holding Corp. won $502.6 million against Apple Inc. after a federal jury…
Appeals court rules that Google infringed Oracle’s Java copyrights, orders trial on damages
A federal appeals court revived Oracle Corp.’s multibillion-dollar copyright infringement claims…
Apple’s iCloud helped U.S. feds track down Russian spam kingpin
An affidavit unsealed today shows Apple’s unexpected role in bringing a Russian spam king to justice…
Apple slapped with patent suit over Siri’s natural language abilities
Non-practicing entity Portal Communications on Thursday filed suit against Apple for alleged infringement…
Bill Gates thinks Apple should unlock iPhones at the government’s request
In an interview with Axios, Bill Gates warned Apple and other tech giants that they risk the kind of nightmarish government…
Apple gets support from Lawyers for Civil Justice in fight against discovery sanctions
In connection with the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm, Magistrate Judge Nathaniel Cousins…
Apple to challenge Amazon with all-new ‘Books’ app
Apple Inc. is ready to take on Amazon.com Inc. in the digital book market again…
EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm $1.2 billion for paying Apple to shut out rivals’ chips
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm was hit with a 997 million euro ($1.23 billion) fine by EU antitrust regulators…
Apple sued by glass material producer over breach of contract in ongoing sapphire debacle
Years after a disastrous first foray into sapphire production, Apple’s troubles…
FBI forensic expert blasts Apple ‘jerks’ for encrypting iPhones
Ever since Apple made encryption default on the iPhone, the FBI has been waging a war against encryption…
FBI Director Wray calls inability to access electronic devices an ‘urgent public safety issue’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is increasingly unable to access data from some electronic devices…
Apple: Proving the naysayers wrong
I find Apple today to be markedly less risky than many of its tech peers…
Apple countersues Qualcomm for patent infringement
Apple Inc on Thursday filed a countersuit against Qualcomm Inc, alleging that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile phone chips…
Apple Services: The nitrous in Cupertino’s profit engine
If you exclude the iPhone, for every $1 in profit Apple generated in selling all other products…
Analyst: Completely designing out Qualcomm would be a big risk for Apple
Naturally, one would expect Apple to use the threat of taking the remainder of Qualcomm’s iPhone modem business…
