The decline of the worldwide tablet market is set to continue for the remainder of 2016 as year-over-year growth…
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After calling for less security in Apple iPhone case, feckless FBI calls for more security as two state voter databases hacked
The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases…
The tough post-PC road for Intel, Dell, and HP
If you’ve been in the technology industry for more than a decade, you remember the Wintel world…
Microsoft’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update freezes systems, breaks millions of webcams
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update for PCs started rolling out more than two weeks ago…
Microsoft slams Apple’s iPad Pro in new TV ad
Microsoft first started bashing the iPad with comparison ads back in the Windows 8 days of 2013…
Apple has made notable progress in the enterprise
Apple’s interest in the enterprise hasn’t always been obvious…
Apple’s enterprise iPad plan is coming together in a big way
Government and enterprise users really do love their iPads…
Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook and the advantages of bigness
At some point in a big, successful company’s life, it comes up against the problem of the law of large numbers….
FBI Director Comey calls for national talk over encryption vs. safety
The FBI’s director said Friday the agency is collecting data to present next year in hopes…
More than 60 percent of Windows sufferers would upgrade to Apple’s Mac for more privacy
Concerns over Windows 10 and the amount of data it collects via the Windows Store could prompt sufferers to upgrade to Mac
Beleaguered Microsoft axes 2,850 more employees
Beleaguered Microsoft said in May it would cut 1,850 jobs in its smartphone business…
Leaked chats show Microsoft employees celebrating departure of COO Kevin Turner
Leaked conversations between Microsoft employees on private messaging app Blind reveal company-wide jubilation…
This is Microsoft’s free gift to Mac users
Microsoft is cranking out a bag of change since they kicked out former CEO Steve Ballmer…
Apple brand power climbing, holds lead over all tech firms
Apple is standing fast for a second consecutive year as the fifth most powerful brand in the U.S…
Internet Exploder: Beleaguered Microsoft continues to hemorrhage browser share at record rates
Another 33 million users deserted Microsoft’s browsers last month…
Microsoft reportedly working on desktop Surface PC to challenge Apple’s iMac
Microsoft reportedly is cooperating with upstream supply chain players to develop an all-in-one PC
Tim Bajarin: Siri is crucial to the Apple’s future
Apple has been working on speech and voice AI solutions for decades…
Apple’s Siri feels like a true personal assistant on Macintosh
Siri on the Mac becomes a digital secretary of sorts, fetching relevant files and sending messages…
Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn in $26.2 billion deal
Microsoft Corp. said it will buy LinkedIn Corp. in a deal valued at $26.2 billion…
Google CEO: We feel we’re ahead of Apple, others in artificial intelligence
Pichai said the fight for AI between Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Google could be as heated as…
IDC: Worldwide smartphone growth forecast to slow to 3.1% in 2016 as focus shifts to device lifecycles
According to a forecast update from IDC, smartphone shipments are expected to grow 3.1% in 2016…
Apple’s OS X El Capitan vs. Microsoft’s Windows 10: A tale of two upgrades
Both Microsoft and Apple claim their new operating systems are sleeker and faster than ever before…
Facebook begins tracking non-users around the internet
Facebook will now display ads to web users who are not members of its social network…
Apple has largest cash stockpile, more than double that of distant second Microsoft’s
Apple accounted for $215.7 billion, or 12.8%, of total corporate cash in 2015…
Where Apple went wrong with Apple Watch or something
“Apple’s position in the market now is much more analogous to Microsoft’s, back when Microsoft was trying to navigate the shift from the PC to mobile,” James Allworth writes for Medium. “And it appears that Apple has fallen into exactly the same trap. Rather than start anew — with a beginner’s mind… they’ve tried to take the […]
Android device performance lags behind Apple’s iOS; Device failure rates show glaring disparity
Android is crap-by-committee lowest-common-denominator junk…
Microsoft surpasses 100 Apple Store clone mark. Still no customers.
Microsoft began its retail effort with a handful of stores in 2009 and now has more than 100 locations…
UBS: Apple must jump into ‘bots’ like Facebook, Microsoft
Apple needs to jump into ‘bot’ platform development or its app-based software ecosystem…
Canalys: Apple continues to lead the worldwide PC market
Worldwide PC shipments (desktops, notebooks, two-in-ones and tablets) totaled 101 million units in Q1 2016…
Bad news for Fragmandroid: FCC and FTC launch inquiry over mobile security updates
The FTC said it had ordered eight companies to explain the process for issuing security updates…
Massive email hack hits millions
Hundreds of millions of hacked user names and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded…
FBI paid under $1 million for iPhone hack; doesn’t know how it works
The FBI paid under $1 million for the technique used to unlock the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters…
FBI plans to keep Apple iPhone 5c-hacking method secret
The Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn’t plan to tell Apple Inc. how it cracked a terrorist’s phone…
U.S. drops bid to force Apple to help unlock iPhone in Brooklyn after source provided passcode
The U.S. government said it no longer needs Apple Inc.’s help to get into an iPhone used by a drug dealer…
Cue the funeral for Microsoft’s Windows Phone
Beleaguered Microsoft’s mobile device strategy continues to disintegrate…
FBI’s Comey says agency paid more than $1 million to access San Bernadino iPhone
FBI Director James Comey hinted at an event in London on Thursday that the FBI paid more than $1 million…
Microsoft misses on Q1 earnings as revenue falls 5.5 percent
Microsoft Corp. reported a 5.5 fall in quarterly revenue as a strong U.S. dollar reduced the value of sales…
Apple refused China access to source code
Apple has refused demands by China to hand over source code, the company’s attorney said…
Data from San Bernardino phone has helped in probe, U.S. law enforcement officials claim
Hacking the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone has produced data the FBI didn’t have before and has helped…
Apple, FBI return to Congress to spar over encryption
Apple has been asked by Chinese authorities within the last two years to hand over its source code but refused to do so…
John McAfee: Professional hackers did not unlock Islamic terrorist’s iPhone, Cellebrite helped the FBI
Now that the FBI has cracked into the San Bernardino iPhone, a new debate has been raised over who helped them…
Apple’s fight against U.S. government overreach rages on in Brooklyn
The tug-of-war between Apple Inc. and the FBI over encryption shows no signs of easing as the company reiterated its reasons…
