Accessories
iPhone 7: By Dropping The Headphones Port, Apple Ups The Ante
To anyone who’s been paying attention to the headphones industry, Apple’s announcement that it was dropping the 3.5mm port was no surprise. Beyond the...
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Apple Drops Headphone Jack For iPhone 7; Debuts Apple Watch Series 2
Apple had several big product introductions on Wednesday, uveiling the second generation of its Apple Watch and the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus....
Financial
Foxconn Completes Deal For Sharp
Foxconn Technology Group’s acquisition of Sharp Electronics is finally official. The $3.8 billion deal for the Tokyo-based electronics maker closed earlier this month with...
news
Target Blames Apple For Comp-Sales Decline
Target chairman/CEO Brian Cornell took Apple to task during a second-quarter earnings call today, blaming an innovation lull at the tech giant for much...
Keeping Current
Tim Cook, The Interview: Running Apple ‘Is Sort Of A Lonely Job’
When asked how Apple can move forward when so much of its business is tied up in a slowing smartphone industry, Cook called it...
news
Apple Sells 1 Billionth iPhone
Milestone follows news of slipping sales Nine years after Apple revolutionized the tech industry by introducing the first-generation iPhone, CEO Tim Cook announced that...
news
Apple Surprise: iPhone SE Selling Better Than Expected
The iPhone SE is making quite an impact on the smartphone market despite initial skepticism. According to research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners...
news
What Apple Hopes To Achieve With OS Refreshes
Apple’s iOS is getting a major upgrade to alleviate major pain points, improve the user experience, and make apps smarter as part of an...
Keeping Current
Apple’s iPhones Found to Have Violated Chinese Rival’s Patent
Apple violated the design patents of a Chinese device maker and may have to halt sales of its latest iPhones in Beijing, the city’s...
Home Automation
Apple’s HomeKit Getting Smarter
Apple used yesterday’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to smarten up its HomeKit home-automation platform, adding control of Wi-Fi security cameras, doorbells, air conditioners, and air...
news
Siri, OSs Get Apple’s Attention At WWDC
Apple is refreshing the operating systems of all of its hardware platforms, bringing its Siri voice assistant to Macs, and — following in the...
news
Amazon Takes Bite Out Of Apple In Tablet/Computer Customer Experience
Amazon beat Apple for the second consecutive year in offering the best customer experience among tablet and computers makers in the U.S., the latest...
Distributors
PowerHouse Alliance Gets Nod From Apple
Updated! Apple has given the Powerhouse Alliance its stamp of approval. The 12-member confederation of regional tech distributors is now authorized to stock and...
news
Fitbit Still On Top But Losing Share To Apple
Global wearable-device shipments, including basic wearables and smart watches, rose more than 67 percent in the first quarter to 19.7 million units, with Fitbit...
Keeping Current
Upon Further Review: Maybe Apple Isn’t Killing Music Downloads …Yet
Assuming Apple isn’t ready to walk away from whatever revenue still comes in from downloads, it is probably a matter of time before it...
Keeping Current
Apple Terminating Music Downloads ‘Within 2 Years’
Color me skeptical. There is still a ton of money to be made from olds like me who want to actually own their music....
Financial
Apple, The $532 Billion Failure
The Apple Watch turned a year old on Sunday and like most one-year-olds, it’s hard to predict how successful it will be in the...
Computers
Acer Taking On Surface & MacBook As It Bolsters Computer Biz, Taps New Markets
Acer will build its core computing business with new product that include its first VR-ready gaming computers and products that compete more aggressively with...
Computers
Here Is Apple’s New MacBook
Apple gave the MacBook an upgrade, awarding it the title of the company’s thinnest and lightest Mac yet. And did we mention it now...
news
Tech Companies Up Green Efforts
Technology companies are trying to shed their image as energy-rapacious behemoths whose products pollute the waste stream with metals dangerous to the environment and...
news
Take A Look At Apple’s Newest Store Design
Apple’s first major store redesign under retail senior VP Angela Ahrendts is getting a U.S. field trial in Germantown, Tenn. Reportedly developed in concert...
Blogs
Encryption And Security Debate Important For The Nation
Here’s Gary Shapiro’s take, as president/CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), on the government abandoning its court request to force Apple to circumvent...
news
Limited U.S. Demand Seen For iPhone SE
Apple will sell only 4 to 6 million 4-inch iPhone SE smartphones in their first year of availability because of limited demand from existing...
news
Apple Chooses Screen Sizes Wisely, Analysts Say
Apple chose its screen sizes wisely, but its launch of a premium 4-inch iPhoneand a downsized iPad Pro must be followed by bolder moves...
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Apple Downsizes iPhone, iPad Pro
Apple unveiled a 4-inch companion to the 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhone6s and 6s Plus, launched a smaller version of the two-in-one iPad Pro, at...
CTA
CTA, Other Tech Groups Back Apple Over Smartphone Privacy
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and three other technology groups filed an amicus brief to support Apple in overturning a court order to help...
news
Apple Sets The Date For A ‘Small’ Event: Here’s What We Expect
Apple will be downsizing at a planned March 21 event where it’s expected to launch a 9.7-inch version of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro tablet...
news
Unlocked Smartphone Market Keeps On Growing
U.S. unlocked smartphone shipments grew 140 percent in the U.S. to a record 14.6 million units in 2015, and sales will grow another 58...
Keeping Current
Bill Gates breaks with tech industry over FBI’s iPhone hack request
Microsoft founder says issue is not black and white and that the government shouldn’t have to be completely blind. “It is no different than...
news
Viewpoint: What Are Tim Cook’s Priorities?
Tim Cook is fighting the wrong battle at the wrong time. What’s more important? Keeping a terrorist’s iPhone safe from the people who are...
news
110 Million iPhones In Use In U.S.
A new study reveals that there are at least 110 million iPhones operating [n the U.S., with almost three quarters of them iPhone 6...
news
Who’s Trying To Ban iPhones Now?
Samsung didn’t succeed in getting a ban on the importation of select Apple products in 2013, but haptic-feedback company Immersion thinks it can get...
news
Which Way Will Apple Go With Wireless Charging?
Apple might as early as 2017 implement wireless-charging technology that charges iPhones and iPads within inches or feet of a wireless charging station, eliminating...
news
Samsung Q4 Smartphone Sales Surge As iPhone Stagnates
Samsung’s global smartphone sales surged in the fourth quarter as Apple shipments stagnated, but Samsung’s full-year sales rose only at a low-single-digit percentage rate...
Financial
Apple Q1 Sees Record Revenue, Profit
Updated! Apple reported its largest quarter by revenue ever today, with a Q1 total of $75.9 billion for a net profit of $18.4 billion....
news
IHS: Apple Tops Fingerprint Sensor Market
Biometric security for devices is on the rise, and IHS Technology research shows fingerprint sensor security is leading the way. Fingerprint sensors, used primarily...
news
iPhone 6s, 6s Plus Didn’t Prevent Apple From Losing Q4 Market Share
Apple lost U.S. smartphone share in the fourth quarter of last year despite the September launch of the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus,...
news
Apple Watch Tops In Market Share In ’15
Apple Watch captured a 52 percent share of global smart watch shipments in 2015 in a product segment that still lacks a strong use...
Accessories
Watch Out Mophie: Apple Has Its Own Battery Case
Apple quietly launched its first iPhone battery case, making the case available on its website. The Smart battery case, designed for the iPhone 6...
Audio
Apple Music Service Comes To Sonos
The Apple Music subscription streaming service will be available through Sonos wireless multiroom-audio systems starting Dec. 15 when a public beta program goes into...