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Apple Embraces ‘Town Square’ Store Model To Lure Consumers
Apple is joining the host of retailers seeking to lure consumers, and keep them there, by offering stepped-up educational sessions. In a similar vein...
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Keeping Current
Apple Considers Bidding For Big Stake In Toshiba Chip Business
Apple and manufacturing partner Foxconn are considering a plan to help bail out struggling Toshiba by investing “several billion dollars” to take a stake...
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Why Apple Went Cheap And Dropped The iPad Air
Apple skipped a live event to welcome its newest iPad, and given the new model’s scaled-down specs, it’s easy to see why the company...
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Apple Drops The iPad Air For A Newer, Cheaper iPad
Eschewing its traditional spring event—at least for now—Apple announced a new 9.7-inch iPad this morning that will replace the iPad Air. The company also...
Blogs
What Apple Joining Wireless Power Consortium Means To Mobile (And More)
Apple has joined the Wireless Power Consortium, hinting that the next iPhone will support wireless charging. This is the first time Apple has confirmed involvement...
Home Automation
Amazon’s Alexa Comes To The iPhone
Siri is welcoming a friend to the iPhone: Alexa. iPhone users can now make use of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, although they will need...
Industry
Trump’s Transgender Order Draws Tech Industry’s Ire
An executive order issued by President Donald Trump that revokes protections for transgender students in public schools has drawn opposing responses from many leading...
Industry
Presenting Apple Park: Apple’s 175-Acre Circle
Apple announced its much-anticipated 175-acre campus in Santa Clara, Calif. — officially titled Apple Park — will open to employees in April. Originally envisioned...
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Apple Joins Wireless Charging Consortium Ahead Of iPhone 8
The long-speculated addition of wireless charging to Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 seems more than just rumor as Apple has officially joined the Wireless Power...
Keeping Current
Apple Delays Shipments Of LG SuperFine 5K Monitors
Apple has suspended deliveries of LG’s 27-inch SuperFine 5K displays designed to work with the company’s latest Macbooks. While LG works on solving connection...
Keeping Current
Apple Lures Amazon Fire TV Head Timothy Twerdahl To Head Apple TV
Both the Apple TV and the Fire TV occupy the “Small But Mighty” segment in each company’s overall growth strategy. While not the most...
Accessories
Beats Will Start Shipping BeatsX On Friday
Beats by Dr. Dre’s latest headphones will begin shipping on Friday, the company announced. The Bluetooth headphones, which come in white, black, gray and...
Keeping Current
Apple To Expand Flagship NYC Store
Foot traffic in the area suffered in Q4 thanks to the actual traffic caused by the security surrounding nearby Trump Tower. “Apple is...
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Apple Watch Returns Global Smart-Watch Shipments to 1% Growth In Q4 2016: Strategy Analytics
Global smart-watch shipments reversed their recent downward trend and grew 1 percent annually to hit a record 8.2 million units in the fourth quarter...
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Apple Sold A Record Number Of iPhones Last Quarter
Apple sold over 78 million iPhones in its fiscal 2017 first quarter, an all-time record for the company. The company posted record quarterly revenue...
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iPhone No. 1 Again As Global Smartphone Shipments Hit Record: Strategy Analytics
Global smartphone shipments grew 3 percent annually to hit a record 1.5 billion units in 2016, and Apple’s iPhone recaptured the global market share...
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Fitness Trackers In The Lead As Wearables Market Grows 3.1% In Q3
While the smart-watch market continued to tumble, the overall wearables market grew 3.1 percent year over year in the third quarter according to International...
Accessories
Headphone Sound Quality Busts Price In Consumer Priority
In some good news for retailers, an exclusive survey by TWICE and research partner Creative Channel Services (CCS) shows that consumers aren’t limiting themselves...
Keeping Current
3 Ways A Trump Presidency Will Affect Apple
Donald Trump has said he will get Apple to bring manufacturing back to America, but that looks exceedingly unlikely. “Republican Donald Trump is...
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Apple TV Gets An App, Not A New Device, And It Raises Many Questions
The current version of Apple TV was introduced just over a year ago, but given the lightning pace of progress in streaming devices, it...
Computers
Apple Launches Its Thinnest, Lightest, Brightest MacBook Pro Ever
Twenty-five years after launching its first notebook, Apple introduced what it called its thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever. (Note the Pro in there,...
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Smart-Watch Market In Transition As Shipping Volume In Q3 Plunges
The worldwide smart-watch market cratered under growing pains in the third quarter of 2016, resulting in a whopping 51.6 percent decline in year-over-year shipment...
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Apple: 90% Of Apple Chargers & Cables On Amazon Are Counterfeit
According to a lawsuit filed against accessory manufacturer Mobile Star, Apple said it has tested more than 100 cables and chargers being fulfilled through...
Keeping Current
Apple Ups Orders For iPhone 7 Components
Apple has increased its orders for iPhone 7 parts and components 20 to 30 percent above expectations for the fourth quarter, touch-panel suppliers said,...
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A Tale Of Two Sevens: Samsung Galaxy Note7 And Apple iPhone 7
Updated! It’s been the best and worst of times for two of this season’s most anticipated and, for different reasons, hottest mobile phones. Apple’s latest iPhone iterations...
Keeping Current
Apple’s Tim Cook Awed By Augmented Reality
In an interview on ABC TV’s Good Morning America, Apple CEO Tim Cook explained why augmented reality will likely become a far larger phenomenon...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...