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....
Apple
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...
news
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...
news
iPhone Users Break 100 Million Mark In U.S.
The number of iPhone users in the U.S. hit 101 million at the end of September, but the growth in Apple’s installed base is...
Audio
Apple Shuts Down Beats Music
RIP Beats Music. Apple announced it is shutting down Beats Music as of Nov. 30. All subscriptions will be canceled, but users will be...
news
Samsung Smartphone Sales On Upswing Again
Samsung’s global smartphone shipments rose in the third quarter for the first time in six quarters, but its share slipped slightly in part because...
news
iPad Pro Will Be Available November 11
The iPad Pro will be available on Apple.com on Nov. 11, Apple announced, and it will arrive at Apple’s retail stores, select carriers and...
Financial
iPhone Sales Growth Accelerates Despite Slower Market Growth
iPhone unit- and dollar-sales growth accelerated in Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter and for the company’s full 2015 fiscal year, thanks to last year’s launch...
news
Microsoft’s CE Products Get Almost As Much Respect As Apple’s
Consumer perceptions of Microsoft’s consumer electronics products are on the upswing, and the company “appears ripe to disrupt Apple’s hold across markets” thanks to...
Keeping Current
Red Zone: Why Apple Music Should Fear YouTube Red
As streaming services continue to usurp downloaded or, forgive us, packaged media, the competition is heating up between the leading content providers. “The most...
Computers
Apple Updates iMacs; Adds New Magic Mouse, Keyboard, Trackpad
Oh, that’s right. Apple still makes desktop computers. With decidedly less fanfare than it gave the iPhone 6s and MacBook, Apple quietly announced updates...
Accessories
Apple Readying Wireless Ear Buds?
Apple may be readying wireless ear buds known as AirPods if the trademark sleuthing done by MacRumors is accurate. According to the site, trademark...
news
Interbrand: Apple & Google Are Global MVPs
The two companies topping Interbrand’s annual valuable brands list will likely come as little surprise to anyone who regularly reads TWICE. Apple won and...
news
Apples To Apples? Not Really. iPhone 6s Launch Sales Break ‘Records’
Apple touted record iPhone 6s and 6s Plus sales of more than 13 million in the first three days after launch, beating last year’s...
news
Here Is Everything You Need To Know About Today’s iPhone 6s & 6s Plus Launch
In case you’ve been living under a digital rock, Apple’s iPhone 6s and 6s Plus become available today. Here’s what you need to know: ...
news
Verizon, Cricket Add Twists To Today’s iPhone Launch
The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus went on sale today with a couple more twists. Verizon is launching the phones on an installment-payment plan...
news
Sprint Throws A Shot In The iPhone 6s Price War With $1/Month Plan
The new iPhones don’t come out until tomorrow, but leasing prices for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus fell once again with an announcement...
news
T-Mobile To Lease The iPhone 6s For $5 Per Month
Apple’s installment-payment and upgrade plans for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are already getting stiffer competition. T-Mobile unveiled a $5/month JUMP (Just Upgrade...
news
How Will Apple’s Unlocked iPhones, Payment Plans Impact Carriers?
Apple could upset carriers’ apple carts with its own installment-payment and upgrade program for unlocked iPhone 6 and 6S phones, which can be activated...