Apple sanctioned in Qualcomm FTC case for withholding documents
“A judge granted sanctions against Apple Inc. for dragging its feet in turning over documents in the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit accusing Qualcomm Inc. of forcing the iPhone maker to use its...
View ArticleApple preps Siri for the HomePod, now streams a news podcast when asked for...
“In what is certainly a feature created with the HomePod in mind, Apple has enhanced Siri in iOS 11.2.5 beta with the ability to instantly stream a news podcast when asked about the news,” Zac Hall...
View ArticleApple product delays have more than doubled under CEO Tim Cook
“As Apple Inc.’s longtime chief operating officer, Tim Cook was known for ensuring that new products hit the market on schedule,” Tripp Mickle reports for The Wall Street Journal. “With Mr. Cook as...
View ArticleApple’s delayed HomePod comes with raised expectations and stiffer competition
“Late last year, Apple announced that it would delay the promised release of its HomePod smart speaker to early 2018,” Dan Moren writes for Macworld. “The competition already promises to be fierce:...
View ArticleApple to ship crippled, incomplete HomePod months late
“Those waiting eagerly for Apple’s HomePod smart speaker have now twice been disappointed,” Ben Lovejoy writes for 9to5Mac. “First, when Apple delayed the release from December until February, and a...
View ArticleEU fines chipmaker Qualcomm $1.2 billion for paying Apple to shut out rivals’...
“U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm was hit with a 997 million euro ($1.23 billion) fine by EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday for paying Apple to only use its chips, blocking out rivals such as Intel,” Foo Yun...
View ArticleTim Cook says audio quality puts HomePod ahead of ‘squeaky-sounding’ competition
“Tim Cook on Tuesday offered a peek into Apple’s ambitions for HomePod amid a landscape littered with smart speakers powered by Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant, suggesting the key to success lies...
View ArticleTechHive reviews Google Home Max: This is the best-sounding smart speaker you...
“The Google Home Max is the best smart speaker I’ve heard,” Michael Brown writes for TechHive. “Amazon certainly has nothing close to it in terms of audio performance, and neither do any of the...
View ArticleApple’s iOS 12 could finally fix systemic frame rate issues and interface...
“Today’s news about Apple putting new features on the back burner for iOS 12 means that the company will finally be focusing on polishing up its mobile operating system,” Peter Cao writes for 9to5Mac....
View ArticleHow Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard became synonymous with reliability
“Following the news that Apple had refocused their plans for iOS 12 around stability and performance over new features, many were quick to liken the move to a ‘Snow Leopard release’ of iOS,” Michael...
View ArticleiOS source code leak could be the worst Apple’s ever had to deal with
“Apple is used to fighting leaks about its upcoming products and OS releases, but it’s never had to deal with anything like this before,” Michael Simon reports for Macworld. “An anonymous user on the...
View ArticleApple took it down via a DMCA, but iOS iBoot code is now in the wild
“Critical, top secret Apple code for the iPhone’s operating system was posted on Github, opening a new, dangerous avenue for hackers and jailbreakers to access the device, Motherboard reported,” Steve...
View ArticleApple: The leaked iOS source code is outdated
“Apple has responded to security concerns surrounding leaked iPhone source code, pointing out that any potential vulnerabilities would be outdated,” Alfeed Ng reports for CNET. “‘Old source code from...
View ArticleiBoot leak means it’s time to dump those old iPhones and iPads
“If you’re running an older iPhone or iPad that’s stuck on iOS 9, then you need to plan some sort of escape strategy following this week’s leak of Apple’s iBoot source code to GitHub,” Adrian...
View ArticleiOS iBoot source code was reportedly leaked by former low-level Apple...
“On Wednesday, an anonymous person published the proprietary source code of a core and fundamental component of the iPhone’s operating system,” Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports for Motherboard. “A...
View ArticleHomePod should become a hub for all Apple-centric needs
“Today the HomePod is all about music, but it could be so much more,” Ryan Christoffel writes for MacStories. “In a pre-Amazon Echo world, HomePod being a great Apple Music speaker would have been...
View ArticleApple’s latest announcements about the modular Mac Pro really ramp up...
“Apple has been rather quiet about an all-new Mac Pro it first teased a year ago. We did, though, learn two new things yesterday,” Ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac. “Last year, all that Apple said about...
View ArticleThe Mac mini Pro: It wouldn’t take much for Apple to make the Mac mini into a...
“Think about the 2012 Mac mini. It’s the last nearly perfect desktop machine Apple has introduced,” David Gewirtz writes for ZDNet. “You can open that bad boy up. You can replace memory, drives, and…...
View ArticleWhy is it taking Apple so long to update the Mac Pro?
“A year ago Apple responded to cries from pros using Mac hardware and held a damage limitation press conference to reassure them that an updated Mac Pro was in the pipeline. Now Apple says that the new...
View ArticleWhy can’t Apple keep their products up-to-date?
“The new Mac Pro won’t be coming until 2019. The next Mac mini doesn’t even have a public timeline. The MacBook Air refresh is still just a rumor. Add to that AirPort routers, iPod touch, and iPad...
View ArticleApple HomePod disappoints with weak sales after tardy debut that missed...
“When Apple Inc.’s HomePod smart speaker went on sale in January, it entered a market pioneered and dominated by Amazon’s Echo lineup of Alexa-powered devices,” Mark Gurman reports for Bloomberg....
View ArticleChina Times echoes poor HomePod sales, says Apple has reduced orders to...
“A new supply chain report out of Taiwan echoes a recent Bloomberg News story suggesting that HomePod sales have been lackluster, but as with most channel checks, it can be difficult to draw accurate...
View ArticleMing-Chi Kuo: Apple could sell just 2 million HomePod units this year;...
“A fresh report from Ming-Chi Kuo gives KGI’s take on the recent stories of poor market reception for HomePod,” Benjamin Mayo reports for 9to5Mac. “The report suggests that Apple could sell 2-2.5...
View ArticleCan Apple still make pro hardware?
“For many years, Apple was at the top of the creative pro hardware world,” Alexander Fox writes for Apple Gazette. “Digital artists, animators, 3D modelers, photographers, game designers and developers...
View ArticleAmericans place Apple distant third behind Amazon and Google in ‘positive...
“Some 20 percent of Americans believe Amazon is having the most positive impact on society out of any other major tech company, according to a joint SurveyMonkey/Recode poll,” Rani Molla reports for...
View ArticleFive products Apple needs to lay to rest
“Throughout much of its early life, Apple made printers. They were pretty good! Hell, the original LaserWriter was a groundbreaking advancement in home desktop publishing,” Jason Cross writes for...
View ArticleApple’s decision to discontinue AirPort products is the wrong decision at the...
“Apple’s announcement that it is discontinuing its AirPort product line wasn’t exactly a surprise. As we noted earlier, Bloomberg reported back in 2016 that Apple had disbanded the team responsible for...
View ArticleApple makes yet another short-sighted decision: Apple has discontinued a...
“After months of rumors, Apple has finally killed off its line of AirPort Wi-Fi routers,” Adrian Kingsley-Hughes reports for ZDNet. “Big mistake.” “While I think that the days of needing a standalone...
View ArticleAmazon moves closer to overtaking Apple as most valuable U.S. company
“Amazon.com‘s market value jumped on Friday morning after its latest earnings report, putting the company closer to overtaking Apple as the largest U.S. firm,” Amrith Ramkumar reports for The Wall...
View ArticleAmazon Alexa to ‘completely control’ homes
“Amazon wants to show you how much you can rely on its Alexa voice assistant to control everything in your home, from thermostats to TVs,” Todd Haselton reports for CNBC. “The company announced...
View ArticleApple to give Siri new voice at WWDC? No. Old news
Dave Mark writes for The Loop, “Big wave of posts over the last day or so, all of them quoting this post, which says, in part: ‘With Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) inching...
View ArticleWhy app developers want free trials on Apple’s iOS App Store
“Independent developers have always been an important part of the App Store, fueling the iPhone with innovative ideas that have trickled into bigger apps and even into iOS itself,” Christina Bonnington...
View ArticleApple’s 2013 Mac Pro, five years later
“On June 10, it will have been five years since Apple first showed off the iteration of the Mac Pro that has come to be known as The Trashcan,” Stephen Hackett writes for 512 Pixels. “To put that in a...
View ArticleHappy 7th birthday Final Cut Pro X – better is not enough
“Final Cut Pro X 10.0 was launched 7 years ago today. Why hasn’t it taken over the world of TV and film editing?” Alex Gollner writes for Alex4D. “Final Cut is better than the rest. That isn’t enough.”...
View ArticleApple is worth $1 trillion because of Tim Cook
“When Apple Inc. became the first U.S. company to be publicly valued at $1 trillion, Chief Executive Tim Cook sought to minimize the milestone,” Therese Poletti writes for MarketWatch. “‘It’s not the...
View ArticleAmazon unveils 15 new Alexa-enabled products, including a microwave oven
“Amazon announced 15 new Alexa-enabled products in less than 90 minutes at an event in Seattle on Thursday, further cementing the company’s commitment to the voice assistant space,” Todd Haselton and...
View ArticleApple may offer a sneak peek at their new ‘modular’ Mac Pro during October...
“The much anticipated and even more desired modular Mac Pro may be shown in a sneak peek mode at an event that is likely about the next iPad Pro and new Apple Pencil—all aimed at the creative Apple...
View Article2018: The year Apple finally remembered its extreme pro users
“Although many columnists, myself included, have accused Apple of abandoning its pro users, that’s not really true. In fact, it’s fair to say that Apple has never abandoned its pro users,” David...
View ArticleApple’s newest Mac Pro turns five years old today
“Today marks the fifth anniversary of Apple’s last update to the Mac Pro, as reflected in the MacRumors Buyer’s Guide,” Joe Rossignol reports for MacRumors. “Apple released the second-generation Mac...
View ArticleOpen thread: Does Apple need new leadership?
A five-year-old dead-end design fiasco is what Apple’s selling as their flagship “professional” Mac today. On September 12, 2017, Apple gave a sneak peek of AirPower, an Apple-designed wireless...
View ArticleLoup Ventures: We continue to expect AAPL to outperform the rest of FAANG in...
“Apple reissued lower guidance for the Dec-18 quarter (8% below Street expectations), citing soft iPhone sales in China as the primary driver of lower-than-expected revenue,” Gene Munster and Will...
View ArticleApple’s earnings warning means CEO Tim Cook now has a major credibility problem
“Apple CEO Tim Cook and his management team should read the coverage of their mind-blowing warning to every investor on the planet on Apple News and then ask: ‘Should investors trust us right now? And,...
View ArticleCEO Cook issues memo to employees after Apple slashes revenue outlook for the...
CEO Tim Cook has issued a memo to Apple employees after Apple slashed revenue outlook for the first time in almost two decades. Apple on Wednesday lowered fiscal Q119 (holiday Q418) revenue guidance to...
View ArticleIf Tim Cook’s all-hands meeting doesn’t fix Apple’s pricing, it’s pointless
“As yesterday’s surprise announcement of a significant holiday revenue shortfall made clear, Apple is in trouble — not the sort of ‘capital T’ trouble facing soon-to-be-bankrupt companies, but the...
View ArticleInvestors’ rights law firm investigates Apple’s earnings cut for ‘potential...
Bernstein Liebhard LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating potential securities fraud claims on behalf of shareholders of Apple Inc. (“Apple” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: AAPL) resulting from...
View Article2019 is make or break for Apple as CEO Tim Cook tries to save his legacy
“Apple CEO Tim Cook is staring down the barrel of his latest career-defining moment in the wake of a shocking financial warning to investors,” Brian Sozzi reports for Yahoo Finance. “‘Tim Cook’s legacy...
View ArticleTim Cook’s defining moment as Apple CEO
“How Mr Cook and his team respond to the iPhone’s current crisis will reveal exactly what kind of business Apple is becoming as it approaches its 43rd birthday,” Tim Bradshaw writes for the Financial...
View ArticleIs the cult of Apple over? Tim Cook faces a struggle to revive the spark
“Apple customers have previously been known for an almost fanatical devotion,” Matthew Field writes for The Telegraph. “Thousands of product designers, developers and fans flock for a glimpse of the...
View ArticleImagining Apple’s post-iPhone future
“Apple’s reported plans to cut iPhone production by 10 percent in the first quarter of 2019 make increasingly clear that the company’s base of loyal users isn’t an inexhaustible resource from whom it...
View ArticleApple CEO Tim Cook, one-time ‘operations genius,’ is a failure at operations
“Operations are supposed to be what Tim Cook does best,” John Kheit writes for The Mac Observer. “Under Steve Jobs he was the Chief Operating Officer at Apple. And while he may have done a great job...
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