By Sean P. Aune |
Put on your party hats and don’t forget to yell “Surprise!” when it walks in the room because the iTunes Music Store turns 10-years-old today. It’s hard to believe it has only been a decade since Apple went into the music business because it’s difficult…
By Brandon Russell |
After quickly selling out its World Wide Developer Conference, Apple on Friday announced it’s going to hit the road this fall to get more face-to-face time with the developer community. Dubbed Tech Talks, the tour will see the Cupertino company travel to cities around the…
By Adriana Lee |
There is no doubt that Android numbers are the ones to beat in the U.S. Google’s mobile platform accounts for more than half of all smartphone sales here, with 51.2 percent marketshare. A year ago, it was 45.4 percent. That’s not a massive surge, but…
By Todd Haselton |
Just two days ago we covered a charity that’s offering coffee with Tim Cook. You’ll need to win an auction to meet with Cook, of course, but at the time the value was estimated at $50,000. Now it’s worth more than a half of a…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! In this episode of Rumor Roundup, Jon talks about the iPhone 5S being delayed due to problems with the built-in fingerprint scanner, Verizon launching a new Nokia Lumia device next month with…
By Brandon Russell |
A peculiar iMessage bug has come to light today (this is the first we’ve heard of it) that hides the last word of certain messages. At least two phrases—”I could be the next Obama” and “The best prize is a surprise”—have been confirmed, by us…
By Ron Duwell |
Apple recently aired a new commercial for the iPhone titled “Photos Every Day” and it puts a strict focus on the device’s camera. Is it in response to the 13-megapixel shooter on the Galaxy S4 and the Ultrapixel camera on the HTC One? Maybe. The…
By Adriana Lee |
So what do you do after you hack the most infamously closed consumer platform on Earth, join the tech company you once plundered and then get released from service? If you’re Comex, the answer is simple: You join the other side. Apple’s loss might be…
By Brandon Russell |
Halfbrick Studios, the same developers that brought you Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja, released another game this week called Fish Out of Water. The game takes the simple lake-side pastime of skipping rocks and applies that to the side-scrolling formula. What you get is something…
By Todd Haselton |
Tickets to Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, which go for $1,599 a pop, sold out in about two minutes on Thursday. That’s insane, and it’s even crazier if you consider that it took an hour and 42 minutes for them to sell out last year. Apple…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple recently applied for two patents that could enable new functions between your car and your iPhone. The patents describe two situations, one of which is using your iPhone and Bluetooth or Bluetooth LE connectivity to unlock the doors on your car. A second patent…
By Todd Haselton |
Well that was fast. Last year tickets for Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) sold out in 1 hour and 42 minutes. This year the tickets are already sold out, and it happened in just about two minutes. Unless there’s some sort of bug going on…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple will no doubt refresh its MacBook Pro and iMac computers sometime this year, but sources in the supply chain expect that Apple won’t be making any major industrial design changes. The company will instead reportedly focus on hardware upgrades, such as faster processors, additional…
By Todd Haselton |
We’ve seen quite a few iOS 7 concept videos, and we dig them because Apple will very likely unveil its revamped mobile operating system during its WWDC keynote on June 10. The latest video made by Rafael Justino is rather simple; it imagines a revamped compass,…
By Todd Haselton |
Want to have a coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook out in Cupertino? Love charity? Now’s your chance to make a move. The head of Apple is currently offering to sit down in Apple’s headquarters for a cup of coffee with the lucky winner in…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back with an all new show where he rants and raves on various topics in and out of the tech world. On this week’s episode, Jon rants about the difficult and long process that is switching to a new Android phone. You…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple announced Wednesday that WWDC 2013, its annual developer conference, will kick off on June 10 in San Francisco. What can we expect? Apple has a room full of developers, that’s why it’s called the “Worldwide Developer Conference” after all, so software is going to be…
By Brandon Russell |
Ever since the iPhone 4 hit, Apple’s mobile handsets have consistently pushed the boundaries for camera quality. Aside from its excellent build, the iPhone 5’s camera is, even months later, still one of the best on the market—even with the Lumia 920 and HTC One…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just announced that it will hold its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) between June 10 and June 14 in San Francisco. Tickets for the event will go on sale April 25 at 10 a.m. PDT. WWDC is usually a software-focused conference, so we expected to…
By Ron Duwell |
Apple has pledged a 50 million yuan (approx. $8 million USD) donation in response to a devastating earthquake that struck the Shichuan province in China over the weekend. The company has also updated its official Chinese website to address the issue and give its condolences…
By Brandon Russell |
Nike’s FuelBand app for iOS now supports friends and photo sharing, adding more functionality to an experience that’s designed to “gamify” healthy living. The new friends option works exactly as you’d expect, allowing users to compete and compare results with friends; data is broken down…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday said increasing the iPhone’s display to 5-inches would include too many negative “tradeoffs” over the current 4-inch form factor, including worse resolution, color, white balance and compatibility with apps. The question was brought up during Apple’s earnings call this…
By Todd Haselton |
In a bizarre move out of the the company’s typically secretive business practices, Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested rather clearly that Apple will not launch any new products until the fall of this year. That means we might not even see a new iPad until…
By Sean P. Aune |
During its quarterly earnings call this afternoon, Apple announced that its iCloud service has hit a milestone of 300 million users. While no information was shared about what extent consumers are using the service, the 300 million user number is a mighty leap from the…
