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…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just announced its fiscal second quarter 2013 earnings and, on the earnings call, revealed some information on its iTunes App Store. Apple said it now offers more than 850,000 iOS applications and that 350,000 of those applications are specifically designed for the iPad. The…
By Ron Duwell |
Apple and Volkswagen have teamed up to make the long-rumored iCar a reality. Together at the Shanghai Auto Show, the two companies unveiled the iBeetle, the first car with deep iPhone integration created in coordination with Apple. The iBeetle App provides a wide variety of…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just posted its earnings for the fiscal second quarter of 2013. The company reported a net profit of $9.5 billion, $43.6 billion in revenue and an EPS of $10.09. That was above average analyst estimates of revenue of $42.3 billion and an estimated EPS…
By Todd Haselton |
Remember antennagate? It happened way back when Apple launched the iPhone 4 and users found that, by holding the iPhone a specific way, the device’s cell signal dropped off significantly. Consumers were furious and some decided to file a class action lawsuit. Apple originally said people…
By Adriana Lee |
Is Apple secretly CEO shopping? That’s what anonymous “Wall Street” sources tell Forbes writer Gene Marcial. Of course, a healthy dose of skepticism is always warranted whenever unnamed sources are involved, and concrete evidence of a Tim Cook–overthrow is hard to come by. Even so,…
By Todd Haselton |
The United States International Trade Commission recently ruled that Apple’s products are not infringing on patents owned by Google. Six patents were originally IN question and all are related to various functions on the iPhone that are also used in Android smartphones, but there was…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is acknowledging that Apple ID, Game Center and iCloud outages may be affecting some of its users. The company’s status website confirms that users may have an issuing logging into their account using an Apple ID, that Game Center isn’t working properly and that…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple on Monday introduced a new feature that allows users to download movies, music and television shows at a later time. MacWorld said that users can now purchase new content and choose to download it immediately or put it off to download it at a later…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is a secret company. The firm never discusses future products that it may or may not be working on and only ever provides a glimpse into its product portfolio when it takes the stage for new hardware and software announcements. Apple has been quieter…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple has been unusually silent over the past several months—we haven’t seen any big announcements since the iPhone 5, which was back in September of last year. We’re quickly skipping over the company’s annual iPad announcement, and that vow of silence may tell us a…
By Todd Haselton |
Last week we published a report that claimed manufacturing issues were forcing Apple to delay the mass production of several new products, including the iPhone 5S. Now a report from Reuters says the company has indeed pushed its planned production from June to later in the summer or…
By Todd Haselton |
Apparently Apple’s iPhone 5 issues with Foxconn aren’t over. A new report suggests that Apple recently rejected between 5 million and 8 million iPhone units and sent them back to the manufacturer, Foxconn. A report published by China Business first broke the news but was translated…
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 Microsoft’s plan to introduce a smartwatch with a 1.5-inch display and magnetic wristbands. Jon also talks about Samsung possibly hiring students to post…
By Todd Haselton |
ChangeWave recently conducted a survey that shows there’s a real consumer interest in an iWatch. The survey found that 5 percent of consumers are “very likely” to buy a smartwatch from Apple and 14 percent are “somewhat likely” to do the same. That might not…
By Todd Haselton |
The argument can be made that Apple has been so quiet recently because it’s working on new technology that could create an entire industry shift. One only needs to look at the past and at the launches of the iPhone, iPad and iPod to see…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple recently filed for a patent that describes a mobile device with a display that extends over the sides of the phone, essentially creating a “wraparound” screen. The company will likely first introduce an iPhone 5S with the same body as the iPhone 5, but…
By Todd Haselton |
Just last week we published a story that included photos of several alleged parts of the iPhone 5S. Now, NoWhereElse has published a new image that reportedly shows us a glimpse of the front-facing camera module. The photos apparently first surfaced on a Japanese retailer’s website,…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple recently confirmed that it stores the questions you ask Siri, and the responses the voice engine provides, on its servers for two years. This might seem like a massive privacy concern, especially since Apple is literally storing clips of your voice, Wired said, but Apple doesn’t…
By Brandon Russell |
Osito for iOS, previously known as Sherpa, is Bill Ferrell’s answer to Google Now. A former Googler himself, Ferrell has created a predictive intelligence experience focused around traffic info, travel alerts, weather forecasts and your personal calendar. It doesn’t live on your home screen, and…
By Brandon Russell |
A new weather app developed by Yahoo is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in the App Store this year. If Apple and Yahoo are planning further integration—outside of Stocks, basic Weather and some Siri info—please implement the online company’s new app, which…
By Brandon Russell |
Chat Heads on Android is great because they’re there across the entire OS, no matter what app you’re in or Web page you’re looking at. But on iOS? Functionality is restricted, further highlighting the closed nature of Apple’s ecosystem. But thanks to developer Adam Bell,…
By Todd Haselton |
Ming Chi Kuo, an analyst with KGI Securities with a rather solid Apple prediction track record, recently sent a note to investors describing the iPad 5. Kuo said he believes the device will be 15 percent thinner than the current fourth-generation iPad and 25 percent…
By Todd Haselton |
The tech industry is pretty much settled on the idea that Apple is going to release a budget iPhone with a plastic body, likely destined for emerging markets and possibly the world’s largest wireless carrier, China Mobile. We haven’t had much of an idea of…
