By Jacob Kleinman |
According to a new report from Market Watch, Apple has purposefully kept tight control over iPhone 5 parts to keep repair costs sky high and ensure that no independent gadget repair companies can compete with its own prices. AJ Forsythe, founder of Apple repair service iCracked, explains that…
By Adriana Lee |
Microsoft’s new Windows 8 ad takes a swift poke at Apple’s iPad, casting the latter as a more expensive, yet rather lackluster competitor to a Windows tablet. In the commercial, the company features Windows 8′s Live Tiles, PowerPoint, multitasking and relatively cheap price point, at…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Contradicting earlier reports that Apple had edged back up to the 5th largest share of smartphone sales in China, a new report from Chinese organization Analysis International suggests that Apple held onto the 6th largest market share with a 6.4 percent market share in Q1…
By Todd Haselton |
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen issued a release on Wednesday stating that Penguin Group has reached a settlement in which it was accused of fixing the prices of eBooks. The book publisher will pay $75 million in consumer restitution and as injunctive relief, Jepsen said.…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s Area 51 stable of mysterious gadgets gets more nebulous everyday, with conflicting rumors and analysts predictions all over the map. An iTV might exist, or not. Likewise, Apple is maybe prepping a smart watch, but a new report suggests the device is still a…
By Jacob Kleinman |
It looks like Apple‘s Cold War against Google may finally be heating up. Apple typically targets Samsung and other smartphone manufacturers that rely on Android software with its patent infringement claims. Now, however, the Cupertino-based company may finally have Google in its crosshairs with a claim…
By Jacob Kleinman |
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) released its yearly customer satisfaction rankings for various industries yesterday. Apple is still holding on to the number one spot among mobile phone makers, but the Cupertino-based company lost points from last year while its biggest competition gained ground. Apple…
By Todd Haselton |
We’re loving all of the iOS 7 concept videos and photos that are being developed, and the latest imagines what a revamped Safari might look like. The video above was created by artists—Tim Nikischin and Marc Philip Haesen—who simply wanted to re-imagine Safari; this isn’t…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s executives, including CEO Tim Cook, recently swooped in on Capitol Hill for a Senate subcommittee hearing related to its corporate tax practices. We’ve covered many of the events in detail already, but Cook revealed one compelling tidbit of information during his speech: where Apple…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s iOS 7 could introduce deep integration with Flickr and Vimeo, similar to how Twitter and Facebook are currently built into the company’s mobile ecosystem. According to 9to5Mac, those partnership talks first mentioned back in April are turning up some exciting opportunities for the two…
By Jacob Kleinman |
Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer both testified in D.C. in front of the U.S. Senate Tuesday, but as of this morning the The New York Times didn’t let up in its assault on the company’s corporate tax practices. The news outlet recently reported that Congress has exposed a global web…
By Todd Haselton |
Recent rumors suggest that Apple’s MacBook Pro and iMac computers won’t receive massive design overhauls this year, but we definitely expect new internal hardware. Among the possible changes to the iMac is a new 802.11ac Gigabit Wi-Fi card. Oddly, however, photos of the card were…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s currently in the hot seat on Capitol Hill for apparently working the system to avoid paying taxes. Those are the allegations being leveraged against the company by the U.S. government in any case, even though Apple has argued that it’s following the law. One of the…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is still the most valuable brand in the world according to the annual BrandZ report published by Millward Brown. The firm valued Apple’s brand at $185 billion, a 1 percent change from last year. Apple is trailed by Google with a brand value of…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s Fifth Avenue Apple Store is a global icon for the brand. It sits in midtown NYC, flanked by Central Park, and its cap is made entirely out of glass panels. As such, the location has been a go-to store for tourists and locals alike…
By Jacob Kleinman |
A day before Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer are scheduled to speak in front of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, the Cupertino-based company released a statement defending its status as a job creator in America and denying earlier claims that the…
By Jacob Kleinman |
iPad 5 production could start as soon as July with early trials kicking off even sooner according to the latest rumor from DigiTimes. The site’s sources within Taiwan’s supply chain said Apple is gearing up to ship out two to three million new tablets by Sept.…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is reportedly already testing its first smart watch, frequently dubbed the iWatch, and it has a 1.5-inch OLED display according to fresh reports from Economic Times. RiTdisplay has reportedly been tapped to provide the screens and touch sensors for the device. Apparently Apple had to settle…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple has a lot of unicorn products in the works, but none more infamous than its heavily rumored iTV. As the story goes, the late Steve Jobs excitedly exclaimed he’d cracked the traditional TV model in favor of something much better. So naturally the rumor…
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 release another Surface tablet running Windows RT but with a smaller 8″ screen, Apple changing their strategy by releasing the…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s upcoming iRadio service is still being held up by negotiation breakdowns, with the iPhone maker still unable to reach an agreement with Sony Music. According to a fresh report on Friday, the disagreement stems from the two companies’ inability to settle on how much…
By Brandon Russell |
MacBook Air supplies are becoming constrained ahead of Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, indicating the beloved laptop is in for a refresh. A number of top resellers, including Amazon and MacMall, are all seeing dwindling availability, particularly the high-end 13.3-inch models. Low inventory is typically…
By Roy Choi |
Come the morning of May 21 Apple CEO Tim Cook will sit before a U.S. Senate committee where he will likely be asked to defend Apple’s $100 billion cash pile that currently sits in off shore accounts to avoid taxes. This comes on the heels…
By Ron Duwell |
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been summoned by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to testify on the company’s offshore tax practices. It is believed to have a horde of about $100 billion overseas, and that is money it does not have to pay…
