[ad_1] Ten years ago, Apple’s then-CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone to the world, changing the trajectory of the company for the next decade, and permanently changing the tech landscape. Now, Apple is sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars in the bank — thanks to that single, highly ...
Read More »The Cloud? Apple's iOS can't handle the Cloud
[ad_1] Image: ZDNet My colleague David Gewirtz posed an interesting question yesterday: If the entry-level iPhone doubled in price, would you still buy one? I’d still buy one — because as someone who covers the industry, it is essential I keep up to date on mobile technology. But I wouldn’t ...
Read More »Big iPad refresh coming next month, claims report
[ad_1] Anatoliy Babiy, Getty Images iPad sales are in serious decline, but Apple CEO Tim Cook remains “very bullish” about the tablet. Can a March refresh turn things around? Must read: OLED iPhone 8 may finally have the feature that owners have been craving The Internet of Things 10 types ...
Read More »TouchCast bets live video streaming is your next enterprise collaboration hotbed
[ad_1] TouchCast is betting that live video streaming is going to go well beyond consumer tools like Facebook Messenger and evolve into a primary enterprise communications tool. The company, founded in 2012, already had its TouchCast Studio platform, which has been used to create video presentations, webcasts, and webinars. With ...
Read More »Superscreen puts your smartphone in the body of a tablet
[ad_1] At its launch, the iPad was dismissed by many as “just a big iPhone.” Technically, that was pretty accurate as the iPhone lent the iPad its operating system and app library. But the big iPhone put up big numbers in the years following its release. The threat to the ...
Read More »Apple won't do what's needed to save the iPad
[ad_1] Sarah Tew iPad sales are awful. Truly awful, and while CEO Tim Cook might be bullish about the tablet’s future, Apple desperately needs to do something to turn sales around if it’s going to come off life support. Must read: Does your iPhone have a battery drain problem? “We’ve ...
Read More »Apple did a lot more than just smash its iPhone sales record
[ad_1] Here’s how Apple smashed its previous iPhone sales record. But despite the silver lining, a dark cloud is looming. Must read: Five things you shouldn’t buy from Apple 78.29 million is a new record for iPhones sold by Apple in a quarter, up 5 percent on the year-ago quarter ...
Read More »The iPad is on life support
[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook says that he remains “bullish,” but the numbers suggest that this is little more than putting a brave face on things. Must read: Five things you shouldn’t buy from Apple The problem facing the iPad is that it’s past its peak. In fact, “peak iPad” ...
Read More »iPhone lock: Did hackers drive Apple to kill iCloud activation checker?
[ad_1] The hack may also explain recent cases of people’s new iPhones being already tied to someone else’s Apple ID. Image: Apple Apple’s decision to remove its Activation Lock status checker from iCloud may have been because the tool helped hackers bypass Activation Lock on bricked devices by stealing serial ...
Read More »Used iPhones: Apple quietly kills tool to check lock status of secondhand devices
[ad_1] Until recently, buyers could use iCloud to check the IMEI or serial number of a device being sold online to see whether it was still locked by another Apple account. Image: Apple Apple has quietly removed a feature on iCloud that helped buyers remotely check the Activation Lock status ...
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