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Xiaomi VP lists intrinsic smartphone features in defense of copycat claims, proceeds to describe iPhIn a video interview with Bloomberg published on Thursday, Hugo Barra, vice president of global operations at Chinese mobile hardware upstart Xiaomi,…
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Amazon to forego future phone development following Fire Phone failureE-commerce behemoth Amazon has reportedly begun to draw down engineering resources in its mobile phone team, shedding jobs and re-focusing efforts on…
E-commerce behemoth Amazon has reportedly begun to draw down engineering resources in its mobile phone team, shedding jobs and re-focusing efforts on tablets and other home electronics in the wake of the Fire Phone's dismal showing. While the company has ... -
Apple ups AppleCare+ pricing for iPhone 6s, launches preorder preparation guideIn a pair of updates to its website on Wednesday, Apple revealed new, more expensive AppleCare+ rates for the soon-to-launch iPhone 6s and 6s Plus ha…
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Apple Inc stock panic another opportunity for massive, discounted stock repurchaseSince Apple announced its industry-leading earnings for fiscal Q3 on July 21, the company's stock price collapsed by about a third, encouraging facil…
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Steve Jobs left Apple on his own, wasn't forced out, Wozniak saysThe popular narrative that Steve Jobs was removed from Apple by board fiat after losing a war for control with then-CEO John Sculley is not entirely …
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In-depth review: Apple's iPhone 6s & 6s Plus with 3D TouchLast year's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus introduced a larger, slimmer form factor housing higher resolution Retina HD screens and improvements in processors, …
... along a gimmicky path toward failure (like Samsung's hand waving ... interesting given the high profile failure of Apple's partnership with ... -
From analog to digital: How Danny Boyle's 'Steve Jobs' captures the rapid advancement of technologyThe film "Steve Jobs" is set in three different time periods over a 14-year span, each presented in a visually distinct way by director Danny Boyle, …
... film) admits is doomed to failure. But Jobs is also thinking ... -
Microsoft's retail store chain flounders in stark contrast to busy Apple StoresNearly six years have passed since Microsoft began opening retail outlets patterned after Apple's blockbuster retail locations. However, the now 116 …
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Apple resists MacBook, iPad Pro convergence as Microsoft struggles with Surface Windows 10 hybridsMicrosoft's latest efforts to shove Windows PCs back into relevance in the Post PC era have found willing volunteers among some PC bloggers ready to …
... iPad sales. The secret failure of Windows I bet ... failure of the Nokia Windows Phone group). The much ballyhooed failure ... it's interesting that the "failure" label has more often ... previous generations of commercially unsuccessful failure offering a hint at ... -
Google to fold Chrome OS, Android together into new OS strategy for 2017After two years of exploration work, Google is said to be "folding" its web-based Chrome OS into its mobile Android platform, creating a single opera…
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The Guardian trots out notorious Mike Daisey to speculate about how Apple could be doomedA British newspaper has published a meandering, conspiracy-chasing fantasy piece written by discredited theater-journalist Mike Daisey... in its <em>…
... hide iPad as an embarrassing failure, it could have done what ... Daisey claims is probably a failure because its unit sales are ... -
Review: Fourth-gen Apple TV with Siri Remote and tvOS App StoreThe new Apple TV has been revamped both inside and out, sporting an entirely new operating system dubbed tvOS that brings it even closer to iOS, alon…
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Apple and failed sapphire supplier GT Advanced reach agreement to settle $439M debtAfter a high-profile supply chain failure last year, Apple and would-be sapphire supplier GT Advanced Technologies have reached an agreement that wil…
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ACLU: Google is embarrassed by Android security, isn't protecting vulnerable users like Apple's iOSThe difference between encryption and security on iOS and Android isn't just a technical issue but a "digital security divide," according to the prin…
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MacBook Pro Retina keyboard problems-- heat related?<p>The "r" key on my beloved mid-2012 MacBook Pro with Retina display is no longer working. A week ago it was fine, but over the course of a couple o…
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Apple again breaks Touch ID for some iPhone and iPad users with iOS 9.1A number of iPhone and iPad owners are reporting Touch ID fingerprint recognition and stability issues after updating to the latest version of iOS 9,…
... in some cases a complete failure to activate. Some have found ... -
Google looking for chip partners to enable Android to compete with Apple's A9 chipGoogle has plans for series of chips it wants to co-develop with hardware partners to help standardize Android and make it more computationally compe…
... and VP9 video codecs. The failure of Android One Last year ... -
Logic board failureMy MacBook Pro wouldn't turn on after using it less than six months from new purchase (Dec. 2014) and I took it to simply mac who said the power swit…
My MacBook Pro wouldn't turn on after using it less than six months from new purchase (Dec. 2014) and I took it to simply mac who said the power switch or something was loose and they fixed it. Then after another month I took it to an Apple Store for the ... -
Multiple injuries reported as tour bus crashes into flagship SF Apple Store construction siteAt least eleven people were injured, five critically, on Friday after a double-decker tour bus slammed into cars, protective barriers and scaffolding…
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Apple markets iPad in arts & science education with new profilesApple on Tuesday posted two new profiles to its "iPad in Education" subsite as part of an ongoing campaign to promote the tablet's uses in arts and s…
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Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet & Aaron Sorkin pick up Golden Globe nominations for 'Steve Jobs'Three of the key players in Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopic -- actors Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet, along with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin -- we…
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The search for Apple's next big thingFor years, Apple's detractors have predicted that the company's industry-leading profits from Macs, iPods, iPhones and iPads would erode away as chea…
... you're apprehensively looking for failure, everything looks like a boogeyman ... delusional mindset reveals a complete failure to grasp Apple's fundamental ... s devices or the complete failure of Google to ever ... as is obvious from the failure of others to achieve ... -
iOS dominated U.S. holiday shopping with 77% share of online orders as Android accounted for just 2Holiday quarter online shopping revenues grew 12 percent over last year in the U.S., despite less promotional discounting. Additionally, 77 percent o…
... been a bleak, low volume failure, but industry observers are keenly ... -
Lawyer filing class action case against Apple called "manifestly incompetent" by federal judgeA class action lawsuit claiming that AppleCare service plans were a "fraudulent and unlawful scheme" has been rejected by U.S. District Judge William…
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Microsoft rep pans iPad Pro, says Apple's tablet is 'always going to be a companion device'Apple's foray into large-format touchscreen productivity is by its very nature incapable of being the same kind of standalone workhorse as Microsoft'…
... 's a stylus, that's failure," Laycock said. "We're a ... -
Fassbender, Winslet earn Oscar nods for roles in Steve Jobs filmAwards season continues to be kind to the stars of Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopic, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bestowed one n…
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After abandoning iAd revenue, Apple Inc can reintroduce an ad-free internetApple's five year effort to radically enhance iOS app advertising with its own ad sales has now been scuttled. That opens the door for an even more r…
... -supported capitulation to the stinging failure of Newsstand, which sought to ... -
Microsoft Surface blamed for NFL football playoffs meltdownMicrosoft Surface Pro tablets stopped working on the sidelines of a major U.S. football game today, causing a spectacular black eye for the strugglin…
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Apple culture hinders recruitment and talent retention efforts, report saysA one-sided report on Thursday claims Apple's secretive, rigid culture, compounded by a failure to introduce ground-breaking products, is shifting se…
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Apple to allow broken screens on trade-in iPhones, offer optional screen protector installationsApple Stores will soon reportedly adopt two new measures related to the problem of cracked iPhone screens, including allowing some broken iPhones int…
... carries a greater risk of failure. By hand it's easier ...