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Apple’s CFO explains the company’s $10 billion R&D budget
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.com | Stolen antique gramophone takes centre stage in murder trial
Johannesburg A stolen antique gramophone took centre stage on Tuesday in the murder trial of two men accused of killing a Midrand marketing and advertising consultant. The body of Thabo Seutloadi, 42, was found in the bath at his home on September 3, 2014, Netwerk24 reported .
Apple’s CFO explained why its research and development costs increased to $2.8 billion
Apple spent $2.8 billion on research and development in its most recent quarter, and $10.39 billion through 2016, according to its fourth quarter earnings report. According to chief financial officer Luca Maestri, research and development spend is Apple’s biggest differentiator from the competition, and stems from the company’s expansion into new areas.
KidCheck Express Check-In Allows Children’s Check-In on Smartphones
KidCheck is pleased to announce Express Check-In is now available on both Apple iOS and Google Android mobile devices, which allows families to check children in right from their own phone at organizations using KidCheck. More about KidCheck can be found at http://www.kidcheck.com .
What is Amazon Chime?
Amazon Chime is a new communication service by Amazon that supports video conferencing, calls, chat, and the sharing of content. The product is available for devices running Windows and Mac OS X, and for the mobile operating systems Android and iOS, and as an online version that you can use device-independent.
Readers’ Choice Awards 2016: Laptops & Desktops
Thirty-five years ago this month, PC Magazine launched on newsstands . Over the years, we have dedicated ourselves to exhaustively testing and analyzing technology products to help you determine which one would best suit your needs.
iPhone 8 Wireless Charging May Require Separate Accessory
Another day, another report about the iPhone 8. It has long been rumored that the iPhone 8 is finally going to get wireless charging and now there’s a new report out which claims that the next-generation iPhone is actually going to require a separate accessory for wireless charging. It’s also claimed in the report that the iPhone 8 is not going to come with a Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone jack adapter.
Will Apple’s iPhone 8 Launch Be Bigger Than The Samsung Galaxy S8 Launch?
The 2017 iPhone 8 launch is going to be huge. BGR has the news. “By all accounts, this year’s iPhone launch will be a big deal.
STM Messenger is not too big, not too small for toting just what you need
So every night at the end of my workday, I put it to sleep, pack it in a bag and bring it home. I usually end up using it at home, so in the morning I put it back in the bag for the trip to the office.
Apple, Inc. CEO Tim Cook Talks Up Augmented Reality’s Potential
Despite the company’s penchant for secrecy, it’s become increasingly clear that Apple has something in the pipeline given that CEO Tim Cook keeps talking about AR’s transformative potential. This is that whole “ship leaking from the top” bit that Steve Jobs always referred to.
Apple’s iPhone 8 Could Represent a Big Break with the Past
But a new set of reports also suggest the device could represent a sea change in terms of how Apple prices and manufactures its latest flagship model. In addition, one of the reports indicates Apple will be doubling down on its efforts to differentiate its costliest iPhones via camera technology.
The Week in iOS Cases and Accessories: BeatsX earphones arrive
Finally, BeatsX Earphones are available- or will be Friday , at any rate. They provide up to eight hours of audio playback on a single charge; the “Fast Fuel” feature lets you charge the earphones for five minutes to get two hours of playback.
portablecharger
Reduce some of that cable clutter with the ultra compact Jackery Bolt 6,000mAh external battery charger that features a built-in Apple Lighting cable for your iPhone or iPad and a built-in micro-USB cable for other mobile devices. With an additional open USB port you can charge up to 3 devices at once.
Apple was storing years of deleted Safari browsing histories
A Russian digital forensics company ElcomSoft has shown evidence that Apple is storing records of users’ browser history in iCloud storage system even after it has been deleted. The records include site names, URLs, and when a given site was visited, going back more than a year or possibly forever.
Elcomsoft Recovers Deleted Safari History From iCloud
ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. updates Elcomsoft Phone Breaker , the company’s mobile acquisition tool.
Elcomsoft Recovers Deleted Safari History From iCloud
ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. updates Elcomsoft Phone Breaker , the company’s mobile acquisition tool.
1 More Sign That Apple Inc.’s New MacBook Pro Computers Are a Huge Hit
Thanks to the launch of these new systems, Apple broke the long losing streak that its Mac business had been seeing, and reported 1.1% year-over-year Mac unit growth, as well as roughly 7% Mac revenue growth in its most recent quarter, implying a boost in Mac average selling prices. Although the numbers clearly speak for themselves, there’s one more bit of information that Apple disclosed on its most recent earnings call that points to positive customer reception of the company’s new MacBook Pro systems.
Industrial Internet Ushering a New Wave of Mobile Apps
Since 2008, with the rise of smartphones, we have seen high speed mobile connectivity and apps that earned the maximum revenue in the mobility space. The revenue that was generated by the apps in 2015 was $ 69.7 billion and this is expected to reach a figure of $ 188.9 billion in the year of 2020.
Apple TV Could Still Be a Major Opportunity, if Apple Can Execute
The tech giant’s hiring of a new exec from Amazon comes as pay-TV streaming apps and a burgeoning smart home market spell new opportunities. The TV has long been Apple’s white whale, a giant digital content and communications platform that has captured its imagination for at least a decade, but one which it has only established a modest presence for through a line of streaming set-top boxes.
Some popular iPhone apps might be secretly leaking your information
Apple’s iPhone is more secure than its rivals, but that doesn’t mean that apps or the device itself can’t be hacked. A security researcher discovered a flaw in some 76 App Store apps with more than 18 million downloads between them that would allow a malicious individual to capture certain data from the iPhone.
Report: Security Flaw Lets Hackers Snoop on 76 iPhone Apps
HTTPS encryption is good , but it won’t protect you from the sort of man-in-the-middle attack that security researchers said this week can affect dozens of popular iPhone and iPad apps. The attack derives its man-in-the-middle moniker from the fact that hackers can exploit it by routing your Internet traffic through their servers first before it arrives on the open Web.
BeatsX wireless earphones will will go on sale February 10 in Apple…
BeatsX wireless earphones will will go on sale February 10 in Apple retail stores and online at Apple.com – Beats by Dr. Dre says its highly anticipated wireless neckband-style headphone and AirPods competitor will be in stores shortly – and two new colors are coming. Missed our eComm payment best practices webinar? – Learn how to use your data to improve transaction success and reduce cost on international payments.
TelephoneNigeria.com Reveals 9 Choices that Nigerian Expats Made in…
According to an in-house study by TelephoneNigeria.com, Nigerians abroad prefer Chrome, Apple iPhones and Samsung devices, love movies and travelling, and use access numbers more than apps to call Nigeria with no 3G, 4G or WiFi, among others. TelephoneNigeria.com, the platform serving the Nigerian diaspora worldwide, ran research on thousands of Nigerian expats, aged 25-44, who used the calling and top up service on its website in 2016.
10 years of the iPhone
IT’S hard for many people to recall a time only a decade ago when they didn’t have a touchscreen smartphone in their pocket. There are businesses in Dorset that owe their existence to the arrival of the device in 2007 and the Android competitors that followed.
Tim Cook Meets Fashion Designer and VizEat Co-Founders on France Tour This Week
Apple CEO Tim Cook is touring France this week and has shared some of his experiences along the trip on Twitter . After making an unexpected visit at the new Apple Store in the port city of Marseille on Sunday, Cook met with Shot on iPhone photographer Jean Claude Luong.
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Tech rewind – Headphonegate Not, Snap & GoPro Look back at the week’s toptech headlines Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2ka4d3f Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, plans to go public with an IPO. Will it’s target audience–students, look to Snap as a first investment? Jefferson Graham talks to students at the University of Southern California to find out.
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Tech rewind – Headphonegate Not, Snap & GoPro Look back at the week’s toptech headlines Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2ka4d3f Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, plans to go public with an IPO. Will it’s target audience–students, look to Snap as a first investment? Jefferson Graham talks to students at the University of Southern California to find out.
The Privy Council Office needs some new computers – and they want to buy Apple, not Windows
Between federal government civilian employees and the RCMP and Canadian Forces uniformed members, there must be close to 500,000 people. Almost all of those folks would need a desktop computer.
Theater Mode Comes to Apple Watch
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Comcast to charge outlet fee for Roku app
Customers that use the Roku app as their primary outlet will receive a $2.50 monthly credit on their bill . However, Comcast will levy outlet charges for connected Roku devices on additional TV sets.
Evernote vs Apple Notes
Mac Stories has a nice rundown of the new Evernote 8 and how it compares to Apple’s Notes: Mac Stories: Evernote’s features have remained largely the same, but the implementation and organization of those features is greatly improved in version 8. The app doesn’t feel bogged down by extra tools; rather than getting in the way of creating or viewing notes, Evernote’s tools enhance those tasks. I recently tried getting into One Note without much success.
Report: Apple working expanding use of ARM chips in Macs
The new MacBook Pro with TouchBar utilize a dedicated ARM processor to run the TouchBar. It’s described as basically an Apple Watch embedded in the Mac.
First Take: As GoPro drowns, is it begging for Apple to save it?
After a pretty rotten holiday quarter, action camera maker GoPro Inc. is now staking its hopes for survival on making its cameras work better with phones, positioning itself for a potential bailout from a smartphone maker like Apple Inc. executives outlined five priorities for 2017. One of those priorities was a major embrace of the smartphone, the device that has served as a competitor to its dedicated action cameras, which shoot better video but don’t all have the same ability to quickly share videos or live stream directly to social networks.
Apple just released its first AirPods firmware update – here’s how to install it
Apple’s new AirPods are by far the most talked about headphones that have been released in recent years. Following their unveiling last September, there was a bit of controversy surrounding Apple’s peculiar AirPods design.
Apple Shortcuts Cut Off for Bar Exams
Hey, want a shortcut to use on the bar exam? Of course, not! That would be cheating, wouldn’t it? If you are having this dialogue with yourself, don’t worry. It’s not the end of the world to think about a better way to take the bar exam.
BookArc updated to support the latest MacBook Pros
Twelve South has released a new model of its BookArc – which allows you to run your setup from the power of your Mac laptop while in closed clamshell mode – that supports the 2016 MacBook Pros. To use you slide your MacBook Pro into the silicone slot, connect it to an external display, add a full-size keyboard and mouse to enjoy the comfort of a desktop setup.
Apple’s Earnings Highlight Strengths And Weaknesses
In the December quarter, Apple achieved record revenue of $78.4 billion and record sales of iPhone at 78.3 million. Repatriation of a substantial portion of Apple’s $230 billion in overseas cash should propel Apple’s growth through new product development and M&A.
Apple, Inc.’s Record Returns the Company to Growth
Shares moved a few percentage points higher immediately after the company released its figures for its Dec. 31-ending first fiscal quarter of 2017. Apple’s revenue and earnings exceeded both management’s own forecast for the quarter and analysts’ consensus estimate.
Apple Predicts Services Boom as Sales Rise
Apple brought an end to its sequence of quarterly sales declines thanks to strong interest in its recently launched iPhone 7 handset during the October-to-December quarter. The gadget maker also reported double-digit growth from services and said it expects to double the size of that business in the next four years.