Tim Cook has expressed his interest in AR before, but now the Apple CEO is likening the technology to the revolutionary impact that the smartphone has had on the world’s population. “I regard it as a big idea, like the smartphone,” Cook said during an interview with The Independent .
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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.
Pinterest’s visual search, WhatsApp’s new security: all the app news you need to know
With even more iPhone rumors and more bizarre robots than we can keep track of, you may have lost track of some of the best new apps. Luckily, we’re keeping score for you for you.
Nokia P1 release date, full specification, features, price and…
Nokia is back. The company behind pretty much everyone’s first mobile phone experience, the Finnish manufacturer has started making handsets again three years after it sold its smartphone division to Microsoft.
Apple iPhone 5s offers on Valentine’s Day: Is this deal worth it?
Valentine’s Day is this Tuesday – and many of you may be thinking to gift either the iPhone 7 or the iPhone 7 Plus. But, Apple thinks the best gift this Valentine’s Day is the iPhone 5s.
Tim Cook thinks augmented reality is a ‘big idea like the smartphone’
It’s no secret Apple CEO Tim Cook is bullish on augmented reality . He has shared his belief that AR, and not VR , has the potential to change the world.
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.
iPhone 8s will likely have wireless charging
All of Apple’s upcoming new iPhones could have wireless charging. With the more premium features, the iPhone 8 may cost a pricey $1,000.
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.
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.
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.
Vibrant Tate show traces of David Hockney’s artistic journey
It’s not often an artist finds himself occupying 12 rooms of London’s leading museum of British art and the front page of populist tabloid The Sun. But David Hockney is unique.
Google overtakes Apple as the world’s most valuable brand
Apple, the most valuable brand in the world for the past five years, has yielded the top spot to Google, according to a new report from Brand Finance. The iPhone maker’s brand value has plummeted 27% to $107 billion since the start of last year, according to Brand Finance’s Global 500 2017 report.
Tech Note: Two Factor Authentication Comes to LGF
As soon as I began writing the code, back in the Paleolithic Era when we were still using flat files instead of a database, I realized that I needed to spend a lot of attention on protecting the site as well as possible. And so far, this effort – and it takes a lot of effort! – has paid off.
Hacker releases iPhone cracking code used by FBI, other iOS impacted
The Apple iPhone 5C displayed at an Apple Store in September of 2013 after the launch of the then new iPhone 5c. A hacker, who accessed code used by the FBI to gain entry into the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters, has now released part of that code to the public.
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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.
EasyAcc Flexible Phone and Tablet Stand Review
When you’re working with or just using an iPad for long periods, a stand is essential. Whether it’s part of your case, or your keyboard, or just something you have around, it’s necessary.
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.
NT Security Now Offers ControlByNet’s i-flashback Cloud Video Solution
ControlByNet , a leader in cloud-based hosted video security surveillance solutions, announced today the addition of NT Security as a new integrator for CBN’s i-flashback Cloud video surveillance. ControlByNet’s i-flashback Cloud provides web-based controls for video hosting providers and enterprise customers to host video across multiple servers, users and accounts.
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.
Apple’s Services Business Is A Big Reason Why It Is A Value Trap, Not A Solution To Its Problems
Market expectations initially appear overly pessimistic, but AAPL has historically high ROA’, and across industries, reversion to peer median returns is a fundamental norm. As-reported accounting metrics make AAPL appear to have improving asset utilization, but actually the investment in the Services business has led to declining asset efficiency.
Apple Sales Beat Estimates on Demand for Latest iPhones
Apple Inc. reported quarterly revenue that topped analyst projections, fueled by demand for the company’s latest and priciest iPhones. Apple said sales rose 3.3 percent to $78.4 billion, with earnings of $3.36 a share in the three months through Dec. 31. Analysts forecast profit of $3.22 a share on revenue of $77.3 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
iPhone 7 helps Apple hit all-time record revenue
San Francisco, Feb 1 – Riding on the success of iPhone 7 and Apple Watch, the Cupertino-based company on Wednesday announced an all-time record revenue of $78.4 billion — with a record quarterly earnings per diluted share of $3.36 — for the first quarter of 2017 that ended on December 31. The results compare to revenue of $75.9 billion and earnings per diluted share of $3.28 in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 64 per cent of the quarter’s revenue, the company said in a statement.
Apple defies Wall Street with strong revival in iPhone sales
Apple Inc reclaimed the throne as the world’s top smartphone seller for the first time in five years on Tuesday, beating out rival Samsung in units shipped for the holiday quarter and boosting revenues with a strong showing for its new, top-of-the-line iPhone 7 Plus. The iPhone sales numbers, and a profit of almost $18 billion, both handily beat Wall Street expectations, sending its shares up 3 per cent in after-hours trading.
UPDATE 1-Apple reports blockbuster quarter as iPhone sales top estimates
Jan 31 Apple Inc reported a bigger-than-expected rise in iPhone sales for the holiday quarter, driven by strong demand for the latest version of its flagship smartphone. Shares of the world’s most valuable listed company were up 2.6 percent at $124.50 in after-hours trading on Tuesday.
Apple snaps out of iPhone slump, but for what’s next?
In this Friday, May 13, 2016, file photo, a man uses his mobile phone near an Apple store in Beijing, China. Apple Inc. reports financial results Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017.
The future of iOS is 64-bit only: Apple to stop support of 32-bit apps
Ever launch an app on your iPhone and then get a pop-up warning that says the app may slow down your iPhone? That warning usually appears when you’re using a 32-bit app. You can still run the app, and you probably don’t even notice the slowdown you’ve been warned about .
Super Mario Run hits 78m downloads
Of that 78m, around 4m went on to pay its one-time unlock fee – a good but not amazing conversion rate of around five per cent. The company’s mascot jogged onto iPhone and iPad on 15th December last year – and was quickly downloaded 40m times in just four days.
Google’s New Pixel Smartphone Shines
The Pixel phone, Google’s answer to Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy, is off to a promising start — but might have done even better had Google managed consumer demand as smartly as the device’s sleek design. Although Google hasn’t released sales figures, industry researchers say the Pixel [pictured above] has been a hot item since its October debut was greeted with mostly glowing reviews and the biggest marketing blitz in Google’s 18-year history.