Apple designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, online services, and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod media player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. Its online services include iCloud, iTunes Store, and App Store. Its consumer software includes the OS X and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media browser, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites. Apple is the largest publicly traded corporation in the world by market capitalization.
At long last, iOS is getting widgets; just in time to help the iPhone become a smart home controller. Philips already has a concept widget for controlling its intelligent light bulbs. Read more »
OS X Mavericks provided the first hint at upcoming new iMac hardware and now OS X Yosemite takes it a step further with super high-resolution references in the code. Retina display… Read more »
One of the most obvious drawbacks of Apple’s(s appl) approach to iOS development has been the fact that no browser except for Safari could tap into Apple’s fastest Javascript engine. Not only… Read more »
Apple’s new operating system prompts you to open certain apps when you are in the right location. So if you’re in Starbucks, you’ll see a Starbucks logo in the bottom left… Read more »
Companies like Google and Apple have been colorfully characterized by the People’s Daily as “pawns of the villain.” Looks like this Sino-U.S. argument over surveillance and hacking will run for some… Read more »
Apple is bringing carrier Wi-Fi calling features into iOS 8, letting users make VoIP calls from their dialers. VoLTE calling could just be a short hop away. Read more »
Designed to be the successor to Objective-C, Apple’s new Swift language has some developers saying that Swift will make coding easier, especially for newbies, and some developers saying it’s not the… Read more »
Google tried and failed to create a wireless home music streamer two years ago for $200. Now, Motorola may have the answer for one quarter of the price. Even better: It… Read more »