According to Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is metamorphosing from a plain electronics manufacturer into a "lifestyle business." Mr. Ek spoke at the Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado, which took place on July 14th to 16th, 2014. This gathering, … [Read more...]

The iPad mini has become so popular in the United States, home country of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), that Lenovo has stopped selling its two smallest, 8 inch tablets in the country entirely. According to PC World, the company is ceasing sales of the Thinkpad 8 and the Miix 2 with 8 … [Read more...]

Debate is raging on a number of fronts over what Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) product rollout for 2014 will look like in terms of sapphire crystal utilization. The Cupertino firm's massive outlays for sapphire to GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT) indicates that sapphire is going … [Read more...]

Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) primary supplier of finished iPhones, Foxconn of Taiwan and mainland China, is said to be on the verge of starting mass production of the 4.7 inch version of the iPhone 6 this coming week. Though this information is only a rumor, it is a plausible one given that … [Read more...]

A second woman has found her way onto Apple's formerly all-male board of directors. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced today, marking the continued advance of a more inclusive workplace that focuses on talents and qualifications rather than matters of sex, gender, or race. Susan … [Read more...]

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is seeking to settle the ebook price fixing suit against it with a payment of $450 million, a lower sum than the $840 million sought but still a hefty sum by any measure. If this amount is finalized in the legal processes that follow, consumers will receive … [Read more...]

The fiscal year of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) runs from October of one year to September of the next, meaning that the Cupertino electronics titan's current fiscal year began in October 2013 and will terminate at the end of September 2014. According to information reported on Patently … [Read more...]

The journal "Pediatrics" published a piece by Dr. Sharon Jacob and another dermatologist on Monday, containing the claim that nickel in the outer shell of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPads causes allergic skin rash in susceptible individuals. The study, Medical Xpress reports, details the … [Read more...]

Bold claims were made today by the Economic Daily, a Taiwanese news service, that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is not only on course for a Q3 2014 iWatch retail release, but that three models of the new form factor will be available immediately upon the smartwatch's launch. As reported by … [Read more...]

Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) dealings with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, or USPTO, are usually as smooth and predictable as well-oiled clockwork. Two months ago, however, Apple suffered a notable setback when its trademark application for "Touch ID" was rejected out of … [Read more...]

Eagerly awaited by both the buying public and investors, the larger 5.5 inch iPhone by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may prove to be chimera for this year at least. The famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities, whose predictions are frequently though not always borne out, says that … [Read more...]

Chinese sources, report that the A8 processor chip, which is to be the next advance in Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) system architecture, features a dual core setup rather than the quad core predicted for months by many sources. It was believed that Apple was moving to a four core chip … [Read more...]

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has joined the new SupplierPay program, a Federal initiative designed to help small American businesses grow when dealing with larger firms. This voluntary initiative binds those companies that agree to it to pay their suppliers within 15 day of being … [Read more...]

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has recently taken a sharp turn for the greener, taking up the banner of actual pro-environmental action rather than simply "greenwashing" with a few token environmentalist measures. So successful have these efforts been that the Cupertino firm has gained the … [Read more...]

Taiwanese tech manufacturer TSMC has begun to supply A-series chips to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), cutting back on the quantity of chips that the Cupertino enterprise purchases from its archrival Samsung. Though Samsung is continuing to manufacture chips for Apple as well, and is slated … [Read more...]

The ongoing saga of Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) efforts to avoid paying taxes on its profits continues with a fresh allegation from the government of the United Kingdom, which claims that the Cupertino titan is using Irish tax breaks to pay an approximately 0.1% effective tax rate on … [Read more...]

The Beijing First Intermediate Court handed down a decision today which will allow a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) to proceed, ruling that the patent for the Xiaoi Robot speech recognition voice assistant system is indeed valid. This opens the gates to a … [Read more...]

The Czech online magazine "Letem Svetem Applem," which translates approximately as "Apple at a Glance," has run an article suggesting that Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iWatch may not be just a health monitor, but also a key component of controlling devices using HomeKit, Apple's system … [Read more...]

The latest attempt to revive the 'smell-o-vision' concept, the oPhone Duo, has generated only tepid interest in the crowdfunding world, having achieved less than a third of its $150,000 funding goal thus far. The project, funded via IndieGoGo, was slated to pay for production of a … [Read more...]

Investors are in a frenzy to acquire shares in the Taiwanese firms that are supplying iPhone parts to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), while avoiding commitment to investment in the Cupertino firm itself. The motivator behind this buying pattern is the possibility of quick rises in share … [Read more...]