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...]

The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is soon likely to be built without human workers on the assembly lines, according to an announcement made by Terry Gou, CEO of Hon Hai, the company that owns Foxconn, the main provider of smartphone assembly to Apple. Though the Taiwan-based company is … [Read more...]

In what seems to be turning into a regular pattern, several top executives of GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ:GTAT), the company manufacturing sapphire crystal boules for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) in Arizona, have sold off more of their stock in the company. Analysts also appear to be … [Read more...]

The phrase "as American as apple pie" is so common as to be practically meaningless, especially in light of the fact that apples originate not in the United States but in the shadow of the Tien Shan Mountains on the eastern border of Kazakhstan. In fact, the name of the mountainside … [Read more...]

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a patent application from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) relating to a method of modifying a mobile device's security levels depending on its location. This application was one of thirty relating to Apple products and processes … [Read more...]

In a move that puts the balance between function and fashion in the iWatch smartwatch's design into question, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) managed to hire sales director Patrick Pruniaux away from a lucrative post at a Swiss watch company yesterday, according to a report by CNBC. Besides … [Read more...]

Many companies are now concerned to develop an overall set of standards to ensure compatibility between different products in the emerging “Internet of Things,” according to a report by Reuters today. The Internet of Things is the collective body of smart devices, which will someday … [Read more...]