Apple is putting the final touches on the next update to OS X Yosemite as it again tries to stamp out Wi-Fi problems customers have experienced -- and reported -- since the operating system launched three months ago. Apple, like most developers, typically shortens the interval between builds the closer it comes to a final […]
Samsung ask Court to Throw out $930M Damages in Apple IP Suit
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) asked a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to toss out an order that it pay Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) $930 million for infringing on iPhone patents to make its Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets. The hearing at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was the latest fight […]
“APPLE PAY” LAUNCHED IN THE U.S.
Apple Pay launched recently in the U.S., giving buyers a new technology to make in- store and online payments possible with NFC-ready iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones by simply using Touch ID. Apple Pay’s online payment capability from within apps will be expanded to the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 […]
OS X Yosemite Public Beta Nears Release
Apple may release a public beta for OS X Yosemite as early as next week, according to an online report. Citing "sources briefed on the plans," 9to5Mac asserted that Apple plans to ship the public beta of Yosemite -- prosaically named OS X 10.10 -- later this month. At the company's annual developers conference last […]
APPLE AND IBM FORM MAJOR ALLIANCE
For years the mobile industry has wondered what Apple would do next. How could the firm possibly keep its strong growth rate going in the face of market saturation and increased competition from the likes of Samsung and Sony? The answer was always a strong ‘emerging market; Most expected that Apple would, one day, release […]
Apple Has Poached a Senior Executive from a Swiss Luxury Watch Brand
Tag Heuer has Joined Apple, which could be to help it with the launch of its iWatch expected this autumn. Tag Heuer, part of luxury goods group LVMH, said its vice president for sales, Patrick Pruniaux, who had been with the brand for seven years, was leaving shortly to join Apple. It did not say […]