Besides the future of iOS and OS X, we’ve recently learned a lot from Apple about the state of iTunes. We can also know how much users are spending on apps and music, and how little they’re spending on video and books. Read more »
Microsoft finally made a native iOS Office app, but it’s for the iPhone. Here’s a roundup of your best options when it comes to accessing and editing your Office documents on an iPad. Read more »
Former Apple executive Tim Bucher has hired away some key technical leaders from Netflix, Apple, YouTube, Amazon and Intel for a new stealth hardware startup. Read more »
Exclusive: Startup by Microsoft/Citrix alum emerges from stealth to help you make sense of all the information flowing to your iPhone. Read more »
Researchers demonstrate that the list passwords for protecting the iPhone’s mobile hotspot are drawn from is just too small. The “randomly generated” passwords are also not random enough. Read more »
None of this makes Apple TV a viable cable replacement for those who want premium content and live sports because it still requires that pesky cable subscription. But Apple is slowly broadening its living room play to compete with Xbox and Roku. Read more »
Small app studio Impending is struggling with one of the most essential questions about today’s App Store: what to charge for a new app in the age of free-to-play apps. Read more »
Apple’s made some changes to Siri’s programming if the mention of suicide comes up — she’s now much more proactive in getting the user help. Read more »
Apple said the new MacBook has the longest battery life of any of its notebooks. Well, according to the first users, that claim is true. Here’s a roundup of the best Air reviews. Read more »
The company behind one of the best and highest-grossing apps on the App Store landed its first round of funding from Andreessen Horowitz and others to grow its team and expand into new and somewhat unexpected realms. Read more »
As the Apple ebook pricing trial enters its final week, much of SVP Eddy Cue’s testimony Monday focused on Steve Jobs’ involvement with the launch of the iBookstore. Read more at paidContent »
What will iPhone gaming controllers look like? A first clue comes courtesy of Kotaku’s blurry shot of an alleged Logitech iPhone controller, said to be one of the first official Made for iPhone controllers. Read more »
Sunrise tries to keep ahead of new iOS Calendar features coming in iOS 7 by adding Foursquare, Crunchbase integration into its app. Read more »
The company framed it as “Apple’s Commitment to Privacy,” but as with its internet peers, the biggest questions remain: how often did Apple comply and whose customer information did they give away? Read more »
Apple’s preview of iOS 7 showed off plenty of welcome improvements, but many are already found on competing platforms. The company is becoming a fast follower rather than a leader and disruptor. Read more »
Record downloads, record payouts to developers and big changes that will follow the redesign of iOS 7. Read more »
Can one chip make a difference in your laptop’s battery life? Yup, and hopefully it comes to Chromebooks soon. Data from connected pets can help their health while Sony countered Microsoft well with its new PS4. Read more »
Admit it: your contacts lists are a mess of double entries, missing data and old phone numbers. Here are some suggestions for cleaning up the contact lists associated with your traditional mail accounts. Read more »
Unsurprisingly, there’s a crazy amount of interest in the biggest visual change to iOS since its introduction in 2007. Read more »
Recent recipient of an Apple Design Award, Ridiculous FIshing is, well, a ridiculous but really fun version of a physics-based fishing game. Read more »
Apple isn’t making it a requirement, but it’s something every developer should do anyway: because when you put an iOS 6-designed app next to an iOS 7-ready one, the difference will be incredibly stark — and not in a good way. Read more »
Exclusive: New usage data from Onavo shows that iOS users are taking to Chrome, to Twitter’s Vine and to Yahoo apps. Read more »
Some of the changes are barely noticeable, while others may cause some initial confusion for longtime iOS users. Read more »
It’s not nearly as full-featured as Google Now, but Today gives notifications about weather, commute traffic and a quick glance at future events. Read more »
It’s not the latest 4G-capable iPad that’s eating up all this data, though, it’s older 3G models, mainly the iPad 2 and iPad 3. Read more »
Apple’s long-rumored Apple TV has yet to materialize – and one reason for the delay may be that cable companies have been engaging in anti-competitive behavior. Read more »
With the lower prices, smaller developers with very limited budgets will have a better chance to participate and advertise their ads and drive installations. Read more »
Apple now holds about 20 percent of the U.S. ebook market, director Keith Moerer testified in court on Tuesday. Moerer also said that the iBookstore’s sales grew by 100 percent in 2012. Read more at paidContent »
Anytime Apple announces a new piece of hardware or changes its software, we get a lot of people weighing in on those developments. The news of iOS 7 wasn’t any different. There are hundreds of posts out there, but here are seven I like. Read more »
One of the “key features” of iOS 6 didn’t merit a mention by Apple in the introduction of iOS 7. But perhaps Apple has something bigger planned. Read more »
Is iTunes not your media player of choice? No problem: You may have another option soon only this one will be in the browser. Google has added iTunes as a default destination for local media files usable by Chrome. Read more »
The last year has been a whirl of inconsistent Apple ads. While the company’s longtime agency is still adjusting to life post-Jobs, the ad Apple showed at WWDC shows Apple’s messaging getting back to what it does best. Read more »
One of the announced features in iOS 7 that Apple didn’t get to discuss is one you’ll like to use, particularly if you hop between Wi-Fi networks. It’s called Wi-Fi Hotspot 2.0 and it makes it seamless to roam on Wi-Fi. Read more »
Developers playing with the previews of Safari for iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks have discovered the inclusion of Russia’s leading search engine as an option in some countries for the first time. Read more »
Apple picked 11 best-designed apps of the year, on the iPhone, iPad and Mac, and announced them on the first evening of WWDC 2013. Read more »
The new iOS 7 operating system is a big departure from the current iOS 6, and it has sparked a big debate in the design community. While many hate it, there are some who think it was inevitable and opens up new vistas. Read more »
Artificial-intelligence startup Anki got plenty of attention Monday during a demonstration of its Anki Drive car game for iOS devices. It pointed to the company’s intention to bring AI into daily life. Read more »
Besides overhauling the look and feel of iOS 7, some of the core iOS apps Apple offers on the iPhone got major updates. And some new features will seem strikingly familiar to some third-party app makers. Read more »
Between Office 365 and Google Docs, Apple really needed a way for Mac users to edit documents online using Apple’s own programs. Which is why it announced iWork for the cloud. Read more »
Watching the iOS 7 debut I couldn’t help but notice design cues from Android, HTC, Microsoft and even Palm. In some ways these have caught up to Apple in terms of design, but Apple is best at putting the pieces together. Read more »
