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iOS 8 Apple Maps To Take On Google Maps
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 12:02pm | 633According to sources who spoke with 9TO5Mac, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is finishing up work on a completely upgraded version of its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Maps app, set to come out with the next major iOS release. Sources indicated that the new Maps product would be designed to compete head to...
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Consumer Reports Shows Droid and Samsung Are Loved More Than New iPhones
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 12:57pm | 571In a new report out Wednesday, Consumer Reports said Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s new iPhone 5S “Tops the already great iPhone 5 with a surprisingly reliable fingerprint reader, a faster processor, and better-than-ever camera.” So far, so good. In addition, the not-for-profit ratings organization...
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Sensor Issues In Apple's 5S May Be Linked To A New Supplier
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 7:45am | 485After a story in Gizmodo seemed to prove that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had a motion sensor issue, one tech blogger believes he found the answer: the accelerometer. Originally, reports began appearing on the internet noting that the new iPhone’s motion sensors were wrong specifically when it came to...
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Google Play App Revenue Grows Still Trails Apple App Store (AAPL, GOOG)
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 7:46am | 519When it comes to app revenue, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Play continues to trail the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store. This, despite the fact Google Play increased its take a full 10 percent in the six-month period from April to September. During that period, Apple dropped from 75 to 65 percent...
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Pandora Answers Apple's iTunes Radio With New Apps And New Tag Line
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 10:46am | 651So what if Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) just released iTunes Radio? Pandora (NYSE: P) doesn’t care. Pandora just released new iOS apps, including a new iPad app and an upgraded iPhone app. According to Mashable, the company also has a spiffy new logo and tag line, “let there be music” with a slick video...
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Three Apple Stories You Might Have Missed Wednesday (AAPL)
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 8:04am | 534Even for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the last two weeks have been huge news weeks. Here are three Apple stories you may have missed Wednesday. Analyst Expects Six To Eight Million iPhones Sold This Weekend KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Wednesday in a research note that he expects Apple to ship...
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Four Apple Headlines You Might Have Missed Wednesday (AAPL)
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 7:52am | 545The Stock Plunges Nearly Six Percent Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) plunged nearly six percent -- not because of what it said on Tuesday, but what it didn’t say. Investors were hoping to hear that it had inked a deal with China Mobile (NYSE: CHL), the world’s largest wireless carrier but after...
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Auto and Tech Companies Battle Over Your Dashboard (F, GM)
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 9:39am | 671Your children can tell you if you don’t already know yourself, but that fancy, space-age navigation system in the console of your car is a dinosaur, regardless of the age of your car. Auto manufacturers understand that as well, and that’s why they, along with a host of other companies, are...
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Apple Using the 'It's only a beta' Line for iOS7
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 7:24am | 552Don’t bring it up next time you’re invited to a dinner party with all of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) high-ups but it looks like the company may be stealing a long-used PR move from its rival Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). You know how it works. Google loves to call everything a beta. Even if it’s remained...