Digital Music Sales Just Dropped for the First Time Since iTunes
In 2013, digital music sales declined for the first time since Apple launched the iTunes Store 10 years ago. Are streaming music services like Rdio and Spotify to blame? Nielsen SoundScan just...
View ArticleExplore Old Manhattan In Pics From Street Photographer Bill Cunningham
S A few years ago, a documentary came out that introduced longtime New York legend Bill Cunningham to the world at large. The film was fantastic—now streaming on Netflix !—and made it pretty much...
View ArticleSony NEX-7, A Great Projector For $400, Apple Time Capsule [Deals]
S We just had a great deal on the NEX-3NL , but if you’re looking for something with a little more kick (and a sweet OLED viewfinder), then the NEX-7 is for you. For many, that viewfinder alone will...
View ArticleThe Truth Behind Apple’s Latest iPad Ad
S Apple’s latest iPad advert shows the tablet being used by helicopter rescue pilots, storm chasers, ice hockey coaches, musicians, Bollywood filmmakers, scuba divers, rock musicians and artists. But...
View ArticleSnowblower turns Fifth Avenue Apple Store glass into beautiful painting
The Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan? You know the one—it cost $6.7 million to build. Yesterday, a snowblower smashed one of its 15 seamless glass panels, which created this beautiful cracked...
View ArticleiOS 7′s Reboot Bug Will Be Ironed Out… But Not Until iOS 7.1
iOS 7, perhaps the most divisive software update in Apple’s history of mobile devices, has suffered from one particularly annoying bug since launching last September. Random restarts have plagued a...
View ArticleApple Increased Mac Sales For the First Time Since 2012
For the first time in two years, Apple has seen an increase in sales of its Mac computers. For the first time in two years, Apple has seen an increase in sales of its Mac computers. Not just an...
View ArticleApple’s Touch-Friendly, Solar-Powered Laptop Would Be Insane
S Hey you, Apple user. Have you been waiting—and waiting and waiting—for Apple to make some face-melting upgrades to the MacBook instead of just bumping the specs every few months? S Hey you, Apple...
View ArticleApple Is Probably Going to Run a Sequel to its "1984" Ad Today
S 30 years ago. The Los Angeles Raiders are slaughtering the Washington Redskins at halftime. You decide it’s time for a refill on your Crystal Light S 30 years ago. The Los Angeles Raiders are...
View ArticleNYT: Apple’s Smartwatch Could Use Wireless Charging and Solar Power
S The New York Times reports that Apple is researching new technologies to charge its products—and it could see its smartwatch come equipped with solar charging capabilities. S The New York Times...
View ArticleIt Took More Than Just iPhones to Shoot Apple’s New Ad
With Macintosh turning 30 this year , you’d think Apple would go big. Maybe they’d spring for another Super Bowl commercial like the 1984 ad that changed the way the world thinks about computers. Nah…...
View ArticleDid Samsung Try to Ban Apple Logos From the Olympics Opening Ceremony?
Lucky Olympic athletes taking part in the Sochi Winter Olympics found a Samsung Galaxy Note III in their arrival goodie bags, so even if they don’t take home a medal they’ve still got something of a...
View ArticleFlappy Bird Is Officially Gone From the App Store and Google Play
S As promised , Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has removed his torturous app from Apple’s App Store. Flappy Bird is gone. It is survived by knockoffs like Clumsy Bird and Happy Poo Flap , and by the...
View ArticleImagining Life With the iWatch
S Apple’s making a smartwatch. By now that’s a foregone conclusion S Apple’s making a smartwatch. By now that’s a foregone conclusion. What we don’t know, though, is what an iWatch will be. Although...
View ArticleApple: Our Supplies (Largely) Don’t Come From War Zones
S Apple has just published its supplier responsibility report , which audits its contract workers who produce and assemble hardware in factories outside the US. Perhaps most interestingly, Apple...
View ArticleReport: Apple Is Working on Medical Devices, Mulling Cars
S A report from the San Francisco Chronicle suggests that Apple is working to develop new product lines—including medical devices and cars The newspaper is light on detail , but does describe how ,...
View ArticleApple’s Fitness-Tracking Ambitions Go Beyond the iWatch
S Lately, all the talk has been about the fitness-tracking, health-monitoring smartwatch that Apple is assumedly building. But a patent granted to Apple today shows the company wants to get into...
View ArticleApple’s Touch-Sensitive MacBook Patent Embeds Controls in Screen Bezel
Ever since the rise of Apple’s touchscreen devices, it’s seemed only a matter of time until a touchscreen MacBook arrives. But those who wince at finger-smeared screens may not need to worry — a newly...
View ArticleRumor: Amazon Is Readying a Web TV Box (Again)
S Re/code is reporting that Amazon is getting ready to launch an Android-powered web TV box to compete with Roku and and Apple. Sources tell Peter Kafka that Amazon “is aiming for a March rollout” of...
View ArticleWhy Apple’s Huge Security Flaw Is So Scary
On Friday, Apple quietly released iOS 7.0.6, explaining in a brief release note that it fixed a bug in which “an attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in sessions...
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