Woz strikes back at 'Dancing' judges
Stung by his low scores in Monday's premiere of the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak struck back early Tuesday, saying the judges were "not in tune" with the public.
Stung by his low scores in Monday's premiere of the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak struck back early Tuesday, saying the judges were "not in tune" with the public.
Rumors of an Apple netbook gained momentum Tuesday as the Dow Jones financial news service confirmed earlier reports that the company will launch a touch-screen-based computer, perhaps as early as the second half of this year.
Contrary to Apple's claims, the newest version of Safari is not the world's fastest browser, benchmark scores show. But it is dramatically faster than rivals being built by Mozilla and Microsoft.
With a US$599 netbook, Apple could move into a fast-growing market without cannibalizing existing sales and still make the profit margin investors have come to expect, a financial analyst argued Monday.
IPhone users have short attention spans according Pinch Media's research that helps developers track the use of their iPhone applications.
The worsening economy hit Apple hard last month as the company's US retail sales fell 6 percent compared to January 2008, research company NPD Group said Wednesday.
Apple today issued multiple updates for Mac OS X and Java that patched 55 bugs, including one for its Safari Web browser that prompted a security researcher to blast the company for a half-hearted approach to security.
The gales of the Blackberry Storm gales just weren't strong enough to wash away Apple's iPhone success. Between its average reviews and customer complaints over bugs and OS stability, the Storm seems to have severely underperformed in customer satisfaction. And now, the latest figures from Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) show that it has underperformed in sales, too.
Mark Papermaster, the former IBM executive who was blocked last year by a US federal court from working at Apple, will be able to start his new job April 24, six months after he left IBM, according to terms of a settlement made public Tuesday.
Apple beat expectations with its financial results for the holiday shopping quarter, a period that treated many consumer electronics companies badly.
Microsoft's fourth-quarter revenue from its Zune platform dropped by US$100 million, a decline of 54 percent on a year earlier.
Apple beat expectations with its financial results for the holiday shopping quarter, a period that treated many consumer electronics companies badly.
Apple executives offered no new information about the health of CEO Steve Jobs during the company's first-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, which came as a report surfaced that US regulators are reviewing Apple's public statements about his medical issues.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs Wednesday announced he would be taking a leave of absence from Apple because of his health. Here is the text of the e-mail sent to all Apple employees.
Who is Apple's low-profile COO Tim Cook who is to stand in for Steve Jobs while he takes a leave of absence due to his health? Fortune did a profile of Cook last fall, when rumors where still swirling about Jobs' medical problems, in light of his thinness and paleness.