Google Director Hints Assistant Tech Coming To Apple's iPhone

Google Assistant —the chief rival to Apple's Siri —could be coming to the iPhone and iPad in the future, a Google director hinted on Thursday.

Apple Won't Have To Pay $533 Million To An iTunes Patent Troll

A three-judge panel unanimously agreed to throw out a two-year-old iTunes patent ruling.

Apple Board Members Receive Restricted Stock Grants Worth More Than $253K

Each member of Apple's board of directors recently received an automatic grant of restricted stock units currently worth more than $253,000, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings show.

Apple Updates Home App Webpage with New Promotional Video, Design

In an update to its webpage, Apple refreshed the design of a mini-site dedicated to iOS 10's Home app and debuted a video showing off some of the smarthome software's best features.

Apple Investigating Hide-able, Attachable Apple Pencil Storage Loops

​Apple shows a feature you might have expected Apple to have introduced alongside the Apple Pencil: a holder to attach it to an iPad when not in use.

Apple Retail Chief to Speak at April's Global Retailing Conference

​Apple retail head Angela Ahrendts will be one of the featured speakers at next month's Global Retailing Conference in Tucson, Ariz., according to the event's website.

Apple Sign Legal Brief In Support Of Transgender Boy

Apple and other 50 major U.S. companies have signed a legal brief supporting transgender student.

Human error caused Amazon Web Services outage, Apple iCloud service issues

Tuesday's major Amazon Web Services outage was caused through human error, the retailer has confirmed

Apple Watch Called 'Magnificent Success,' Shipments Up 13%

Apple (AAPL) gained ground in the wearables market in the fourth quarter, thanks to its Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2.

Apple Tries for A Hat Trick with Lawsuit Against Qualcomm in Third Country

Apple has escalated its legal war against Qualcomm with a fourth lawsuit, this time in the UK.

Apple’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms

Apple is losing its grip on American classrooms, which technology companies have long used to hook students on their brands for life.

Apple Granted Patent For Fingerprint Recognition Using Entire iPhone Display

Apple is considering a future without a physical home button on its iPhones .

MacBook Pro Retina, The Battery Catches Fire And Explodes

A MacBook Pro 2015 Retina started to heat up exceedingly, to the point of catching fire and damaged irreversibly.

Nearly One Year After Launch, Apple Pay Finds Limited Traction In China

Apple Pay is now dominating its home country, the United States, but the same can’t be said of China where it is up against a different set of challenges.

Apple Expands Mobile Phone Billing for App Store and Other Services

Apple has slowly been expanding mobile phone billing (or carrier billing) to additional countries, and three more have been added to the short list of supported countries this week.

AAPL Beats $140 Per Share In Mid-day Trading

AAPL beats $140 per share in mid-day trading, inches closer to record $775B market cap.

Microsoft Adds Google Calendar & Contacts Support to Outlook 2016 for Mac

Microsoft on Wednesday launched preliminary support for Google Calendar and Contacts data in Office 2016 for the Mac, filling in a significant gap in the email and scheduling app. Along the same lines, Gmail accounts can now make better use of Outlook features.

Apple Investors Reject Diversity Proposal

Apple investors overwhelmingly rejected proposal urging company to hire more minorities.

Apple Pay Japan Gains Support For Six New Credit Cards

Apple on Wednesday local Japan time activated a two month-long Apple Pay promotion offering cash back,

Apple Just Scored a Win in a Federal Appeals Court

A federal appeals court has thrown out a jury verdict that had originally required Apple to pay $533 million to Smartflash, a technology developer and licenser that claimed Apple's iTunes software infringed its data storage patents.

Apple's iPhone SE With Rumors of a 128GB Model Swirling

U.S. retailer Target is allegedly telling its stores to return some iPhone SE units to Apple, a report claimed on Wednesday, ahead of a March press event in which the company could announce a new high-capacity 128-gigabyte model.An internal memo is asking stores to return six unlocked 16- and 64-gigabyte models —in all four colors —as well as two Sprint configurations, MacRumors said. An anonymous worker meanwhile told the site that her shop hasn't received any iPhone SE shipments since before the iPhone 7 was announced in September.A recent rumor has claimed that Apple is preparing a 128-gigabyte SE for a March press event, though other reports have suggested the device won't be updated this year. The same rumor hinted that Apple might also introduce a red color for the iPhone 7, new bands for the Apple Watch, and a 7.9-inch iPad Pro.It's possible that an early 2017 iPhone SE upgrade would come in the form of a simple capacity bump, doubling the maximum storage from 64 t...

Tim Cook Calls AirPods a ‘Cultural Phenomenon’ in Shareholders Meeting

A quick spot check on the availability of Apple's truly wireless earphones, the AirPods, indicates that stock is still incredibly hard to come across.

Patent Owner Infographic Shows Contrast Between Apple, Google Inventor's Cultures

A pair of visualizations comparing Apple's and Google's "innovation signatures" shows the difference in corporate cultures between the two giants, but doesn't tell the entire tale.

Florida Pro Soccer Team's New iOS App Cuts Out Ticket Middlemen

The Orlando City Soccer Club this week launched a new app for iOS and Android that leverages the team's paperless ticketing process to sell passes directly to customers, effectively cutting out third party ticketing sites.