Latest Apple News

• 21 May 2013

• News: Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS

  Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop for Android and iOS games for free using its platform.

• 18 May 2013

• News: iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 17

  There's nothing like exclusive, high resolution, leaked photographs of arcane internal iPhone components to trigger the gaga reflex in the iOSphere. It takes skill, honed by long experience with rumoring, to read into them far, far more than is actually there.

• 17 May 2013

• News: New Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer

  Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway.

• 16 May 2013

• News: Now you see it: How Apple's Retina display is a boon to accessibility

  iOS's accessibility features are great, particularly on the iPad--as I've written elsewhere--but for disabled users, accessibility is more than just a niche set of options in the Settings app.

• News: Remains of the Day: Anybody want a peanut?

  The DOJ wants to put Apple on ice for collusion on ebooks' price. Elsewhere, if an iPhone button wiggles, is it more than just a niggle? And to get some relief, Siri asks you to please keep it brief. The remainders for Wednesday, May 15, 2013 like to rhyme all of the time.

• 15 May 2013

• News: VMware and Verizon Tackle BYOD with Dual Persona Phones

  VMware has partnered with Verizon to offer dual persona smartphones for Verizon enterprise customers. It's currently available on two Android-based phones, but more Android devices and iOS support are expected soon.

• News: Lenovo and Apple grew as bottom fell out of PC market in Western Europe

  PC shipments in Western Europe declined by 20.5 percent during the first quarter: The only vendors to see shipments grow were Lenovo and Apple, which returned to the top five.

• News: Android dominates smartphone market

  Google Android smartphones are dominating the market, according to the latest figures from Gartner.

• News: BlackBerry to launch BBM for iOS and Android

  BlackBerry will launch BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on both iOS and Android this summer.

• 13 May 2013

• News: T-Mobile raises price on iPhone 5 by $50

  First, T-Mobile didn't even offer the iPhone. Then, last month, it started offering the phone for $100--and it sold half-a-million phones in three weeks. But now, the carrier has boosted the upfront price on that iPhone 5 to $150.

• News: Samsung to launch 5G by 2020

  Samsung has announced developments in 5G which it claims will mean the technology could launch by 2020.

• 11 May 2013

• News: The Macalope Weekly: It's magic!

  Yes, kids, in just three easy lessons, you can make anything be about Apple! News about Samsung? No, it's about Apple! News about Facebook? No, it's about Apple! News about the scientific properties of magnetism? NO, IT'S ABOUT APPLE!

• 09 May 2013

• News: PayPal Says It's Time to Ditch Passwords and PINs

  PayPal CISO Michael Barrett took the keynote stage at Interop today to announce the impending death of passwords and their replacement with more robust authentication protocols based on an open standard. Apple may lead the way with its next iPhone.

• News: A cheaper iPhone doesn't necessarily mean a 'cheap' iPhone

  For a product that has been around a scant six years--an eternity in the field of consumer electronics--the iPhone has had a remarkable run. It has changed the way we think about computing, conquered the mobile market, and transformed Apple from a relative underdog in the PC industry into one of the planet's most profitable and influential enterprises.

• 08 May 2013

• News: T-Mobile sells 500,000 iPhone 5 units in three weeks

  It seems that the introduction of the iPhone to its roster of supported devices has been very good for T-Mobile.

• 02 May 2013

• News: The Macalope: Failure to outrage

  What is the world coming to when the Macalope can't muster up some good old-fashioned indignation? Whether it's his softer side manifesting itself or that big lunch he ate making him sleepy, he just can't get that worked up over comments made by our fine frigid friends in Waterloo.

• News: Remains of the Day: Flat broke

  Apple may be borrowing from OS X to pay iOS, hackers have gone phishing for Apple customers, and Tim Cook will be playing Southern California for one night only. Can you spare the remainders for Wednesday, May 1, 2013 a dime?

• News: Android steals tablet crown from iPad

  Android has overtaken Apple's iPad to take the majority of tablet market share.

• 01 May 2013

• News: Hands on: Briefs is an ambitious tool for prototyping iOS apps

  "I've got a great idea for an app!"

• News: Remains of the Day: Bond. Financial bond.

  Some day, when people ask Apple why it offered up a multi-billion dollar bond, it'll tell people it was young and needed the money. Of course, if you believe one competitor's CEO, that's because Cupertino's tablet business is going belly up sooner rather than later. And it's time for the latest edition of "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Sponsored Tweeting!" The remainders for Tuesday, April 30, 2013 have a nasty habit of surviving.

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