Podcast Apple in Seattle, Starbucks rides with Lyft, Amazon flexes its profits, and our search for the Rolling Stones This week on the GeekWire radio show: Apple makes a big move into Seattle, Starbucks and Lyft strike a major… Read More
Apple Watch sales peaked in June, refuting analysts’ estimates that sales have tapered off since launch On today’s Q3 earnings call with investors, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that June had the strongest Apple Watch sales so… Read More
iPhone sales power Apple earnings increase, Apple Watch sales figures still a mystery Apple’s quarterly revenue was up again this quarter to $49.6 billion, up 33 percent year-over-year. Revenue was once again driven by… Read More
Apple reportedly inks lease in Seattle tower with room for 200 workers Apple has signed a lease to take over two floors inside a downtown Seattle skyscraper, according to a report from Bloomberg.… Read More
Apple brings iPods back from the brink of death with long-awaited overhaul Apple announced today the first major update to the iPod touch in nearly three years. The company also updated the… Read More
Microsoft’s Mac Moment: What Satya Nadella is learning from Apple’s comeback With Microsoft in the midst of its big Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Fla., CEO Satya Nadella is taking the… Read More
Authors and booksellers ask U.S. regulators to investigate Amazon’s dominance in book sales A year ago, Amazon was looking pretty good after Apple was found guilty of overcharging consumers by millions of dollars for… Read More
Patent trolls increasingly targeting tech: Apple, Amazon among most frequently sued Patent litigation in the U.S. is expected to hit an all-time high this year, and the cases are largely being… Read More
24 hours with Apple Music: It’s the best streaming music service for Apple users, but not worth switching The world didn’t need another streaming music service, but Apple Music came yesterday anyway. For the past day, I’ve been using… Read More
Apple Music debuts Tuesday; Beats 1 radio station starts streaming at 9 a.m. Check your internet connection and get your tapping fingers ready: Apple Music is coming through a software update at 8… Read More
Taylor Swift’s Apple victory is a case study in the ‘new influence’ Apple may have billions in the bank, but Taylor Swift has millions of followers online, and the latter won out this… Read More
Apple hiring real humans to power its news app In this ever-automated world of ours, here’s a twist: Apple is actually seeking humans to work on its Apple News… Read More
Samsung and IBM dominating U.S. patent activity this year, new study finds Samsung and IBM were each granted more than 3,000 U.S. patents between January and May, putting the companies at the top of a new… Read More
Spotify reaches 20M paid subscribers, setting a high bar for Apple Music Spotify announced today that it has doubled the number of paying subscriptions since the end of May last year. The… Read More
Apple makes an Android app — to help Android users switch to iOS Android users who were waiting for bigger screens, smartwatch compatibility or a better virtual assistant before moving to iOS may now… Read More
What’s new for the Apple Watch: Native apps, sensor access and ‘nightstand mode’ The second version of the Apple Watch operating system, watchOS 2, was announced today at WWDC. It comes with a… Read More
Chart: Apple Music vs. Spotify, Pandora, Rhapsody and the rest of the streaming competition Apple unveiled its new $9.99/month streaming music service this morning, staking its claim in a market with a large number… Read More
Apple Music will cost $9.99/month, launching June 30, coming this fall to Android and Windows Apple just unveiled a new music service, Apple Music, that takes the tech company into the streaming music business for the first… Read More
Multitasking coming to iPad, letting users run apps side-by-side Apple is bringing multitasking to the iPad with the upcoming release of iOS 9 — giving users the ability to… Read More
Apple unveils News app, with New York Times, ESPN and other big publishers on board Apple just unveiled a new iOS “News” app, giving the iPhone and iPad a first-party news aggregation app for content from… Read More
Apple’s iOS 9 brings improvements to Siri and new context-aware features Your iPhone is going to get way smarter with iOS 9. An update announced at today’s WWDC conference includes improvements in… Read More
Apple unveils Mac OS X ‘El Capitan’ — with a jab at Microsoft Windows 8 Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is underway right now in San Francisco, and the company wasted no time in jumping into… Read More
How to watch Apple’s WWDC keynote live (hint: you’ll need an Apple product) The biggest event on the Apple calendar is upon us: WWDC 2015. To watch it, you’ll probably want some Apple… Read More
Apple’s new music streaming service coming as soon as next week Apple is expected to announce a new music streaming service next week that, if successful, could cannibalize its own music download… Read More
Apple adds Force Touch to 15-inch MacBook Pro, cuts price of 5K iMac Apple announced today a few changes to its Mac lineup. The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina is getting a new… Read More
Apple acquires high-accuracy GPS firm Coherent Navigation Apple Maps might be tracking you more closely soon. The Cupertino, Calif., company has acquired Coherent Navigation, a developer of highly… Read More
Apple Watch, one week in: Highs and lows from a wearable-enhanced life It has been a week since my Apple Watch showed up on my doorstep. So far, I’m mostly impressed with… Read More
Amazon ranks as the No. 1 most reputable company in the U.S., Apple falls to 187th The company that sells you just about anything online, and delivers books right to your Kindle, has a better reputation… Read More
Greenpeace blasts Amazon in latest cloud energy report, lauds Apple Despite making a commitment to use more renewable energy to power its datacenters, Amazon was blasted in a new report… Read More
Apple ups sustainability commitment, partnering with World Wildlife Fund on Chinese forests Apple is following through on its commitment to sustainability with a new partnership announced today between the company and the… Read More
