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Sony closing Seattle store, ceding key retail battleground to Apple, Microsoft

Sony will be pulling its store from a very busy Seattle mall, leaving the fertile shopping ground to its biggest… Read More

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Apple appeal calls e-book ruling a ‘radical departure’ from antitrust law

Apple has finally filed its much-anticipated appeal in the case brought against it by the U.S. Department of Justice, following… Read More

Apple launches new update for Mavericks, fixing security problem

After what seemed like an interminable wait, Apple has released an update to OS X Mavericks today, which plugs a… Read More

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Disney launches new movie app with help from Apple

Disney moved further into the mobile era with the announcement today of the new Disney Movies Anywhere app, available for iOS and on the… Read More

Apple releases iOS 7.0.6 to plug a security hole

Apple released iOS 7.0.6 today, which fixes a security problem with how iDevices handled SSL connection verification. For users who can’t… Read More

Ask Andru: How to improve Touch ID and secure your iPhone

We’re back for another installment of Ask Andru, where I take your burning tech questions and give you practical answers!… Read More

New Apple TV could get hosed by Comcast-Time Warner merger

If rumors are to be believed, there’s a new Apple TV coming around the bend, but a Comcast-Time Warner merger… Read More

Later, dudes: Apple’s unit sales leave PCs in the rear-view mirror, for now

As Steve Jobs liked to say, “Boom.” Total unit sales of Apple products surpassed unit sales of computers running Windows… Read More

This Seattle startup was featured in Apple’s 30-year Mac anniversary video

Earlier this week, Apple released a video celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Mac. To film the 90-second clip, the… Read More

Fair trade? Microsoft offers free Windows Phones for old iPhones

Microsoft has a new offer for people considering an move from their old iPhone. The company is offering to buy… Read More

Amazon updates iPhone app to detect (and buy) products using camera

Getting more baking soda is now just a photograph away. A new update to Amazon’s iOS app includes “Flow” — a feature… Read More

iPhone gains ground on Android; Windows Phone slips in U.S. market

Google’s Android remained the top smartphone platform in the U.S., as measured by subscribers, but Apple’s iPhone closed a noticeable… Read More

Chart: Here’s why Wall Street hates Apple

Over the past two days, Apple’s stock price has fallen to just above $500 a share, down from where it… Read More

Samsung pulls further ahead of Apple as smartphone shipments top 1 billion worldwide

Smartphone makers sold 1 billion handsets worldwide last year, according to a report by IDC this morning. And nobody has more… Read More

Parallels expands ‘Access’ app for iPad to support Windows 8.1 and OS X Mavericks

Parallels released an updated version of its Parallels Access remote desktop app for the iPad this morning with a variety of… Read More

Apple CEO cites carrier changes, iPhone 5S inventory as reasons for U.S. smartphone share decline

Apple CEO Tim Cook is not worried about Apple’s market share. “As I’ve said before, our objective has always been… Read More

Watch out, Microsoft: Apple says iPad accounts for 90% of enterprise tablet activations

Microsoft is aiming to protect its turf inside large businesses with the help of Windows tablets that run Office, but… Read More

Apple reports quarterly revenue of $57.6B, driven by record iPhone, iPad sales

Apple announced today that its revenue for the quarter ending in December of last year was $57.6 billion, up almost… Read More

Apple’s revenue should top $57 billion for December quarter, analysts say

Quarterly earnings season ticks on this week, with Apple entering the fiscal spotlight this afternoon as it announces its fiscal… Read More

Happy Birthday, Mac! Apple celebrates iconic computer’s 30th anniversary with special site

It’s been 30 years since Apple launched the original Macintosh in 1984, and now it’s time to blow out the… Read More

Microsoft Surface best guess: Around 1.5M tablets sold

So how is Microsoft’s Surface business doing? The company reported yesterday that Surface revenue in the December quarter was $893… Read More

Apple’s latest iWork update improves compatibility with Microsoft Office

Apple issued a number of updates to its iWork suite of productivity apps today, in a move that added some… Read More

Apple will soon fix those annoying iPhone crash screens

While iOS 7 brought a whole new look to Apple’s mobile devices, it also brought an unwelcome new friend: the… Read More

Apple gets its court-appointed monitor benched … for now

Apple has been granted a temporary reprieve from the watchful eye of its court-appointed antitrust monitor. The second circuit U.S.… Read More

Chart: Here are the 15 companies that filed the most patents in 2013

IBM continues to be the patent king. For the 21st straight year, the Armonk, New York-based company filed more patents… Read More

Charts: Apple’s unit sales on track to match Windows PCs and tablets in 2014

It’s no secret that Microsoft hasn’t weathered the transition from a PC-centric market all that well. But sometimes it’s hard… Read More

Want a job at Apple or Yahoo? You’ll have to answer these outrageous interview questions

Why are manhole covers round? How many cows are in Canada? How many quarters would you need to reach the height… Read More

Apple to pay at least $32.5M over kids’ in-app purchases

Apple will enter into a consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission to refund users for unauthorized charges incurred within apps… Read More

Judge denies Apple protest, rules antitrust monitor can stay in e-book case

Judge Denise Cote ruled today that former Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich will remain Apple’s antitrust monitor, despite the… Read More

Study shows Microsoft outpacing Apple in battle for tech consumer mindshare

A new study from Forrester may surprise you: Microsoft — not Apple — is doing a better job of building… Read More

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