Living Computers vet rescues 1986 Mac from thrift store and gets it to run ChatGPT and much more Hunter Irving is like a tech time traveler. Or he’s just a guy who can’t shake the impact that working… Read More
Key artifacts from Microsoft and Apple history to be sold by Christie’s from Paul Allen’s collection Christie’s announced the items that will be auctioned in three sales from the Paul G. Allen Collection, including historic computers… Read More
Play Episode Podcast AI, venture capital, and the next big opportunity in tech, with ‘Startup Project’ host Nataraj Sindam Play As the creator and host of the “Startup Project” podcast, tech senior product manager Nataraj Sindam talks with a wide… Read More
Zillow calls immersive home tours on Apple Vision Pro ‘the next best thing to being there in person’ Zillow is embracing the new Apple Vision Pro as the ultimate way to experience interactive home tours, launching its Zillow… Read More
Report: Microsoft considered selling Bing to Apple to replace Google as default search engine Microsoft considered selling its Bing search engine to Apple in a deal that would have replaced Google as the default… Read More
Worst butt-dial of my life: Apple’s iPhone SOS technology, and an inadvertent wilderness ‘rescue’ I love the outdoors. Some of my best moments have been spent backpacking in the Pacific Northwest or, more recently,… Read More
Analysis: Apple’s Vision Pro sets up a clash with Valve, Sony, Meta over future of VR/AR Apple newly announced headset positions the company as a contender in the evolving field of virtual and augmented reality, and… Read More
FCC plans to set up a new framework for connecting satellites with smartphones The Federal Communications Commission plans to set up a new regulatory framework to facilitate hookups between satellite operators and wireless… Read More
For Apple and other companies, satellites plus cellphones add up to a new frontier Today’s big iPhone reveal adds Apple to the list of companies aiming to combine the power of satellite communications with… Read More
M1 Macs in the cloud: Amazon Web Services releases upgraded Mac EC2 instances Amazon Web Services is doubling down on the latest Apple technologies with the general availability of its EC2 M1 Mac… Read More
Top 10 video game stories of 2021: Successes, surprises, big hits — and what could have been It’s been a strange year in a strange business. The video game industry came into 2021 with a lot of… Read More
Both sides win and lose in judge’s Epic Games vs. Apple ruling around App Store payments A federal judge ruled Friday that Apple can no longer prohibit individual developers from offering their own independent payment options… Read More
After concerns from Amazon, Apple removes product review analyzer Fakespot from App Store Fakespot, a mobile app that analyzes customer reviews on Amazon and other online retailers, disappeared from Apple’s App Store on… Read More
COVID-19 exposure app helped prevent thousands of cases in Washington state, new study shows WA Notify, the COVID-19 exposure notification tool for Washington state, saved an estimated 40 to 115 lives and prevented between… Read More
Epic v. Apple trial reveals how Microsoft has never made money off Xbox hardware Microsoft revealed in a court appearance this week that it does not, and has never, earned money on the per-unit… Read More
Why Microsoft’s shopping spree and lack of regulatory attention isn’t entirely a coincidence Microsoft’s pending $19.7 billion deal to buy Nuance Communications is the latest in what’s become a shopping spree for the… Read More
Getting chippy: ‘I’m a Mac’ guy is now just a guy who likes PCs better in ad campaign from Intel Plenty of people switch between Mac and PC for their computing needs. Apple’s one-time “I’m a Mac” guy is switching… Read More
Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020, cutting into Windows market share New numbers show 2020 was the first year that Chromebooks outsold Macs, posting impressive market share gains at the expense… Read More
Goodbye, Android: Why I’m switching to Apple’s iPhone after more than a decade with Google Goodbye, Android. Hey, Siri. After more than a decade of dedication to Google’s mobile operating system, I’m leaving for Apple.… Read More
‘I’m a PC’ guy makes cameo appearance as Apple unveils new reasons to ‘Get a Mac’ As Apple looked to the “future of the Mac” at its “One more Thing” event on Tuesday, the tech giant… Read More
Smartphone accessory maker Moment releasing line of MagSafe products for iPhone 12 Moment, the Seattle-based maker of cases and lens attachments for smartphones, is introducing a new line of products intended to… Read More
T-Mobile CEO: Apple iPhone 12 launch marks ‘firing gun’ for 5G and T-Mobile leads the race T-Mobile didn’t make it into Apple’s big iPhone event today. But CEO Mike Sievert took to Twitter and spoke to… Read More
Apple’s devices event: Tech giant unveils new iPhone 12 with 5G; HomePod Mini; and more Apple showed off its new iPhone, the first with 5G, along with a new HomePod Mini device at its much-anticipated… Read More
Microsoft’s Apple workaround: How Xbox could bring Project xCloud to iOS via the web in 2021 Microsoft is working on a browser-based edition of its cloud gaming service Project xCloud, according to multiple reports. Business Insider… Read More
20 years after Microsoft’s antitrust fight, Steve Ballmer betting that Big Tech won’t be broken up Twenty years after Microsoft waged its own antitrust battle with the U.S. government, former CEO Steve Ballmer is betting that… Read More
Apple tweaks App Store rules to allow game streaming services but Microsoft still isn’t satisfied Apple will allow cloud game streaming services on its App Store, but its new guidelines are still not good enough… Read More
Nevada Dept. of Health launches COVID Trace app developed by Seattle tech veterans Three Seattle software engineers who set out to build a COVID-19 tracing app back in March are finally seeing the… Read More
Microsoft slams Apple in new statement about xCloud and App Store policies Microsoft issued a statement Thursday evening calling out Apple for its App Store policies amid a controversy over the Redmond,… Read More
Is he in a barn? Where are the books? Hearing exposes design lapses in offices of tech CEOs Seated in front of the world (virtually) during a House Judiciary Committee antitrust hearing, the CEOs of the richest technology… Read More
Junior Geek of the Month: Math whiz and Rubik’s Cube ace Simmi Sen catches Apple’s eye with app Locked out of hair salons by the coronavirus pandemic, Simmi Sen was looking for a way to provide her style-conscious… Read More
