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
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
Microsoft updates Office apps to run natively on Macs running Apple’s homegrown M1 chips Microsoft is releasing new versions of its Office productivity apps that run natively on Macs with Apple’s internally developed M1… 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
Last call! Apple says it will stop reporting quarterly unit sales for iPhone, iPad and Mac The guessing game about Apple’s iPhone sales is a quarterly tradition among many people who follow the company, but the… Read More
Surprise: iPad sales up 15% as Apple’s results beat expectations Apple this afternoon reported iPad sales of more than 11.4 million units for the quarter ended July 1, a 15… Read More
Apple unveils iOS 11, MacOS ‘High Sierra,’ 10.5-inch iPad Pro, and Apple Watch updates Developing Story: Follow along with the livestream here on supported devices. Apple this morning unveiled new versions of its MacOS and iOS… Read More
iPhone and iPad sales dip as Apple’s cash balance climbs to record $256.8B Unit sales of the iPhone fell by 1 percent and the iPad by 13 percent but Apple nonetheless posted an… Read More
Review: Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac shows why a virtual machine matters For many years, Apple’s OS X (now macOS) met Windows in various dual-boot options that usually swapped out the Apple… Read More
Apple has designs on taking more of your money — with a $299 book celebrating its products Apple fanboys and girls who aren’t satisfied with just spending $700 on a new iPhone or $1,800 on a new… Read More
That New Mac smell can waft through your home thanks to this $24 candle Ooh ooh, that smelllll. Can’t you smell that smell … of a new Mac? Twelve South, a company that does nothing but… Read More
Highlights from Apple’s WWDC: Siri comes to the Mac, Watch gets a lot faster, iOS 10, TV updates, and more Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the company’s 27th annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday by addressing developers in attendance… Read More
The best Apple WWDC rumors: More powerful Siri, new name for OS X, Apple Music redesign The rumor mill is still churning as we’re less than 24 hours from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which kicks… Read More
Mac extends its lead over Linux among software developers, chipping away at Windows A new survey of more than 55,000 coders shows Mac OS X distancing itself from Linux in a ranking of… Read More
Heads up: First ever ransomware for Macs spreads via popular BitTorrent client Monday could be a bad day for Mac owners who downloaded the Transmission BitTorrent client on Friday. Someone spiked version… Read More
iPhone sales level off, Apple misses revenue estimates despite record quarter Apple sold 74.78 million iPhones in the holiday quarter, up just slightly from the 74.47 million sold by the company… Read More
Podcast Testing UberEATS, the latest on Amazon’s rumored bookstore, and a STEM student’s story of resilience This week on the GeekWire radio show: Reporters Taylor Soper and Jacob Demmitt give us the inside scoop on UberEATS… Read More
Play Episode Podcast ‘Recalc or Die’: 30 years later, Microsoft Excel 1.0 vets recount a project that defied the odds Play Microsoft has recently been making lots of apps for iOS and Android, despite the fact that those platforms are rivals to… 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
Microsoft’s Visual Studio expands to Mac and Linux with new ‘Visual Studio Code’ development tool Microsoft this morning unveiled a new development tool, Visual Studio Code, that works across Mac and Linux in addition to Windows… Read More
Apple CEO defends iPad business amid 23% slump in sales Apple’s fiscal second quarter financial results blew through almost all of Wall Street’s expectations, with one notable exception: the company… Read More
Apple launches its thinnest, lightest MacBook yet — with just one port Apple unveiled a new MacBook at its “Spring Forward” press event in San Francisco today that is its thinnest, lightest… Read More
New Mac and iOS betas show off hundreds of racially diverse emoji The wacky world of emoji may be getting more diverse, if a new beta versions of Apple’s operating systems are any… Read More
Christmas comes early: Here’s how to save up to 60% on popular apps If you’re on the hunt for some killer iOS and Mac apps that will make you more productive, grab your… Read More
Yahoo and Microsoft looking for search engine love from Apple Yahoo and Microsoft are fighting to be the search engine provider for the iPhone when Apple’s contract with Google expires… Read More
Microsoft updates Outlook for Mac; new Office for Mac set for 2015 Microsoft this morning released a new version of its Outlook for Mac email client with improvements in the user interface… Read More
New iPads, new Macs and more: What’s in store for Apple’s big press event Thursday Apple is holding a press event at its campus in Cupertino, California tomorrow, and it’s slated to be a significant… Read More
News Brief Apple will hold next press event on Oct. 16 Get ready for some new iPads. Apple sent out an invitation to a select handful of journalists today inviting them… Read More
Apple reportedly planning event for iPad, Macs and OS X Yosemite on Oct. 16 Apple will hold an event to unveil a whole smorgasbord of updated devices on Oct. 16, John Paczkowski of Re/code… Read More
