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Steve Jobs' Old Home Gets Historical Protection

It's where he and Wozniak built the first Apples

(Newser) - The Silicon Valley home where Apple co-founder Steve Jobs grew up and built some of his first computers is now on the city's list of historic properties. The historical commission in the city of Los Altos voted unanimously for the historic designation last night, the Palo Alto Daily News...

What Cookies? Google, Microsoft Plot New Ways to Track You

Systems could mean big gains for tech firms

(Newser) - The Internet's biggest players are taking a bite out of cookies. Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are all working on ways to track users on their own, without the help of the small data chunks that reveal online activity, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company that wins what one...

Apple: Profits Fall, iPhones Keep Selling

Tech giant's earnings decline for 3rd straight quarter

(Newser) - Apple's latest quarterly earnings fell 9% as more people bought the company's lower-priced iPhones and iPads, according to fourth-quarter results announced today. The numbers included early sales of the latest iPhones released late last month. The models, called the 5S and 5C, helped Apple Inc. increase its iPhone...

Wake Up, Apple: Your Prices Are &#39;Absurdly High&#39;
Wake Up, Apple: Your
Prices Are 'Absurdly High'
OPINION
Oct 23, 2013 11:52 AM CDT

Wake Up, Apple: Your Prices Are 'Absurdly High'

Troy Wolverton: The company seems to have 'lost its way' on cost

(Newser) - Apple proved once again yesterday as it unveiled the iPad Air and other upgrades that it still knows how to produce snazzy products. It also proved that it remains clueless when it comes to putting a price tag on those products, writes Troy Wolverton at the San Jose Mercury News...

Apple Unveils Slim &#39;iPad Air&#39;
 Apple Unveils Slim 'iPad Air' 
Oct 22, 2013 2:10 PM CDT

Apple Unveils Slim 'iPad Air'

New device will be thinner, more powerful, and pricier

(Newser) - Apple today unveiled its latest take on the iPad concept: The iPad Air. This new edition clocks in at just 7.5mm thick and weighs a single pound, the Verge reports. It's got the same screen as the previous iPad—a 9.7-inch Retina Display—and the same 64-bit...

Apple Puts Brakes on iPhone 5C Production

Apple cuts orders on lower-cost option

(Newser) - Apple is telling its suppliers to scale back production on the iPhone 5C, the lower-cost iPhone model that's been criticized from day one for being too expensive. Apple's two Taiwanese assemblers were told that fourth-quarter orders would be cut, by about 20% for the larger of the two,...

Apple Sitting on Extraordinary Pile of Cash

As in, it holds 10% of all corporate cash out there

(Newser) - Apple CEO Tim Cook had dinner with billionaire investor Carl Icahn last night, and Icahn gave him an earful: He says he "pushed hard" for a $150 billion buyback for shareholders, reports Bloomberg . And as a new Moody's analysis shows, the company is sitting on an enormous cash...

Coke Loses 'Most Valuable Brand' Crown

Apple, Google knock soft drink into 3rd place

(Newser) - At the top of the world's most valuable brands, Coke is no longer it. The soft drink giant has lost its crown to Apple and Google, falling from first place for the first time since consulting firm Interbrand started releasing lists of the world's 100 most powerful brands...

iOS 7 Is Causing Motion Sickness

Users report headaches, nausea, dizziness

(Newser) - Some Apple users are sick of the company's new iOS 7 operating system. Literally. The new zoom and slide animations, and the 'floating" icons on the home screen, are causing motion sickness in many people with vestibular disorders—conditions that affect balance and vision, the Guardian reports. "...

Oops: Apple Maps Users Drive Across Airport Runway

Fairbanks staff forced to block off area

(Newser) - Twice in the past three weeks, drivers trying to get to the Fairbanks International Airport have driven right across the runway. It seems Apple Maps directs them to Taxiway Bravo, and though the app doesn't specifically say to cross the runway, the terminal is right on the other side,...

More Foxconn Woes: Huge Fight Breaks Out

Images show men carrying pipes; unconfirmed deaths reported

(Newser) - Foxconn may not be in the news like it once was , but not for lack of woes, it seems. The company revealed that a major fight erupted Thursday at a Foxconn campus in eastern China, and the firm says 11 people were injured. The fighting reportedly started as workers drank...

iPhone 5S, 5C Sales Smash Record

Customers buy 9M on first weekend

(Newser) - Apple's new iPhones went on sale this weekend, and it seems customers were plenty ready: They picked up more than 9 million units of the 5S and 5C, a record for the first weekend of sales, the company notes. "This is our best iPhone launch yet," CEO...

Franken Worried About iPhone's Fingerprint Scanner

Writes open letter to Apple asking for answers

(Newser) - The new iPhone 5S that hit the market today has a fingerprint scanner designed to replace the conventional password system, and that scares the bejeezus out of Sen. Al Franken. In an open letter to Apple's Tim Cook, the Minnesota senator asks for more information about the security of...

Microsoft Yanks Ads Mocking New iPhones

Only lasted a few hours online due to backlash

(Newser) - Microsoft launched a series of online ads mocking Apple's new iPhones yesterday ... only to take them down a few hours later. The ads, titled "A fly on the wall in Cupertino?" featured send-ups of meetings between Apple staff and execs ("Remember the thing about how we were...

Apple Held an Event, Tech World Snoozed
 Apple Held an Event, 
 Tech World Snoozed 
OPINION
Sep 11, 2013 1:06 PM CDT

Apple Held an Event, Tech World Snoozed

Rice & Co. didn't deliver a cheap phone, or anything new enough

(Newser) - Apple's big iPhone unveiling yesterday—in which it replaced the iPhone 5 with the similar 5S and cheaper, multicolored 5C—has pundits yawning and investors selling. Here's how people are reacting:
  • The biggest problem is that "Apple failed to feed the insatiable consumer appetite for the new,
...

New iPhone 'Beautifully, Unapologetically Plastic'

Apple officially unveils iphones 5S, 5C, and more

(Newser) - Apple is hoping its new, cheaper iPhone can make plastic cool. As expected , Apple unveiled two new iterations on its popular smartphone today, the premium 5S, and the budget-friendly 5C. "The iPhone 5C is beautifully, unapologetically plastic," designer Jonathan Ive said, according to the Washington Post . Here's...

Apple's Big Announcement: What Is—and Isn't—Coming

Expect 2 new iPhones at today's event

(Newser) - Apple's "special event" is today at 1pm Eastern, so tech blogs are, of course, overflowing with predictions. What can you expect? Here's what 9to5mac and the Verge have to say:
  • iPhone 5S: That's what most people are calling the new iPhone that is sure to debut.
...

Apple Looking at 6-Inch iPhone Screens: Report

Wall Street Journal says company has test models

(Newser) - Apple releases its new iPhones on Tuesday, and while they might come in different colors , you can safely expect the screens to remain at 4 inches. But maybe not for long: The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is toying with the idea of offering bigger screens down the road—...

Apple Launches Trade-In Program for Old iPhones

Customers can bring old ones into physical stores for credit

(Newser) - Those who plan to upgrade to a shiny new iPhone next month (a gold one , perhaps?) now have a new option from Apple: They can bring their old iPhone to an Apple store and trade it in for credit toward a new one, reports CNBC . Savvy shoppers can easily find...

Apple to Offer Gold-Colored iPhone, Too
Apple to Offer Gold-Colored iPhone, Too
rumor mill
Aug 20, 2013 3:25 PM CDT

Apple to Offer Gold-Colored iPhone, Too

Multiple sites report new color option for upcoming rollout

(Newser) - The latest rumor about the new iPhone looks pretty solid to tech writers—they think Apple will indeed add a third color option of gold in September. The speculation began at iMore , and TechCrunch and AllThingsD have since confirmed. The latter's sources say the tone is "elegant,"...

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