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Drobo, founded in 2005 as Data Robotics, had one primary goal: make redundant external storage simple for average consumers. The company took its first steps to meet this goal in 2007 when it launched the first-generation Drobo, a four-drive device that could protect the data stored within from a single drive failure. There were admittedly…

From time to time, Apple will come out with a new version of OS X or iOS, or one of its own apps, and there will be missing features. Is Apple being obtuse? Are they out of touch? How can our favorite thing be just … gone? Here's what's happening. Over the years, Apple has…

Guy Kawasaki had dumped his iPhone and iPad for Android devices. According to comments he gave columnist Dan Lyons, Mr. Kawasaki said that Apple has been slow to adopt new technologies and that there was nothing compelling about the iPad mini. If you're new to the Apple world, you may not recognize the name, but…

Samsung shipped many more units in the “connected device” market than Apple in the September quarter, but Apple crushed the market in terms of dollars. IDC issued a report on Monday that shows Samsung pushing more devices for a lot less money. We're well into December, and there's probably more interest in holiday sales than…

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary ruling declaring a key Apple patent covering touch screen devices invalid. Patent number 7,479,949, or the Steve Jobs Patent, is still in effect, but if the USPTO ruling is upheld, it could spell trouble for Apple's ongoing patent fights with Samsung and Motorola. The…

Shares of Apple Inc. resumed their downward trajectory on Friday, ending the week at US$533.25, off by $13.995 (-2.56 percent), on strong volume of 28.1 million shares. That's an 8.5 percent loss on the week, and the stock has officially passed the so-called “death cross.” $AAPL Chart for December 7th, 2012 Source: Yahoo! Finance The…

Is TV viewing only about consuming content? There was a time when Apple may have believed that the combination of content delivery, in the Apple TV style, and innovative ways to watch that content was the signature combination. However, that view may be changing. For a long time, there were rumblings that Apple was trying…

Apple dropped the ability to check for duplicate tracks with the release of iTunes 11, but that change is only temporary. The company said duplicate track searching is coming back in an app update, but didn't say how long users will have to wait before seeing the handy feature return. iTunes 11: You can have…

Former Rochdale Securities stock broker David Miller has been arrested on Federal wire fraud charges for allegedly using company money to buy US$1 billion in Apple stock for his own gain which ultimately left his employer with a $5 million loss. “As alleged, this defendant orchestrated the unauthorized purchase of approximately $1 billion of Apple…

Apple has been improving ship times for iPhone 5 orders with the company's website showing delivery in 2-4 days instead of weeks. That's due to improved parts availability instead of declining interest in the company's latest smartphone model, and could lead to more than 46 million phones sold during the December quarter, according to Sterne…

The music section of the iTunes Store may soon be available in Russia, according to an invitation-only iTunes event scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, December 4 in Moscow, reportedly obtained by TechCrunch. The move would bring commercial music content to the Russian iTunes Store — which currently distributes only apps, public domain books, and…

Adobe may unveil an update to its flagship Photoshop CS6 software on Tuesday, December 11, bringing Retina support to the application for the first time. Hints of a Retina-enable Photoshop come from an Adobe YouTube video released Tuesday. The video was released to advertise the company’s Create Now Live event, scheduled for December 11, which…

Apple’s new iTunes 11 media management and playback software may launch as soon as today, according to a statement in a Wall Street Journal profile of Eddy Cue, the company’s vice president of Internet Software and Services. “The New iTunes,” as Apple refers to it, was introduced in September during the iPhone 5 and iOS…

Apple Inc. led the media tablet market it created for the 10th straight quarter, but ABI Research issued a report that said iPad's market share declined 14 points during the September quarter to 55 percent. Android devices took 44 percent of the market and almost all of Apple's 14 point decline, and the firm believes…

Shares of $AAPL rose 3.15 percent on Monday, a day that saw mixed views coming from Wall Street. Barclays, UBS, and Piper Jaffray all offered clients positive outlooks on Apple , while Citi group issued a report saying that iPhone deceleration is likely in the next 6-18 months. Pacific Crest Securities also lowered its target…

Apple has apparently turned to Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery for its laptop and iPad battery needs after Samsung reportedly stopped supplying the components. If true, it underscores the ongoing tension between the two companies over patent infringement claims. Samsung to Apple: No More Batteries for You News of the parts supply change…

Apple's plans to build the so-called “Spaceship HQ” won't be finished until 2016, a year later than the company had planned. Apple had hoped to break ground on the campus in 2012, but a required environmental impact report might not be completed until June of 2013, pushing the groundbreaking out to as late as early…

Annoyed with bad Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance on your Retina MacBook Pro? That fancy new USB 3.0 hard drive you connected may be the problem. The issue is that USB 3.0 hard drives can emit radio frequencies that interfere with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth transmissions on the 2.4 GHz band, especially when placed near the antennas…

Awhile back, Microsoft decided that it would compete in the tablet space with a next generation Windows, called Windows 8. The design compromises Microsoft had to make for this to happen may end up further stalling Microsoft's progress in the post-PC tablet era, causing the company to fall further behind instead of reversing the fortunes…

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson The corporate, high-tech struggle to earn money and thrive means a campaign to drag us all into technological entanglements. But if we are too busy doing something that matters, and if we…

For far too long, our carry bags have been completely dumb. Marijn Berk in the Netherlands has just launched a Kickstarter project aimed to change all that. The Phorce is an intelligent, stylish carry bag unlike any you've ever seen. It features a 14,400 mAh battery that can charge or power your devices and even…

$AAPL's sell-off was “insanely insane,” according to Topeka Capital analyst Brian White. Mr. White told his clients on Monday that Apple's 24.8 percent decline in the last two months has neither rhyme nor reason, and helped by his comments, the stock rallied 7.21 percent, a huge one-day jump that left the stock at US$565.73 per…

“Gotta say love that SURFACE!” Oprah told her legions of fans on Twitter (14,870,825 as of this writing). How much does she love that Microsoft Surface? So much that she carves out time to tell us about it when using her iPad. Gotta say I love Surface, but I gotta type it on iPad Screenshot…

Intel announced on Monday that CEO Paul Otellini will be retiring in May. Mr. Otellini has led Intel since 2005, and was instrumental in working out a deal with Apple to bring that company's Mac product line to the Intel platform. “I’ve been privileged to lead one of the world’s greatest companies,” Mr. Otellini said…