Sony says Apple unveiling music streaming service at WWDC Mr. Morris was very clear on when Apple would unveil its new Beats Music-based streaming music service. “It's happening tomorrow,” he said, meaning Monday. He also said Apple's entrance into the Spotify and Pandora's market will be a tipping point for streaming music services. He said,…
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Apple Designer Marc Newson Hints at More Wearable Computing, Intelligent Cars
“We will start to see more technology embedded in garments—magic woven in,” Mr, Newson said. “There are some incredible things that are going to happen.” Marc Newson, Driving a 1952 built Yellow Ferrari 225 with Phil Poynter during a time trial at 1000 Miglia race on May 12, 2011 in Brescia Photo by Roberto Cerruti, courtesy of…
Carl Icahn Steps Up Pressure on Apple and Tim Cook to Buy Back More Shares
“After reflecting upon Apple’s tremendous success,” Mr. Icahn wrote, “we now believe Apple shares are worth $240 today. Apple is poised to enter and in our view dominate two new categories (the television next year and the automobile by 2020) with a combined addressable market of $2.2 trillion, a view investors don’t appear to factor…
Why We Need a New iPhone Every Year, Not so Much With iPad
____________________ I started thinking about this effect in a new light after reading this article at Business Insider “One of the most accurate Apple analysts just spilled a ton of new details about the iPhone 6s.” Some of those predictions by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo sound reasonable and others not so much, according to…
Reporter's Notebook: Attending CocoaConf as a Novice Developer
Dave Klein announces the day’s events at CocoaConf Portland. Photo: David Sinclair. I'm a firm believer in the conference, more so in today's hyperconnected world. It comes down to one simple reason: The “hallway track.” Getting coffee and bumping into someone whose work you've followed for a long time, or having lunch with people talking about…
How To Recycle Old iPhones, iPads, and Other Mobile Devices
Just as is the case with old cables, there are a lot of things you can do with your legacy mobile devices, and some of them are really cool. Once you go through the obvious “Hand It Off To A Family Member For Whom It Is An Upgrade” and “Possibly Repurpose For Some Other Nifty…
This Is Why You Should Set Up Philips Hue LED Smartbulbs
There are others from companies such as Wink and WeMo, and most of the same concepts apply to these bulbs. Primarily you see two styles of bulbs: the “Hue” bulb which can be adjusted to a variety of colors, and the Hue Lux which is a white bulb that only has brightness adjustments. (Wink and…
Wall Street Journal: Apple's Car Is Codenamed 'Titan'
This is the second major mainstream report claiming Apple is developing a car this week. The Financial Times reported that Apple had hired a top Mercedes-Benz executive to work on the project Both reports follow BusinessInsider's reporting that an Apple employee told that publication Apple was working on something that will “give Tesla a run…
Apple Continues to Plunder Fashion Industry with Another Burberry Hire
Chester Chipperfield's LinkedIn Profile. Mr. Chipperfield also offered his goodbyes to native London on Twitter, as noted by 9to5Mac: Goodbye London. I have been lucky to call you home for 31 years, time to discover another city.. http://t.co/CRxTDxckQB — Chester Chipperfield (@chesterchip) December 28, 2014 Apple also raided Burberry for Musa Tariq, head of Burberry's…
High iPhone 6 Demand has RBC Raising its AAPL Target to $123
RBC's Amit Daryanani thinks Apple will report shipping between 67 million and 68 million iPhones for the holiday quarter, and that the current quarter will see upwards of 50 million iPhones shipped. He also expects Apple to see more growth as more retailers and banks support Apple Pay, and when Apple Watch ships this spring.…
BuQu Battery Case for iPhone 6 - Easy to Install and Remove
The iPhone 6 PowerArmour battery case from BuQu is light in weight at 3.7 ounce (91 grams), attractive, and it's a piece of cake to insert and remove the phone. The unibody construction provides good protection for the iPhone and has a matte finish that makes it easy to hold. The battery capacity is 2800…
About Half of All Macs Are Now Running OS X Yosemite, Making it the Fastest Growing OS X Yet
Source: GoSquared Yosemite launched on October 16, 2014, and early signs indicated a slightly faster adoption rate than Mavericks, the former leader. Yosemite has continued its relatively rapid pace, reaching just under 50 percent less than three months after its release. By comparison, Mavericks had an adoption rate of about 37 percent by the end…
Logitech Harmony Universal Remote Finally Gets It Right
Episode #103 For years I’ve been searching for the perfect universal remote control, one that was: Easy to set up and manage Able to control all aspects of all of my audio and video components Reliable enough that I could throw the device’s original remote in a drawer and never miss it Over the past…
4 Free Santa Trackers for the iPhone, iPad and Mac
You can track Santa's route from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac NORAD Tracks Santa NORAD, or the North American Aerospace Defence Command, may spend most of the year keeping a lookout for enemy threats from the sky, but every Christmas all of that high tech gear is put to use for a more critical purpose:…
CNN Names Apple's Tim Cook CEO of the Year
CNN ranks Apple's Tim Cook as best CEO of 2014 CNN backed up its choice saying, Apple is the apple of Wall Street's eye again. And that's why Tim Cook is our choice for best CEO of 2014. The stock is up 40 percent this year and near an all-time high thanks to the launch…
Apple and IBM Roll Out MobileFirst Apps for iPhone, iPad
Watch out Microsoft, Apple and IBM are taking over the enterprise mobile market Apple said MobileFirst apps are now available for banking, retail, insurance, financial services, telecommunications and for governments and airlines as part of the team up. The apps are customizable, so organizations can tailor them to fit specific needs. Both companies touted the…
Why Ashton Kutcher May be the Only Steve Jobs We Get
Steve Jobs movie may be falling on hard times Both Bale and DiCaprio were tagged as potentials to play the iconic Steve Jobs, but Bale declined and DiCaprio backed out. Natalie Portman has apparently decided to skip over the part of Mr. Jobs' daughter Lisa. News of Ms. Portman's decision comes courtesy of Variety, although…
Why Apple Really Has to Build its Own UHDTV
___________________ The first piece of evidence is the 5K iMac. In order to refresh 14.7 million pixels at 60 Hz, Apple needed to make its own timing controller, called the TCON with a bandwidth of 40 Gbps. It would make sense that Apple would think about that technology in any internal discussion of a next…
Sponsor: MacX DVD Ripper Pro Giveaway
I'd like to thank Digiarty for sponsoring TMO this week with a great giveaway of MacX DVD Ripper Pro. This normally sells for US$59.95 but this week you can get it for free via our special link. They are limiting this to 10,000 copies, so act quickly to be sure you get one of them.…
Unsealed GTAT Testimony Paints Apple as Bully Negotiator
GTAT: Apple refused to negotiate, pressured company into contract According to GTAT COO Daniel Squiller's testimony, Apple told the company to not waste its time trying to negotiate contract terms because the it doesn't negotiate with suppliers. He added that when GTAT pushed for what it saw as better terms, Apple said the terms were…
SEC Launches Investigation into GT Advanced Technologies Trading Activity
SEC launches investigation into GTAT's securities trading activity GTAT revealed the investigation in a regulatory filing on Thursday, saying the SEC is investigating trading activity along with its sapphire production business. The records the Commission is looking for go back to January 1, 2013. GTAT said the SEC requested “information regarding trading activity in the…
OS X Yosemite: Bringing Back Finder Window Search Options
Search criteria is an option that's available whenever you look for files and folders through the search field in the upper right corner in Finder windows. You used to be able to click the little Plus button next to the Save button that appears once you start your search, but in OS X Yosemite, it's…
Judge to Unseal GT Advanced Bankruptcy Filing Documents
Documents in GTAT's bankruptcy filing will go public next week, despite requests to keep them sealed COO Daniel Squiller's sealed statement reportedly includes details Apple feels will harm its reputation and relationship with other parts suppliers, according to the Wall Street Journal. Judge Henry Boroff said, “I simply do not think [the statements] are sufficiently…
Microsoft Joins the Fitness Tracking Game with Fitness Band
Microsoft Band wants some action in the fitness tracker market The Microsoft Band includes 10 sensors that track the usual data points found on other devices,including sleep tracking, but its built-in GPS, UV light sensor and galvanic shin response sensors set it apart. The UV sensor can alert wearers when they're getting too much sun…