In the lead-up to Monday’s arrival of the long-awaited iOS 14.5 — the new version of Apple’s mobile operating software that strikes a blow against the creepy user tracking underpinning Facebook’s business model — there was a particular dynamic that consistently dominated much of the press coverage. Things tended to be put in pretty binary …
Today is the day that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been dreading for more than a year, possibly even extending back to a private encounter he had with Apple CEO Tim Cook back in July 2019 at the annual Allen & Company investment bank conference that’s regularly attended by America’s corporate elite. The arrival on …
Apple turned augmented reality (AR) into a core feature of iOS, with developers able to code apps that allow the iPhone and iPad to project digital objects into the world through the camera. Games set in your living room, measuring apps, and home design apps are among the types of applications that make use of …
For all of the advantages that Apple’s mobile operating system has over Android when it comes to security and ease of use, freedom is one area where iOS pales in comparison to its top competitor. If developers want to make apps for iPhone and iPad, they have to go through the same review process as …
Ahead of the milestone he’ll reach in August — which will mark 10 years since Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs as the CEO of Apple, mere weeks before Jobs passed away from pancreatic cancer — a transformation of sorts at the iPhone maker is still underway. Corporations, of course, exist to pursue commercial imperatives, and …
Apple CEO Tim Cook participated in a video interview with a Chinese college student who’s also a tech influencer in the country. The conversation touched on everything from Cook’s thoughts on innovation and new products like the iPhone 12 series to the importance of China and Chinese consumers to Apple. Cook mentioned how features like …
In a new interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook proclaimed that products like the Apple Watch are going to help Apple’s ambitions related to health and wellness surpass what the company has done so far with the iPhone. Cook says the company keeps getting letters from people who say the Apple Watch has saved their life. …
The ongoing Apple vs Facebook spat, generally over privacy concerns, has kicked into high gear in recent days, spurred on thanks to increasingly pointed comments from Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The iPhone maker is also in the arguably awkward position of maintaining multiple official Facebook pages — dedicated to promoting …
The Facebook vs. Apple cold war might get hot pretty soon if reports that Facebook is about to sue Apple over the iPhone maker’s new iOS 14 software are to be believed. A forthcoming Apple software update will make it easier for iPhone users to stop apps like Facebook from tracking them around the web. …
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday unveiled a series of major projects and investments under the banner of the iPhone maker’s previously announced Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. The company first announced the racial justice initiative back in the summer, in the wake of the killing and subsequent protests over the deaths of George Floyd, …
