Apple CEO Tim Cook, who took over the company as a successor to the late Steve Jobs who passed away in October 2011, has seen a 99% drop in his pay package after his first full year as CEO of the company, reports Reuters. According to a recent federal filing by Apple, Tim Cook was awarded total compensation...
According to a report by Chinese tech blog TGbus.com, Apple and Intel are working together on a Bluetooth-equipped smart watch that can connect to iOS devices. The report also claims that so called "Apple Smart Watch" could find its way to the market as early as first half of 2013 (via TNW). The report goes on to...
In order to bypass the Great Firewall, a system that blocks content by preventing IP addresses from being routed through in China, Apple has adopted HTTPS for searches and downloads on the version of iTunes used in China, reports The Register. Apple's move has come at a time when Chinese government is preparing to step up regulation of...
A new JavaScript bug that can potentially cause some major security and privacy implications, has been discovered in iOS 6 that re-enables JavaScript in mobile Safari without asking the user, AppleInsider is reporting. It appears that a new "Smart App Banner" feature in iOS 6, this allows developers to promote App Store software within Safari, is responsible. The...
BrightWare reports through the Korean online news site iNews24 that Samsung has today brought a lawsuit against Apple in a court in South Korea over its 'Notification Center' patent infringement (via Patently Apple). No more details have been made available. A lot of Android users have blamed Apple for copying their notification system, which was first introduced by Google in...
Earlier this month, speculations of Apple planning to switch to TSMC for its custom A-series processors by early 2013 grew stronger but now, Wall Street Journal reports that Taiwan based semiconductor manufacturer may not accept Apple as a client until late 2013. Previously, Apple has attempted to secure exclusive access to TMSC, with proposals of more than $1 billion, but failed....
With the introduction of iOS 6, Apple brought Passbook to its mobile platform, a new feature that allows users to store coupons, boarding passes, tickets, store cards and other forms of mobile payment. Looks like the feature is not only growing rapidly, but is also driving a huge amount of downloads for the developers who integrate it...
An unclassified National Security Agency (NSA) document, intended as a security manual for network administrators in the law enforcement agencies, acquired by Fast Company has revealed how American agencies are using spying capabilities of iPhones and Androids. Some years ago, government employees turned to BlackBerry as a "secure smartphone" but now, times have changed. Majority of government agencies have...
Alongside its Apple Campus 2 project in Cupertino, California, the Cupertino joint has also started work on a new 39-acre campus in Austin, Texas. According to Wired, this will be home to a major portion of the Apple empire in future. The new Austin campus will give 1 million square feet of office to Apple, opening another...
A new study carried out by CrowdFlower, Apple Maps are much more likely to send you in the wrong direction as compared to Google Maps, with approximately 3.4% major error rate in the US, compared to 1.1% for Google Maps and 1.3% for Bing. To find out how Apple Maps stack up against Google's and Bing's...
The return of Google Maps for iOS, that saw over 10 million downloads in less than two days of its launch, is being praised as "better than ever". In fact, Walt Mossberg from AllThingsD believes the app is even better in most respects on the iPhone than it is on the Android. Google has re-designed its maps app...
Now you can get all your Tweets, including Retweets, going back to the day you joined Twitter by downloading your Twitter archive, a new feature introduced by Twitter today. With your Twitter archive, you can view your Tweets by month, or search your archive to find Tweets with certain words, phrases, hashtags and @usernames. To...