What To Expect From Apple’s iPhone Event On September 9

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Gregg Mojica

Let us know what you think…

Apple design head Jony Ive ahead of iWatch debut: ‘Switzerland is in trouble’

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Gregg Mojica

Breaking: Apple Announces September 9 Event

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Gregg Mojica

In atypical apple fashion, the Cupertino giant has confirmed it will host its rumored September 9 event at the Flint Center in Cupertino.

Recode reported yesterday that the company is planning on releasing not only the new iPhone, but also an iWatch smartwatch.

We’ll bring you more news as it arrives!

Breaking: Apple and Samsung Drop Disputes

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Gregg Mojica

In an announcement made today jointly by the tech giants, Apple and Samsung have decided to end their non-US patent war. The announcement comes after Apple was again victorious in the seemingly never-ending patent wars.

However, the new settlement does not affect USA patent claims and Apple will likely pursue it’s lawsuits. Apple was famously awarded over $1 Billion in August of 2012 with Samsung found infringing on several key patents.

The full statement is below:

Apple and Samsung have agreed to drop all litigation between the two companies outside the United States.

This agreement does not involve any licensing arrangements, and the companies are continuing to pursue the existing cases in US courts.

Apple Releases OS X Yosemite Beta (Public)

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Gregg Mojica

Apple today released it’s OS X Yosemite Beta to the public as part of its latest initiative to supply non-developers with versions of Yosemite. Yosemite is available to the first million signups.

Apple, notorious secretive about its upcoming software (and harsh on developers, who are sworn to not discuss beta software with the general public), has become somewhat more relaxed in the past months. However, the Apple Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) still stands for iOS 8 betas.

Apple Quarterly Earnings

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Gregg Mojica

Join us today for Apple’s quarterly earnings today. The conference call starts at 1 PST.

Apple vs Google – Battle of the Tech Giants

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Gregg Mojica

Google just recently held its annual developers’ conference, Google I/O, in San Francisco. Just three weeks ago, Apple, too, held it’s annual developers’ conference in San Francisco. Both tech giants showed off their vision for the…future (the next year).

Apple’s software lineup wasn’t as radical as iOS 7’s unveiling at WWDC 2013 (an unveiling which wowed the world), but the iPhone maker certainly unveiled much – especially for developers. The company promises to open up portions of its operating system, iOS, to developers with new features – a move it has been reluctant to do in the past. Apple released a series of API updates and other developer-related content along with iOS 8. It also pushed new feature such as HomeKit and HealthKit, which will allow pave the road for the rumored “iWatch”. Apple, unlike Google, did not push wearables at its WWDC, however only hinted at what’s to come.

Google, on the other hand, pushed wearables with it’s watch API and other wearable related software. The search giant also showed off its competitor to Apple’s Carplay, Android Auto. Android Auto promises to ingrate with various cars before the end of 2014 and provide a seamless integration with exiting Android devices. Google also directly targeted Apple’s comments at WWDC 2014, saying that is is patching security holes at a much faster rate (via Google Play Services). However, the company still fails to release general software updates to the majority of its users. Most importantly, Google showed off Android L, it’s next generation operating system, which promises to provide users with a beautiful new experience and systemwide redesign. It will publicly debut in the fall.

The question remains: who will be victorious in the never-ending battle for users and user growth? Google and Apple both unveiled incredible updates to their existing products. Collectively, the two conferences did not showcase hardware, but rather hinted at the future by laying the building blocks for wearables and other such technology to emerge. We’ll just have to wait until the fall to see…

OS X Yosemite & iOS 8 @ WWDC

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Gregg Mojica

Apple’s annual WWDC is always feature packed. This year’s emphasis was on software (as with last year) and we saw major upgrades to both iOS and OS X.

Apple showed off iOS 8, the next generation of iOS at the conference which sports loads of new features such as a health app, user profiles, a better photos app, updated messages app, and more. Spotlight has been completely redesigned and iCloud now comes with iCloud Drive, a competitor to others such as DropBox and Google Drive.

OS X Yosemite also saw its debut with a completely redesigned interface similar to that of iOS 7.

As with last year’s iOS 7, the radical new design of Yosemite takes some time to get used to. It’s certainly a stark new overhaul and might be a but of adjustment to long-time mac users (look at Finder)! Every element of Yosemite has been redesigned with the new look and it’s quite impressive. The new feel conveys a sense of depth and content. Notification center on the mac has also been redesigned and completely revamped.

We’ll have more on each individual feature of iOS and OS X in the coming days. Stay tuned!

Earth Day, OS X Beta, and More

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Gregg Mojica

It’s been a busy (earth) day for Apple.

The company today celebrated Earth Day with banners promoting its efforts to help save the environment. Apple touts its eco-friendly footprint with the tagline”there are some ideas we want every company to copy.” The phrase is clearly a jab at Samsung, Apple’s greatest rival and a known copycat.

The company also extended it’s iPhone buy back program to iPads as well, allowing customers to sell back old iPads to Apple. Apple updated it’s logo for Earth Day with a green leaf and reports indicate that Apple Stores around the world have done so as well.

In a surprising turn of events, Apple will now allow non-developers to receive free OS X betas. Previously, only registered developers had access to pre-release OS X software. This leads us to wonder if Apple will offer OS X 10.10 (expected to be revealed at WWDC in June) to the public as a pre-release.

Lastly, the company released iOS 7.1.1 with bug fixes and Touch ID improvements. Apple also updated it’s App Store rules and updated the store with minor enhancements in iOS 7.1.1.

Wow, busy day!