Apple Watch launch: Four questions Tim Cook will answer about price, battery life, UK release date and apps March 9, 2015 So many questions, so few answers – until now. The rumour mill may have been in overdrive about the Apple Watch since Tim Cook first revealed the smartwatch late last year, but we’re about to get the full lowdown on what’s possibly the most anticipated wearable launch ever. At 5pm GMT, Cook will take to [...]
Apple Watch: How many smartwatches will Apple sell? This is what analysts are predicting March 8, 2015 The countdown is nearly over and in just a few hours time Tim Cook will be revealing all there is to know about the Apple Watch. Fresh from record-breaking numbers – from a valuation of $700bn, to selling an iPhone every nine seconds last quarter – can we expect more of the same from the [...]
Apple is going to join the Dow Jones on 18 March March 6, 2015 Apple is to jump across to the Dow Jones, becoming the fifth highest-ranked company on the index. AT&T will be the casualty, with the switch taking place on 18 March this year. Apple is the world’s largest company, but won’t top the Dow as companies are ranked by share price, not by market cap. The [...]
Apple chief executive Tim Cook says invading people’s privacy won’t stop terrorism February 28, 2015 Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, has described invading people's privacy as ineffectual when it comes to tackling terrorism. In an interview with The Telegraph, he said privacy was a “basic human right”, and that terrorists could escape being spied on anyway, since they are able to use encryption to avoid detection. He said [...]
Apple Watch launch event is happening 9 March February 26, 2015 Apple has revealed it is holding an event on 9 March at which it is widely expected to launch the Apple Watch. The tech firm has sent out an invite for the "Spring Forward" event which will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Chief executive Tim Cook announced Apple [...]
Apple just lost $533m in a patent case February 25, 2015 Apple has lost a case worth $533m (£343m) after a Texas jury found its iTunes and App stores had infringed patents. The tech-giant was battling Smartflash, an American company founded in 2000. Smartflash claimed that Apple wilfully infringed its patents, and did not respect its inventions. Apple disagreed, claiming the claims excessive and the patents [...]
Apple travels to Scotland to poach Edinburgh-based talent Camel Audio to bolster Logic Pro app February 24, 2015 Edinburgh-based Camel Audio, an audio software development house run by University of Edinburgh alumni Ben Gillett, appears to have been scooped up by US tech giant Apple. In January, Camel informed customers that its “award-winning… professional audio products” (Alchemy Synth, Sound Libraries and CamelPhat) would no longer be available for sale. Then, on Monday, the [...]
Apple share price climbs towards trillion dollar valuation February 24, 2015 Apple, the maker of iPhones, MacBooks and soon-to-be Apple watches, saw its share price tick up today, meaning it was edging that little closer to hitting the never-before-seen trillion dollar valuation. Apple's share price fell as much as 0.9 per cent to 131.44 in early morning trade, before paring gains to 133.5. Yesterday, it closed [...]
The staggering figures behind Apple’s €1.7bn investment in Europe February 23, 2015 Shares in Apple rose 1.7 per cent today, after it announced plans to invest €1.7bn (£1.2bn) on two massive data centres in Europe. With a combined floor space of 332,000 sq m (that's just under two Wembley Stadiums, fact fans) the two data centres – one in Athenry, Ireland, and one in Viborg, Denmark – [...]
Google buys Softcard to take on Apple Pay February 23, 2015 Google has signed a partnership with Softcard to buy some of its payment solutions software. In a deft move, the search giant has also struck a bargain with several of the US’s biggest mobile carriers, which will see Google Wallet app pre-installed on thousands of handsets. Apple arrived at the near-field-communications party with Apple [...]