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Wed, 22 May 2013

During Apple tax hearing, Senator John McCain asks Cook: 'Why so many iPhone app updates?' - video

Ashleigh Allsopp

Senator John McCain questioned Apple CEO Tim Cook about the company's tax practices during a hearing on Tuesday, but ended the hearing with the question: 'Why the hell do I have to keep updating iPhone apps?'

Wed, 22 May 2013

Apple to build Macs in low-tax Texas

Gregg Keizer

Apple will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday, putting a little flesh on a pledge from last December.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes

Grant Gross

Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries that the company does not consider tax residents of any nation.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Apple patent roundup: Magic Mouse force sensor, walkie-talkie iPhone and more

Ashleigh Allsopp

Apple has been granted 26 new patents this week, including patents for a future Magic Mouse, a walkie-talkie feature for future iPhones, and the iPad's Smart Cover.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Pentagon clearance for iOS could open even more doors for Apple in the private sector

Tony Bradley

The Pentagon's decision to grant Apple the security clearance required for iOS 6 devices to go head-to-head with BlackBerry 10 and certain Samsung Galaxy S4 devices on secure military networks could have with a cascading effect that spills over into the private sector.

Wed, 22 May 2013

The iPhone's big lead in customer satisfaction is gone

Gregg Keizer

Apple's dominance in smartphone customer satisfaction faded last year, with rivals like Samsung and Motorola dramatically closing the gap, a national survey said today.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Advice from an Apple Tech: When your Mac takes a fall

Chris Barylick

If you've never heard that noise before, you're bound to hear it someday: that amazing, dull crunch as your Mac slips out of your hands or off a desk and makes a date with the ground at 9.8 meters per second squared, gravity having played the role of a yenta-like matchmaker bringing together your computer and an admirably dense surface. The crunch registers in your brain, and you have a sudden mental image of the universe collapsing.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS

Mikael Ricknäs

Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop for Android and iOS games for free using its platform.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Touchscreen notebooks snag 10 percent of the laptop market, report claims

Ian Paul

Windows 8 was rebuilt from the ground up with a finger-friendly focus. That proved to be a problem during the operating system's early days. In the months immediately after launch, touchscreen Windows devices cost an arm and a leg, and that's if you could even find one; during the 2012 holiday season shoppers were hard-pressed to find a touch-based laptop.

Wed, 22 May 2013

New Intel CEO creates 'New Devices' division focused on 'cool technology'

Brad Chacos

Well, that didn't take long. A mere five days after Brian Krzanich took the reins as the new CEO of Intel, he's shaking things up at an organizational level.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Sony to stream PlayStation games to non-consoles as part of turnaround

Jay Alabaster

Sony will leverage its streaming technology to bring PlayStation games to devices other than dedicated consoles as part of its ongoing turnaround, but said gaming profits will still suffer and lowered sales targets for its smartphones and cameras.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Teens growing cool on Facebook but warming to Twitter, Pew study finds

Zach Miners

Some teens are growing tired of the excessive sharing and "drama" on Facebook and more are turning to sites like Twitter and Instagram to express themselves, according to a new study.

Wed, 22 May 2013

The Xbox One will unite your living room

Evan Dashevsky

Following months of fevered rumor and speculation, Microsoft finally took the veil off the Xbox One, a console that furthers Redmond's efforts to take over your entire living room experience. The new system will come packaged with an updated version of the Kinect sensor and will be available "later this year." No price was announced.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Microsoft's Xbox One will succeed where Google TV failed

Mark Hachman

Microsoft developed the Xbox One to be the future of the living room. Instead, we got a Google TV that we'll actually want to use. And it even plays games.

Wed, 22 May 2013

The new Flickr: Goodbye customers, hello ads

Derek Powazek

Flickr always had its share of problems. The servers used to crash. The design was simplistic, then confusing, then outdated. The first iOS app was laughable. But the one thing you could always rely on Flickr for was honesty. From back in the day when cofounder Stewart Butterfield wrote a blog post titled "Sometimes We Suck," to its current community guidelines, one of which simply says "Don't be creepy," you could always trust Flickr to speak simply and truthfully to you.

Wed, 22 May 2013

New Macs with 802.11ac Wi-Fi coming soon, custom built chip sighted

Karen Haslam

It is likely that the next generation of MacBook Air, expected to launch at Apple's WWDC next month, will feature the new, as yet unratified, standard.

Wed, 22 May 2013

Apple Store down, new products coming?

Ashleigh Allsopp

The Apple Store is down this morning, with the usual "We'll be back" greeting customers attempting to buy something from the store. It's believed that the store has been offline since around 5am GMT.

Tue, 21 May 2013

How to transfer music from an iPhone to a Mac

David Price

Got music stuck on an iPhone or iPod? Here's how to get it off and transfer your tunes to a Mac.

Tue, 21 May 2013

Apple 'should win an award': Senator sounds off on Twitter over Apple's tax practices

Karen Haslam

We love this series of tweets sent by Senator Rand Paul defending Apple and its tax practices.

Tue, 21 May 2013

Should I buy an iPhone 5 or wait for iPhone 5S, iPhone 6?

Ashleigh Allsopp

Apple's iPhone 5 is more than eight months old, and speculation over Apple's next-generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5S or iPhone 6, is on the rise. Here, we ask whether or not it is worth buying an iPhone 5 now or waiting until Apple launches its new iPhone later this year.

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