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In days past, hackers would take down large websites just to make a public statement. They still do that, but now, mounting a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack to take a website down has become much easier because they’re using connected devices to achieve the same goal. And the problem is that these devices…
I hate to say this, but Apple is becoming more predictable with each product. Or, perhaps, the “Apple sleuths” are just getting sharper and more accurate with their rumors, guesses and leaks. In any case, the new MacBook Pro 2016 is exactly as we envisioned it – Touch Bar above the keyboard, TouchID integrated into…
Earlier this month everyone was under the impression that Google and Apple would swiftly move in to take advantage of the fact that Samsung recalled its plagued Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. Now, however, it seems that both companies don’t have enough inventory to meet the needs of a sudden spike in demand for their iPhone…
In the first two parts of the Apple Pay series (Part 1 | Part 2), I detailed the reasons and factors that influenced Apple’s decision to get into the digital wallet market. In this article, we will look at the market’s landscape, as well as trends that are playing a major role in the industry’s…
Apple has sent out invites to its much-awaited Mac event this month on the 27th. At this point everyone is pretty certain that Apple will unveil the MacBook Pro 2016 at the event since this is possibly the last such event of the year for Apple. Here’s what we know so far. After 40 years…
In an interview with Japanese news media service Nikkei, Apple CEO Tim Cook talked about Apple Pay and his vision of creating a cashless world where digital payments rule. Cook claimed that “we don’t think the consumer particularly likes cash”, referring to Apple, Inc.’s attempt to push its digital wallet Apple Pay to as many…
As reported by Fortune, Goldman Sachs analysts Simona Jankowski and Drew Borst have prepared and today published an extensive report on how an “Apple Prime” service similar to Amazon Prime would be beneficial to the company. We’d like to look at why such an idea might or might not work from Apple’s perspective. The idea is fairly simple….
According to a report in Apple Insider, Apple, Inc. now has a published patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a “Wristband device input using wrist movement”, which could indicate a new functionality for future iterations of Apple Watch. The patent application shows a wristband that converts wrist movements into device…
In Part 1 of this article, we gave an introduction to how Apple Pay is part of an ‘ecosystem’ that Apple is building around its devices and its users. We saw how Microsoft was successfully doing this, and we reviewed some very important numbers for Apple Pay and its growth. In this segment, Part 2,…
For the first time in more than a century, the United States Supreme Court will be presented with a design patent problem – the case of Apple Inc. Vs. Samsung Electronics. For years Apple and Samsung have been embroiled in a bitter legal battle for originality versus innovation. Four years ago a court ruled that Samsung…
After a slew of safety-related incidents with the replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones, the company may stop production of the smartphone. Several U.S. carriers like Verizon and AT&T have already stopped selling these phones because of the risks of battery overheating, fires and explosions. When the Note 7 was launched in August this year, it was…
As part of Microsoft’s push towards the Continuum effort, the company wants all of its apps to be compatible across multiple types of devices with different screen sizes, input types and so on. It actually began with Windows 8, during the early version of which Microsoft wanted to target devices rather than operating systems. Typically,…
Conflicting reports peg the MacBook Pro 2016 release date as being either on October 24 or October 27. The problem is, both dates seem valid because Apple just moved its fourth quarter earnings call from October 27 to October 25. The reason both dates hold water is actually a two-sided argument. On the one hand,…
We’ve been closely following developments on a possible release date for the Surface Pro 5 that everyone’s been talking about. The release was first expected in June, but that didn’t happen. Then again there was talk of a September release at IFA 2016 right before the iPhone 7 launch on September 7, but we didn’t…
Apple’s products are never too far away from the rumor mill, and the latest is the Apple will be launching three variants of a new iPad Pro 2 next year, which includes a 7.9-inch iPad Mini Pro. According to Macotakara.jp, the other two options will be 12.9 inches and 10.1 inches, mirroring the current iPad…
