Apple has reported much better than expected results for its third financial quarter, helped by strong sales of Mac computers. The company reported a net profit of $3.25 billion for the three months to June 26. This was up from $1.82 billion a year earlier. Earnings per share, at $3.51, were well ahead of the [...]
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled a new touchscreen tablet computer on Jan. 27 dubbed the “iPad,” calling it a “revolutionary” product between a laptop and a smartphone. “We want to kick off 2010 by introducing a truly magical and revolutionary product,” Jobs said at an Apple event in San Francisco. “All of us use [...]
Apple today patched five vulnerabilities in the iPhone’s operating system, including one in a password-locking feature that’s required attention before. iPhone OS 3.1.3 , the first update since September 2009, addressed five bugs, three of which were tagged with the phrase “arbitrary code execution,” Apple-speak for a critical vulnerability. Unlike other software makers, such as [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a sleek tablet that it called the iPad, pitching the new gadget at a surprisingly low price to bridge the gap between smartphones and laptops. A buoyant Jobs took the stage at a packed theater on Wednesday to show off the 9.7-inch [...]
The rift between Apple and Google looks like it could get a whole lot wider. Apple is considering replacing Google as the default search engine on its iPhone with Microsoft’s Bing, according to two people familiar with the matter. Discussions between Apple and Microsoft have been going on for weeks, say the sources, who caution [...]
