Phil Schiller, Apple Senior Vice President of Marketing, didn't have kind words to share when emailed about Google Glass, the search giant's experimental wearable that's about to be mass produced for consumers in 2015.
Apple sent an email to registered developers who are registered in Crimea on Sunday terminating their developer agreement with Apple and ceasing the development and distribution of apps.
The Apple TV content march continues, as the company has added Tennis Channel Everywhere to the set-top box for tennis lovers.
Previously just an iOS app, the Tennis Channel Everywhere app on the Apple TV extends its functionality to the larger screen. The app streams live matches for $69.99 per year, or if you don't feel like paying, highlights from some of the recent matches are available to view for free.
Google is graduating its Google Glass Explorer program from Google X and making it an actual division under Google, reports Fortune. Google is putting Nest co-founder and CEO Tony Fadell in charge of the Glass division, providing guidance to Ivy Ross who led the project from its experimental birth.
Apple is planning up for a big retail expansion in China, opening five new stores in the region in roughly five weeks time.
"We are opening five new stores before the Chinese New Year this year. Four of the stores are in brand new cities for us," Angela Ahrendts, Apple's senior vice president of retail and online stores, told Xinhua in a telephone interview on Thursday.
The next-generation iPhone, thought to be labeled the iPhone 6s when it launches in the fall, will pack "Force Touch" technology on its screen and built-in 2GB of RAM for added speed, reports Tech News Taiwan.
T-Mobile announced on Thursday a new prepaid plan titled Simply Prepaid that delivers unlimited 2G data, talk and text for $40 per month - along with 1GB of LTE. Like all of T-Mobile's plans, the number four wireless carrier doesn't require a contract - just a smartphone with a capable SIM-card.
Banking-giant Bank of America announced on Thursday that 800,000 of its customers have enrolled to use Apple Pay, adding roughly 1.1 million cards to the service that was released within iOS 8.1 in October.
Following Apple's price increases on the European iTunes App Store last week, auto-renewing subscriptions for in-app content in Europe have been turned off if any of the pricing tiers were changed.
It's a move by Apple to stop charging users more than they agreed to, however Apple has not notified users or developers of the change, which could leave havoc to developers' revenues for a few weeks until users figure it out themselves.
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo released a research note on Wednesday discussing the current state of Apple's chip supply. Not only does the noted analyst see Apple diversifying its chip suppliers, but also sees the company making its own A-series chip for its MacBook line, like it does for the iPhone and iPad.
Apple is suing Swedish-based Ericsson over LTE wireless technology patents, reports Reuters. Apple claims Ericsson's patents are not essential to industry cellular standards and that it is demanding excessive royalties for the patents.
Microsoft-owned Skype announced a new pre-release program for its iOS app on Wednesday, aimed at its most engaged users.
The company said in a blog post that users accepted into the pre-release program will get access to early versions of Skype in exchange for their regular feedback and NDA signature. Skype is limiting access to those 18 or older and who have a valid email address and Skype or Microsoft Account.