October 09, 2017
Apple Investigates Swelling iPhone 8 Batteries
Apple is looking into a small number of reports that the iPhone 8 Plus case cracked open due to an expanding battery, with as many as six separate incidents being...
October 09, 2017
Why Apple’s Ivy Says Competing Products Are ‘Soul Stealing’
Apple’s design chief, Jony Ive, told The New Yorker during The New Yorker TechFest late last week that while he may not be good at crunching numbers, he can tell...
October 08, 2017
US: Apple names new general counsel
Apple Computers announced Friday, October 6, that its longtime general counsel (GC) Bruce Sewell will retire at the end of 2017 and be replaced by Katherine Adams, the former general...
October 08, 2017
US: Treasury ‘deeply concerned’ by EC’s tax crackdown
The US Treasury is “deeply concerned” by the European Commission’s effort to recoup back taxes from American companies, after Luxembourg was ordered to retrieve €250 million (US$293.4 million) from Amazon....
October 06, 2017
Voice Sizzles, Equifax Fizzles And Social Security Numbers Get Ready...
Sizzle Cyberattack insurance: The more headlines gather on data breaches, new (Equifax) and old (Yahoo), and the bad news keeps getting worse (both attacks have been more widespread than had...
October 06, 2017
Amazon Pops Up With Booze In Tokyo
Amazon is opening a bar — for a few days, anyway, in Tokyo, Japan. According to news from Bloomberg, for the next 10 days, the online retailer will be slinging beer,...
October 06, 2017
Smart Appliances Find A Home Among Consumers
“Smart House” used to be just a Disney Channel Original Movie; perhaps you watched it back in good old 1999, or remember having kids who watched it. After losing his...
October 06, 2017
Apple Gave Uber Permission To Record Screens
Uber now has permission from Apple to record users’ screens and anything on them, such as passwords or messages, with its iOS app. According to a CNET news report, Uber...
October 05, 2017
FitPay And NXT-ID Forge Ahead On Wearable, IoT Payments
Paying with your smartphone is OK, but having the option to pay with any device you want — phone, smartwatch, fitness tracker, key fob — all while enjoying the confidence that the...
