Nov 25, 2014, 9:26 AM Steve Jobs movie picked up by Universal; Michael Fassbender will play Apple icon The upcoming Steve Jobs biopic has a new star and a new studio. After Sony Pictures dropped the movie last… Read More
Nov 25, 2014, 9:22 AM Apple tops $700 billion market value, the equivalent of four Amazon.coms Apple’s market capitalization hit a record high Tuesday, topping $700 billion for the first time earlier this morning as Wall… Read More
Nov 24, 2014, 12:14 PM Apple and developers to raise money for Global Fund to Fight AIDS People who open up their iOS devices this week may be seeing red, and for good reason: Apple and developers… Read More
Nov 24, 2014, 8:38 AM Microsoft racks up 1.7M views for new Lumia ad that deems Apple’s Siri overweight, incompetent Apparently, Siri can’t hold a conversation and has gained a bit of weight. That’s according to Microsoft’s new video advertisement… Read More
Nov 19, 2014, 11:31 AM Microsoft, Apple and other tech titans get top marks in survey of LGBT inclusion policies Major players in the tech industry earned top marks from the Human Rights Campaign for workplace policies relating to lesbian,… Read More
Nov 17, 2014, 12:34 PM Apple launches iOS 8.1.1 to improve performance on older devices Owners of the iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and 5th generation iPod Touch have good news coming their way, thanks to… Read More
Nov 17, 2014, 9:12 AM Microsoft, Apple and 7 other tech giants call for NSA reform before year’s end The year may be winding to a close, but a coalition of 9 tech companies want lawmakers in Washington, D.C.… Read More
Nov 15, 2014, 10:13 AM Freaked out about the new iPhone vulnerability? Don’t worry, but be cautious There’s a lot of discussion happening right now about a newly-disclosed iOS vulnerability called Masque Attack, and everyone seems to… Read More
Nov 14, 2014, 1:09 PM Microsoft reclaims position as world’s second-most valuable company Apple and Microsoft are again the world’s most valuable companies. Microsoft saw its market value increase to around $410 billion today,… Read More
Nov 10, 2014, 5:28 PM Home Depot turns to Macs after hackers exploit Windows flaw in credit-card breach Home Depot’s massive credit card breach is a huge problem for consumers, since criminals were able to steal 56 million… Read More
Nov 10, 2014, 12:06 PM Office apps hit top 10 on iOS App Store after Microsoft allows free editing There’s nothing quite like free as motivation. That’s one clear message after Microsoft began allowing users of its Office suite on… Read More
Nov 10, 2014, 10:47 AM New stats: iPhone 6 launch gives boost to iOS in enterprise By all accounts, Apple’s launch of its new smartphones has been a blockbuster. CEO Tim Cook says the company is… Read More
Nov 10, 2014, 8:52 AM Apple finally offers iPhone users an escape from iMessage Apple has begun offering ex-iPhone owners a way to escape its iMessage service, thanks to a new support page the… Read More
Nov 6, 2014, 9:12 AM ‘AppleCare for Enterprise’: Apple launches new business tech support program with IBM’s help Apple is making a new move into the enterprise with the unveiling of AppleCare for Enterprise, a new service plan that’s designed… Read More
Nov 5, 2014, 2:42 PM Discovered: Here’s where Apple’s temporary Seattle office is located Apple is hiring engineers in Seattle, but it doesn’t have a permanent office quite yet. Instead, the company’s Seattle cohort… Read More
Nov 4, 2014, 10:19 PM New scorecard knocks Skype and other messaging services for lacking security features Looking for a secure messaging tool? The Electronic Frontier Foundation just released a new scorecard comparing a wide variety of… Read More
Nov 4, 2014, 10:43 AM Apple’s arrival cements Seattle’s status as ‘cloud capital of the world’ This probably shouldn’t come as a surprise, but Apple is being extremely secretive about its new Seattle engineering center. The company… Read More
Nov 3, 2014, 12:36 PM Apple hiring for mysterious new engineering office in Seattle Over the past few years, Silicon Valley-based companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Salesforce, Oracle, HP, eBay, and others have opened… Read More
Nov 3, 2014, 9:49 AM Tunes in the sky: Apple teams with Southwest to offer free Beats Music streaming in flight Southwest Airlines passengers on the lookout for fresh tunes will have a new option on the company’s wi-fi enabled flights.… Read More
Oct 30, 2014, 8:12 AM Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘I’m proud to be gay’ “So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has… Read More
Oct 29, 2014, 10:05 AM Apple Pay rival led by Walmart has already been hacked CurrentC, the mobile payment system being developed by a group of retailers — and a competitor to Apple Pay — has already… Read More
Oct 28, 2014, 11:20 AM Microsoft adds new features to OneNote for Mac, iOS Microsoft has updated its versions of OneNote on Apple’s mobile and desktop platforms today with a few new features designed… Read More
Oct 28, 2014, 10:41 AM Watch out Amazon: Apple may team up with Alibaba Watch out, Amazon: Apple and Alibaba may be teaming up. Both Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alibaba CEO Jack Ma… Read More
Oct 28, 2014, 8:31 AM Apple Pay saw 1M credit card activations in just 3 days Apple Pay seems to be catching on — at least with consumers. Speaking at the WSJ.D conference on Monday, Apple CEO… Read More
Oct 27, 2014, 11:34 AM Rite Aid and CVS spite their customers by blocking Apple Pay In a move that’s tailor-made to spite consumers who want to give them money, Rite Aid and CVS have switched… Read More
Oct 24, 2014, 10:55 AM Testing Apple Pay: Our quest to buy beer, gas, burgers and more with a smartphone Apple CEO Tim Cook wants to replace our wallets, and on a rainy afternoon in Seattle, we found out why. Team GeekWire spent time on… Read More
Oct 21, 2014, 8:52 PM Amazon’s Visa card will work with Apple Pay, just not right away Amazon has confirmed it will support Apple Pay, putting to rest rumors it was rebuffing Apple’s entrance into the mobile payments… Read More
Oct 20, 2014, 4:13 PM Apple is making iPhones as fast as it can, and it’s still not fast enough If you’re having trouble finding an iPhone 6 to buy, you’re not alone – the demand for the new phones still… Read More
Oct 20, 2014, 1:39 PM Apple revenue tops $42 billion thanks to strong iPhone 6 sales Apple posted $42.1 billion in revenue for the September quarter this afternoon, up 12 percent from the year before, beating Wall… Read More
Oct 20, 2014, 10:06 AM Why Apple fans will be lining up for lunch at McDonald’s today If you see a line of people outside McDonald’s today, here’s why: Apple is launching iOS 8.1 today, an update… Read More
