Microsoft was at a crossroads, and Surface was at risk of becoming roadkill. RELATED: Microsoft Surface product roadmap revealed in new book The year was 2013, just five years ago.… Read More
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Salesforce its strengthening its ties to Apple with a series of initiatives announced Monday, from exclusive iPhone and iPad features for the Salesforce mobile app to encouraging Salesforce developers to… Read More
GeekWire TLDR Daily Rundown: Watch today’s episode with guest host Brian Westbrook above, and click the headlines below to read more. Starla Sampaco is on assignment and will return next week.… Read More
What a day for Apple. At the tech giant’s annual product event Wednesday, the company announced three new iPhones alongside a new generation of Apple Watch, plus dozens of smaller… Read More
A startup wants to help basketball players improve their jump shot — with just a smartphone. Among the flurry of announcements made at its press event on Wednesday, Apple showed… Read More
Apple unveiled three new versions of the iPhone today, with plenty of hyperbole, some new capabilities under the hood and demonstration of apps and games that will move the smartphone… Read More
Apple made a bold move into health technology during a special product event Wednesday, announcing that the Apple Watch Series 4 will track abnormal heart activity. The stock of Apple… Read More
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Apple announced Thursday that its next “special event” will take place on Sept. 12 at the Steve Jobs Theater on its Apple Park campus in Cupertino, Calif. But 9to5Mac had… Read More
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A rare piece of computer history is headed to auction next month in Boston, shedding light yet again on the earliest work of Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The… Read More
Today’s featured stories Apple becomes first American public company to be worth $1,000,000,000,000 — briefly Starbucks and Alibaba to integrate apps and partner on delivery as coffee culture takes hold… Read More
Update, 1:45 p.m. PST: As the market closed, Apple exceeded $1 trillion in valuation, finishing at $207.39 per share. That’s a lot of zeroes. Apple has been hovering just below… Read More
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Amid the flurry of tech stocks plummeting as companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Netflix miss earnings expectations, Apple is staying strong, beating earnings expectations and possibly hinting at new fall… Read More
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Play Impossible started with a simple thesis: the internet-of-things world had lost a sense of joy and fun. So its founders went to work, creating a sensor-infused smart inflatable ball… Read More
Apple has, for the first time, publicly acknowledged plans for a new store in Seattle and given an opening date: June 30. GeekWire has been closely tracking plans for the… Read More
Apple still isn’t talking about its new Seattle store, but it looks almost ready for prime time. GeekWire first unearthed plans last year for the store in the University Village… Read More
One of Alexa’s biggest competitive advantages is its catalog of more than 40,000 skills, leveraging third-party services to provide additional capabilities to users of Amazon’s voice assistant. One of Apple’s… Read More
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Valve says Apple has revoked its original approval of the PC gaming giant’s new Steam Link app for the iOS App Store, blocking the rollout of the game streaming service… Read More
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Microsoft is reportedly working on a new line of low-cost Surface tablets, looking to gain a bigger marketshare in a realm dominated by Apple. Bloomberg reports that Microsoft could release… Read More
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