Apple Talk

Former factory workers add pleas to sign Apple labor petition

Two former factory workers in China who suffered health problems as part of a 2009 incident are urging the public to sign an Internet petition being delivered to Apple tomorrow.

February 22nd, 2012 09:03 PM

Apple's iPhone voice mail the target of another patent suit

A new lawsuit against Apple says its visual voice mail feature is infringing on someone else's patents. Stop us if you've heard this one before.

February 22nd, 2012 07:16 PM

Microsoft pooh-poohs latest Office for iPad report

Microsoft says a report that it's nearly finished with a version of Office for iPad is "inaccurate."

February 21st, 2012 08:19 PM

The least sexy iPad 3 part emerges...maybe

The glass front that will grace the front of Apple's next iPad has possibly turned up, providing a few clues about design changes in store.

February 21st, 2012 06:04 PM

Settlement reached in iPhone 4 antennagate suit

Original iPhone 4 buyers can get either $15 or a new bumper case from Apple as part of a newly settled class-action lawsuit.

February 18th, 2012 01:34 AM

Is this the iPad 3's Retina Display?

A purported photo of the iPad 3's display has cropped up, with a microscopic inspection showing it to have more pixels than the current model.

February 17th, 2012 11:22 PM

First of HTC's Trade Commission cases against Apple dismissed

The International Trade Commission has issued a final ruling, saying that Apple does not infringe on one of HTC's patents.

February 17th, 2012 10:48 PM

Ahead of report, FLA chief says Foxconn has 'tons of issues'

The Fair Labor Association's full report on working conditions at Foxconn factories is due next month, but its CEO says the group has already spotted trouble.

February 17th, 2012 09:55 PM

Apple counting down to 25 billion app downloads

Apple is once again counting towards a benchmark in the number of apps people have downloaded. This time around that number is 25 billion, and the winner gets a big iTunes gift card.

February 17th, 2012 05:42 PM

Paperwork from Chinese iPad trademark sale emerges

Does the e-mail exchange between Apple and Proview Technology record the sale of the iPad trademark to Apple?

February 16th, 2012 11:43 PM

The Social

MBAs make their way in engineer-crazed tech world

VC and start-up fever have seized Silicon Valley, and new business grads want in on the action. But they often don't know where to look--and the tech industry isn't always seeking them out.

May 10th, 2011 11:00 AM

How Uber's car-booking service can succeed in NY

The untested mobile car-service start-up Uber has launched in what's quite possibly the most difficult market in the country. Here's what it can do to win over those hardened Gotham hearts and minds.

May 4th, 2011 07:11 PM

Bin Laden, Twitter, and the frenzy of noise

There were unparalleled levels of raw emotion pouring through Twitter when it was announced that terror leader Osama bin Laden had been killed. There was also noise and confusion like never before.

May 2nd, 2011 07:00 PM

Groupon: No more ads on Trump's 'Apprentice' site

The daily-deals broker says it has arranged with advertising partner NBC.com to ensure that its ads not appear on the reality show's site because of the controversy surrounding host Donald Trump.

April 29th, 2011 06:04 PM

New blog cooks up dream Facebook features

A Dublin-based designer has started a blog devoted to features he'd like to see on Facebook, from drag-and-drop chat to automatic translators.

April 28th, 2011 07:25 PM

Amazon misses earnings estimate

Sales were way up at the e-commerce giant, but not enough to make up for significant spending. Analysts were expecting earnings of $0.61 per share; Amazon posted $0.44 per share.

April 26th, 2011 08:53 PM

Farewell, 2003: The Friendster apocalypse is nigh

The site that was many peoples' intro to online social networking is now telling them that it's planning to focus exclusively on gaming--and they better export profile content before it's deleted.

April 26th, 2011 07:33 PM

Yahoo acquires TV check-in app IntoNow

Deal reportedly could be as much as $30 million for the mobile application that launched just 12 weeks ago.

April 25th, 2011 04:47 PM

Twitter: We're staying in San Francisco

After much speculation, the company has formally announced that it will not be moving its headquarters out of the city, due in large part to the fact that it's going to be the beneficiary of a choice tax break.

April 22nd, 2011 08:53 PM

Linux patent suit ruled against Google

The first of multiple defendants in a suit from a firm founded by a "patent reform advocate," Google has been asked by a jury to pay $5 million for the infringement.

April 21st, 2011 08:27 PM