Свежие новости и отзывы о Apple

The standard sets of stock headphones being shipped by companies like Apple and Samsung are, by in large, garbage. For consumers looking to achieve more of a high-end audio experience, their best bet is traditionally in securing a new pair of cans. A new company, BoomCloud 360, is looking to help consumers boost audio quality more easily with their first portable product offering. The… Read More... →

(By Emilio Parodi and Agnieszka Flak for Reuters) — Apple Inc will pay Italy’s tax office 318 million euros ($348 million) to settle a dispute over allegations it failed to pay taxes for six years, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. The maker of iPhones and iPads will also sign an […]... →

It’s hard to believe that when the iPhone launched in 2007, Apple planned to eschew third-party native apps altogether. From that nearly missed opportunity, iOS went on to not only change course and offer the App Store, but to create a blueprint for mobile software distribution that has been adopted by every smartphone platform since. Currently […]... →

During my holiday break, I always like seeing what the relatives enjoy when it comes to gaming. The kids always lead the way. One nephew was playing Crossy Road on his brand-new Apple TV. But virtual reality stole the show at Christmas. As you can see from the photo above, my 81-year-old mother-in-law, Tan Chin, […]... →

What software had the most publicly-disclosed vulnerabilities this year? The winner is none other than Apple’s Mac OS X with 384 vulnerabilities. The runner up? Apple’s iOS with 375 vulnerabilities. Rounding out the top five are Adobe’s Flash Player with 314 vulnerabilities, Adobe’s AIR SDK with 246 vulnerabilities, and Adobe AIR itself also with 246 […]... →

Apple wants to show consumers how its devices – including Macs, as well as mobile devices like iPhones and iPads – can be used to create art. Specifically, its latest pushback at the dated concept that mobile devices aren’t tools for creation, the company is planning to host a series of workshops in Apple stores that will teach people how to shoot professional-quality… Read More... →

Apple, Google, and Microsoft have very different app development strategies, in alignment with their respective business models. Last year, we took a look at the trio’s app stores to see how the three develop for each others’ competing platforms. We’re doing it again this year to see what, if anything, has changed. Up until last […]... →

Константин Сахнов, научный руководитель программы «Менеджмент игровых интернет проектов» Высшей школы бизнес-информатики НИУ ВШЭ и бывший руководитель мобильных проектов Mail.Ru Group, рассказал vc.ru о своем опыте создания приложения для Apple Watch и дал несколько советов по разработке, связанных с особенностями «умных» часов.... →

MILAN (By Agnieszka Flak, Reuters) – Italy’s tax office said on Wednesday it had reached a deal with U.S. tech giant Apple in a dispute over taxes but declined to comment on details of the settlement. La Repubblica newspaper reported on Wednesday that Apple had agreed to pay 318 million euros ($347.76 million), in line […]... →

SEOUL (Reuters, Se Young Lee) — South Korea’s LG Display Co Ltd and the panel-making unit of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will supply organic light emitting diode (OLED) screens for Apple Inc’s iPhones, the Electronic Times reported on Wednesday citing unnamed sources. The report comes after years of speculation that Apple will start using the […]... →

Самыми крупными компаниями в мире по итогам 2015 года стали Apple, холдинг Alphabet, в который входит Google, и Microsoft. Такие данные приводит The Wall Street Journal, передаёт «Интерфакс».... →

Twitter has hired Jeffrey Siminoff to replace Janet Van Huysse as the company’s new vice president of diversity and inclusion. The news was announced on, yep, Twitter, by its head of human resources, Brian Schipper. Siminoff, who starts in January, seems like a great fit for this role. He’s joining Twitter from Apple, where he was the director of worldwide inclusion and… Read More... →

Несмотря на то, что расцвет The Beatles пришёлся на 60-е года XX века, даже в 2015 "Битлы" оказались достаточно интересны слушателям и замелькали в чартах сервисов.... →

Every year, Christmas results in the highest number of new device activations and app installs. 2015 was no different, and once again Apple dominated the results. Just under half of device activations (49.1 percent) were for an Apple device this Christmas, down from 51.3 percent last year. This year, almost one in five were Samsung […]... →

More consumers were unwrapping new “phablet” devices this holiday season, according to a report out this afternoon from Flurry. The big-screened form factor, whose name is a mashup of “phone” and “tablet,” accounted for 27 percent of a new device activations in the week leading up to Christmas – a doubling of its share from the year prior, and up from… Read More... →

Just-spotted trademark applications from Apple-owned Beats Electronics, LLC point to Apple’s plans to introduce more live streaming radio stations to its Apple Music service to accompany its 24-hour station, Beats 1. It appears Apple’s radio lineup may be expanding to include Beats 2, Beats 3, Beats 4, and Beats 5, according to the applications filed with the U.S. Patent and… Read More... →

Российский предприниматель Роман Абрамович инвестировал израильский в анонимный месседжер BlindSpot. Приложение разработано компанией Shellanoo Group, которая привлекла в марте $35 млн. Раунд возглавил Роман Абрамович, в сделке также участвовали диджей Тиесто (Tiesto), музыкант Авичи (Avicii), репэр will.i.am, диджей Дэвид Гетта (David Guetta), а также Себастьян Ингроссо (Sebastian Ingrosso), Ники Минаж (Nicki Minaj), Бени Андерсон (Benny Andersson), Аш Порнури (Ash Pournouri) и Ги Роберсон (Gee Roberson). ... →

В преддверии Нового года редакция vc.ru поинтересовалась, что дарят сотрудникам в технологических компаниях. В предпраздничной подборке — Google, Apple, Mail.Ru Group, Superjob, «ЛитРес», «Одноклассники», Lego и другие организации.... →

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Semantic Machines, a startup with speech recognition technology and talent from Apple and Google, disclosed today that it has raised $12.3 million in new funding. Investors from Bain Capital Ventures and General Catalyst Partners are listed in the filing the startup submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Last year Semantic Machines named Larry […]... →