Corporate America took a tightfisted approach to its future last year, leading to an overall 3.5% decline in research and development spending at major industry titans, the first such drop in over a decade, according to a Booz & Co. survey cited by The Wall Street Journal.
Finding a good -- or even passable -- restaurant at an airport isn't easy, especially for infrequent flyers. So, venture capitalist Dan Gellert decided to create a guide to airport eateries. He solution: GateGuru, now available for iPhones, iPads and iPod touch.
Sony has ended sales of the Walkman, the pioneering portable cassette music player, in Japan.
Apple took a page from its iPad design book and dished up a new MacBook Air Wednesday, coming away with a super thin, lightweight notebook that has no hard drive.
Shares of the consumer electronics company crossed the $300 mark for the first time ever Wednesday. And with sales of iPhone 4s and iPads still holding steady, there could be more room to grow.
Apple's newest version of its iPod Nano is the second-cheapest to produce out of the six generations of the media players, increasing the likelihood that the new product will boost profits for the computing and media-player giant, according to a report released Monday.
The centerpiece of Apple's recent product announcements was its new music social network Ping. The core technology from Ping appears to be have been built by the team from Lala.com, the music streaming startup that Apple acquired in January 2009. But without the streaming music model, Ping is half the service Lala used to be. It's not a bad product, it's just not terribly transformative.
As Apple prepares for a press conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, speculation about the coming news is running rampant. Will the company announce a refreshed iPod or a new Apple TV device with Netflix programming?
TripIt and its enhanced version, TripIt Pro, are an Web services that help travelers manage their journeys and deliver real-time flight updates. From my use of it and how it's helped me, I'm a fan.
Apple says it plans to release a fix for two security flaws in its iOS operating system when it sends out its next software update. The flaws in iOS, which runs the iPhone, iPad and iPod, came to light this week, and could let hackers gain complete control over other users' mobile devices.
Security researchers have identified two vulnerabilities in Apple's iOS that could potentially allow malicious attackers to gain complete control of other people's iPhones, iPads and iPods, according to an advisory by Vupen Security.
Used predominantly as a marketing technique, free products and services come at a cost to the company offering them. Here are eight valuable freebies, what it costs companies to offer the deal and how much the customer actually receives in terms of value.
The iPod, first introduced in 2001, has been overshadowed in recent years by the iPad and iPhone. But it was the foundation of Apple's revived success and the cornerstone of CEO Steve Jobs's creative vision for the company.
He's on the guest list, but Apple's CEO may not show at this year's Allen & Co. Sun Valley media mogul camp. Whether he's there or not, he's sure to have a big impact throughout the proceedings as the media execs confront a digital landscape on the brink of a mobile gold rush.
Disney expanded deeper into iPhone territory with the purchase of a young start-up that has garnered top billing in Apple's App Store with millions of downloads for its Tap Tap Revenge game, among others.
Apple is the current standard bearer for innovation and now the biggest tech company in terms of market value. Paradoxically, Apple is succeeding even as it faces an unprecedented series of missteps, snafus and just plain bad luck.
Under Apple's newly updated privacy policy, the company will collect and use information about its customers' real-time geographic locations to provide stronger location-based services. Meanwhile, Apple announced it has sold 3 million iPads in the 80 days since the device was launched.
The much-anticipated new operating system for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch is set for release at a time when Apple tech support is armed and ready. The aim is to avoid another fiasco like the Phone 4 pre-orders.
The Federal Trade Commission may be investigating Apple for anticompetitive behavior called "tying" -- an illegal technique of using power in one market to gain a monopoly in another. And that's precisely the illegal strategy that got Microsoft in so much hot water in the 1990s.
Judging by his recent frenetic behavior, Apple's CEO seems to view himself as a besieged general surrounded by advancing forces, making one last stand against the enemy, which in his case may be time itself. Problem is, Jobs may be jeopardizing his beloved company's long-term health.
Steve Jobs & Co.'s cash machine absolutely crushed expectations, reporting red-hot sales across all major products for its fiscal 2010 second quarter. Revenues leaped 49% and profits 90%. Its outlook also exceeded expectations.
Chip designer Elan Microelectronics is planning to include the iPad in its patent suit against Apple. The Taiwanese company says that Apple's touchscreen technology violates its intellectual property.
Apple's "i" dynasty has lasted nearly 10 years so far, and some analysts predict the iPad tablet may soon dethrone the reigning iPhone, which in turn unseated the iPod. But even if the newly released iPad takes the top spot in Apple's lineup, it will soon face stiff rivalry in the marketplace.
