The story of Eric Garner has caught the attention of the world's media over the past few days, and with tensions running high, mass protests have ensued across the United States. Apple's Fifth Avenue retail store, which is considered the company's flagship outlet, hasn't escaped the attention of those with a point to make, and as such, has been caught up in a 'die-in', with hundreds of protesters teeming into the store while lying on the ground as a show of dissent at Garner's apparent injustice. With placards galore, it's not exactly your everyday sight, particularly within an Apple Retail Store, but on such a sensitive and controversial topic, those looking to be heard have taken to such tactics to achieve their intention.
Mark Zuckerberg in an interview with TIME has touched upon a very interesting subject that involves the concept of business models generating revenues from ads. Zuckerberg talked about how Apple charging their consumers does not mean that the company is more customer based than other free, ad-supported business models out there.
Apple sees itself fighting another class action lawsuit after being accused of "deleting" music content downloaded from other rival services, after users tried syncing their iPods to iTunes. The iOS maker is accused of violating anti-trust laws as it locked it original iPods to the iTunes ecosystem.
Apple's stance on jailbreaking has always been quite clear, with the Cupertino company clearly and vehemently discouraging users from doing any custom software modifications to their iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, which the jailbreaking process usually entails.
For Black Friday 2014, Apple is now offering a one-day only deal on select products. The company is looking to bundle a special (PRODUCT)RED iTunes gift card along with each product as a part of its campaign to support World AIDS Day 2014. Customers will be entitled to gift cards valued between $25 and $100 depending on the product they buy.
Here are the best Black Friday 2014 Apple deals on iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad mini, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac Pro.
Google and Apple's partnership has been a shaky one at best, especially when it comes to iOS devices. Earlier on, Apple dropped Google Maps integration from iOS as the default maps and navigation app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in favor of its own Maps app, and YouTube was pulled from the list of stock apps as well, forcing Google to make both of these apps user-downloadable ones from the App Store. Now, it seems, that the default search provider for iOS Safari browser is up for grabs as well, as Google's contract is close to termination, and sources say that Bing and Yahoo! are both vying for the top spot.
Apple has announced its Black Friday 2014 deals on iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Beats Electronics products and more. Details can be found right here.
China is an economic superpower that continues to grow at an incredible rate, and consumer electronics firm Xiaomi perfectly encapsulates this climate. But while often dubbed the "Apple of China," it's not just its monumental rise to prominence that has resulted in this label, but also the notion that it copies many of the Cupertino's designs with many of its own products. In news that will certainly irk the Mac maker, Xiaomi's chief has set his sights on overtaking Apple and Korean competitor Samsung to become the dominant force of the smartphone industry in the next 5-10 years, and while the Chinese firm hasn't much of a presence in the United States as yet, its Asian market dominance suggests that these claims cannot be taken lightly.
Apple has today replaced all the ‘FREE’ download buttons with the word ‘GET’ across both the App Store and Mac App Store. The change appears to be worldwide, so you should be seeing it right now no matter which store you happen to frequent.
















