January 28th, 2014 | by Gizmodo
S I didn't know this until I went to work for Apple Retail, but their credo is "Enriching Lives." I never had a job with a philosophy attached to it. I know the Marines have one. It's Semper Fi
November 14th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
While Jony Ive's group was secretly working on the iPad, Steve Jobs was telling the public and press that Apple had no intention of releasing a tablet.
November 11th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
We've spent months marveling over the facade of Apple's new headquarters. But now, thanks to these renderings from the City of Cupertino uncovered by Wired , we're getting an idea about the spaces inside the building—and it's hard to decide if it looks more like a futuristic office or a futuristic Apple store. The campus, as we've known for a while , revolves around a massive circular building of nearly three million square feet.
September 26th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
iOS users are delighted by the new iOS 7 rollout, available not only on the new iPhones, but on previous models as well.
September 18th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
iTunes Radio is years in the making, and today, it finally lands on millions of devices via iOS 7 and the newly updated iTunes 11.1. Like anything that has been predicted and anticipated for ages, intrigued users will dive in, and in all likelihood, millions upon millions of them will become regular users.
April 10th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Apple, which hates Google, is supposedly working with Yahoo, who will take anybody's love at this point, to figure out how "Yahoo's services can play a prominent role on Apple's iPhone and iPad", according to the WSJ. This actually shouldn't be too much of a surprise as data from Yahoo Finance and weather already pops up on the iPhone. The WSJ says Yahoo has also "contemplated ways" to replace Google as the search engine for iOS but the idea "remains a long shot" because of Yahoo's partnership with Bing (Bing powers Yahoo, after all)
April 3rd, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Unofficial Apple spokesman John Gruber has written a short post on Daring Fireball suggesting that iOS 7 is running well behind schedule—and that as a result Apple is hauling man power from its OS X development team. iOS 7 would typically be ready for the Worldwide Developer Conference, which is now just months away.
February 26th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Google set out to build " the best laptop possible ." The result: the Chromebook Pixel . A sleek and powerful device designed specifically for life in the cloud
February 12th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Intel has just confirmed what was previously only a rumor ; it's entering the set-top box business in a major way. As the Verge reports , we're talking "live television, catch-up television, on-demand, [and] a set of applications." In other words, the golden goose. All those questions, though, are what will define the service as a success or failure
January 18th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
In December of 2009 Apple bought a small startup led by Bill Nguyen named Lala. The company was named after the first words of Nguyen's adopted son. It was also a word play on the solfège note "La".
January 2nd, 2013 | by Gizmodo
According to The Next Web , the next generation of Apple's Mac lineup won't look much different—understandable, given the 2012 overhaul—but the guts will be shiny and new. Including, importantly, a new Broadcom chipset that boosts Mac Wi-Fi to the 802.11ac standard. Apple won't be the first laptop manufacturer to roll the speedy—1.3Gbps throughput with three antennas—802.11ac Wi-Fi; Asus rolled it into a gaming notebook last summer.
December 14th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
There's something in the air this week. Maybe it's that the holidays are coming, or that it's getting colder, or that there's not much actual news to be had three weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show. But for some reason, the dumb Apple rumors are piling up like so many discarded MobileMe accounts.
December 13th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
After somehow managing to survive life without it, Google Maps is back for iOS. That means no more melting world of Apple Maps, no more false listings, no more getting lost and no more map inferiority on your iPhone. Get rid of Apple Maps and go download Google Maps in the App Store .
December 13th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
iPhone owners, rejoice, for your long national maps nightmare is almost over. According to AllThingsD , a standalone Google Maps app is going to hit the App Store sometime tonight
December 10th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
Eddy Cue, Apple's SVP for Internet software in services has been a very visible member of the Apple team recently as the man tapped by Tim Cook to pick up the pieces of the Apple Maps disaster. He might be Apple's Mr. Fix-It , but somebody needs to help this guy with his Twitter .
December 5th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal , Eric Schmidt was quizzed about the relationship between Apple and Google, among other things. His take? They're like countries trying to get along politically—not teenagers brandishing guns at each other
November 28th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
I'm sure the new Onion's TED parody is funny, but I was just too impatient to sit through all that talk about how we consume, digest and poop out news even before they are fully written. So I jumped to the end, when a dog eats an apple pie, a moment I've waited to see in detail since they released their series trailer. This Article was originally posted in Gizmodo
November 28th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
Windows 8, Microsoft reported yesterday, has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in its first month of retail. That's an indisputably huge number, outpacing even Windows 7 sales at launch
November 19th, 2012 | by Gizmodo
Today, iTunes Match went down.