Apple has been trying to bring its mobile and desktop platforms closer for a while now. With the new OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Apple is finally taking a huge stride towards that goal. The new version of OS X packs stunning design elements and features from iOS.
Apple finally introduced it’s latest Operating system iOS 8 on WWDC 2014. According to Tim Cook, “Apple’s sold 100 million iPod touches, 200 million iPads and over 500 million iPhones.”
We reported earlier that Apple was considering the acquisition of Beats for a whopping $3.2 billion. In what is the company’s largest ever acquisition, Apple has formally confirmed that the deal is in works, pegging the number at $3 billion.
Typically, hackers install ransomware on a targeted machine with the help of a malware. But some Australian users have found that a hacker has used the ‘Find My iPhone’ feature to lock down their iPhone, iPad devices and Mac machines all at once.
Apple brought its Touch ID fingerprint detection technology last year with the launch of iPhone 5S. Last month, we reported that Touch ID may come to new iPads soon. And lately, an analyst has mentioned that Apple will include Touch ID not only to new iPad, but also to all new iPhone.
Typically, we use our tablets for mundane tasks such as games, entertainment, looking up email or reading an article. A kind of trimmed-down, third-rate computing experience. Apple’s new videos show iPad in a different light, as a tablet which can be used as a key computing device.
Apple has come under criticism in recent days when it was revealed that an iMessage bug prevented some former iPhone owners from receiving texts on an Android handset. The company now says that it has sorted out the problem.
The tech world is currently evolving at a rapid pace and those who fail to adjust to this pace are doomed to fail. In this article, we look at the weak spots of four top tech giants.