The New York Times celebrated Apple CEO Tim Cook as a beacon of moral and social responsibility in an article published Monday, but the tech company’s questionable activities in China were noticeably absent from the column. “I think we have a moral responsibility to help grow the economy, to help grow jobs…
Power And Billions Of Dollars: Apple’s Deal With Communist China, And Why They Did It…
One of the world’s largest technology conglomerates has amassed significant power and billions of dollars from its deals in China, a country often firmly opposed to the values the company’s leadership regularly espouses domestically. Apple Inc. made headlines recently for capitulating to the Chinese government while its CEO argues against…
Fred Hickey Warns “It’s Only Question of When the Tech Time Bomb Goes Off”…
Wall Street is in a champagne mood. Last week, thanks to a rally in Apple, the Dow Jones surpassed 22,000 for the first time ever. Nevertheless, Fred Hickey doesn’t share the bubbly vein. The renowned contrarian cautions investors of an unpleasant surprise because central banks like the Federal Reserve are pulling back from their super […]
Dow Cracks 22,000, Apple Rally Leaves Other Tech Behind…
The Dow peaked above the 22,000 mark for the first time on Wednesday, powered by Apple’s healthy quarterly iPhone sales, while weakness in other tech stocks pulled the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lower. Apple jumped 4.90 percent to a record high after the world’s largest publicly listed company reported strong results. It is up about […]
‘Apple’s Silence in China Sets a Dangerous Precedent’…
Dangerous precedent? I think it’s more of a dangerous precedent du jour. Apple blocks apps for the Chinese regime. Yes, that’s bad. But Cisco built China’s god damned Great Firewall in the first place! In mentioning Apple’s, “Dangerous Precedent,” this New York Times article doesn’t mention Cisco at all. I’m definitely not defending Apple—their…
The Billion-Dollar Palaces of Apple, Facebook and Google…
We know by now that the internet is a giant playpen, a landscape of toys, distractions and instant gratification, of chirps and squeaks and bright, shiny things – plus, to be sure, ugly, horrid beasties lurking in all the softness – apparently without horizon. Graphics – rounded corners, lower case, Google’s primary colours, Twitter’s birdie, […]
The Subtle Approach Apple Is Using to Become a Bank…
At WWDC a few weeks ago, there was a short segment where apple introduced a new feature for iMessage. In iOS 11, they now allow people send cash to one another. It’s the same thing as Venmo. They don’t charge you a fee. It’s just, “Hey Bobby, here’s $20 that I owe you from dinner […]
Leaked Recording: Inside Apple’s Global War on Leakers…
A recording of an internal briefing at Apple earlier this month obtained by The Outline sheds new light on how far the most valuable company in the world will go to prevent leaks about new products. The briefing, titled “Stopping Leakers – Keeping Confidential at Apple,” was led by Director of Global Security David Rice, […]
Meet Zerodium, the Company That Pays $1M for Apple Hacks…
Last year, Zerodium publicly offered $1 million for a powerful, new hack that would remotely sneak into an iPhone running Apple’s latest software. In November, the firm announced the winner — an unidentified team of hackers. Zerodium publicly offers up to $100,000 for Android and Windows Phone hacks. It’ll pay $80,000 for hacks that involve […]
Rating the iOS 11 Updates: Your iPhone Is Getting a Refresh This Fall…
The Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference, which kicked off Monday, was one of those “in-between events” — the kind without a new iPhone. But the Apple product that most of us truly rely on — iOS — did receive a handful of updates. While there was nothing life-changing about the upcoming iOS 11 (which will hit iPhones and iPads this fall), the […]
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