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Pandora CEO Tim Westergren Departs
The co-founder and CEO of Pandora, under intensifying competitive pressure from Spotify and Apple Music, has relinquished his position and will step down from the company board as well.
2 min |
June 30,2017
AppleMagazine
Online Options For Oscar-Nominated Flicks Expand This Week
More movies and cheaper options arrive online this week for movie fans still needing to catch up on Oscar-nominated flicks.
4 min |
February 24, 2017
AppleMagazine
Samsung Family Succession Hits Snag With Chief's Arrest
South Korea was taken by surprise last Friday with the arrest of the scion of the country’s richest family and de-facto leader at Samsung over his alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal that engulfed the president and riveted the nation.
4 min |
February 24, 2017
AppleMagazine
Moviepass Founder's Next Act: Watch Ads, See Free Movies
Stacy Spikes co-founded MoviePass, a subscription service that lets you frequent movie theaters for a set monthly fee. After MoviePass sold offa majority stake in 2017, Spikes watched as the new owners quickly expanded, only to find the cost of all those movie tickets too high to sustain.
2 min |
May 3, 2019
AppleMagazine
Dreams Of Ubiquitous Social Robots Still Aren't Coming True
Hopes that the tech industry was on the cusp of rolling personal robots into homes are dimming now that several once-promising consumer robotics companies have shut down.
2 min |
May 3, 2019
AppleMagazine
San Francisco Billionaire Gives $30M To Study Homelessness
A San Francisco billionaire is donating $30 million to the University of California, San Francisco, to research root causes of homelessness and potential solutions.
1 min |
May 3, 2019
AppleMagazine
Samsung's 1Q Profit Slides On Falling Chip Prices
Samsung Electronics Co. said its operating profit for the last quarter declined more than 60% from a year earlier because of falling chip prices and sluggish demands for its display panels.
1 min |
May 3, 2019
AppleMagazine
Airpods: Next-Generation Wearable Experience
After months of rumors and teases, Apple officially lifted the lid on its redesigned AirPods in March, introducing a whole host of innovative new features designed to elevate the wireless earbuds experience and give users more control with ‘Hey Siri’.
7 min |
May 3, 2019
AppleMagazine
Cover-up: Students Deck Out Dome With Captain America Shield
Student pranksters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have struck again, drawing inspiration from America’s hottest movie.
1 min |
May 3, 2019
AppleMagazine
Hugs, Tears Mark Taping Of Final ‘Big Bang Theory' Episode
Hugs and tears punctuated the final taping of “The Big Bang Theory,” a lovefest for its stars, crew and audience alike.
2 min |
May 3, 2019
AppleMagazine
Robotics Challenge Sparks Students' Passion For Stem Careers
More than 15,000 students from about 40 countries brought robots they’ve spent months building and fine-tuning to Louisville recently for a world championship designed to spark their interest in pursuing careers in fields such as engineering and technology.
3 min |
May 10, 2019
AppleMagazine
Sirius XM Buys Stake In Music Streaming Site Pandora
Pandora is raising cash to help it take on Spotify and other streaming music services.
1 min |
June 16,2017
AppleMagazine
Review: Interstellar Virus Makes Trouble In New Sci-fi Novel
“The Space Between the Stars” (Berkley), by Anne Corlett.
2 min |
June 16,2017
AppleMagazine
Facebook Deploys Ai To Fight Terrorism On Its Network
Facebook has started deploying its artificial intelligence capabilities to help combat terrorists’ use of its service.
2 min |
June 23, 2017
AppleMagazine
Harvard Freshmen's Ouster Over Posts Draws Broad Response
Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world’s most elite institutions and for a reason that has, until recently, hardly registered in the university admissions process: social media.
3 min |
June 23, 2017
AppleMagazine
Tech CEOs Visit White House To Talk Modernizing Government
The White House on Monday urged technology CEOs to pitch in on President Donald Trump’s effort to modernize government.
2 min |
June 23, 2017
AppleMagazine
Augmented Reality:A New Goal For Apple
Arkit:Apple Headed In A New Direction.
5 min |
June 23, 2017
AppleMagazine
Facebook Faces $5B FTC Fine, Largest Ever In Tech
At $5 billion, the fine the FTC is about to levy on Facebook is by far the largest it’s given to a technology company, easily eclipsing the second largest, $22 million for Google in 2012.
4 min |
July 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
FEDS: Microsoft Worker Stole Millions In Digital Currency
A former Microsoft worker has been charged in what investigators describe as a scheme to steal $10 million in digital currency.
1 min |
July 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
Retail Rivals Crash Amazon's Prime Day Party
The gravitational pull of Amazon Prime Day is so strong on shoppers it’s benefiting other retailers as well, according to an early analysis from a key data group.
2 min |
July 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
IOWA DEMOCRATS PROPOSE ‘VIRTUAL' CAUCUS IN 2020
The Iowa Democratic Party is proposing the biggest changes to the state’s famed caucuses in nearly 50 years.
1 min |
February 15, 2019
AppleMagazine
Frankfurt Airport Working On Flying Taxis
The operator of Frankfurt’s international airport says it is developing a concept for electric air taxi services.
1 min |
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Changing The Game: 5G Is Much More Than Bandwidth
Being a pessimistic consumer is relatively easy. Until something is in your hands and you can see and feel its tangible benefits, any promises of ‘bigger, better, quicker’ sit firmly in category of the brain marked ‘pipe dreams’.
5 min |
February 22, 2019
AppleMagazine
New Zealand Leader Says No Final Decision On Using Huawei
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that no final decision has been made on whether Huawei equipment can be used in a planned network upgrade.
2 min |
February 22, 2019
AppleMagazine
And Nowfor The Weather On Mars, Courtesy Of New Nasa Lander
And now for the weather on Mars: NASA’s newest lander is offering daily reports on the red planet’s frigid winter.
1 min |
February 22, 2019
AppleMagazine
Tesla Buys Battery Technology Company
Tesla is buying the battery company Maxwell Technologies Inc. about $218 million in stock.
1 min |
February 8, 2019
AppleMagazine
US, China Resume Trade Talks In Washington Ahead Of Deadline
The United States and China resume talks aimed at ending a fight over Beijing’s technology ambitions ahead of a deadline for a massive U.S. tariff hike.
2 min |
February 22, 2019
AppleMagazine
EU Gets Heavy-Duty On Pollution: 1st Standards For Trucks
The European Union reached a tentative agreement on the first specific EU standards for trucks, seeking to get polluting CO2 levels down.
1 min |
February 22, 2019
AppleMagazine
Mystery Of NSA Leak Lingers As Stolen Document Case Winds Up
Federal agents descended on the suburban Maryland house with the flash and bang of a stun grenade, blocked off the street and spent hours questioning the homeowner about a theft of government documents that prosecutors would later describe as “breathtaking” in its scale.
5 min |
July 12, 2019
AppleMagazine
Space-Tourism Biz Virgin Galactic Going Public After Merger
Richard Branson’s space-tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, is planning to go public, creating the first listed human spaceflight firm.
2 min |