Technology
AppleMagazine
TWITTER PREPS EPHEMERAL TWEETS, STARTS TESTING IN BRAZIL
Twitter is starting to test tweets that disappear after 24 hours, although initially only in Brazil.
1 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
TEENS LOVE THE VIDEO APP TIKTOK. DO THEY LOVE IT TOO MUCH?
From the perspective of teens, TikTok is a major new outlet for self-expression, one proudly home to the silly, the loud and the weird.
5 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
HIGH-TECH CHICAGO EXHIBIT PUTS VISITORS EYE-TO-EYE WITH MLK
Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world’s most famous speeches that you notice the creases in his face and then realize the late civil rights leader is looking you square in the eye.
3 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
GM SHOWS 13 ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS IT TRIES TO RUN WITH TESLA
General Motors, trying to refashion itself as a futuristic company with technology to compete against Tesla, rolled out plans for 13 new electric vehicles during the next five years.
2 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
EXXON OUTLINES ITS STEPS TO REDUCE HARMFUL METHANE EMISSIONS
Exxon Mobil outlined how it is reducing the methane its operations release into the atmosphere, detailing its efforts as governments around the globe write new rules to regulate the harmful greenhouse gas.
3 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
NO CHECKOUT NEEDED: AMAZON OPENS CASHIERLESS GROCERY STORE
Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line.
3 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
PANASONIC SCRAPS SOLAR PANELS PARTNERSHIP WITH TESLA
Panasonic is pulling out of its partnership with Tesla to produce solar panels at a factory in New York state, the Japanese electronics maker said.
1 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
‘TIME IS EVERYTHING': WORLD BRACES FOR SPREAD OF NEW VIRUS
China’s massive travel restrictions, house-to-house checks, huge isolation wards and lockdowns of entire cities bought the world valuable time to prepare for the global spread of the new virus.
6 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
MARS LANDER CONFIRMS QUAKES, EVEN AFTERSHOCKS ON RED PLANET
NASA’s newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet.
2 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
INDIANA SENATE ENDORSES BAN ON DRIVERS USING HANDHELD PHONES
A proposal that would ban motorists from using handheld cellphones on Indiana roads appears on its way to becoming law.
1 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRGIN GALACTIC REPORTS HIGH INTEREST IN ITS SPACE FLIGHTS
Virgin Galactic has received nearly 8,000 online reservations of interest since its first successful test flight into space 14 months ago, the company said Tuesday as it nears commercial operation and prepares to reopen ticket sales.
2 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S HUAWEI DEBUTS LATEST VERSION OF FOLDING PHONE
China’s Huawei unveiled its latest folding smartphone and its first such device to be available internationally, competing in a niche category with new models from Samsung and Motorola.
1 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
CONTROL: WHY iOS SHOULD BE KEPT LOCKED DOWN
Developers are quietly working on iOS 14 and its Mac and Watch counterparts, and many are wondering what the next-generation operating system will look like.
6 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
MANAGING REMOTE WORKERS? IT TAKES MORE THAN THE LATEST APPS
Nicolas Vandenberghe’s company has 42 staffers scattered among 36 cities in 15 countries.
4 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
A WILD SPIN ON THE PETER PAN MYTH IN ‘WENDY'
A Peter Pan story told from Wendy’s perspective sounds either too precious to be true or ripe for a skewering.
3 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
Zuckerberg Accepts That Facebook May Have To Pay More Tax
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to throw his support behind international reforms that would require Silicon Valley tech giants to pay more tax in Europe.
1 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
Apple Warns China Virus Will Cut iPhone Production, Sales
Apple Inc. is warning investors that it won’t meet its second-quarter financial guidance because the viral outbreak in China has cut production of iPhones.
1 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
2 Japanese Businessmen Charged In Tech Hardware Price Fixing
A grand jury charged two Japanese businessmen for their role in an alleged global conspiracy to fix prices for components used in computer hard disk drives, federal officials announced.
1 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
SPACEX AIMS TO LAUNCH UP TO 4 TOURISTS INTO SUPER HIGH ORBIT
SpaceX aims to launch up to four tourists into a super high orbit, possibly by the end of next year.
2 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
TECH-STARVED GOVERNMENT SEEKS INDUSTRY'S BEST, BRIGHTEST
In this post-impeachment era of divisiveness and deadlock in the nation’s capital, Uncle Sam has a message for top U.S. technologists:
4 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
US JUDGE DISMISSES HUAWEI SUIT OVER GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS BAN
A federal judge in Texas has dismissed Chinese tech giant Huawei’s lawsuit challenging a U.S. law that bars the government and its contractors from using Huawei equipment because of security concerns.
1 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
YALE STUDENTS START DRONE DELIVERY SERVICE ON CAMPUS
A group of students at Yale University has set up a drone delivery service on campus.
1 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
Q&A: FACEBOOK VP OF MESSENGER DISCUSSES PRIVACY
At Facebook, Stan Chudnovsky oversees the Messenger chat app that’s used by well over 1 billion people each month. He’s playing a key role in helping Facebook integrate that app with its other chat tools, WhatsApp and Instagram Direct.
3 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
MICRO-LOCATION:SEE WHERE WE'RE HEADED
Far beyond helping you get from A to B or find your keys, location technology is unlocking unimaginable possibilities for the future of travel, education, entertainment, and business. With the right strategy, the tech in our pockets will make the world smaller than ever before.
6 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
IN THE SPIRIT OF WHITNEY: HOUSTON HOLOGRAM TOUR SET TO BEGIN
Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again.
3 min |
February 21, 2020
AppleMagazine
California Company Plans to Sell China-Designed Suvs in US
A California company says it will build and sell Chinese-designed automobiles in the U.S. at the end of next year or early in 2022.
1 min |
February 14, 2020
AppleMagazine
Barr's Call for U.S. Control of 5G Providers Quickly Rebuked
Trump administration officials, increasingly intent on preventing Chinese global technological domination, keep floating the idea that the U.S. government should take a more direct hand in running next-generation 5G wireless networks.
5 min |
February 14, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRUS WORRIES FORCE CANCELLATION OF MAJOR TECH SHOW IN SPAIN
Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair are pulling the plug over worries about the viral outbreak from China.
3 min |
February 14, 2020
AppleMagazine
SAMSUNG'S NEW FOLDABLE PHONE: CHEAPER, BUT STILL A NOVELTY
Samsung on Tuesday unveiled a new foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Flip, its second attempt to sell consumers on phones with bendable screens and clamshell designs.
3 min |
February 14, 2020
AppleMagazine
Decade of iPAD: How the tablet changed the world
In 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took to the stage to announce a device that would revolutionize the way we read, watch, learn, and work.
7 min |