Shara Tibken

Apple earnings preview: iPhone still rocks, China woes bubble up

Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have been contributing to soaring financial results. CNET The iPhone will prove as resilient as ever — even if a potential hiccup is on the horizon. That’s the expectation for Apple when it reports its financial results for the third quarter Tuesday. Typically, the fiscal third quarter is Apple’s …

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Apple upgrades iPod Touch with iPhone 6

Apple offers a long overdue refresh of the iPod line. Screenshot by John Falcone/CNET Apple on Tuesday finally updated its iPod Touch. The upgrade brings the new iPod Touch inline with features found in the iPhone 6. The updated Touch gets an 8-megapixel camera, an upgrade from the prior model’s 5-megapixel shooter. The Touch also gets the same 64-bit processor, …

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Apple HR chief: Diversity challenge won’t ‘be changed overnight’

Denise Young Smith, Apple’s head of HR, says Apple has learned it “requires an incredible amount of mindfulness and focus” to improve diversity. Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET Apple knows it needs to do more to encourage diversity, but it will take time to show real results in the numbers, the company’s head of human resources said Tuesday. The “diversity challenge …

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Apple reportedly preps biggest iPhone order ever for new devices

Apple has sold more than 135 million iPhones over the past couple of quarters, and it reportedly expects even higher demand for its next devices. CNET Apple plans to build more iPhones than ever before for the new models expected later this year, according to a report. The Cupertino, Calif., smartphone giant has asked suppliers in Asia to make 85 …

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Samsung names new marketing, creative chiefs for its US ops

Marc Mathieu, the former senior vice president of global marketing at Unilever, has been named chief marketing officer at Samsung’s North American operations. Samsung Samsung on Wednesday revealed the new executives tasked with leading its North American marketing campaigns as the company struggles against Apple in the fiercely competitive mobile market. The company appointed Marc Mathieu as chief marketing officer …

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Apple wants to be your everything

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. For the first time, Apple will offer an Android app for its new music service. James Martin/CNET Apple wants to control every aspect of your life — as long as you choose to let it. The company on Monday showed off the newest …

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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference: Join us June 8 (live blog)

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s developer conference kicks off June 8 with a keynote. Apple Another year, another Apple developer conference. And this time around is sure to have plenty of news to keep people talking. Apple will host its Worldwide Developers Conference from June 8 to …

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Apple’s 2015 developers conference: What we expect

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Workers at the Moscone Center in San Francisco prepare the venue for Apple’s developers conference, kicking off June 8. James Martin/CNET There won’t be a new iPhone or iPad, and there definitely won’t be an Apple Car. But what Apple’s developers conference on …

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Google crafts new Cardboard virtual reality headset

Google introduced its first Cardboard virtual reality kit at its developer conference last year. CNET It’s time for Cardboard 2.0 and Google’s latest push with virtual reality. Google on Thursday detailed its newest virtual reality device, the second-generation Cardboard. The new version is an even simpler product than the initial device, taking only three steps to construct instead of 12, …

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Apple will kick off developers confab with keynote June 8

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. It’s official. Apple will kick off its annual developers confab with a keynote on June 8. Apple CEO Tim Cook at WWDC from 2014. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Invitations trickled out to the media on Wednesday. Apple will host its Worldwide Developers Conference …

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