Apple will hold a press event March 9. Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET We may see Apple Watch sooner than expected. Apple on Thursday sent out invitations for a press event on March 9 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. The company has held many of its product introductions in …
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LoopPay promises you’ll never carry a wallet again. CNET Samsung has acquired mobile payments startup LoopPay, as good a sign as any that it will soon launch a competitor to Apple Pay. The company didn’t disclose the terms of the deal Wednesday but said it stemmed from an existing partnership with LoopPay. Samsung plans to show off a new mobile …
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Samsung will host its Unpacked event March 1. Samsung Samsung in March will “unpack” its newest smartphone, and CNET will bring you all the action. The South Korean electronics giant will host an event at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona on March 1 at 6:30 p.m. local time. CNET will be on hand to provide you with …
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John Sculley served as Apple’s CEO during the 1980s. John Sculley Thirty-one years after he helped oversee the iconic 1984 Macintosh ad, former Apple CEO John Sculley said there’s still no one who can match Apple when it comes to marketing — no matter how much money rivals pour into their campaigns. Sculley was referring to Samsung, who took the …
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Apple hopes its smartwatch becomes something people never want to take off. James Martin/CNET It’s not surprising for Apple executives to jump up at the same time during meetings. That’s because they’re all wearing the Apple Watch that’s nudging them for sitting too long, says Apple CEO Tim Cook. Cook, speaking Tuesday during the Goldman Sachs technology conference, said one …
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Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple has posted record profit and sales. James Martin/CNET Apple’s making an even bigger jump into renewable power. CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday said Apple is partnering with First Solar on its “biggest, boldest and most ambitious [renewable energy] project yet.” The two companies will build a 1,300-acre solar farm in Monterey County in California. The …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook (second from left) and Eddy Cue, Apple’s head of Internet software and services (far right), celebrated the deal thet reached with Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre to buy their company, Beats. Apple Apple may soon reveal its plans for Beats, according to a new report. The company plans to launch a new paid streaming music service …
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Apple, which hasn’t updated its Apple TV hardware in years, may be working on a Web-based pay TV service. Apple Apple’s long-awaited TV service may finally be getting a jolt — but the product still may not be available anytime soon. The company is in talks with TV programmers about offering a Web-based pay TV service, much like Dish’s Sling …
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CUPERTINO, Calif. — It’s not just Apple’s iPhone that attracts long lines. It’s also the possibility of being in the new Steve Jobs movie that gets Apple fans up at the crack of dawn. I found that out the hard way when I showed up on a beautiful Saturday morning to be an extra in the unnamed Jobs biopic penned …
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Apple will convert an Arizona sapphire plant into a data center similar to those run by Facebook and other tech giants. Facebook/Internet.org GT Advanced’s failed plant in Arizona will soon house servers instead of sapphire. Apple, GT’s former partner, on Monday said it will convert the facility in Mesa to a data center from its previous form as a plant …
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