Apple CEO Tim Cook introducing the iPad Air 2 Tim Stevens/CNET CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple had plenty of iPad news on Thursday, but there was one glaring exception: the long-rumored iPad Pro. Apple had been rumored for months to be working on a bigger tablet, likely with a 12.9-inch display. While some reports had the …
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Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of marketing, unveils the iPad Air during an event a year ago. James Martin/CNET It may be another Apple event, but the usual hype and anticipation just isn’t there. When it comes to Apple’s marquee products, the iPad will always play second fiddle to the iPhone, consistently getting new features a year late. Yet …
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Apple has the chance on Thursday to provide a few compelling reasons for consumers to upgrade or buy a new iPad. The company’s second event in just two months won’t have the flash from the previous affair, which saw the debut of two larger iPhones and a glimpse at the Apple Watch. Instead, the company is expected to show off …
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Bose filed suit against Apple’s Beats over headphone patents in July. CNET Bose and Apple’s Beats have agreed to settle a patent lawsuit related to noise-canceling headphones that was filed by Bose in July. In a court filing in the US District Court for the District of Delaware, attorneys for the companies said “they have settled their respective claims” and …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus during an event last month. James Martin/CNET Carl Icahn is again calling for Apple to buy back its own stock, arguing that the iPhone maker’s shares should be worth twice as much as their current trading level. The billionaire activist investor on Thursday published an open letter to Apple …
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Apple has invited reporters to an event on its campus on October 16. It’s expected to unveil new iPads and Macs. Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET It’s iPad time. Apple on Wednesday sent out invitations to an October 16 press event on its campus in Cupertino, Calif. It’s widely expected to unveil new iPad tablets and Mac computers, as well as …
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Carl Icahn just can’t leave Apple alone. The billionaire activist investor — who has agitated for change at companies such as Dell, eBay and of course, Apple — on Wednesday tweeted from his Twitter account, @carl_c_icahn, that he plans to send an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday. “Believe it will be interesting,” he said. An earlier …
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Samsung’s new services business will help enterprise customers with their tech problems. Samsung Instead of partnering with a big services company to help business users, Samsung has decided to go it alone. The South Korean electronics giant on Tuesday unveiled its first entrée into services, called Samsung 360 Services for Business. The operations will allow it to support enterprise customers …
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The Galaxy Alpha features a plastic back but metal framing — one of the first times Samsung has used metal in its smartphone line. CNET Pretty soon, Samsung may need to look to a return to profit growth as its “Next Big Thing.” Three months after warning that the second half of 2014 would Samsung said Monday that it expects …
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Nvidia says the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge infringes its patents. CNET The US International Trade Commission on Monday voted to investigate Nvidia’s patent complaints against Samsung and chipmaker Qualcomm. The group will determine whether certain Samsung devices — including the Galaxy Note Edge, Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S5 — should be banned from sale in the US because the …
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