An Apple user since the mid-1980s, around the time Minnesota Educational Computer Consortium (MECC) was providing computers to elementary schools, Stephen has concentrated his journalism work on technology, movies, television, politics, culture, sports, religion, and the various intersections thereof.
He worked for the Consumer Technology Publishing Group, the publisher of Dealerscope magazine and TechnologyTell, between 2007 and 2015. In 2018 he joined AppleInsider, where he writes about the shows, movies and business of Apple TV+, while also authoring the Apple crime blotter column.
Stephen is a Rotten Tomatoes-listed film critic, a co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, and a member of the Online Film Critics Society and the Pen & Pencil Club. His work has appeared in New York Press, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Tablet Magazine, RogerEbert.com, Philadelphia Weekly, The National Interest, and The Jerusalem Post.
In January of 2009, he became the first American journalist to interview both a sitting FCC chairman (Kevin Martin) and a sitting host of Jeopardy! (Alex Trebek) on the same day.
A native of Minnesota who has also lived in such other cold places as Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, Stephen now lives in the Philadelphia area, where he has worked as a professional journalist since 2005.
After years of rumors and speculation, Apple finally announced on September 9, 2014, that the much-anticipated Apple Watch was a reality. AppleInsider looks back at the first entirely new Apple device under CEO Tim Cook following the death of Steve Jobs.
In a big surprise at its fall event ten years ago, Apple presented a free copy of U2 album 'Songs of Innocence' to everyone with an iTunes account — whether they wanted it or not. It was one of the biggest misfires of the Tim Cook era, and it's still not forgotten.
GuardianApp, from the Sudo Security Group, finds that a number of iOS apps are secretly collecting and sending location histories and other sensitive user information to third-party data monetization firms.
Analysts at Goldman Sachs are taking an "opportunity to eat our hat" on earlier caution about Apple's financial prospects, based on not just what the iPhone X has done, but what they expect the iPhones expected to be announced at the "Gather round" event will do.
Security researcher Patrick Wardle says one of the most popular apps on the Mac App Store "surreptitiously exfiltrates highly sensitive user information" and is likely exporting it to China.
Chinese ride-hailing company Didi, backed by Apple to the tune of $1 billion, has struggled to grow and is bleeding cash in China amid competition and regulatory scrutiny.
The smallest iPod with a screen debuted September 7, 2005, lasting through seven generations until it was discontinued in 2017. A look back at the life of the iPod that changed the most.
Robin Goldstein, a former Apple executive who served most recently as Senior Manager of Health Special Projects, assails the tech industry's approach to health tech.
The company, which has mostly focused its content plans on television, is reportedly eying movie buys at the Toronto International Film Festival.
While California is the top U.S. state for patents, Apple ranks behind IBM, Samsung and Intel in total patents issued last year according to a study and is therefore less innovative — but the examination is using questionable metrics to make that conclusion.
Apple is augmenting its booming services business with its fledgling content plans — and Katy Huberty from Morgan Stanley thinks that the efforts will pay off in a big way.
The country's finance ministry denied a report that it's dropped its support for an European Commission plan to collect more taxes on Apple and other Internet giants.
September 5, 2007 is the day Apple's sole-surviving iPod was launched. Yet for a final device, the iPod touch has persisted and it's also introduced many to iOS. AppleInsider examines its legacy and the surprising number of editions that were made.
After a months-long race to become the first American company to reach a trillion-dollar market cap, Apple hit the milestone in August. Amazon joined them, briefly, on Tuesday.
Apple has jumped past Xiaomi to claim the top spot in wearables worldwide, and is on the cusp of a product refresh in the Apple Watch "Series 4" that should grow the lead even more.
The memoirs from the daughter of Steve Jobs and the former principal software engineer for the iPhone both arrive in stores Tuesday, with each looking at different aspects of the man's life — sometimes contentiously.
Several more Apple Store robberies in California, a Congressman's campaign cash spending spree including Apple Store visits, and an NFL star is accused of insider trading over FaceTime. The latest from the Apple crime blotter.
A number of early participants in the Apple Heart Study received messages this weekend saying that their contributions to the program are complete.
Back in 2010, Apple was riding high on the iPod and iTunes Music Store but it was missing out on social media. Enter Ping, a music-based network that faltered from the start and was dropped two years later. AppleInsider looks at what went wrong — and also what few aspects went right.
Apple, which began August by hitting $200 a share and crossing the trillion-dollar valuation mark the following day, hit another new all-time closing high of $227.63 on August 31.
Developer discovers that the LGBTQ-friendly Watch face is prevented by code from being accessed in that country.
On the eve of an expected new Apple Watch unveiling, the smartwatch category is booming worldwide, with Apple leading it with a 41 percent market share. That's according to new research from Counterpoint.
Plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Qualcomm had sought to stop the chipmaker from getting a theoretical import ban on Intel-equipped iPhones, but perennial Apple judge Lucy Koh has denied the motion.
A new report says the event, expected to feature new iPhones, will take place on the 12th, and will be the first Apple event to stream live on Twitter.
Survey of 530 iPhone customers by Loup Ventures sees nearly half seeking to upgrade in the next year, meaning overall iPhone sales could end up higher than expected.
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