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.
On the latest Apple crime blotter, over $18,000 inn iPhones was taken from Temecula Apple Store, an ex-AT&T employee has been convicted of fraud, a brazen theft gang cut into a Best Buy roof to steal Apple gear, and more.
Two campaign officials are accused of Apple product-related misdeeds, while Canadian police warn of AirTags used in a spate of car thefts.
An iPhone was stolen from a COVID clinic, iPad taken from burned Bronx apartment, and Apple devices are allegedly stolen by police — and a pastor.
Reporter's iPhone targeted with Pegasus, a man caught outside Apple Store at 4:30 a.m., an iPad ripped from store employee's hands, and more in the Apple Crime Blotter.
One massive hit, a handful of smaller ones, and a promising 2022 slate signal good things are in store for the Apple TV+ streaming service.
An official guilty plea from an iCloud nudes hacker, fake Mark Zuckerberg arrested in Africa, an iPad stolen from car in Atlanta, and more in the latest Apple Crime Blotter.
Theft of iPhones and AirPods from kiosks leads to chase, texts retrieved from iCloud helped bring down poaching ring, man arrested for threatening Apple Store employee, and more in the latest Apple Crime Blotter.
Federal indictments for multiple SIM-swapping conspiracies, Uber driver sues over iPhone seizure by police, and a botched iPhone sale leads to "malicious wounding."
Apple products stolen from school, Apple Watch tracks carjacking suspects, and iPhones seized from a trooper and a lawyer.
Man pleads guilty to huge iPhone theft, more thefts at Greenwich Apple Store, and restitution overturned in Pennsylvania warehouse theft.
Tracked iPhone leads to federal gun charge, Apple Pencils stolen from Apple Store, and ex-trooper who texted nudes gets probation.
A former U.S. senator was assaulted, more AirPods seized in Cincinnati, and an iPhone was stolen from a man's hands on the New York City subway.
The new season of Apple's signature series keeps up its positive ethos — and is also much funnier.
In this week's roundup, dozens of Capitol riot defendants wiped devices, a Five Guys employee's Apple Watch was stolen, and a Kenyan woman's iPhone is "double-stolen."
The new Apple TV+ miniseries stars Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, and a cavalcade of Broadway veterans. While entertaining, it will likely appeal to the theater crowd only.
Following a panel with company executives and Ashton Kutcher, the telecom giant unveiled a series of partnerships featuring the likes of Harry Potter and the Looney Tunes characters.
Apple has many production partners, including A24, Skydance, Oprah, Martin Scorsese, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and other big entertainment names. Here are the most notable names that have signed deals for Apple TV+ programming.
The South African president says his iPad was stolen, another iCloud-assisted Capitol riot arrest, and Find My iPhone solves another car theft, on this week's roundup of Apple-related crime.
Fans of Charlie Brown and his friends will love the nostalgia factor in the new Apple TV+ documentary, but it could have easily been hours longer and still not covered everything.
"Fathom", a feature film about whales and the scientists studying their language, lands on Apple TV+ on June 25 — and we spoke to director Drew Xanthopolous about the film, his experience making it, and what it was like to work on a movie with Apple.
iPhone evidence catches a mail fraud conspiracy, a police department recommends AirTags in cars, and Apple device orders replaced with fruit.
The new dark comedy "Physical," starring Rose Byrne is a punishing, unfocused slog with nothing to say.
At the 2021 WWDC, Apple unveiled new features for the App Stores, called the App Product Page and In-App Events intended to help discovery, and boost interactivity.
At WWDC, Apple's Katie Skinner and Erik Neuenschwander looked at new privacy features across the Apple ecosystem.
At WWDC, Craig Federighi announced SharePlay, a new feature that will allow sharing streaming content on FaceTime calls across Apple's entire ecosystem.
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