How Apple Inc. managed to upstage the tech industry at CES for fifteen years

Within three years of Steve Jobs' return to Apple in 1996, he transformed the then-struggling company into an innovation machine capable of consistently stealing attention from the rest of the industry. This year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas suffered at least its fifteenth year of being upstaged by Apple.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 59

Facebook at Work soft launches on App Store, Skype for iPhone gains quick conversations

Facebook on Wednesday debuted in limited release a new iOS application allowing employers to let their workers connect and communicate with one another. And Microsoft launched an updated version of Skype for iPhone, making it easy to quickly start a conversation.

Katie Marsal 11 years ago 4

After Intel spent billions to subsidize 40M Android Atom tablets, Microsoft releases Office only for ARM

Intel's mobile chip division has lost $7 billion over the last two years while heavily subsidizing the manufacturing costs of Android tablet makers agreeing to use the chipmaker's Atom mobile x86 processors. Microsoft's new Office for Android won't run on any of them.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 54

Sony renting 'The Interview' for $6 on YouTube, Google Play, Xbox & Crackle, but not iTunes

Though Sony apparently held talks with Apple about debuting the film "The Interview" on iTunes, the movie is instead now available for rent on YouTube, Google Play, Xbox Live and Sony's own Crackle service for $5.99, while viewers can purchase the movie for $14.99.

Katie Marsal 11 years ago 280

Apple, Beats top other brands among college students in laptops, phones, tablets and headphones

A survey of 880 college students conducted last week by Chegg found 51 percent named Apple as their preferred smartphone, tablet and laptop brand while 46 percent named Beats as their top pick for headphones.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 20

New Microsoft site targets users looking to switch from MacBook to Surface Pro

While it was Apple who for years targeted Windows switchers to the Mac platform, the tables have turned as now Microsoft is now the underdog, focusing its efforts on trying to win over MacBook users with its Surface Pro hybrid computers.

Katie Marsal 11 years ago 60

Apple backs Microsoft in data privacy fight against U.S. government

Apple was one of more than 50 private companies and trade associations to sign amicus briefs in support of Microsoft on Monday as the Redmond, Wash., company continues an ongoing court battle with the U.S. government over customer data privacy protections.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 20

Ford drops Microsoft's Windows Embedded, enabling support for Apple's CarPlay, Android Auto

Ford has abandoned its troubled Microsoft Sync automotive infotainment system for a QNX-based platform that can support Apple's CarPlay with Hands Free Siri.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 59

Massive, sophisticated "Inception - Cloud Atlas" malware infects Windows and Android but can't exploit Apple's iOS without jailbreak

A vast and sophisticated new espionage campaign targeting "military, diplomats, and business execs," discovered by Blue Coat Labs and confirmed by Kaspersky Labs, exploits flaws in Microsoft Windows and seeks to infect Android, Blackberry and iOS devices, but is limited to only infecting iPhones and iPads that are jailbroken.

Daniel Eran Dilger 11 years ago 75

Microsoft launches new MSN apps for news, health, sports, finance & food

Microsoft on Thursday debuted five new applications under its MSN banner for Apple's iOS, offering aggregated content from Bing covering a range of topics including news, sports and money.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 26

Microsoft acquires iOS email app Acompli, plans to integrate with Outlook

Microsoft's presence on Apple's iOS continues to grow with the acquisition of Acompli, a popular mobile email client that first debuted earlier this year on the iPhone.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 9

Google's search deal with Apple expires in early 2015, could bring new default to Safari

The Safari browser for both iOS and Mac could have a new default search partner as soon as next year, as Apple's current deal with Google is reportedly set to expire in early 2015.

Neil Hughes 11 years ago 92

Microsoft highlights lack of new Siri features to promote Cortana in new ad

Microsoft on Friday released a short ad bashing lack of enhancing Siri when it released the latest iPhone 6 models, expectedly touting Windows Phone-based Cortana virtual assistant technology.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 70

Apple's MacBook Air continues to bear the brunt of Microsoft's Surface ad budget

As Microsoft begins ramping up the holiday ad blitz for its Surface tablets, the software giant has kept Apple's MacBook Air squarely in the crosshairs, continuing its string of television spots that pit the two devices against each other.

AppleInsider Staff 11 years ago 71

Review: Microsoft's health tracking, iOS-compatible Band

The competitive price, strong feature set, and universal compatibility of the Microsoft Band will make it a compelling product for anyone in the market for a wearable fitness and health tracking device, though it does suffer from some of the expected shortcomings of a first-generation product.

Neil Hughes 11 years ago 90

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