News Analyses
Android's Circle to Search is déjà vu all over again
When it comes to Google, a little déjà vu can occasionally be a good thing. But hopefully that feeling won't stretch too far this time.
What a future without browser cookies looks like
As Google and others plan to eliminate third-party search and website trackers, other ways of identifying users and discovering their habits will replace them.
Cisco Webex comes to Apple’s Vision Pro
“...With the launch of Apple Vision Pro, Apple is on the brink of reinventing personal electronics yet again, marking the next frontier of collaboration with spatial computing,' says Cisco Executive Vice President Jeetu Patel.
Apple has eye on building bigger genAI data sets
Apple is planning its first AI acquisition for 2024, a German firm called brighter AI, according to an online news report.
Vision Pro’s killer feature? It’s a wearable Mac
Unlike other mixed-reality hardware, the Vision Pro isn’t confined to entertainment. In fact, compared to others in the field, productivity is the device’s killer app.
Apple accuses UK gov't of ‘unprecedented overreach’ on privacy
Apple warns that proposed UK laws are a “serious and direct threat to data security and information privacy.”
Women, high performers and millennials flee return-to-office policies
Companies that require workers to be in the office for a set number of days each week face losing a significant number of employees who cherish work flexibility, new studies showed.
Zoom gets mixed-reality makeover for Apple’s Vision Pro
The company’s “spatial computing” app will launch alongside Apple’s headset this week, but some features — such as collaboration around 3D objects — won’t arrive until spring.
As Apple opens the App Store (a little) in EU, winners and losers emerge
Apple has revealed its complex plans to support app sideloading in the European Union, and opened the door for cloud gaming services and contactless payments beyond Apple Pay.
Hello, Apple has joined the AI arms race
Though Apple's actual plans around Generative AI will remain a closely guarded secret for some time...
Microsoft launches Mesh 3D meetings for Teams
Are employees really ready for the metaverse at work? Teams users could soon find out.
Apple’s second-user smartphone business is booming
Apple and Samsung dominate the second-user smartphone market, says IDC. Here's how this might influence IT purchasing decisions and guide new opportunities for Apple.
Apple Vision Pro pre-sales run hot, but demand might be limited
Developers, power users and businesses are likely first in line for Apple’s pricey new VR/AR headset.
The most significant number from Samsung's Galaxy S24 announcement
One number in particular stands out with Samsung's new Galaxy S24 device — and it isn't the number most people are noticing.
BBEdit shows how to add generative AI to Apple platforms
The change to what is a veteran pro Mac app shows implementation must be mission focused, boosting core application tasks with added intelligence.
GenAI set to replace these jobs, disrupt others — and worsen economic inequity
While some jobs will likely be replaced by AI, the machine-learning technology will also create new roles, help alleviate mundane tasks, and free up workers to focus on more creative work.
Foxconn, HCL Group team up on chip-packaging and testing factory in India
The $37.2 million deal comes six months after the Taiwanese tech manufacturer pulled out of a bigger semiconductor fabrication deal with Vedanta Group.
Apple v. Epic: The still-unanswered question
At the end, so as at the beginning. And when it came to Apple’s commission on App Store sales the question was always going to be: “How much?”
2024 will be a big year for AR/VR, but mainstream adoption will lag
A host of new devices hitting the market this year could provide a shot in the arm for an industry that saw sluggish sales in 2023 as buyers awaited Apple’s entry.
