Rumor: Apple considering iPhone with stylus for launch in 2019

Rumor: Apple considering iPhone with stylus for launch in 2019: "Apple engineers have reportedly been working on an iPhone that would come with a stylus, which could launch in 2019 or later if it comes to fruition. "

Newton lives on!, Palm Pilot reborn. Microsoft Pen Computing rebooted!

Apple chip supplier TSMC preps first-ever 3-nanometer factory as founder announces retirement

Apple chip supplier TSMC preps first-ever 3-nanometer factory as founder announces retirement: "Signalling likely improvements in the performance and size of Apple products, Apple processor manufacturer TSMC on Monday announced plans to establish the world's first 3-nanometer production facility."

640KB oughta be enough for everybody!

Apple looking to develop custom ARM chips for future Macs, cutting out Intel - report

Apple looking to develop custom ARM chips for future Macs, cutting out Intel - report: ""Notebooks are becoming thinner, while consumers are demanding better mobility and longer battery life," an unnamed chip industry executive told the Nikkei Asian Review. "That gives ARM's architecture, which is known for its power efficiency, a very good opportunity.""

Yes, or we could also say x86 forever!

The coming game cartridge renaissance? | Ars Technica

The coming game cartridge renaissance? | Ars Technica: "But this is the first time we can recall a cartridge-based game getting an officially licensed re-release in its original format, on its original platform, decades after its original launch."

Back to the future!

FYI: Web ad fraud looks really bad. Like, really, really bad. Bigly bad • The Register

FYI: Web ad fraud looks really bad. Like, really, really bad. Bigly bad • The Register: "For those buying online ads, it might just be both halves, due to fraud. "It's about 60 to 100 per cent fraud, with an average of 90 per cent, but it is not evenly distributed," said Augustine Fou, an independent ad fraud researcher, in a report published this month."

Meaningless bits purchased by desperate people.

iPhone's market share rises in U.S., but Samsung steals top spot

iPhone's market share rises in U.S., but Samsung steals top spot: "Apple’s share of the U.S. smartphone market rose last quarter, but that couldn’t prevent Samsung from stealing the top spot."

O Daeng!

Microsoft ends support for its ill-fated iPhone competitor, Windows Phone

Microsoft ends support for its ill-fated iPhone competitor, Windows Phone

No matter what things look like, always a bad idea to bet against Microsoft.

HEIF: Everything you need to know about the JPEG-killing image format

HEIF: Everything you need to know about the JPEG-killing image format

You know, just like PNG killed GIF89a. Nobody would ever want cheesy 8-bit animations in a graphics file...

Review: Apple's 2017 10.5" iPad Pro stuns with 120Hz ProMotion display

Review: Apple's 2017 10.5" iPad Pro stuns with 120Hz ProMotion display

You can improve on perfection!

10.5-inch iPad Pro review: This is the sci-fi future of computing

10.5-inch iPad Pro review: This is the sci-fi future of computing: "The new 10.5-inch iPad Pro is a beast of a machine that’s so fast, smooth and responsive that it makes me feel like I’m in a sci-fi movie interacting with a killer device that hasn’t been invented yet. It feels like the future!"

Ima git one!

The secret origin story of the iPhone - The Verge

The secret origin story of the iPhone - The Verge

Well-written and a page turner if you're geeky in the right way.

Google hires away Apple's Manu Gulati to work on chips for new Pixel models

Google hires away Apple's Manu Gulati to work on chips for new Pixel models: "Google has reportedly recruited Manu Gulati —formerly a key Apple chip designer —to become its lead system-on-chip architect, working on components for future Pixel smartphones."

Hello, I must be going.

Hands-on: GoPro's 360-degree 5.2K Fusion VR camera

Hands-on: GoPro's 360-degree 5.2K Fusion VR camera: "GoPro on Thursday gave AppleInsider a closer look at the company's upcoming Fusion camera, a 5.2K resolution 360-degree camera that will bring immersive virtual reality recording to the masses."

Who dat?

carpeaqua: Swift's Evolution

carpeaqua: Swift's Evolution

The future has a name and it's golang. Designed by some folks with 40 years experience designing languages.

Apple's Tim Cook condemns Trump decision to back out of Paris climate accord, promises corporate efforts will continue

Apple's Tim Cook condemns Trump decision to back out of Paris climate accord, promises corporate efforts will continue: "Apple CEO Tim Cook issued an internal email to employees on Thursday saying that while a personal appeal to President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris climate agreement failed, corporate environmental efforts will continue. "

Displacing Microsoft on the desktop isn't interesting to Tim Cook, he's too busy giving the president advice on how to run the country. How about repatriating some of the billions that are in foreign accounts to reboot the Mac vs. PC ad campaign? I mean, really.

With WWDC set to kick off, Apple announces App Store developers have earned $70B since 2008

With WWDC set to kick off, Apple announces App Store developers have earned $70B since 2008: "Since it launched nearly 9 years ago, the iOS App Store has delivered more than $70 billion to developers, while downloads have surged 70 percent in the last year alone."

Some of that applesauce trickled down to the people.

Back to the Future - Nokia 3310 review | Ars Technica

Nokia 3310 review: No matter how much you think you want it, you don’t want it | Ars Technica: "retro appeal, the Nokia 3310 (buy here) is little more than a Nokia 150 (a basic feature phone that sells for a mere £20) wrapped up in a curved glossy shell"

Sounds like the perfect companion.

Say goodbye to the video store, hello to the non-profit foundation | Ars Technica

Say goodbye to the video store, hello to the non-profit foundation | Ars Technica: "some of the norms of video stores will remain, particularly the rental model, but Scarecrow Project organizers Barr and Joel Fisher, who came to the project as store employees, see the rentals as a way to buoy a greater, brand-new mission of preservation and education."

Death of a salesman.

Apple to update MacBooks at WWDC 2017, including possible Air, Pro refreshes

Apple to update MacBooks at WWDC 2017, including possible Air, Pro refreshes: "Apple is reportedly planning to announce MacBook updates at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 5 —possibly including a Kaby Lake processor upgrade for the MacBook Pro"

Kaby Lake, Kobe Bryant.

Microsoft’s Fluent Design System threatens to make Windows look good | Ars Technica

Microsoft’s Fluent Design System threatens to make Windows look good | Ars Technica: "Formerly known as Project Neon, the Microsoft Fluent Design System is the latest iteration in the development of Microsoft's look-and-feel for Windows."

Cares quite a bit...

Ukranian dev MacPaw is new host of 40-piece Apple hardware museum formerly at Tekserve in NYC

Ukranian dev MacPaw is new host of 40-piece Apple hardware museum formerly at Tekserve in NYC: "Some of the highlights of the collection include a "Woz" edition original Mac, an Apple III, an Outbound portable, an Apple Lisa or Mac XL, a NeXT cube, most of the compact Mac line, and the Twentieth Anniversary Mac."

If you needed another reason to visit the Ukraine!

A Russian Went Inside A Chinese Click-Farm: This Is What He Found | Zero Hedge

A Russian Went Inside A Chinese Click-Farm: This Is What He Found | Zero Hedge: "In 2014, we first exposed the world to the 'click-farm' where nothing is what it seems, and where social networking participants spend millions of dollars to appear more important, followed, prestigious, cool, or generally "liked" than they really are. "

Here's why that shovelware has so many downloads and likes.

The $999 Surface Laptop is Microsoft’s take on the regular old notebook | Ars Technica

The $999 Surface Laptop is Microsoft’s take on the regular old notebook | Ars Technica: "Preorders for the new system start today, and it will be available on June 15. A Core i5 model with 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD will start at $999; it's only available in the silvery "Platinum" finish."

If it has mSata or similar upgradeable storage, I'm there!

Apple's Tim Cook says increasing pace of 'iPhone 8' leaks hurting sales

Apple's Tim Cook says increasing pace of 'iPhone 8' leaks hurting sales: "The issue may be exacerbated this year because of the alleged scale of Apple's plans. The "iPhone 8" is expected to be a major redesign, with a 5.8-inch OLED screen, a virtual home button, wireless charging, and 3D facial recognition and/or iris scanning."

Am I leaking now?

Major apps abandoning Apple Watch, including Google Maps, Amazon & eBay [u]

Major apps abandoning Apple Watch, including Google Maps, Amazon & eBay [u]: "In recent months, major companies that offered dedicated Apple Watch apps have since abandoned the platform, quietly removing support for watchOS in updates submitted to the App Store."

Love the Apple Watch, not missing these ones at all. Strava on, my friend, Strava on.

Bloomberg partners with Twitter to generate 24/7 streaming video news service

Bloomberg partners with Twitter to generate 24/7 streaming video news service: "News titan Bloomberg and Twitter have teamed up to create a service for constant news streaming on the social media venue 24 hours a day."

Only the myopic would suggest that Twitter is undervalued. Amazeballs!

Final Cut Pro X now has over 2 million users, Apple says

Final Cut Pro X now has over 2 million users, Apple says: "Final Cut Pro X —once a controversial redesign of Apple's professional video editing suite —has topped 2 million users, the company announced at this week's National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas."

The love-hate relationship has ended. Only the love remains.

All-new Mac Pro with modular design, Apple-branded pro displays coming in 2018 - Future Apple Hardware Discussions on AppleInsider Forums

All-new Mac Pro with modular design, Apple-branded pro displays coming in 2018 - Future Apple Hardware Discussions on AppleInsider Forums: "In a wildly uncharacteristic move, Apple disclosed future product plans to a group of journalists, including John Gruber of Daring Fireball, at its corporate headquarters. Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller said the company is "completely rethinking the Mac Pro.""

Hoorah, hmmm, hoorah!

Why Firefox? Because not everybody is a web designer, silly • The Register

Why Firefox? Because not everybody is a web designer, silly • The Register: "Would it be different, though? Monocultures are brittle, vulnerable, and difficult to change. Certainly this is true in crops, and it has been true in the past on the web with IE6."

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

UK site The Guardian drops Apple News in bid to boost ad & subscription revenues

UK site The Guardian drops Apple News in bid to boost ad & subscription revenues: ""Our primary objective is to bring audiences to the trusted environment of the Guardian to support building deeper relationships with our readers, and growing membership and contributions to fund our world-class journalism.""

Smartphone App killed the website star.

Data suggests tens of millions of iPhone users ready to fuel 2017 'supercycle'

Data suggests tens of millions of iPhone users ready to fuel 2017 'supercycle': "According to statistics published in comScore's 2017 U.S. Cross-Platform Future in Focus report, Apple's latest iPhone 7 and 7 Plus accounted for 15 percent of the estimated 85.8 million U.S. iPhones — an all time record — in operation as of December."

Thoooperthycle.

Teen iPhone ownership hits all-time high, interest in Apple Watch ticks up

Teen iPhone ownership hits all-time high, interest in Apple Watch ticks up: "Apple's mobile products continue to rise in popularity amongst U.S. teens, as fresh survey data from Piper Jaffray shows more than three out of every four teens now own an iPhone and even more intend to buy."

[Whitney Houston song here]

Renovated Fifth Avenue Apple store will get Beats 1 broadcasting zone

Renovated Fifth Avenue Apple store will get Beats 1 broadcasting zone: "When renovations are complete, one addition at Apple's flagship Fifth Avenue store will include a special space for Beats 1 broadcasting, according to an AppleInsider source."

Yessss.

AWS plants fresh roots in green-leaning Sweden • The Register

AWS plants fresh roots in green-leaning Sweden • The Register: "Innovation and enterprise minister Mikael Damberg described AWS's decision to pick his home country as a "recognition of Sweden's competitive position within the European Union, with the highest levels of renewable energy, in the power grid, in the EU."

Sweden leads other European nations in its use of renewables, with more than half its grid power generated using hydro and wind."

Schweeden.

As Apple's GPU plans go public, Imagination fears becoming a tech orphan

As Apple's GPU plans go public, Imagination fears becoming a tech orphan: "This suggests that Apples move away from Imagination--a company it has small vested stake in--is not driven by costs as much as a desire to move to radically new technology that Imagination itself couldn't deliver and that Apple doesn't want to share with its competitors."

I guess Apple doesn't want to subsidize inexpensive GPUs for Android devices. Is this a surprise?

New iPad revealed, big price cut is main feature • The Register

New iPad revealed, big price cut is main feature • The Register: "So what's new? An A9 CPU gets the job of running iOS 10, instead of the old A8. And the price is way down: US$329 instead of $399."

Coo.

AMD does an Italian job on Intel, unveils 32-core, 64-thread 'Naples' CPU • The Register

AMD does an Italian job on Intel, unveils 32-core, 64-thread 'Naples' CPU • The Register: "AMD exec Forrest Norrod, SVP and GM for the Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom Business Group, says Naples "exceeds today's top competitive offering on critical parameters, with 45 per cent more cores, 60 per cent more input/output capacity, and 122 per cent more memory bandwidth.""

Pizza box Mac with 64 cores, please yes do!

First look: Nintendo's iPad-like Switch hybrid game console launches, with iOS support on the way

First look: Nintendo's iPad-like Switch hybrid game console launches, with iOS support on the way: "Taking a cue from the touchscreen tablet market kickstarted by Apple's iPad, Nintendo on Friday launched a hybrid home and portable game console. It's set to feature integration with an official Nintendo app for iOS, though it is not yet available at launch."

Er, I think Alan Kay "kickstarted" the touchscreen tablet with the Dynabook design in the 1970s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook

Apple CEO Tim Cook, SVP Eddy Cue attempted Imagine Entertainment buy -- report [u]

Apple CEO Tim Cook, SVP Eddy Cue attempted Imagine Entertainment buy -- report [u]: "Apple could have bolstered its video content strategy significantly with an acquisition of a production company, a report claims, with discussions allegedly involving Apple CEO Tim Cook and SVP Eddy Cue said to have potentially led to a purchase of Imagine Entertainment. "

Ooh la la.

Small but perfectly formed: Dailymotion's object storage odyssey • The Register

Small but perfectly formed: Dailymotion's object storage odyssey • The Register: "At the time, system architect Matthieu Blumberg dit Fleurmont said: "As a video content delivery website, our requirements focus on 24/7 availability." It came across Isilon and its use by MySpace. It tried out a 10-node IQ 6000 cluster and went on to a 24-node system, and liking the SmartConnect integrated load-balancer. The total storage pool amounted to 285TB."

Mon dieu!

Tim Sweeney dislikes Windows 10 Cloud rumors, calls OS “Crush Steam Edition” | Ars Technica

Tim Sweeney dislikes Windows 10 Cloud rumors, calls OS “Crush Steam Edition” | Ars Technica: "A version of Windows 10 that can only use software from the Windows Store, as Windows 10 Cloud is believed to be, would certainly be bad news for Steam. "

The more things change, the more things stay the same. As Microsoft adopts the very things that are destroying the macOS. Linux will eventually eat everything.

Apple, NV Energy forge deal to build 200MW Reno data center solar farm

Apple, NV Energy forge deal to build 200MW Reno data center solar farm: "Apple and NV Energy on Wednesday announced a deal to build an extra 200 megawatts of solar power in Nevada, aimed at supporting the former's Reno data center, with a target completion date of early 2019."

Photovoltaic R US.

Nokia looks to block US imports of Apple products in latest salvo over patents

Nokia looks to block US imports of Apple products in latest salvo over patents: "The U.S. International Trade Commission is looking into allegations that Apple is importing devices that infringe on Nokia patents, such as iPhones and iPads, a report said on Tuesday."

Of course, they wouldn't be imports if they were manufactured in the US like the Apple ][ was.

Last time the Earth was this warm, sea level was a whole lot higher | Ars Technica

Last time the Earth was this warm, sea level was a whole lot higher | Ars Technica: "Humans are currently turning up the planet’s thermostat much more quickly than natural processes have done in the past. Still, we learn a lot by uncovering the way the planet has responded to different set points on the Earth's thermostat."

Love this kind of reporting where scientific theories, more commonly known as theses, are presented as scientific fact. Yeah, they're the same. Just ask Newton.

Android creator Andy Rubin plans AI-equipped smartphone with edge-to-edge display, ceramic back

Android creator Andy Rubin plans AI-equipped smartphone with edge-to-edge display, ceramic back: "The man behind Google's Android platform, Andy Rubin, is preparing to reveal a company that will field a high-end smartphone with a bezel-free screen, ceramic back, and a heavy focus on AI —posing yet another challenge to Apple's iPhone, a report said on Friday."

Because anyone can introduce a new mobile phone as the lemmings leap off the cliff into the ocean.

Mac sales stabilize in Q4 amid worldwide PC shipment decline

Mac sales stabilize in Q4 amid worldwide PC shipment decline: "According to the latest estimates from Gartner, Apple shipped 5.4 million Macs to capture 7.5 percent of the worldwide PC market in the fourth calendar quarter of 2016, up 2.4 percent from 5.3 million units shipped and a 7 percent share of the market during the same period a year ago. "

Hubba, hubba!

Fitbit looks to challenge Apple Watch with new acquisitions

Fitbit looks to challenge Apple Watch with new acquisitions: "Fitbit in December bought indie smartwatch firm Pebble in a deal that gives the company access to software, patents and engineering talent it needs to fight Apple in the wearable arena. "

The glove has been thrown down!

Apple on track to launch three new iPads in spring 2017, but none of them mini

Apple on track to launch three new iPads in spring 2017, but none of them mini: "Though it hasn't been updated since 2015, the 7.9-inch iPad mini won't be among the trio of new iPads Apple is expected to introduce this spring, instead sticking to larger form factors, according to a new report."

You can't improve on perfection. OK, maybe a little.

Video demonstrates old 'Acorn OS' interface considered for iPhone prior to iOS

Video demonstrates old 'Acorn OS' interface considered for iPhone prior to iOS: "Avid product leaker Sonny Dickson has published looks at the Apple "Acorn OS" operating system, thought to be at the core of early Apple iPhone prototypes.

Reako, leako!

Fraud in Silicon Valley: Startups Show Their Unethical Underside

Fraud in Silicon Valley: Startups Show Their Unethical Underside: "That’s not what startups are about. Same for WrkRiot, the startup that abruptly shut down after an employee accused it of forging wire-transfer documents. Or Skully, the failed maker of smart motorcycle helmets, being sued for “fraudulent bookkeeping.” Or ScoreBig, the struggling ticketing site being sued by brokers."

It's like 1999 all over again.