Apple pulls back the curtain on its secretive chip development operation

Apple pulls back the curtain on its secretive chip development operation To make it work, Apple operates a smattering of secret, unmarked laboratories around Silicon Valley. In some, custom Mac Minis stress test new chip designs to ferret out any weaknesses; others are de facto datacenters where next-generation chips are made available for software teams to test against.

If they're testing new chips on Mac Minis, I think it's safe to assume there's a version of OS X that runs on ARM? Am I right? Bueller? Anyone?

Sorry, haters! Signs point to a massive January for Apple

Sorry, haters! Signs point to a massive January for Apple “All of the companies in our Apple Monitor (i.e., basket of Apple suppliers in Taiwan) have reported January sales and the performance was much better than typical seasonality,” he writes.

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

— William Arthur Ward, Writer

Now is a great time to bet on Apple, says Goldman Sachs | Cult of Mac

Now is a great time to bet on Apple, says Goldman Sachs | Cult of Mac Stocks have been getting crushed all year, but according to Goldman Sachs, now is the perfect time to starting betting on Apple options.

We, the symbiotic mutants of the Apple eco-system ain't going nowhere and there is still a lot of food, thanks.

Facebook never wanted to host your app: The real reasons it shut down Parse

Facebook never wanted to host your app: The real reasons it shut down Parse In 2013, Parse powered over 60,000 apps and had about the same number of developers. Its strategy was to go for broad developer adoption with a pretty broad feature offering.

Oops, I did it again, I destroyed your company when I farted. Psyche!

Rumor: Apple testing dual-lens camera modules from Largan, others for future iPhones

Rumor: Apple testing dual-lens camera modules from Largan, others for future iPhones Taiwan's Largan Technology and camera lens makers in China and Japan have sent dual-lens camera samples to Apple for testing, aiming for inclusion in Apple's next Plus-sized iPhone, a report claimed on Tuesday.

Think secret-er!

Google surpasses Apple as world's most valuable company

Google surpasses Apple as world's most valuable company Alphabet is seeing a renaissance in growth as its advertising business made big gains this quarter. The company's services division also saw wider adoption including Gmail, which passed one billion users in quarter four.

It's a mixture of gargantuan and moola, I call it Google.

Gadget helps GoPro users create jaw-dropping panoramas | Cult of Mac

Gadget helps GoPro users create jaw-dropping panoramas | Cult of Mac The Pano5+1 is available on Indiegogo for an early bird price of $59. Last year, Zhou exceeded funding goals with SLOPES, a compact polyhedron support that can fit in low or tiny places, when a tripod or common mount accessory is not available. SLOPES lets you set the camera at many different pitches.

And who doesn't want a geometrically distorted view of the surrounding world?

Is Apple prepping a pro version of the iPhone 7 Plus? Catch the discussion on The CultCast | Cult of Mac

Is Apple prepping a pro version of the iPhone 7 Plus? Catch the discussion on The CultCast | Cult of Mac This week on The CultCast: a souped-up iPad Air 3 coming in March; iPhone 5se is a terrible name for a 4-inch iPhone; the iPhone 7 Plus PLUS is for those who demand only the best mobile camera; and why Apple is pumping the brakes on their electric car.

Enquiring minds want to know!

Production already underway for Apple's new 4-inch 'iPhone 6c' - report

Production already underway for Apple's new 4-inch 'iPhone 6c' - report Internals could include either the A8 or A9 processors and their corresponding M-series motion chips, along with anywhere from 1 gigabyte to 2 gigabytes of RAM and the possible inclusion of Touch ID and NFC support for Apple Pay.

Seems to me they need to start including TouchID and Apple Pay support on all the devices or the iOS installed base will become hopelessly fragmented.