Month: May 2016

Apple Daily Report for May 31, 2016

The AWT News Update is on hiatus while my compadre, Steve, takes a road trip. In its place, I’ll offer…

8 years ago

Notable apps and app updates for May 31, 2016

On a regular basis, Apple World Today posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They…

8 years ago

Samsung’s NVMe PCIe solid state drive (SSD) a likely candidate for upcoming Macs

Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing what it says is the industry’s first NVMe PCIe solid state drive (SSD) —…

8 years ago

Road trip! State of the internet for US travelers

For those of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you've probably seen quite a few entries lately showing…

8 years ago

Perhaps we’ll see an updated Thunderbolt Display at WWDC

Apple’s long-in-the-tooth Thunderbolt Display may FINALLY be getting an upgrade at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in two weeks. The monitor…

8 years ago

The Apple TV shoots from ninth to third place in global set-top box sales

Okay, let’s quit calling it a hobby. Apple TV sales have propelled Apple into third place for global set-top box…

8 years ago

Patent report: multi-screen video user interface for the Apple TV, tapping to move on-screen objects

pple files for — and is granted — lots of patents by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Many are…

8 years ago

Clever CloudSlice offers an entry point to having a personal, private cloud

Escape Velocity Apps' CloudSlice for iOS lets you use your favorite cloud services in a new way. It lets you treat all…

8 years ago

ADATA’s Card Reader with Lightning Connector is more useful than Apple’s offering

ADATA’s Card Reader with Lightning Connector is, as you can tell from the name, a Lightning card reader specially designed for…

8 years ago

Rumor: Apple plans to use its VocalIQ acquisition on a big Siri upgrade

Last year Apple acquired a UK startup that’s developed a natural language application programming interface [API] that allows humans and…

8 years ago

Caltech sues Apple and Broadcom for patent infringement

Another day, another lawsuit. Apple and Broadcom have been jointly named as defendants in a legal complaint filed by the…

8 years ago

Realm VP: Developers not that interested in watchOS apps, at least for now

Apple developers aren't very interested in writing apps for the Watch these days, Tim Anglade, an app developer and vice…

8 years ago

Organika iPhone cases: Protective, organic, and they smell good, too

If the Kickstarter campaign being launched today by Slovenian startup Organika Cases is successful, those of us in the Apple…

8 years ago

Apple World Today is celebrating Memorial Day

We’ll be running a limited news update schedule today as we celebrate Memorial Day.

8 years ago

Indian government nixes Apple’s plans to sell used iPhones

India's minister of commerce and industry, Nirmala Sitharaman, held a press conference on Monday to announce the government had rejected Apple's…

8 years ago