After several years of slugging it out in a prolonged patent-based legal battle, Apple and Qualcomm have agreed to a last-minute settlement. The first issue began when chipmaker Qualcomm, instead of charging Apple a flat license fee for permission to use its patented technology in iPhones, insisted upon a percentage of the iPhone’s value. Apple […]
As mentioned yesterday, Apple has kicked off its annual Back to School promotion for college students in the United States, complete with Apple gift cards for eligible Macs or iPads. The company is also offering students 20 percent off AppleCare+ plans. The promotions are as follows: Apple’s promotions are available through the company’s online education […]
Although summer just began, there’s savings to be had on nifty Apple stuff prior to fall semester. Apple has begun its annual back-to-school promotion via gift card bonuses that could arrive before Friday. While the details of this year’s promotion have yet to be made public, in 2023, Apple offered gift cards to customers who […]
A notorious hacker group/threat actor collective identified as “IntelBroker,” who previously claimed responsibility for other high-profile data breaches, including those of U.S. government systems in April, allegedly leaked the source code of several internal tools used at Apple via a post on a dark web forum. IntelBroker posted that “In June 2024, Apple.com suffered a […]
Apple may be putting its Vision Pro 2 wearable headset on the back burner for a while in favor of working on a more consumer-focused model. Per The Information, Apple has told at least one supplier that work on the next high-end version of the Vision Pro has stalled. It’s thought this is in response […]