Hardware

The Chicago suits between Apple and Motorola are part of large number of patent battles between Apple and hardware makers that use Android — which is the most widely used mobile operating system in the world — including HTC and … Continue reading →

Bringing that payment network outside the realm of digital goods presents not only a new business opportunity for Apple, but also a way to combat competitor Google, which beat it to the hardware punch, including NFC support in its Android … Continue reading →

“Apple isn’t the easiest company in the world to deal with if … What form of mobile device to choose will be driven by what individual workers require, but unifying the different hardware with a common operating system will attract … Continue reading →

Instead of the traditional blaring screens, these taxis will be outfitted with Square’s latest hardware — an iPad encased in a black metal sleeve that is connected to a credit card swiper. The screen displays a slick Apple-like design of … Continue reading →

NEW YORK: Apple Inc, set to release a new iPad tablet tomorrow, doesn’t have an Android-based competitor with more than 5 per cent of the market, Forrester Research Inc said in a report. Apple, based in Cupertino, California, controls 73 … Continue reading →

And an analyst told CNET at that time that Apple was showing increasing interest in making a small tablet based on a 7.85-inch screen. Brooke Crothers writes about small devices and the hardware inside. He has served as editor at … Continue reading →

Intel has already shipped its new platform to a host of server … UBS expects spending on data centers to surge 49 percent this year, driven by the likes of Apple, Facebook and Google. German automaker BMW is using Xeon-based … Continue reading →

Intel has launched it’s Xeon E5 processors, just in time – perhaps – for Apple to launch new Mac Pros tomorrow alongside the iPad 3. It’s been 18 months since Apple last updated its Mac Pro workstation for creative pros … Continue reading →

It’s nothing new that Intel-powered Macs have been running Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux for some time using Apple’s Boot Camp. But one of the best utilities on the market for switching between operating systems lets you switch without … Continue reading →

With Flash overtaking spinning disks not only in mobile devices but increasingly also on the desktop, Apple may be in a position to offer lower-power, quieter, more maintenance-free hardware to showcase its software ecosystem. Wouldn’t it be a bummer if … Continue reading →