Ahead of Apple launching its big video streaming initiative Apple TV+ this autumn, a integration is going live today that brings Apple closer to working with third-party TV makers and making its services available on a wider array of devices. Today Vizio said it would start to roll out support for AirPlay2 and HomeKit...

The dreaded 10x, or, how to handle exceptional employees

The reality (myth?) is that there are engineers who are ten times more productive than other engineers (some would argue 100x, but okay). Jon Evans, who is CTO at HappyFunCorp, dives into the strengths and weaknesses of these vaunted people and how to manage them and their relationships with other team...

Jamf has been widely known as an enterprise Mac deployment and management tool company, but it has been looking for ways to expand beyond those core capabilities. One thing it heard from customers was that there was a dearth of native Mac security tools. It checked that box today, announcing it has acquired Digita Security, a startup with...

Apple offers new augmented reality art sessions<br/>New [AR]T Walk Features Works by Leading Contemporary Artists, Curated in Partnership with the New Museum<br/>Cupertino, California — Apple today opened registration for a series of new art-based <a href="https://www.apple.com/today/feature/augmentedrealities/" target="_blank">Today at Apple augmented reality (AR) experiences</a>, called [AR]T, offered at Apple Stores around the world. The three new sessions include an interactive walk...

A few years ago, investors heralded the arrival of a future with robots in the home. Robots like Jibo, Anki’s Cozmo and Mayfield Robotics’ Kuri attracted buzz...

As anticipated, Apple’s hardware numbers were a mixed bag during today’s Q2 earnings report. Apple continues to shift much of its resources to services and content, including a billion dollar push into Apple TV+. But while iPhone number were down, things weren’t all bad on the device front.

Notably, wearables are up in a big...

Apple hitting its release timelines has become far from certain these days, cough cough AirPower, but the Apple Card will be released during the summer timeframe it was given at launch.

CEO Tim Cook announced on the company’s quarterly earnings call that the Apple Card — which Apple has partnered with Goldman...

One of the constant refrains about Apple in 2019 is its shift towards services — a trend that’s reflected, once again, in its third quarter earnings release.

In fact, the release trumpets the “all-time high” for services revenue in its headline, while a statement from CEO Tim Cook describes this as “our biggest June quarter ever — driven...

Apple just released its Q3 earnings and it had a solid June quarter, outperforming analyst expectations. The company reported $53.8 billion in revenue and $2.19 earnings per share. The company’s stock popped 4 percent on the news.

Apple’s June quarter revenue showcases just how much revenue growth has been slowing for the company. The Q3 2019...

As I wrote for TechCrunch recently, immigration is not an issue always associated with tech — not even when thinking about the ethics of technology, as I do here.

So when I was moved to tears a few weeks ago, on seeing footage of groups of 18 Jewish protestors link arms to block the entrances to ICE detention facilities,...