Samsung mobile chief denies copying Apple, says he works on his ‘own roadmap’
Samsung is often accused of copying Apple, and it doesn’t help its cause with features such as the Galaxy S9’s support for animated emoji, seemingly a direct copy of Apple’s Animoji feature.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Samsung mobile chief D.J. Koh refuted claims that ‘AR Emoji’ idea was a copy from Apple, saying he works on his own roadmap…
Bloomberg: 6.5-inch OLED iPhone may feature 1242 x 2688 resolution, gold option, dual SIM
Bloomberg has published a report that adds new details about the rumored 6.5-inch OLED iPhone and 6.1-inch LCD iPhone expected to join the updated 5.8-inch OLED iPhone later this year. New details include potential screen resolution on what would be the largest iPhone display ever plus the possibility of gold returning later this year.
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Warren Buffett praises Apple’s ‘locked in’ ecosystem, but confirms he still uses a flip phone
Earlier this month, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made headlines for increasing its holdings in AAPL yet again, this time at the cost of Intel. In an interview with CNBC this morning, Buffett gave some reasoning for his firm’s strong belief in Apple, and confirmed that, yes, he still does use a flip phone…
More high-performance graphics games coming to Mac & iOS through Vulkan support
Mac, iPhone and iPad users should soon see a bunch of new high-performance graphics games coming to the platforms, thanks to support for the powerful graphics API, Vulkan …
CBS Sports HQ is the latest streaming sportscast channel on Apple TV
CBS has launched a new 24/7 streaming sportscast channel called CBS Sports HQ. The new channel is modeled after the successful CBSN streaming news app with the new sports-focused version streaming on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and other platforms.
Apple confirms using Google servers for iCloud, but Google can’t access data
The iOS Security Guide was updated last month to indicate that Apple is now using the Google Cloud Platform for iCloud storage. The company has long used Amazon’s S3 alongside Microsoft Azure, but a reference to the latter service has been replaced by one to Google’s cloud storage service …
OneCast app claims to bring Xbox One game streaming to Mac
Comment: HomePod has made me optimistic about that over-ear headphone report
A KGI note over the weekend suggested that Apple is planning to release new ‘high-end over-ear headphones‘ – though not until late fall at the earliest.
Without my experience of the HomePod, I’d have merely shrugged at the report. Apple hasn’t exactly made a name for itself for headphone quality, either through its own-brand EarPods and AirPods, or through the Beats-branded products it has promoted since buying the company …
Europe wants to force US tech giants like Apple to hand over electronic evidence across borders
The European Union wants to be able to force US tech giants like Apple, Google and Microsoft to hand over electronic evidence across borders when investigating serious crimes. The proposed law would apply to any company that does business within Europe, no matter where its data centers are based.
Tech firms argue that such cross-border arrangements would ‘undermine consumer trust in cloud services’ …