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Apple Archive

Archives for September 2016

More than half the iPhones in the U.S. are already running iOS 10
Technology

Not bad for two weeks.

By Ina Fried
EarPods and AirPods and the power of ‘good enough’
Technology

It’s notable that Apple chose not to ship its Bluetooth AirPods in the box with new iPhones, even though its vision for the future is a wireless one.

By Jan Dawson
Technology
Police can’t read your iMessages, but here’s what they can seePolice can’t read your iMessages, but here’s what they can see
Technology

Apple can tell them who you’ve tried to ping.

By Ina Fried
Technology
Mossberg: Running Windows 10 and macOS Sierra togetherMossberg: Running Windows 10 and macOS Sierra together
Technology

The new Parallels 12 does the job well, even on aging hardware.

By Walt Mossberg
Technology
Full transcript: Walt Mossberg and Dan Frommer talk Apple on Too Embarrassed to AskFull transcript: Walt Mossberg and Dan Frommer talk Apple on Too Embarrassed to Ask
Technology

Mossberg and Frommer joined Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Lauren Goode on this special Apple Event episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask.

By Eric Johnson
McLaren or not, Apple needs a carmaker partner
Technology

The iPhone maker needs someone to help it in the fast-moving autonomous vehicle arena.

By Ina Fried and Johana Bhuiyan
Technology
Mossberg: Apple’s new watchOS 3 shows the virtue of starting overMossberg: Apple’s new watchOS 3 shows the virtue of starting over
Technology

Yes, there’s new hardware. But the software may be the bigger leap.

By Walt Mossberg
Apple’s MacOS Sierra is here, bringing Siri to the desktop
Technology

The update also brings Apple Pay and a universal clipboard.

By Ina Fried
Technology
Google and Apple should have limits, too, says Europe’s competition enforcer, Margrethe VestagerGoogle and Apple should have limits, too, says Europe’s competition enforcer, Margrethe Vestager
Technology

The European commissioner for competition has become a thorn in the side of several tech companies in recent years.

By Eric Johnson
James Corden is the second-most interesting thing about the new Apple Music ad
Technology

Meet Bozoma Saint John.

By Peter Kafka
The iPhone 7 handled a bit of water swimmingly, but fell down during a drop test
Technology

Headphone jack or no, it also bends like its predecessors.

By Ina Fried
Apple says it has investigated recent allegations of sexism on campus and ‘actions have been taken’
Technology

Apple’s HR chief says even companies that value diversity face challenges in a male-dominated field.

By Ina Fried
Living with the ‘benchmark’ jet-black iPhone 7 Plus
Technology

I’ve never loved a piece of electronics this much before.

By Ben Bajarin
Apple’s AirPods: Blessed are the early adopters
Technology

As painful as it is, if we want change, we need to take that first step. But when it happens, we’re never happy.

By Carolina Milanesi
How iMessage could be Apple’s next big app platform
Technology

But Apple still has a long, long way to go.

By Ina Fried