Larry Magid: Apple Wants To Add Ethnic Emojis
After criticism and calls for ethnic diversity, Apple wants to add some new emoji faces.
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After criticism and calls for ethnic diversity, Apple wants to add some new emoji faces.
Radio listeners and TV watchers this week likely heard advertisements from the conservative organization "Americans for Economic Freedom," funded by Texas Governor Rick Perry's leftover 2012 campaign funds, telling California businesses to flee for the political sanctuary of Texas, and according to official governor's office documents, some are hearing the call.
The ubiquity of cellphone users taking photos of themselves has prompted Apple to feature apps that specifically cater to selfies.
Students, teachers and parents alike were stunned when they got word that 25 desktop computers were stolen Thursday night from Joaquin Miller Elementary School in Oakland.
Apple has called the project a landmark store, which will be located at the corner of Post and Stockton streets, replacing the existing Levi's store.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is swinging through the Silicon Valley to meet with high-tech leaders and has signed a pro-business agreement with Gov. Jerry Brown.
Apple's new hands-free car integration system - known as Carplay - will not only allow you to access music, messages and your phone wirelessly, it will also track your movements and communications in order to predict where you are going next.
Apple is teaming up with major car makers to make iPhone applications easier for drivers to use while they're on the road.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is still trying to convince shareholders that the iPhone maker remains a step ahead in the race to innovate, even though recent performance of the company's stock lags behind other technology trendsetters.
Apple and Samsung have failed to settle their patent dispute despite a daylong meeting between top Samsung executives and Apple CEO Tim Cook hosted by a mediator earlier this month.
Late Apple founder Steve Jobs is getting his own stamp thanks to a tribute from the U.S. Postal Service. The stamps will be available to put on "snail mail" that the entrepreneur helped reduce the need for in 2015.
An interesting article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle over the weekend that indicated that leaders with Apple and Tesla Motors had a recent face to face.
Could Apple be branching out into cars? Looking for the next big thing, the merger and acquisitions chief, Adrian Perica, met with Tesla's CEO Elon Musk last spring, according to sources.
The young Vietnamese creator of hit mobile game Flappy Bird has removed it from the App Store and Google Play saying it ruined his life.
Apple has reportedly repurchased $14 billion of its stock in the two weeks after its first-quarter financials and second-quarter revenue outlook disappointed investors.
Research into clams could make smartphone screens less likely to break.
Among the must-see technology conventions to visit are the Cloud Expo in New York, E3 2014 in Los Angeles, MacWorld/iWorld and Dreamforce in San Francisco and South by Southwest in Austin.
Apple's stock was tumbling in morning trading Tuesday, hurt by a lackluster first-quarter performance and a cautious second-quarter revenue outlook.
Apparently the competition thinks the idea of Google Glass is a pretty good one. A number of companies are reportedly working on their own "smart glasses" ideas.
Documents leaked by former NSA contactor Edward Snowden suggest that spy agencies have a powerful ally in Angry Birds and a host of other apps installed on smartphones across the globe.
Apple's holiday season proved to be a disappointment even though the company sold a record number of iPhones and iPads during its latest quarter.
Apple has agreed to refund $32.5 million to customers to settle a case with the federal government over mobile apps, but CEO Tim Cook says the FTC is punishing them for something they already fixed.
Apple and China Mobile announced a long-anticipated agreement Monday to bring the iPhone to the world's biggest phone company.
The base model costs $3,000.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday discussed the troubled federal health care website, government surveillance and other issues with executives from Google, Twitter, Apple and several other leading technology companies.
