Apple implies CVS and Walmart will get left behind if they block Apple Pay

Apple is obviously not happy about retailers such as CVS and Walmart blocking the use of Apple Pay at their retail locations but the company isn't about to come out with a blistering attack against them, especially when it's trying to coax both companies to start accepting its mobile payment platform again. Instead, a company spokesperson has given Business Insider a statement that's carefully crafted to tout Apple Pay's early success and imply that any retailers that block the service are missing out.

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Posted in 2014 at 08:32PM, October 27

Now that you have iOS 8, here are 15 apps Apple thinks you should try

Now that you've ever bought your new iPhone 6 or have installed iOS 8 on your old iPhone, Apple has listed some apps on its App Store that it thinks you should try to take advantage of some key features such as support for third-party keyboards, widgets and extensions. Below we've listed 15 of the apps on Apple's list along with links to their pages on the App Store and brief descriptions.

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Posted in 2014 at 08:32PM, September 19

‘Doomed’ Apple sees its stock close at an all-time high

Hey wait, wasn't Apple supposed to have "disappeared" by now if it didn't release the iWatch? Apparently the company didn't the memo because as Bloomberg notes, its stock just closed trading at $100.56 on Tuesday, which is more than its previous split-adjusted all-time high of $100.30 that it hit back in 2012. All told, Apple now has a market cap approaching $600 million, which still leaves it far ahead of top rivals Google ($397 billion market cap at the end of Tuesday's trading) and Microsoft ($372.5 billion market cap at the end of Tuesday's trading). If the iPhone 6 is as big a hit as many analysts predict, Apple's stock price and market cap might have even more room to grow.

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Posted in 2014 at 08:32PM, August 19

Google exec inadvertently explains why Glass is flopping

In the two years since its public debut, Google Glass has gone from being seen as a potentially game-changing wearable computer to being a hopelessly dorky piece of technology that even diehard Google fans are having a hard time stomaching. Over at CNN , Google X exec Astro Teller explains the reasons that Google decided to create Google Glass in the first place and he inadvertently shows us why this iteration of Glass is falling flat on its face so far.

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Posted in 2014 at 08:32PM, June 04

Aspiring techies: Join these companies if you want to get paid

If you're a computer science major in college right now and you're looking to land at a place that will help you pay off your student loan bills the fastest, then you should really check out Glassdoor's new list of the 25 best companies for compensation and benefits. Google was the No. 1 company on the list, which isn't too surprising since other employee surveys have shown that Google employees are the happiest of any others in the tech industry. However, Google wasn't the only big tech company to make Glassdoor's list — in fact, tech companies seem to be disproportionately represented on the list and account for 14 of the top 25.

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Posted in 2014 at 08:32PM, May 23