As Walt Mossberg wrote at Recode, it’s an impressive if slighty confusing first cut at a full-featured music streaming service. Perhaps Apple has better taste in music than I do (Apple probably has better taste in music than I do).
Marvel is tearing down its entire comic book universe with the current Secret Wars event. A purported leak of some 45 comic book covers might show us what remains after Secret Wars runs its course. A good one-fourth of the 45 covers here are Spider-related — including a visibly pregnant Spider-Woman and Venom as a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
We were all surprised when Nvidia launched its 980 Ti in early June. Although strategically a sound marketing idea, considering the rumoured release of AMD’s 300 series lineup, it left us wondering where on Earth this monster child would sit. If you take a gander back to the days of the 700 series, however, what follows will come as little surprise. Back then, the GK110 Kepler architecture, boasting Titan Black,
Best entry-level DSLR DSLRs deliver a big step up in image quality from a compact camera, far more manual control and the ability to change lenses to tackle a huge variety of projects. It’s easy to blow big bucks on a DSLR, but entry-level models can often be had for little more than a premium compact camera. Obviously, the more features you want, the more you’ll pay, but do you
Introduction and design NOTE: We’ve only just updated our review to include a star rating and final verdict as we were waiting for final retail software. As per our reviews guarantee, we’ll only deliver our rating on the same experience you’ll get – we don’t rush scoring for the sake of it. So have the early issues of the preview model been fixed? Find out in our in-depth (and final)
Cisco Systems Inc said on Tuesday it would buy OpenDNS, a privately held cloud-based security firm, for $635 million, the latest move to boost its security business as cyber attacks increase in number and sophistication. Cisco has been buying a number of security companies, which has made its relatively tiny security business one of its fastest growing in the past two years. OpenDNS uses predictive intelligence to block malware, botnets
A federal appeals court has shot down Apple’s challenge to a 2013 ruling finding the company guilty of fixing ebook prices, The Wall Street Journal reports. Apple had already agreed to pay $450 million, mostly to consumers, so long as the decision was not overturned. Today’s 2-1 ruling from the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan seals the deal.
Zane Lowe just kicked off Beats 1 radio on Apple Music with a short and sweet introduction and a little bit of hype for the first song, which was… “City,” by Spring King. Haven’t heard of them? That’s right in line with the whole vibe of the station, which is all about human curators and tastemakers. It is not clear if those tastemakers will be screaming “worldwide!” and “here we
Apple Inc said Tuesday that it was assessing its next steps after a U.S. court upheld a trial judge’s decision concluding that the iPad maker conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices. In a statement issued after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York handed down its 2-1 decision, the company maintained that it did not conspire to fix e-book prices, as the U.S. Justice Department
A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 2013 ruling that Apple led an illegal conspiracy to fix prices of e-books in violation of anti-trust laws. The 2-1 ruling by a panel of the US Court of Appeals affirmed the finding that Apple spearheaded a collective effort by publishers to end price competition for e-books. “By organizing a price-fixing conspiracy, Apple found an easy path to opening its iBookstore, but
