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Apple becomes first private-sector company to reach landmark $1 trillion valuation
Apple — the culture-changing company behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad — hit another milestone Thursday, becoming the first private-sector company to surpass $1 trillion in market value. Shares of Apple finished the formal Wall Street trading day at $207.39, topping the magic number two ...
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Apple takes on Google in education with cheaper iPad and new software
Apple Inc. is going head-to-head with Google in education, a market the iPhone-maker helped pioneer but has let languish. For the first time in several years, Apple released hardware specific to education: a new iPad that squares up against Google's cheap Chromebook laptops, which have ...
Apple seen eying 2018 iPad revamp to add facial recognition, but OLED screen unlikely
Apple Inc. is working on a redesigned, high-end iPad for as early as 2018 that incorporates key iPhone X features such as slimmer edges and facial recognition, according to people familiar with the matter. However, the new version of the tablet is unlikely to include ...
Apple unveils HomePod speaker, its first new product in years, and adds VR elements
Apple is giving a nod to several up-and-coming technology trends, unveiling a new "smart" home speaker and device features touching on virtual reality, online privacy and a form of artificial intelligence called machine learning. The HomePod speaker unveiled Monday is similar to devices from rivals, ...
Liberating young minds with technology
Education in Japan, within the nexus of business, science and internationalization, is currently developing progressive initiatives. One such trend is to move university teaching out of brick-and-mortar classrooms and into the online sphere. This could be, in its more modest form, simply supplementary resources for ...
Noh players seek new audiences with live subtitles on tablets
Tightly traditional noh drama is loosening up, with theater groups trying out tablet computers to help baffled audiences understand what's going on. The devices show the actors' lines and help to explain plot twists in real time. "Noh groups are trying to get more people interested ...
Apple logs first revenue drop since 2003 as iPhone sales slip
Apple says quarterly revenue fell for the first time in more than a decade, as iPhone sales fell compared with a year ago. That's putting more pressure on the world's most valuable public company to come up with its next big product. Apple sold more ...
New Apple product release causing less of stir; FBI showdown not seen as factor
It wouldn't be an Apple event without some hoopla. But the company's upcoming product announcement on Monday doesn't seem to be stirring much passion. Apple has invited tech reporters and analysts to its Silicon Valley headquarters, where CEO Tim Cook is expected to unveil some ...
Siri mum as Apple books bigger venue for secrecy-shrouded Sept,. 9 product event
Apple has announced plans for a new product event on Sept. 9 in San Francisco, where the giant tech company is expected to show off new iPhones and other gadgets. The company has introduced a new iPhone model every year around this time. But in ...
Japan Post enlists Apple, IBM in search for ways to help vulnerable elderly
State-owned financial conglomerate Japan Post recruits tech giants Apple and IBM to find care solutions for senior citizens.
